2026-10-05 - City Council

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ANSWER. COUNCILORS, ANY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT CHAMPINE. A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND I GOT SOME ANSWERS

BEFOREHAND, BUT I WANT TO GET THEM TO FOLKS ASKING ME ABOUT THIS. THE FIRST ONE, DR. SENGEL, SINCE O-24-63 WHICH IS THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT LAW WENT INTO EFFECT ON 8-23-25, QUITE SOMETIME AGO, I ASKED

HOW MANY TIMES HAS THE CITY USED THE NEW CIVIL ENFORCEMENT OPTION AND IF WE'VE USED IT WHAT KIND OF VIOLATIONS DOES THE CIVIL ENFORCEMENT GET USED ON? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, I

BELIEVE DIRECTOR VARELA IS HERE AND PROVIDED THOSE ANSWERS. I WANT TO GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THROUGH WHAT PLANNING HAS BEEN WORKING ON. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU. HI, DIRECTOR. >> GOOD

EVENING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S NICE TO BE HERE. AS WE STATED IN THE WRITTEN ANSWER TO YOU, THAT PARTICULAR ORDINANCE WHICH IS A VALUABLE TOOL, NOTHING HAS RISEN TO THAT

LEVEL YET. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO QUITE EFFECTIVELY FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT UTILIZE THE HOUSING CODE AND IDO SO FAR. THAT REMAINS A VERY VALUABLE TOOL AS PEOPLE CALL AND THE RESPONSE, IT WAS AMENDED

AT THE REQUEST OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IN RESPONSE TO SOME CONVERSATIONS DURING A COURT PROCEEDING WHERE THE COURT STATED THAT THERE WERE PROVISIONS IN THE PRIOR VERSION OF THE ORDINANCE WHICH COULD

BE CONSTRUED AS BEING VAGUE. THEY NEEDED CLARIFICATION. CODE ENFORCEMENT DID REVIEW THAT. WE MADE A FEW SUGGESTIONS AS WELL. AS OF YET, I DO NOT BELIEVE THE CITY ITSELF HAS USED THAT PARTICULAR

ORDINANCE. IT STANDS AT THE READY IN CASE IT ARISES TO THE LEVEL. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. I APPRECIATE THE ANSWER. AND I APPRECIATE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF ENFORCEMENT UNDER

THIS ORDINANCE, BUT IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF WITH THIS NEW CIVIL ENFORCEMENT OPTION AND IT'S CONTINUALLY USED AS AN EXAMPLE OF THINGS WE NEED TO PUT INTO LEGISLATION BECAUSE IT MAKES IT EASIER ON

STAFF, BUT WE'RE NOT USING IT. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WE HAVE NOT IN FACT USED THAT FOR THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT ORDINANCE AT ALL. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR, I THINK BY NOW I KNOW WHAT

YOU'RE ASKING -- YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE PENALTY PROVISIONS IN THE ORDINANCE, NOT THE ORDINANCE ITSELF? >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: I'M ASKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE CIVIL ENFORCEMENT OPTION THAT WAS ADDED

UNDER THAT. >> SO, COUNCIL, I GUESS IT'S A MATTER OF SEMANTX. THAT PENALTY WHICH CODE ENFORCEMENT ASKED TO BE PLACED IN THE ORDINANCE IS CONSISTENT WITH PENALTY PROVISIONS IN OTHER ORDINANCES SUCH AS

THE IOE AND WEED AND LITTER AND SUCH. I BELIEVE THE -- ALSO THE BUSINESS LICENSE ORDINANCE. THE UNIFORM HOUSING CODE. WE DO USE THAT -- NOT OUT OF THE ORDINANCE, BUT WE USE THAT SAME TYPE PROVISION

VERY FREQUENTLY. THE PARTICULAR ORDINANCE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS TRIGGERED BY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR THREE-PEATS OF CERTAIN OFFENSES, WE HAVE NOT USED THAT PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. WE USE THAT

ENFORCEMENT PROCESS QUITE REGULARLY. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: SURE. FOR OTHER THINGS. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. ANOTHER QUESTION, DR. SENGEL, LAST YEAR, WE DID O-25-84,

WHICH WAS MY UPDATE TO THE HEART ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES ANIMAL WELFARE CONFISCATE ANY ANIMALS WHO ARE ARE BEING SOLD IN PUBLIC PLACES. I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW SINCE IT WAS OVER A YEAR AGO, HOW MANY

REPORTS OF ANIMALS BEING SOLD IN PUBLIC HAVE THERE BEEN? AND OF THOSE, HOW MANY RESULTED IN CONFISCATION OF A COMPANION ANIMAL? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. DIRECTOR

ORTEGA PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION FOR US. I'LL LET HER GO OVER THAT. >> MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, SINCE THIS WAS NEWLY IMPLEMENTED, WE HAVE RECEIVED 66 CALLS. AND WE HAVE CONFISCATED 14

ANIMALS. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THERE WERE 14 ANIMALS SAVED. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE OTHER CALLS? WERE WE JUST TOO LATE TO GET THERE? ARE WE LETTING PEOPLE

OFF WITH WARNINGS DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE LANGUAGE IN THE LAW SAYS SHALL? WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE REMAINDER? >> MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, WE'RE NOT LETTING PEOPLE OFF WITH WARNINGS. WE

ARE -- EVERY TIME WE WAKE ONE OF THOSE CALLS, THEY HAVE EITHER BEEN GONE BY THE TIME WE GET THERE, OR WHEN THEY SEE US DRIVING UP, THEY LOAD UP AND TAKE OFF. OR WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CALL ANONYMOUSLY

AND DON'T LEAVE US ENOUGH INFORMATION TO FIND EXACT LOCATION OR THE VEHICLE OR THE PERSON WITH ENOUGH DESCRIPTION TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT. SOMETIMES WE GET CALLS THAT ARE ERRONEOUS. THEY'LL SAY THERE'S

SOMEONE IN THE CORNER WITH A SIGN, THEY HAVE TWO DOGS WITH THEM. THEY'RE ASSUMING THEY'RE SELLING DOGS, BUT REALLY THEY'RE PANHANDLING. IN THE CASES WE WERE ABLE TO GET THERE WHILE THEY'RE THERE, WE

HAVE CONFISCATED THOSE. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DRIVE UP AND THEY TAKE THE DOGS AND PUT THEM IN THEIR CAR AND DRIVE OFF? DO WE GET THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER? DO WE FOLLOW

UP? OR DO WE SAY THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO? >> MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, WE'LL ABSOLUTELY TRY TO GET INFER TO FOLLOW UP ON THOSE SITUATIONS. IF THEY ARE IN A LOCATION AND WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CALLS

ON THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION, WE'LL TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH THOSE LOCATIONS AND TRY TO PINPOINT IF THERE'S A LOCATION THAT IS A PROBLEM LOCATION. HOWEVER, ONCE THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE COMING, THEY CAN CHOOSE

TO DRIVE OFF. WE TRY TO PROCESS THOSE AS WE CAN. IT'S STILL A RATHER FAIRLY NEW ORDINANCE FOR THE COMMUNITY. REALIZING THAT'S A PROBLEM. AND WE DO STILL HAVE THOSE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO

HELP BUT ARE CAUSING A LITTLE BIT OF PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY END UP BUYING THE DOGS OR CATS FROM THE PERSON AND BRINGING THEM TO THE SHELTER INSTEAD OF CALLING 311. WE NEED TO DO BETTER ABOUT GETTING

THE INFORMATION OUT THERE AND LETTING THEM KNOW. GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT THERE. TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT, BASICALLY. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. THIS IS A

REMINDER, IT'S BEEN ILLEGAL TO SELL COMPANION ANIMALS IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE SINCE 2003. I DON'T KNOW IT'S REALLY NEW. WE JUST CLARIFIED THE LANGUAGE LAST YEAR TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE WERE

NOT GOING TO BE PUTTING UP WITH THAT ANY MORE. I'M NOT SURE WE CAN QUALIFY IT AS NEW. I KNOW OF AT LEAST ONE INSTANCE WHERE THEY CALLED AND AN OFFICER WENT OUT, ANIMAL WELFARE OFFICER WENT OUT, AND

DID NOT CONFISCATE THE ANIMAL. IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S HAPPENING LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO EVERY SINGLE TIME. I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT'S HAPPENING SOMETIMES. I'M HOPING IT WILL BE START ENFORCED EVERY SINGLE TIME.

THANK YOU. >> MAY I ADD ONE MORE THING, MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN? BACK TO THE ORDINANCE THAT DIRECTOR ALAN MENTIONED, WE HAVE ISSUED 499 CIVIL FINES. IN THIS MORE RECENT NUISANCE ABATEMENT

ORDINANCE, ANIMAL WELFARE WAS INCLUDED IN THAT. SO, WE HAVE DEFINITELY USED IT TO OUR BENEFIT AND ARE ABLE TO NOW GO OUT AND ISSUE FINES FOR THINGS LIKE LACK OF PROPER SHELTER, OFF-LEASH AT LARGE

ANIMALS, CLEANLINESS IN THE YARDS. THOSE KIND OF THINGS. IT REALLY HAS HELPED US WITH PEOPLE WHO OWN ANIMALS IN THE HOME BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE ANIMALS IN THAT CASE. >>COUN.

FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU. HOW MANY WERE THERE? >> 499. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU. DR. SENGEL, MY REQUEST ON THAT QUESTION WAS HOW MANY TIMES THE CITY HAS USED THIS. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CITY HAS USED

IT A LOT MORE THAN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO GET A COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER, JUST FOR THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, WE'LL LOOK ACROSS

DEPARTMENTS AND GET A FULL RESPONSE. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: MADAM PRESIDENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT CHAMPINE. NO, THAT'S OKAY. MADAM CAO, I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR DMD OR YOURSELF. I

JUST WANTED AN UPDATE, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HEARD IN THE NEWS, THERE'S A YOUNG LADY KILLED IN THAT TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON 98th. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.

AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY BIGGEST GRIPES IS FUNDING -- BECAUSE IT'S AN AREA THAT'S BEEN LAST -- LACKS INVESTMENT AND THE HISTORICAL STUFF -- WE DON'T HAVE SOME OF THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. WE'RE

TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP. WE JUST INSTALLED A LIGHT AT GIBSON AND 98, WHICH IS AWESOME. NOW WE NEED ANOTHER. I THINK THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THAT WAS $10 MILLION. WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL A NEW TRAFFIC

SIGNAL AT ALL OF THESE INTERSECTIONS QUITE A LARGE AMOUNT. I JUST WANT TO SAY, FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO TRY TO GET THAT UNDERWAY. I KNOW SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS

HAS BEEN DOING LOT OF WORK. IF YOU CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT NOW SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS IT'S ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES? >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEÑA. I THINK DIRECTOR TURNER RECEIVED YOUR

QUESTION. SHE HAS THAT INFORMATION AND THAT UPDATE FOR YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRAGIC LOSS OF THE YOUNG WOMAN OVER THE WEEKEND AT 98th. I SPEND A LOT OF

TIME THERE GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. IT WAS REALLY HARD TO HEAR THAT. WE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF OTHER TRAFFIC DEATHS OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS. WE HAD A PEDESTRIAN IN

DISTRICT SIX AND THERE WERE SOME OTHER ONES RELATED TO THE INTERSTATE. OBVIOUSLY, EVERY DEATH WE FEEL DEEPLY. REGARDING 98th, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE POLICE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ABOUT THAT KRGS. --

CRASH. WE'LL TAKE A CLOSE LOOK. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS GOING ON 98th. A LITTLE BIT TOO LITTLE NORTH WE HAVE A SPEED CAMERA CLOSER TO CENTRAL. WE'RE WORKING WITH YOU AT 98th AND PEN --

BENAVIDEZES FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. AND WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUESTS FOR A SIGNAL THERE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT GETTING DESIGN UNDERWAY AND THE COST

ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AS YOU NOTED, 98th AND GIBSON, THE LAST BILL WAS $4 MILLION FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. 98th IS A BIG STREET AND IMPORTANT ROAD WAY. WE'RE HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH YOU ON THE CAPITAL

OUTLAY REQUEST TO GET DESIGN UNDERWAY FOR THE INTERSECTION. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME -- THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. I APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S YOUR FIRST WARNING. MADAM CAO, I KNOW THE ADMINISTRATION

IS PUTTING THEIR CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST FORWARD. MAYBE IF WE CAN DO AN AMENDMENT TO ADD IN 98th AND MOLLE MESA. IT'S IMPORTANT AND WE'VE DONE SIGNIFICANT WORK ON THAT INTERSECTION. KNOWING THAT WE

HAVE LOTS OF OTHER PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT THAT THE DIRECTOR IS TALKING ABOUT, I THINK THIS IS ONE SHOULD PROBABLY BE ON A CITYWIDE PRIORITY LIST BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC ISSUES WE'RE HAVING THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, WE'RE -- ECs AREN'T ALLOWED TO BE AMENDED. IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOMETHING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, THEY NEED TO SUBMIT ANOTHER EC. >>COUN. PEÑA: IF WE CAN GET

THE MAYOR'S COMMITMENT TO MAKE THAT ONE OF HIS PRIORITIES THAT WILL BE AMAZING. IT WILL BE LISTED UNDER MY CAP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: I

HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR DFAS DIRECTOR SANDOVAL. HI, DIRECTOR, HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO MY QUESTIONS THAT I SENT. IN THE FIRST SET OF QUESTIONS I SENT, I DIDN'T GET REAL RESPONSES BACK.

SO I REQUESTED THAT YOU TRY AGAIN, PLEASE. AND AGAIN, STILL DIDN'T GET QUESTIONS BACK. OR ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS. AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TYPE OF CONTINGENCY WORK THAT'S GOING ON WITH

DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT OUR FEDERAL AWARDS ARE BEING PROPERLY IDENTIFIED AND WHAT'S AT RISK IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT ARE AT RISK BECAUSE OF THE OMB CHANGES? THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO

EFFECT, LIKELY, ON DECEMBER 11th. WE STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR STABILIZATION PLAN IS. AND YOU DID ANSWER THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SCENARIOS THAT HAVE BEEN MODELED FOR PERCENTAGES OF WHAT MIGHT BE

AT RISK. I ALSO WAS REVIEWING THE INFORMATION. YOU MENTIONED THAT APD AND DMD HAVE THE LARGEST POTENTIAL LOSS OF FEDERAL AWARDS, BUT ON THE DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU SENT ME OF FEDERAL AWARDS, THERE WAS

NO LIST OF AWARDS GOING TO DMD. I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHERE THAT CAME FROM. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT AWARDS ARE GOING SPECIFICALLY TO DMD? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I INTERJECT? I APOLOGIZE, COUNCILOR

TELLES. WHEN IT COMES TO ANYTHING REGARDING THE OMB GRANTS AT THIS TIME, PER ADVICE OF COUNCIL, I'M ASKING THE DIRECTOR TO SPEAK WITH COUNCIL BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I'D CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO

SPEAK PRIVATELY REGARDING LITIGATION STRATEGY WHEN IT COMES TO OMB LITIGATION. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, ATTORNEY. THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW. WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT WE'RE

INVOLVED IN THIS LITIGATION JUST LAST WEEK. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT EARLY ON BECAUSE I COULD HAVE GOTTEN ALL THAT INFORMATION FROM YOU. YOU ALREADY HAVE IT IF YOU'RE PREPARING FOR

THIS. ONE QUICK QUESTION I DO HAVE IS WE IDENTIFIED $26.7 MILLION OF FEDERAL AWARDS THAT ARE AT RISK. YOU IDENTIFIED THAT THERE ARE $23 MILLION, AND YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THE RECONCILIATION.

HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE 26.7 AND 23? >> MADAM PRESIDENT -- >>COUN. TELLES: THIS IS PUBLIC RECORD INFORMATION. >> THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. I'M STILL REQUESTING THAT THE

DIRECTOR POSSIBLY SPEAK WITH COUNCIL BEFORE ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. >>COUN. TELLES: I JUST WANT TO SAY, WE IDENTIFIED $26.7 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANTS AT RISK OF DISAPPEARING MID-YEAR WITH ZERO NOTICE

REQUIREMENT AND NO APPEALS. THAT WAS OUR ASSESSMENTS OF THE QUESTIONS I SENT TO YOU. SEVEN OF THEM CAME BACK SAYING THAT YOUR ASSESSMENT WAS $23 MILLION. WHEN I ASKED FOR RECONCILIATION BETWEEN THAT,

TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DISCREPANCY, YOU THEN ASKED ME TO PROVIDE THE COMPARISON. I JUST, YOU KNOW, THE 26.7 IS IN THE BUDGET. I GOT IT DIRECTLY FROM THE BUDGET DOCUMENT. THAT'S WHY I'M WONDERING

WHERE THE $23 MILLION CAME FROM. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PLAN. I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE IT IF YOU'RE PREPARING

TO GO TO COURT ON THIS. WHICH I WOULD HAVE HOPED YOU COULD HAVE JUST SENT ME THE DOCUMENTATION AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. THANK

YOU, MS. SANDOVAL. FOR OUR CAO, DR. SENGEL, A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. I AM CURIOUS IF YOU CAN HELP ME. I HAD AN INDIVIDUAL REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT -- I WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. THERE WERE

SOME FOLKS THAT WERE RIDING THEIR BIKES ON THE NORTH DIVERSION CHANNEL TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ON SATURDAY. AND THEY REACHED OUT SAYING THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO CITY TRUCKS ON THE

BIKE TRAIL AND THEY WERE BLOCKING THE ONCOMING BIKE TRAFFIC. AND THERE WERE CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS BEING BLOCKED BY CITY TRUCKS. IT WAS OSUNA AND PASEO. IS THERE ANY BEING DONE ON THAT BIKE TRAIL SO

WE CAN LET FOLKS KNOW THERE MIGHT BE ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES OR WHAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THAT? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR TELLES, I DON'T KNOW EXACT SPECIFICS. I KNOW WE PUT OUT A PUBLIC NOTICE RELATED

TO THE NORTH DIVERSION CHANNEL. AND EXACTLY HOW BIKES WERE SUPPOSED TO GET AROUND THIS CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THAT AREA. IT IS PUBLICLY NOTICED. I ONLY KNOW BECAUSE I

LOOKED AT THE LITTLE MAP TO SEE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN BECAUSE I COULDN'T MAP IT MYSELF IN MY HEAD. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION RELATED TO TRUCKS. WE CAN -- WE ALSO CLEAN AN AWFUL

LOT IN THAT AREA TO MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR. I UNDERSTAND TRUCKS CAN BLOCK, BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY ATTEMPTING TO ALSO CLEAR TO MAKE IT SAFE. I DO BELIEVE THERE WAS PUBLIC NOTICE ABOUT A LITTLE THING THEY

HAD TO DO. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, DR. SENGEL. WE HAVE SIX MORE DAYS OF BALLOON FIESTA, WE CAN GET THAT PUBLIC NOTICE OUT MORE FOR PEOPLE. THAT WAY WE CAN GIVE ADDITIONAL WARNING FOR THAT. THANK

YOU FOR THAT, DR. SENGEL. I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, DR. SENGEL, ABOUT THE ROBINSON PARK CLOSURES AND WHAT THE CITY IS DOING AS FAR AS PUBLIC NOTIFICATION WHEN THE PARK IS CLOSED, WHEN THE PARK IS

OPENED, HOW YOU'RE ADDRESSING ENFORCEMENT OF THE CLOSURES AND THE OPENING. AND IF YOU CAN GIVE US SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT? COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN AND I SPENT THE AFTERNOON AT ROBINSON PARK TODAY AND

WE COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHEN THE PARK WAS CLOSED, WHEN IT WAS OPENED. THERE WERE TWO CONFLICTING SIGNS. SO, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR

TELLES, ROBINSON PARK HOURS ARE POSTED UP ON THE PARK SIGNS. WE HAVE MADE THE DECISION THAT THE PARK IS IN IT'S OVER USED AND THE GRASS AND TREES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. WE POST MULTIPLE CLOSURES, AND WE

HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES WITH TRASH PICKUP. IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE ENSURING THE TRASH CANS BUT ALSO TRASH ON THE GROUND. POSTED TWO CLOSURE TIMES TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CLEARING OUT THE

PARK, CLEARING OUT THE TRASH, AND ADDRESSING IT. ANY OTHER WATERING OR ISSUES AND PARK MAINTENANCE WE MAY HAVE IN AN ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE THE MAINTENANCE AT THE PARK. WHEN A PARK IS CLOSED, WE DO CLEAR

THAT PARK OUT. THAT'S THE CASE EVERY NIGHT AT EVERY SINGLE PARK. WHEN WE CLOSE THEM WE ALSO HAVE SECURITY OR APD OR WHICHEVER DEPARTMENT IS RESPONDING, AND TO ENSURE WE ARE PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATE

CLOSURE. THIS ALSO GOES WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE OF DRUGS, DRUG TRAFFICKING, AND DEALING IN THE PARK. WE HAVE BEEN USING APD AND SECURITY TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREA

AND HAVE FULL RESPONSE FROM ACS AS WELL TO TALK TO FOLKS AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THEM AS WE'RE CLOSING THE PARK AROUND THE OPTION TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO SHELTER AND CONNECTION TO

CASE MANAGEMENT OR ANY OTHER SUPPORTS WE CAN PROVIDE. THAT'S A COORDINATED RESPONSE COMING FROM MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE HOW WE ADDRESS THE PARK. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU FOR THAT. I

APPRECIATE IT, DR. SENGEL. WHERE -- I WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE I WAS AT THE PARK TODAY FROM ABOUT 1:40 TO 3:30 THIS AFTERNOON. RIGHT AT A CLOSURE. THERE WAS NO -- NO ONE SHOWED UP TO CLEAR THE PARK. TWO

ACS PROVIDERS DID COME AND THEY DID HELP AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WE WERE HAVING A REALLY GREAT CONVERSATION WITH. AND THEY GAVE HIM TRANSPORTATION TO GATEWAY, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. I WANT TO APPLAUD THOSE

TWO ACS PROVIDERS. THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB. WE DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER -- WE DIDN'T SEE ANYONE COME TO CLOSE THE PARK. I BELIEVE WE SAW TWO POLICE SERVICE AIDES THAT CAME AROUND 2:30. THEY GOT OUT OF

THE TRUCK, WALKED AROUND. WOKE UP AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS TAKING A NAP, AND THEN LEFT. DIDN'T ASK ANYBODY TO LEAVE. DIDN'T ASK US TO LEAVE WHILE WE WERE SITTING THERE. WE DID SEE A COUPLE PARKS

DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES COME TO CLEAN, BUT THEY WERE HANGING OUT IN THE PARK TOO. THAT'S WHY I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED FOR THIS INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION THERE. BECAUSE WE SAW LOTS OF

DOGS ENJOYING THE PARK. WE SAW A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN THE AREA TAKING THEIR DOGS FOR A WALK. WE DID NOT SEE ANY OF WHAT YOU DESCRIBED DURING OUR TIME THERE. AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO GET SOME UNDERSTANDING

ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. BECAUSE NONE OF THAT HAD HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE THERE FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. >> MR. VICE PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR TELLES, I ACTUALLY THINK YOU DESCRIBED ALL OF

WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD BE DOING. IF POLICE SERVICE AIDE WERE THERE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES. YOU SAID 1:40 TO 3:30. IT WAS OPEN FOR THE FIRST 30 MINUTES AND REOPENED AT 3 O'CLOCK, THERE WOULD HAVE

BEEN ANOTHER OPEN TIME FRAME. I MIGHT HAVE MY TIMES -- I'M CALCULATING IN MY HEAD, BUT THE PARK STAFF COMING TO CHECK IT AND REVIEW IT IS A KEY ISSUE. THE PUBLIC SERVICE -- I'M SORRY -- THE POLICE

SERVICE AIDES GOING WERE GOING THROUGH TO SEE ANY ISSUES FOR LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT APPROPRIATE. AND ACS PROVIDING SERVICES IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT BE

APPROPRIATELY SEEKING ASSISTANCE. IT IS NOT MEANT TO BE THAT EVERYONE CONVERGES ON TO THE PARK AT THE SAME TIME. IT IS A DISTRIBUTED MODEL ACROSS MANY DEPARTMENTS TO THINK ABOUT THE BEST WAY FOR US TO

MANAGE THE PARK. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, DR. SENGEL. MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I ALSO HAD CONFUSION ABOUT THE PARK -- PUBLIC PARK HOURS. BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE SIGN THAT SAID IT WAS OPEN FROM 7 A.M. TO 9

A.M., 11 A.M. TO 2 P.M., 5 P.M. TO 7 P.M. BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER SIGN THAT SAID PARK CLOSED FROM DARK TO DAWN. NOT A LOT OF CLARITY ON THE PARK HOURS THERE. NOBODY WAS CLEARING OUT THE PARK. WHICH IS

WHAT YOU MENTIONED WAS TO HAPPEN. THEY WERE GOING TO BE CLEARING OUT THE PARK DURING THE CLOSURE. NOBODY WENT TO CLEAR OUT THE PARK. AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS IS HERE BECAUSE I

DON'T QUITE KNOW -- WE DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS KNOW EITHER. BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION THERE AS WELL. THANK YOU, DR. SENGEL. THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. I BELIEVE

COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN HAS QUESTIONS AS WELL. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: COUNCILOR BACA, DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP? IT IS YOUR DISTRICT. >>COUN. BACA: YEAH, SAME THING. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, MR. VICE CHAIR, AS I

SAID WITH OTHER ISSUES, WHEN IT'S DISTRICT TWO I INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO GIVE ME A CALL AND COME DOWN AND VISIT. WE CAN TALK THROUGH A LOT OF THESE ISSUES. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT'S DOWNTOWN. THE

GREAT THING ABOUT MY JOB IS I GET TO REPRESENT DOWNTOWN. IT'S ALSO THE BAD THING BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION ABOUT DOWNTOWN. IN THIS CASE, WE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WITH

THE DEPARTMENTS, WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES. THE FINAL VERSION OF WHAT THIS CAME OUT, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY SAY IN THAT. THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER WITHOUT MY SAY. BUT AFTER A LOT OF CONVERSATION, THIS IS AN

ESSENTIAL PARK THAT GETS HEAVY USE BY SO MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS. HOW DO YOU ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE, INCLUDING UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS? I SAY NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THEY'RE MY NEIGHBORS. I KNOW A LOT OF THEM BY

NAME. THIS IS WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION CAME UP. I WASN'T TOO SURE ABOUT IT. LIKE EVERYTHING, WITH POLICY, LET'S CRAFT A POLICY AND SEE HOW IT WORKS AND LET'S CHANGE IT IF WE NEED TO. IN THIS CASE, IT

LOOKS LIKE IT'S DOING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO. UNHOUSED PEOPLE USE IT, WHICH THEY SHOULD. AND I SEE PEOPLE GOING INTO THE PARK AGAIN, WHICH THEY STOPPED DOING. LET'S ALSO BE CLEAR, OUR UNHOUSED

NEIGHBORS ARE NOT ALWAYS VICTIMS. SOMETIMES THEY'RE THE PERPETRATORS. IN THIS CASE THERE WAS A LOT OF DRUG USE THAT I PERSONALLY WITNESSED. A LOT OF DRUG DEALING. THERE WERE ASSAULTS. MANAGER ACROSS

THE STREET AT THE HOTEL WAS ASSAULTED. AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF THE SANITATION WORKERS DROVER BY AND HAPPENED TO HELP HER OUT. THIS IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION WITH NO EASY ANSWERS BY ANY MEANS.

EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO USE OUR PARKS. THAT'S EVERYBODY. AND IN THIS CASE, AGAIN, I INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO MEET WITH ACTUAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS. PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING AND WORKING THERE AND

THERE DAILY. MYSELF AS WELL. THANK YOU. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. VICE CHAIR. THE QUESTION IS FOR, I KNOW WE WENT OVER 5:30. A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP

ABOUT OUR ENCAMPMENT POLICY. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S THE MOST RECENT ENCAMPMENT POLICY? WHEN IS THE LAST TIME IT WAS UPDATED? I ASKED FOR A COPY AND HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT. I LOOKED ONLINE AND THE

LAST POSTED IS APRIL 9, 2026. WHAT IS THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF OUR ENCAMPMENT POLICY AND CAN I GET A COPY OF IT? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, I DON'T KNOW THE DATE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

BUT WE CAN HAPPILY PROVIDE YOU WITH A CURRENT COPY. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU. IF YOU CAN UPDATE THE ONLINE VERSION. BECAUSE I RECEIVED COPIES OF THE ENCAMPMENT NOTIFICATION THAT WE GIVE TO FOLKS WHEN

WE GO OUT TO DO THE NOTIFICATION. I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THREE YEARS FOR US TO ADD ON THAT FORM WHAT SERVICES WERE OFFERED OR WHAT BED SPECIFICALLY WAS OFFERED. IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN ADDED TO THIS. I

JUST GOT A COPY OF ONE THAT WAS ISSUED ON OCTOBER 1st, AND IT DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT SERVICES, WHAT BED WAS OFFERED, WHAT WAS ACTUALLY OFFERED. AGAIN, I THINK WITH OUR LITIGATION THAT WE

HAVE, THAT WOULD HELP US PROVE THAT IF THERE WAS NO BED AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME, IT WOULD ONLY HELP US TO HAVE THAT DATA AVAILABLE. SO, I WOULD -- I GUESS I'M GOING TO ASK OUR TEAM TO HELP ME DRAFT A

BILL OR SOMETHING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. BECAUSE I'VE ASKED VERY NICELY FOR THREE YEARS. JUST SIMPLY ADD TO THIS NOTIFICATION WHAT WAS OFFERED FOR SERVICES AND HELP. YOU JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE PARK.

WE'RE CONNECTING PEOPLE TO SERVICES, BUT THERE'S NO DATA THAT TELLS ME WHAT SERVICES, WHERE WE WERE OFFERING FOLKS THE BED. I KNOW IT'S THE WEST SIDE SHELTER BECAUSE I STOP AT ENCAMPMENTS AND THAT'S

REALLY THE ONLY PLACE WE'RE OFFERING FOLKS. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, REAL QUICK -- >>COUN. ROGERS: LET ME FINISH. >> CITY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THE LANGUAGE OF OUR NOTICE. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THEM HAVE THE

CONVERSATION SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO WHAT IS ON THAT NOTICE. IT'S RELATED TO SPECIFICALLY TO THE LITIGATION THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. IT IS AUTHORIZED BY CITY LEGAL EXACTLY WHAT IS ON THAT NOTICE.

>>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. WE NEED DATA ON WHERE WE ARE OFFERING SERVICES WHEN WE CLEAR ENCAMPMENTS. IT'S A SIMPLE ASK. I KNOW YOU'RE

GIVING ME EYES THAT IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS I THINK. I APPRECIATE THAT. WE WORKED TOGETHER BEFORE WE WERE AT THE CITY. I'M HAPPY CONTINUE. BUT TO GET NO RESPONSE AND SAY THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ANYBODY

HAS SAID TO ME PER LEGAL WE CAN'T DO THAT IS WHAT I'M HEARING. LET'S WORK WITH OUR NEW CITY ATTORNEY OFFLINE TO FIGURE THAT OUT SO WE CAN HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE OFFERING SERVICES. >> MADAM

PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS -- >>COUN. ROGERS: I JUST DON'T LIKE BEING INTERRUPTED. WE HAVE RULES. WE MUST SPEAK THROUGH OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THE CAO JUST DID IT. OUR ATTORNEY JUST DID IT. CAN WE

PLEASE? >>COUN. PEÑA: YES, ABSOLUTELY. AS SOON AS SHE'S DONE, THEN YOU CAN ASK IF YOU CAN RESPOND TO HER. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU. THE DISRESPECT. THEY DON'T DO THAT TO DAN LEWIS. I'M LIKE AT THIS

POINT -- I KNOW I'M JUST -- LET'S GET BACK TO ORDER. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. LET'S GET BACK TO THE POINT. THANK YOU. I'D LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS OFFLINE. BECAUSE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I'LL

NAME PUBLICLY ARE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE OFFERING. I HAVE TRUST ISSUES. I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING IN PRACTICE. NUMBER TWO, THIS SAYS ANY UNATTENDED ITEMS REMAINING AFTER THE DESIGNATED TIME MAY BE

REMOVED AND DESTROYED. THAT IS NEW. I'M HEARING WE OFFER SERVICES FOR STORAGE. YOU CAN GO TO STORAGE. BUT THIS SAYS WE'RE DESTROYING YOUR STUFF. THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS IT'S ALSO -- IT SAYS HERE,

YOU ARE RECEIVING THIS NOTICE BECAUSE YOU EITHER DECLINED SERVICES, BUT AGAIN I DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO PROOF OF THAT HERE, AND ALSO WE HAVE A COOL NEW DISCLAIMER ON THEM NOW. I JUST GOT

ADDED TO THE CJCC, THIS IS CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE THAT CITY COUNCIL IS SUPPOSED TO SIT ON, WHICH WE HAVEN'T BEEN PRESENT AT FOR OVER A YEAR, COLLEAGUES. JUST HAVE TO NAME THAT. BAD LOOK FOR US.

AND OUR JUDICIAL PARTNERS RIGHT NOW ARE ABSOLUTELY FIT TO BE TIED WITH THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND THE 400% INCREASE IN CASES THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH. NOW, THEY'VE HAD TO COME UP WITH A WHOLE

NEW PROCESS TO HAVE A FRIDAY COURT DATE JUST TO MOVE FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE ADDRESSES, CAN'T GET NOTIFICATION OF COURT DATES, SO PEOPLE CAN GET THROUGH THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AFTER THIS. AS PARTNERS IN THE

CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, WE'VE GOT SOME -- WE ALL KNOW WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO. I THINK I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE ENCAMPMENT POLICY IS. NOTIFICATION, HOPEFULLY IT WILL TELL ME THAT. I LIKE IT UPDATED ON

WHERE WE'RE OFFERING SERVICES. I'M NOT SEEING THAT IN MY DISTRICT AT ALL. I WOULD LOVE TO WORK OFFLINE ABOUT THAT. NEXT QUESTION IS ABOUT BALLOON FIESTA AS WELL. I GOT SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT

HAPPENS WHEN BALLOONS HITS THE POWER LINES? THAT'S PNM'S PROCESS. HAD CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE DOESN'T PAY FOR THAT PROCESS. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? I DID GET QUITE A FEW CALLS. WE HAD TWO

HIT POWER LINES, WHICH HAPPENS EVERY YEAR. USUALLY, I DON'T GET QUESTIONS LIKE THIS. CAN YOU TALK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY HIT THE POWER LINES? >> YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND ALL

COUNCILORS, BECAUSE I THINK SEVERAL OF YOU GOT THIS SAME QUESTION. WHEN A BALLOON HITS A POWER LINE, AS WE HAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT SHOES ON THE POWER LINE, WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TOUCH PNM

POWER LINES. PNM RESPONDS. BUT THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE RESPONDS FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE. I SHOULDN'T SAY ALWAYS -- ALWAYS AFR OR BERNALILLO COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, DEPENDING ON THE

APPROPRIATE RESPONDING AGENCY. AND FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, APD, BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF RESPONDING LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY. OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE ARE PEOPLE STRANDED, WE'RE GOING TO TREAT IT AS A PUBLIC SAFETY MATTER. PNM ADDRESSES THE LINES. THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE HAS NO RULE WITH PNM RESPONSIBILITY OR COST OF

REMOVAL. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU. THAT HOPEFULLY COVERS ALL THE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO DOES WHAT DURING POWER LINES. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME. THE OTHER ONES I CAN SEND ABOUT OVER SIZED VEHICLES IN

RESIDENTIAL STREETS. THANK YOU. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: MR. BOONE, WOULD YOU LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, I CAN SAY ONE OF THE THINGS, ALTHOUGH I WAS PART

OF THE CJCC AS MY PRIOR POSITION. THE FRIDAY COURT ARRAIGNMENT, THE CITY SHOULD TAKE CREDIT. THAT WAS INSTITUTED BY US TO HELP WITH THE ISSUES THROUGH OUR JUSTICE PARTNERS. WE SHOULD TAKE CREDIT FOR

THAT. I APPRECIATE THE FORMER CITY ATTORNEY TAKING THE LEAD WITH THAT. WITH SOME OF THE NOTICE ISSUES, WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITH SOME OF THE PENDING LITIGATION THAT'S

HAPPENING. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. I WOULD REBUT WE SHOULD NOT BE PROUD OF THAT FACT. WE HAVE

HAD TO HELP THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM COME UP WITH A WHOLE NEW PROCESS BECAUSE WE ARE 400% INCREASE AND DIDN'T GIVE THEM A HEADS UP WE'RE DOING IT. MR. BOONE, WITH ALL DUE REQUEST, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE

SHOULD BE PROUD OF. THANK YOU. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: FOR FUTURE, WE'RE ALL TRYING. WE TELL THE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE ABOUT DECORUM AND HONORING THE CHAMBERS. WE NEED TO DO THE SAME FOR THE COUNCILORS THAT

SPEAKS. COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. DR. SENGEL, I HAVE A QUESTIONS. FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW, IT'S BASED ON GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. AND IT'S GATHERED AT GOALS FORUM

HELD EVERY FOUR YEARS. THE LAST ONE WAS CONDUCTED OVER THREE DAYS IN 2022. HAS THE ADMINISTRATION CONDUCTED A 2026 GOALS FORUM? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, I'M LOOKING. I KNOW YOU RECEIVED

RESPONSES TO YOUR QUESTIONS. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GET THOSE FOR YOU. WE HELD A GOALS FORUM IN AUGUST -- SATURDAY AUGUST 29, 2026 AT 10 A.M. IN THE DOWNTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY. >>COUN. GROUT: HOW MANY

PEOPLE ATTENDED? >> THERE WERE SEVEN PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. >>COUN. GROUT: HOW WAS IT ADVERTISED? >> DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, STAFF ANNOUNCED AT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS WITH FLIERS AND

EMAILED TWO ROUNDS OF OUTREACH TO ALL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE QR CODE AND EMAIL LINKED TO THE SURVEY. AN EMAIL INVITATION WAS SENT TO CONSTITUENTS THROUGH OUR

DATABASE INCLUDING ALL BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU JUST MENTIONED THERE WAS A SURVEY. HOW WAS THE SURVEY ADVERTISED. YOU WENT OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT. WHO IS

MANAGING THE SURVEY? >> LET'S SEE. THE FIELD REPRESENTATIVE YVETTE IS OUR LEAD IN MANAGING THAT SURVEY. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED? >> 157 RESPONSES. >>COUN. GROUT: WHEN

DID IT CLOSE? >> IT CLOSED ON 9-5-26, ONE WEEK AFTER THE FORUM WAS HELD. >>COUN. GROUT: DO YOU HAVE THE RESULTS FROM THE SURVEY? >> THE SURVEY IS CLOSED AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE CAMPILATION OF THAT

REPORT. IT IS OF NOTE THAT PREVIOUS FORUM, WHICH WAS FOUR YEARS PRIOR, WE HAD 77 PARTICIPANTS AND 39 SURVEYS. WITH 157 RESPONSES, WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE INCREASED PARTICIPATION SIGNIFICANTLY. PROBABLY AN

OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THAT. >>COUN. GROUT: IS THERE A REASON WHY IT WENT FROM ONE DAY -- FROM THREE DAYS TO ONE DAY? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT. IN TERMS OF

WHAT THE PROCESS WAS AND TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF DAYS. >>COUN. GROUT: WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO GET THE RESULTS FROM THE SURVEY? >> I BELIEVE THEY HAVE FINISHED COMPILING AND ANTICIPATES DISTRIBUTION

OF THAT IMMINENTLY. IT SHOULD BE COMING OUT. IF NOT ALREADY. >>COUN. GROUT: MR. VICE PRESIDENT, THERE IS SOME LEGISLATION THAT HAS COME DOWN FROM THE 11th FLOOR. THIS INFORMATION THAT I GATHERED FROM

THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME FOR THAT. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THAT INFORMATION BEFORE WE BRING THAT FORWARD. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I JUST HAVE TWO

QUESTIONS. AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE QUESTION AND ANSWER. MADAM CAO, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THE CITY CLERK'S APPOINTMENT? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT CHAMPINE, WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING

APPLICANTS FOR THE CITY CLERK POSITION. AND REVIEWING THOSE APPLICATIONS DOING INITIAL INTERVIEWS AS WELL. I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT TIMELINE. MY ANSWER WOULD BE ONE WE HAVE THE BEST CANDIDATE SELECTED TO

SEND DOWN FOR YOUR ALL'S CONFIRMATION. WE'RE IN THAT ACTIVE SEARCH. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: WHAT DAY ARE YOU ON THE DUE DATE? I BELIEVE YOU HAVE 270 DAYS, RIGHT? >> MADAM PRESIDENT -- >>COUN. CHAMPINE: DO

YOU KNOW WHAT DAY NUMBER YOU'RE ON? >> COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I'LL GO ON THE CALENDAR. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: MY FINAL QUESTION -- I'D LOVE AN EMAIL. THAT WOULD BE

GREAT. FINAL QUESTION, DO WE STILL NOT HAVE CONSTRUCTION DURING BALLOON FIESTA? ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT CAN GET CONGESTED? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, THAT IS OUR GENERAL EXPECTATION IS

TO AT LEAST STOP WHAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER TO REDUCE THE IMPACT TO THE PUBLIC IF WE BELIEVE IT WILL. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: OKAY. I WAS GOING DOWN PASEO AND NOTICED PASEO AND WYOMING AND LOUISIANA HAD

CONSTRUCTION CONES UP. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FIBER. I THINK IT WAS. I JUST KNOW PASEO IS A ROUTE PEOPLE TAKE INTO IT. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, WE BELIEVE IT'S NOT CITY CONSTRUCTION. WE

CAN REACH OUT AND FIGURE OUT IF WE HAVE A CONTACT AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO REMOVE THEM OR MOVE THE PROJECT. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES. WE'LL MOVE TO PROCLAMATIONS AND

PRESENTATIONS. MADAM PRESIDENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING MORE THAN FOUR PROCLAMATIONS PER COUNCILOR PER CALENDAR YEAR. THIS WILL REQUIRE TWO-THIRDS VOTE.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CHAIR GROUT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. WE'RE NOW ON PRESENTATION. AND THIS WOULD BE

MYSELF AND COUNCILOR TELLES. COUNCILOR TELLES, DO YOU WANT TO READ THIS PART OF IT? I CAN READ THE TITLE. PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT MONTH. TO ACCEPT THIS EVENING, WE HAVE

-- MAKE YOUR WAY UP AS I'M CALLING OUT YOUR NAME. DR. SCOTT, DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. ANTHONY HARKEN, FIELD OPERATIONS DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION.

AND MR. CHRISTOPHER LOVE, DIRECTOR OF POMEGRANATE ORCHARD. WE HAVE MELISSA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MANDY'S FARM. IF YOU GUYS CAN MAKE YOUR WAY -- I WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE START READING THE PROCLAMATION,

IT'S SO EXCITING. TRADITIONALLY WE DO ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS DURING THE YEAR. WITH THIS ONE, I THINK I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CHRIS LOVE ALL THESE YEARS TO DO THIS MONTHLY RECOGNITION AND MANDY'S FARM.

AND WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WANTING TO BE PART OF THE PROCLAMATION BECAUSE OF THE GOOD WORK THEY DO IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. COUNCILOR TELLES, BEFORE WE

GET STARTED, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? OKAY. HERE WE GO. WELCOME, EVERYONE. WHEREAS, OCTOBER 2026 MARKS THE 81st ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL DISABILITY MROIALITY AWARENESS MONTH. AND THE PURPOSE OF

THE DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH IS TO CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SHOWCASE SUPPORTIVE POLICY AND PRACTICES THAT BENEFIT EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS ALIKE, AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S THEME IS

CELEBRATING VALUE AND TALENT. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: WHEREAS NEW MEXICANS WITH DISABILITIES ARE A SIGNIFICANTLY UNTAPPED RESOURCE WITH A RANGE OF SKILLS AND ABILITIES TO HELP BUSINESSES GROW AND WHEREAS

NEW MEXICO EMPLOYERS CAN HELP REACH THE VALUE AND TALENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE SKILLED, LOYAL AND COMMITTED TO THEIR SUCCESS. >>COUN. ROGERS: WHEREAS WORKPLACES THAT APPRECIATE THE

TALENTS OF ALL PEOPLE INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE CRITICAL PART OF OUR EFFORTS TO BUILD A WELCOMING COMMUNITY AND STRONG ECONOMY. AND WHEREAS SEVERAL LOCAL COUNTY AND STATE AGENCIES AND

STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATIONS ARE JOINING TOGETHER TO HIGHLIGHT THE VALUE AND TALENT THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ADD TO OUR WORKPLACES, COMMUNITIES, AND AFFIRM THEIR COMMITMENT TO INCREASE ACCESS AND

OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WORKFORCE FOR ALL. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: WHEREAS SEVERAL LOCAL COUNTY AND STATE AGENCIES STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATIONS ARE JOINING TOGETHER TO HIGHLIGHT THE TALENT THAT PEOPLE WITH

DISABILITIES ADD TO OUR WORKPLACES AND COMMUNITIES AND AFFIRM THEIR COMMITMENT TO INCREASE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WORKPLACE FOR ALL AND WHEREAS ALBUQUERQUE IS HOME TO A VIBRANT COMMUNITY OF

RESOURCES TO HELP INDIVIDUALS FIND AND MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT SUCH AS COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT PROVIDERS, THE INDEPENDENT LIVING RESOURCE CENTER, AMERICA'S JOB CENTER, AND NEW MEXICO DIVISION OF

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION, AND -- >>COUN. TELLES: WHEREAS THE NEW MEXICO DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION HAS SIX OFFICES IN ALBUQUERQUE TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WITH ACHIEVING EMPLOYMENT GOALS AND

OUTREACH AND HIRING AND DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS ACTIVITIES ARE TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE STATE DURING OCTOBER, AND BE IT PROCLAIMED THE COUNCIL THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE

HEREBY PROCLAIMS OCTOBER, 2026, AS DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH IN ALBUQUERQUE. [ APPLAUSE ]. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I KNOW WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. I WILL

START WITH CHRIS LOVE. IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? >> HI. IT'S GREAT BEING -- THE RECOGNITION AND PARTICIPATION FROM THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE D AND -- THE CITY WORKS ON THIS YEAR ROUND, NOT JUST

THIS MONTH. LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PENA, IT IS AMAZING SEEING WHERE WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS SEVERAL YEARS TO WHAT IT'S DRAWN INTO CURRENTLY. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. >>COUN. PEÑA:

THANK YOU. MELISSA. >> I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT MANDY'S FARM. AND WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU AGAIN. WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES AND YOU

GUYS WORKED WITH OUR VAMOS PROGRAM THROUGH THE DTI PROGRAM, COUNCILOR ROGERS, COUNCILOR PEÑA, AND ALBUQUERQUE BOTANIC GARDENS. WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE INTERNSHIPS TURNED INTO MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT

THROUGH THE CITY. I INVITED TWO COLLEAGUES TO MAKE A QUICK REMARK, I HOPE THAT'S OKAY. BRIAN HAS BEEN WITH MANDY'S FARM FOR TEN YEARS. AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT IN ACTION. I WOULD LOVE FOR BRIAN TO

COME UP HERE AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAVING A JOB MEANS TO YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: HI, BRIAN. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. I ENJOY MY JOB. IT MEANS THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE LIKE

ME. I MEAN, I AM THE ONLY ONE IN MY POSITION AT WHERE I WORK. I MEAN, I AM ALWAYS READY FOR ANYTHING. ESPECIALLY IF THE PERSON IS -- HAS A MENTAL DISABILITY. AND MOST DISABILITIES -- MENTALLY

DISABLED. WE NEED A LOT MORE WORK. AND WE NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO HELP OUT. I AM PERSONALLY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THE ORGANIZATION I'M WITH. [ APPLAUSE ]. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR

COMMENTS, BRIAN. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILORS, MADAM PRESIDENT, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I'M THE EMPLOYMENT DIRECTOR AT MANDY'S FARM. FIRST I'M GOING TO ASK YOU EXCUSE ME BECAUSE I'M TO GOING TO USE PHONE

FOR NOTES. WE SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, AND EMPLOYMENT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT MANDY'S FARM CONTINUES TO STRIVE TO FIND NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO SUPPORT

INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO ANTICIPATE IN MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT. OUR MOST RECENT PROGRAM IS ONE YEAR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO WORK IN COMPETITIVE

AGRICULTURAL POSITIONS UPON GRADUATION. IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO MEET SOME OF OUR RECENT GRADUATES AND EXPLORE POTENTIAL EMPLOYMENT IN CITY DEPARTMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR PARKS,

GREENHOUSES AND OTHER SUSTAINABLE CITY PROJECTS. THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE MR. HAWKINS FROM THE NEW MEXICO DIVISION OF DVR. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, CITY COUNCIL

MEMBERS. I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO ADD. IT DOES TAKE A COMMUNITY TO ASSIST THE INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIALIZED NEEDS TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE

CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE'S WILLINGNESS TO JOIN OUR COMMUNITY WITH US AND HELP US FIGHT THAT FIGHT. WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? >> GOOD EVENING,

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M JEN, AND I SERVE AS THE VICE CHAIR ON THE NEW MEXICO STATE REHABILITATION COUNCIL FOR NMDVR. ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING

DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH. PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE SKILLED DEDICATED MEMBERS OF OUR WORKFORCE. WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE TALENT AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE IN

OUR COMMUNITIES EVERY DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND CONTINUING THE IMPORTANT WORK. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I'M GOING TO ADD A

COUPLE THINGS. DR. SENGEL, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A PRESENTATION TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE CITY AT THE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. I KNOW WE MADE SLOW PROGRESS, BUT WE HAVE MADE

PROGRESS. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. A PERSONAL PLUG, I HAVE A BROUGHT WITH SPECIAL ABILITIES. HE ACTUALLY GOT A JOB WITH PARTNERING WITH DVR MANY, MANY MOONS AGO. HE IS WORKING AT THE WALMART ON COORS

AND I-40. HE'S BEEN THERE 23 YEARS AND GOING ON HIS 24th YEAR. I'M TRYING TO CONVINCE HIM TO RETIRE. HE ISN'T HAVING ANY OF THAT. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ANYBODY INTERESTED IN HIRING ANYBODY,

WHETHER THAT IS AT A BUSINESS, GET A SUPPORT AND A JOB COACH. THERE'S MONEY TO PAY FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES. AND THESE EMPLOYEES DON'T TAKE TIME OFF. THEY TAKE THEIR JOB VERY SERIOUSLY. AND THEY EXCEL AT

WHAT THEY DO. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ]. DO WE HAVE THE PROCLAMATION? IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR WAY AROUND OR WE CAN RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION OVER THERE? EITHER WAY.

THEY WANT TO COME UP. YOU GUYS JUST MAKE YOUR WAY AROUND THIS WAY. [ MANY PEOPLE TALKING ]. >>COUN. PEÑA: THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. BRIAN, STAND HERE FRONT AND CENTER. YOU CAN BE THE PRESIDENT. COME THIS

WAY. YOU GUYS WANT TO JOIN WITH RYAN? >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: MADAM PRESIDENT, WE'LL NOW HAVE PRESENTATION FROM PRESIDENT

KERTSLER WITH THE CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE 2026 GO BOND ELECTION. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: BEFORE YOU START, YOU HAVE FIVE

MINUTES. >> THAT'S FINE. IT SHOULD BE LESS THAN THAT. IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: THAT'S OKAY, TOO. >> I'M PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE

THIS EVENING. I WANT TO REALLY THANK THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL AND ALL OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING CNM FOR SO MANY YEARS WITH OUR PROJECTS AND OUR EFFORTS HERE IN THE CITY AND BERNALILLO COUNTY. WE HAVE

A BRIEF SLIDE PRESENTATION. AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ELECTION COMING UP NOVEMBER 3rd. AND ON THAT BALLOT WILL BE BOND QUESTION THREE, WHICH SUPPORTS 351 -- GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AND THE NEXT SLIDE. IT

SUPPORTS $351 MILLION OF PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE. WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY, AND FOR THIS REGION, ARE THE PROJECTS FOR UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, PARTICULARLY $100 MILLION FOR THE NEW

MEDICAL SCHOOL. AS YOU KNOW, WE CAN BUILD THAT SCHOOL AND EXPAND THE SCHOOL, THAT WILL EXPAND PROVIDERS WHO ARE SERVING US. AND ALL PROVIDERS ACROSS THE STATE. REALLY, FOR CNM, WE'RE FOCUSED ON $15

MILLION QUESTION OR ALLOCATION IN THAT BOND FOR WHAT WOULD BE A $45 MILLION PROJECT CALLED -- NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. WE'RE GREAT. THE BOND ALSO WILL SUPPORT 3500 JOBS AND IT WILL SERVE MANY LOCAL

ECONOMIES IN THE COUNTIES. NEXT SLIDE. WHAT WILL COME FOR CNM? AS I MENTIONED A $45 MILLION PROJECT. THE REASON I SAY THAT, THE QUESTION IS $15 MILLION. THE REASON I SAY $45 MILLION IS BECAUSE THROUGH

THE PARTNERSHIP WITH ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO LEASE US 37 ACRES OF LAND, WHICH WE HOPE WE'LL FINALIZE THAT LEASE IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, WE INTEND TO BUILD A BUILDING THAT WILL NOT ONLY SERVE

CNM'S COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE MORE CLASSROOM AND LAB SPACE AND WORK SPACE TO ATTRACT ENTREPRENEURS. BUT IT WILL ALSO HOUSE THE NEW MEXICO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST

FACILITY ON THAT 37 ACRES IN THE SANDIA SCIENCE AND TECH PARK. WE EXPECT THEM TO BUILD OUT FOR MANY PROJECTS THAT WILL SERVE OUR LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL INTERESTS AND PROTECTING AND GROWING

PROTECTING OUR COUNTRY AND GROWING OUR ECONOMY. I HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT BOND THREE AND CNM AND UNM AND SO MANY OTHER PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE. YOU HAVE THE DATESS -- DATE FOR WHEN TO VOTE.

I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: MADAM PRESIDENT. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO BE HERE. WE GOT THE CALL AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A

LITTLE STRANGE FOR CNM TO PRESENT THEIR GO BOND HERE AT CITY COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S REALLY NICE TO KNOW WHAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS, IN

THE COMMUNITY ARE ASKING FOR. THAT WAY, WE'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S COMING. THANK YOU FOR REQUESTING TO BE HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU SO

MUCH. HELLO. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DISTRICT SIX LOVES CNM. CNM IS IN DISTRICT SIX. WE'RE GRATEFUL YOU DID COME. WE HAVE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER MORE ON. I KNOW WE DO GREAT WORK WITH YOU ALL. YOUR

PRESENTATION IS NOT ABOUT THAT. I NEED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR COLLABORATION AROUND PARAMEDIC TRAINING FOR FIREFIGHTERS. WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH UNM TO TRAIN OUR FIREFIGHTERS AS PARAMEDICS

AT THE RATE WE NEEDED THEM. AND WE NEED THAT PARTNERSHIP AGAIN. WE CANNOT TRAIN THEM -- WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY GET INTO YOUR PROGRAM OR ANOTHER PROGRAM. SO, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANT TO PUT A

LITTLE SEED THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK WITH DR. SENGEL AND YOUR LEADERSHIP TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD CO-TRAIN PARAMEDIC FIREFIGHTERS AT THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO COUNTY AND BEYOND, I

THINK, EVEN. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST THE NEED FOR ALBUQUERQUE, IT'S THE NEED FOR THE WHOLE STATE. I JUST HAVE TO PUT THAT PLUG IN SINCE YOU'RE HERE TO TALK TO US. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM

PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, I'D BE GLAD TO EXPLORE THAT FURTHER. AND CERTAINLY EXPAND ON OUR HEALTH PROGRAM. IF I MAY, I NEGLECTED TO SAY, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT THE BOND QUESTION IS THERE'S NO

TAX RATE INCREASE. THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I SHOULD HAVE SAID. I APOLOGIZE. I WAS FOCUSED ON LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. VOTE ON THE QUESTION AND THERE'S NO TAX INCREASE. >>COUN.

CHAMPINE: COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. I'M REALLY THRILLED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. AND IT IS IN MY DISTRICT. THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE STATE, THE REPRESENTATIVES,

THERE'S SO MANY PARTNERS THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER. THE COLLABORATIVE IS A GREAT PROGRAM. WHAT'S MOST EXCITING ABOUT THIS IS IT WILL BE TEACHING OUR YOUNG KIDS. AND WE WANT TO KEEP THEM HERE. THIS IS

AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS. I DO ALSO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO VOTE YES FOR THIS ONE FOR SURE. THANK YOU. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT

CONCLUDES PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS. I DO HAVE ONE -- MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. I WANTED TO CORRECT SOMETHING DURING MY QUESTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION. THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION, THERE ISN'T

A DEADLINE ON THE CITY CLERK OR CITY ATTORNEY. I WAS CONFUSED BASED ON ANOTHER P BILL THAT DIDN'T PASS. THERE IS NO DEADLINE. THEY'RE ON A GOOD TIMELINE. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNEW THAT.

THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW ON THE JOURNAL. I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 21st JOURNAL. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT CHAMPINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND

RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION PASSES. WE'RE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS AND INTRODUCTIONS. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION? I HAVE A FEW. EC-273 I MOVE THE RULES BE

SUSPENDED FOR PLACING EC-26-273 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR ACTION. IT'S THE 2027 ADMINISTRATION PRIORITY CAPITAL AND POLICY REQUESTS. THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CHAIR GROUT.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION PASSES. WE'RE NOW ON OC-19. I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLACING RECOLLECT

OC-26-19, IT'S THE TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM FOR FIRST SESSION OF THE 58th SESSION OF THE NEW MEXICO STATE LEGISLATURE. I MOVE -- I MOVE THE RULES BE

SUSPENDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. OC-20 WRCH I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR THE PURP OFFENSE PLACING OC-26-20 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR

ACTION. IT'S THE APPOINTMENT OF ALMA DOMINGO TO THE CIVILIAN POLICE OVEREIGHT BOARD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE -- NO.

THERE WAS A TYPO? OH, OKAY. THERE'S A TYPO. I MOVE THE RULES BE SUS PENNED FOR INTRODUCING OC-26-21 AND PLACING IS IT ON THE OCTOBER 19th COUNCIL AGENDA FOR ACTION. IT'S THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBER TO

THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCILOR GROUT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RULES BE SUSPENDED, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION

CARRIES. I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCILOR ROGERS FROM ALL THE WAY OVER THERE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. NO, SAME MOTION. MOTION

CARRIES. NOW, WE'RE ON REPORTS OF COMMITTEE. THERE ARE NONE. NOW, WE'RE ON DEFERRALS AND WITHDRAWALS. COUNCILORS, ANY WITH DRAWLS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE. WE'RE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY CHANGES TO

THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE. FOR THE INDIVIDUALS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA WHO ARE BEING APPOINTED TO SERVE ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF

PEOPLE IN DISTRICT THREE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE LISTENING IN. CODY UNSER, AND MR. ESQUEIBEL, CONGRATULATIONS. I MOVE PROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT

CHAMPINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE NOW ON ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: MADAM PRESIDENT, THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL

LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING MET ON -- WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7th. THE ONE ON OCTOBER 7th AT 3 P.M. HAS BEEN ANSLED. THERE WILL BE A LAND USE PLANNING AND ZONING ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER

14th AT 4 P.M. IN THE VINCENT E. GRIEGO BASEMENT LEVEL OF THE ALBUQUERQUE GOVERNMENT CENTER. THIS WILL BE A HYBRID MEETING. >>COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THERE WILL BE A LOCAL

GOVERNMENT COORDINATING COMMISSION MEETING ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15th AT 5:00 P.M. IN THE JOHN MILLANY COMMUNITY BOARD ROOM AT 6400 UPTOWN BULL -- T BOULEVARD. ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADMINISTRATIVE

OFFICE. THIS IS A HYBRID MEETING. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ROGERS. WE'RE ON FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS. THERE ARE NONE. WE'RE ON ITEM 11, APPEALS. AC-06 IS JOLYNN MAESTAS APPEALS THE ZONING

HEARING EXAMINER'S DECISION TO APPROVE A WALL OR FENCE ON THE PROPERTY LINED AT 637 SOLAR ROAD. THIS IS ZONED R1. WE HAVE MR. VICTOR HALL TO EXPLAIN. TONIGHT'S PROCEEDINGS WILL BE THE ADOPTION OF

FINDINGS. MR. HALL. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. ON THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 21st, THE COUNCIL VOTED 7-2 TO GRANT THE APPEAL AND REVERSE THE ZHE AND DENY PERMIT FOR WALL FENCE MAJOR. THE

FINDINGS HAVE BEEN DRAFTED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU ONE ON DRIVE. AND YOU WERE PROVIDED IT FOR THE PARTIES. CITY COUNCIL VOTED SEPTEMBER 21, 2026. APPELLANT JOLYNN MAESTAS HAS STANDING. THE APPELLANT

MET BURDEN OF PROOF TO SHOW THE ZHE ERRED IN APPROVING PERMITS. THE ZHE FAILED TO CONSIDER OTHER FRONT YARDS OR FENCES IN THE VICINITY. THEREBY, FAILING TO FULFILL HOW THE WALL WILL STRENGTHEN THE

CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING AREA WHICH IS A NECESSARY PART OF THE PERMIT. THE ZHE'S DECISION IS ARBITRARY OR CAPRICIOUS. AND FAILED TO IDENTIFY WHAT EVIDENCE WAS PRESENTED BY THE APPLICANT WOULD

SUPPORT THE APPLICANT. THEY FOUND IT WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. HALL. COUNCILORS, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON AC-26-06? >>COUN. BACA: THANK YOU, MADAM

PRESIDENT. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE ADOPTION OF FINDINGS. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR

HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. >> CAN I SEE HANDS AGAIN? >>COUN. PEÑA: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES. OPPOSED, NO. CARRIES, 8-1. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, I

DON'T WANT TO GO TO ROLL CALL VOTE. I KNOW STAFF SOMETIMES HAS CHALLENGES WITH SEEING OUR HANDS. WE ARE NOW ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN PROVIDE LIVE PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE

COUNCIL IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY IF THEY HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PER THE INSTRUCTIONS PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA AND OUR WEBSITE FRIDAY. AS A REMINDER PURSUANT TO RULE OF PROCEDURE ARTICLE ONE

SECTION 8C, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED ON QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS. DO NOT INCLUDE COMMENTS FOR ANYTHING RELATED TO QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER INCLUDING SITE PLANS, ZONE AMENDMENTS, OR

LUHO APPEALS. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS RULE MAY RESULT THAT YOUR COMMENT WILL BE CUTOFF. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO EDIT YOUR COMMENTS. HERE ARE THE GROUND RULES. EACH PARTICIPANT HAS ONE MINUTE.

COMMENTS ARE TO BE ADDRESSED TOO LITTLE COUNCILORS ONLY THROUGH THE PRESIDENT. ANY DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT WILL RESULT IN REMOVAL OF THE MEETING. AND THERE'S A ONE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT AND THE BELL WILL RING

TO INDICATE YOUR TIME IS UP. MR. CORNELIUS, CALL THE NAME OF THE FIRST SPEAKER. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FIRST SPEAKER IS SENATOR MAESTAS FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU. I'M STATE SENATOR FROM DISTRICT 26. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I'M ON MY HOME FROM A LEGISLATIVE HEARING IN LAS CRUCES. I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER M-26-2 AND O-26-61. M-26-2, OREGON DID THIS. I DO

THE ZONING LAWS IN SANTA FE. ANY MEMORIALS YOU GUYS WANT US TO CONSIDER WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE DIALOGUE IN SANTA FE. WE'RE THE LAST STATE IN THE SOUTHWEST TO NOT DO ZONING REFORM AND YOUR HOUSING

CRISIS DEMANDS WE DO SOMETHING. THIS WILL AT TO THE CONVERSATION. WITH REGARDS TO O-26-61, DESPITE THE INTENTION OF THE CURRENT LAWS, IT'S JUST NOT WORKABLE. EIGHT PEOPLE CANNOT JUST SIT IN A ROOM AND

MAKE BOUNDARIES ALL OVER CREATION, INCLUDING SOVEREIGN NATION OF LAGUNA AND NAVAJO CHAPTER AND SAY WE REPRESENT THEM AND THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO. SELFISH WANTS AND DESIRES SHOULD NOT DICTATE PUBLIC

POLICY. >> PATRICIA FOLLOWED BY LEX. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, HERE'S A PLANNER'S JOKE. WHAT ARE TWO THINGS THAT RESIDENTS HATE? SPRAWL AND DENSITY. YOU SEE, COUNCILORS, YOU CAN'T WIN. I SENT

YOU A TIMELINE SHOWING HOW A COUPLE STUDIES LED TO ART BEFORE THE HORSE PROCESS. HE SAID TO JUSTIFY AND ACCOMMODATE THE IDO YOU HAVE TO UPDATE THE COMP PLAN AND GET RID OF THE SECTOR PLANS THAT

REFLECT THE INHERENT DIVERSITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. SO WE HAVE THE BASS-ACKWARDS PROCESS OF A GRANT FOR TRANSIT OF THE IDO DRIVING THE COMP PLAN. WE HAVE RULES, RULES THAT HAVE BEEN AMENDED SEVEN HUNDRED

TIMES. WE HAVE A PROCESS TO FOLLOW THESE RULES. RULES THAT INCLUDE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGNATING THE NEED FOR DEVELOPERS TO ACT IN GOOD FAITH. IF COUNCIL IS THE ULTIMATE ZONING AUTHORITY

CHOOSES NOT TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND IGNORE PROCESS NOTIFICATION AND GOOD FAITH, WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING HERE? THANK YOU. >> LEX FOLLOWED BY BRICK. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR.

CITY ATTORNEY. PRIOR TO THIS SESSION TODAY, OCTOBER 5th, I OFFICIALLY HAND DELIVERED A FORMAL CEASE AND DESIST NOTICE TO THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK AND THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. AT THIS

MOMENT, I'M HANDING THE LAST TWO REMAINING NOTICES TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. THIS LETTER ACTS AS A FORMAL WARNING REGARDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS THAT

OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 21st MEETING. APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS INTO MY COMMENT, MR. PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, ENGAGED IN AN ARBITRARY, NON-NEUTRAL DISRUPTION AN ACTION THAT HE EXPLICITLY ADMITTED WAS A

DISTURBANCE. HE THEN CONTINUED TO INTERJECT, USING THE COUNCIL RULES AS A FALSE PRETEXT FOR MY PHYSICAL DIRECTION. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS A PROTECTED FIRST AMENDMENT FORUM. I'M DEMANDING A

FORMAL APOLOGY AND COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, ON THIS FLOOR AND REMEDY WITHIN 14 DAYS, EXPIRING ON OCTOBER 19th. THANK YOU. >> BRICK FOLLOWED BY REBECCA. >> CAN I GET THE OVERHEAD? THANK YOU, SIR. YOU GUYS

GOT TO LEARN, MAN. IS IT ON? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU GUYS ABLE TO SEE IT? ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S -- YOU'RE NOT? I CAN JUST HOLD THEM UP, IF THAT'S NECESSARY. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR MEDIATION FORM

THROUGH YOUR CPOA. AT THE FRONT, THAT'S THE BACK. THERE'S NO ROOM FOR AN INDIVIDUAL SIGNATURE. I REQUESTED AN AGREEMENT TO MEDIATE FROM YOUR CPOA, A BLANK TEMPLATE COPY. THIS IS WHAT THEY SENT ME. THE

AGREEMENT TO MEDIATE FORM IS WHAT WOULD BE SIGNED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AGREEING TO MEDIATE WITH YOUR POLICE OFFICERS IN CPOA MEDIATION. THIS IS WHAT THEY WOULD SEND OFF TO YOUR MEDIATORS, THE ONES

YOU HIRE ON. IT WOULD BE NICE IF I COULD GET FROM YOUR CPOA THE AGREEMENT TO MEDIATE FORM THAT WOULD GO WITH CASE NUMBER 001 FOR THIS YEAR. WHICH I REQUESTED FROM THEM, OR AT LEAST A TEMPLATE COPY.

THIS ISN'T IT. I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. >> REBECCA FOLLOWED BY ALTHEA. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'M HERE AS A MEMBER

FOR NEW MEXICO'S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY A VICE PRESIDENT IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND FORMER PUBLIC SERVEN. I SUPPORT A STREAMLINE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT RESPECTS NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT AND

ALLOWS NEEDED PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD. WHEN UNCERTAINTY HOLDS UP THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION, CONSEQUENCES REACH ALL OF US. HIGHER COSTS, FEWER JOBS AND LONGER WAITS FOR HOUSING AND VERY NEEDED PUBLIC

FACILITIES. OUR NEIGHBORHOODS DESERVE MEANINGFUL VOICE AND OUR COMMUNITY ALSO DESERVES A PROCESS THAT PUTS THAT INPUT TO WORK AROUND DECISIONS THAT PEOPLE CAN PLAN AROUND. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO ASK

FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR O-26-60 AND 61. AND M-26-1 AND 2. THANK YOU. >> ALTHEA FOLLOWED BY M. >> I WAS GOING TO READ -- MADAM PRESIDENT, I WAS GOING TO READ A CHILDREN'S BOOK TO YOU TODAY. I'M TIMING IT

A MINUTE AND FIFTEEN SECONDS. WE'LL SAVE IT FOR ANOTHER DAY. WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TIME. IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING -- WE

ASK THAT PEOPLE WHO DO DRIVE TAKE A MINUTE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEIR LIFE WOULD BE LIKE IF THEY DID NOT DRIVE. IT'S AN EXERCISE ON EMPATHY N THAN -- I ALSO WANT TO SAY THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME PRETTY

HEATED BILLS TONIGHT. I WANTED TO SAY THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY GOOD IDEAS AND REALLY GOOD THOUGHTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT. I HOPE THAT EVERYONE CAN BE UNDERSTANDING OF

OTHER ARGUMENTS. I SEE A LOT OF GOOD ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES. >> PAM FOLLOWED BY ADAM. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE SR NORMAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD OF

DIRECTORS. WE'RE IN OUR 30th YEAR. THE BOARD STRONGLY OPPOSES PASSAGE OF O-26-60, O-26-61 AND M-26-01. ONE QUESTION OUR BOARD HAS, HOW DO THESE BILLS HELP THE CITIZENS OF ALBUQUERQUE? THEY ARE

RECOGNIZED -- THE MEASURES IS RECOGNIZED AS A RETALIATORY POWER GRAB. A BIT OF ADVICE, DON'T GIVE YOURSELF POWERS THAT YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOUR WORST ENEMY TO HAVE. PLEASE VOTE NO ON O-26-60, O-26-61

AND M-26-01. AND I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A REBUTTAL FOR SPEAKER AHEAD OF ME WHO REFERRED TO DELAYS CAUSING PROBLEMS, BEIBER STATED THAT WAS MALARKEY. >> ADAM FOLLOWED BY LISA. LISA FOLLOWED BY JAMES.

>> GOOD EVENING. POLICE BRUTALITY, 400% INCREASE IN CITATIONS FOR EXISTING IN ALBUQUERQUE IN POVERTY. IS IT TRUE THAT THE MAYOR AND APD HAVE 17 OFFICER SQUAD THAT IS SOLELY FOR TARGETING UNHOUSED

FOLKS? THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD. IN COMPARISON, IF IT'S TRUE, THERE ARE 14 DETECTIVES INVESTIGATING MURDER. WHERE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING THEY

HAVEN'T DONE WELL ENOUGH, THAT'S BRINGING THE WHOLE COMMUNITY INTO SOLVING HOMELESSNESS. I'M ASKING ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGING TASK. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BASSAN, IF YOU'RE

WILLING TO HELP US WITH THIS, OF HAVING A UNIQUE CITY PERMIT. WE NEED TO CREATE A TYPE OF A PERMIT THAT WOULD BE FOR THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WE KNOW WE NEED. WE NEED TO REMOVE STIGMA FROM RECOVERY

AND LET'S COME UP WITH A PERMITTING PROCESS, OR NAME OF A PERMIT, WE CAN DO THIS. THAT FITS THE KIND OF NEEDS WE HAVE. OUR CURRENT PERMS DO NOT. >> JAMES FOLLOWED BY ADAM. >> MADSM PRESIDENT,

COUNCILORS, I'M PRESIDENT OF THE MARK TWAIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I'M HERE TO SAY THIS IS NOT A TIME TO BE BURNING BRIDGES. WE'RE DECOUPLING RESIDENTS FROM THEIR ABILITY TO ENGAGE AS COMMUNITY

MEMBERS AND THE ISSUES THAT AFFECT OUR CITY. THE HOUSING CRISIS AS A FUNCTION OF DWELLING UNITS IS A MYTH. HUD KNOWS IT. THE COUNTY ASSESSOR KNOWS IT. AND THE DATA IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. AND I KNOW IT

BECAUSE I'VE COUNTED THEM OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS. WE'RE PRODUCING MORE -- WE HAVE MORE AVAILABLE DWELLING UNITS THAN WE HAVE HOUSEHOLDS AT THIS POINT. AND MORE ARE COMING ONLINE. THE COUNCIL

DERIVES SATISFACTION FROM IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS AND PENALTIES UPON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND COALITIONS. YOU'RE REALLY DEMONSTRATING POWER OVER YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHILE ASSISTING IN THE FAILURE TO

ENSURE OUR CITY GOVERNMENT DIRECTLY CONFRONTS EFFECTIVELY THE REAL PROBLEMS OF DRIVING DECLINE AND BLIGHT AND CHAOS IN OUR CITY. >> ADAM FOLLOWED BY CARLOS. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING.

I LIVE AND WORK IN DISTRICT TWO. I'M A 21st CENTURY REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER. I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY FOR 25 YEARS. I'VE SPENT 11 HERE IN MY HOMETOWN.

I'M TRYING TO BUILD WHAT WE'RE MISSING IN THIS COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE OTHERS AND OUR CITY DESERVE IT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGE OF BILLS AND MEMORIALS. I BELIEVE

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS WHEN SOMETHING NEW IS BEING PROPOSED NEAR THEIR COMMUNITY. TOO OFTEN ASSOCIATIONS AND COALITIONS WITH NO PROXIMITY OR

STAKE HAVE OUTSIZED SAY OVER WHETHER IT MOVES FORWARD. THESE GROUPS SHOULD NOT BE LEADING THE OPPOSITION, THEY SHOULD BE COLLABORATING AND COOPERATING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND LET THE ASSOCIATIONS

PARTICIPATE. IF WE WANT TO SEE THE CITY COMPETE FOR HIGH WAGES SO OUR CITIZENS CAN CREATE THEIR OWN WEALTH AND OUR CHILDREN CAN STAY IN NEW MEXICO, WE MUST CONTINUE TO BUILD. THE ONLY THING NEW

MEXICANS HATE MORE THAN CHANGE IS THE STATUS QUO. LET'S ALL BE THE CHANGE. THANK YOU. >> CARLOS FOLLOWED BY JULIE. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS. THIS WEEK IS WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING. I

WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE SOMETHING ALBUQUERQUE HAS DONE RIGHT. THAT IS THE ART PROJECT. ALBUQUERQUE IS NOT A HUGE CITY. BUT ART IS THE FIFTH MOST USED SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY. WHEN IT OPENED

IT WAS THE FIRST SYSTEM IN THE U.S. TO EARN A GOLD STANDARD RATING. IN TEN YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN NO NEW ADDITION TO THE ART. WE KNOW TRAFFIC WORKS BEST WHEN IT'S A FAST, RELIABLE AND HIGH FREQUENCY

NETWORK. DURING THIS WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING I ASK YOU TO REFLECT ON THE IMPACT ART HAS HAD IN TRANSPORTATION IN OUR CITY. AND THINK ABOUT WHERE WE GO NEXT. WHAT WOULD IT TAKE -- WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE

TO BUILD ON THAT SUCCESS AND CREATE A REAL NETWORK OF TRANSIT ACROSS ALBUQUERQUE. PERSONALLY, I'D LOVE TO SEE THE NEXT ART LINE RUNNING ALONG SAN MATEO. I WOULD ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD

TRANSIT LOOK LIKE IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. >> JULIE FOLLOWED BY JIM. >> COUNCILOR PEÑA, COUNCILORS, MY NAME IS JULIE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. OUR ASSOCIATION STANDS IN

OPPOSITION TO O-26-60 AND O-26-61. THREE YEARS AGO A SIX FOOT METAL WHEN WENT UP. BLOCKING VOLCANO VIEWS. I CONSIDER MYSELF KNOWLEDGEABLE ON MANY ISSUES, BUT I'M NOT A WELL VERSED IN OUR IDO. I CALLED

THE WEST SIDE COALITION NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND ASKED WHETHER A WALL LIKE THIS WAS PERMISSIBLE. THAT SINGLE QUESTION BEGAN A TWO-YEAR JOURNEY. WSCONA HELPED AT EVERY STAGE. REVIEWING THE ID ORC,

AND CONNECTING US WITH TRAFFIC SAFETY AND MEASURING THE WALL AND KEEPING US COORDINATED. WEST MESA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION JOINED OUR EFFORTS. NEIGHBORHOOD COALITIONS SERVE AS A BUFFER WHEN ACTIONS

THREATEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THE TWO ASSOCIATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS WALL WERE EMPOWERED BY COALITION SUPPORT. AND WALKING AND CYCLING CAN DO SO SAFELY. >> JIM FOLLOWED BY JANET. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL

PRESIDENT, CITY COUNCILORS. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX. NOB HILL. I OWN A SMALL BUSINESS, CONSENSUS PLANNING. I HAVE AN OFFICE IN DISTRICT TWO, DOWNTOWN. I'M PAST PRESIDENT OF THE NOB HILL

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I WAS ONE OF NOB HILL'S REPRESENTATIONS TO THE FEDERATION OF NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COALITIONS. I ALSO CHAIRED NAOP. AND I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

I SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGE OF BILLS AND MEMORIALS. FIRST, I SUPPORT STRENGTHENING O-61, AND THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MOST LOCAL

FORM OF OUR REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY. THEY REPRESENT THE MEMBERS AND PROVIDE AN ORGANIZING PLATFORM. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUPPORT O-26-60, WHICH I THINK ADDRESSES SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE CURRENT

APPEAL STRUCTURE. AND LIKEWISE, STATE MEMORIAL URGES THE LEGISLATURE TO ACT AND MAKE CRITICAL REFINEMENTS TO THE STATUTES AND STANDING. I APPRECIATE SENATOR MAESTAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> JANET

FOLLOWED BY AMANDA. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'M JANET. I'M LONGTIME RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE. I ADVOCATE FOR THE DEL NORTE CLUSTER OF SCHOOLS WHICH ARE PRIMARILY IN

DISTRICT SEVEN, BUT ALSO IN DISTRICT FOUR. TONIGHT, I WAS OVERJOYED BY TWO THINGS. WE HAVE A NEW REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LIBRARY BOARD FOR DISTRICT FIVE. AND WE ALSO HAVE A NEW MEMBER FROM DISTRICT

SEVEN, JAMES HUNTER. WE WILL WELCOME THEM AND WE'LL PUT THEM TO WORK. AND MY NEXT JOY MOMENT WAS EC-26-273. LOOKING AT IT AND SEEING $1.5 MILLION DOWNTOWN MAIN LIBRARY IS IN THE TOP 15 PRIORITIES THAT

WILL BE HEARD -- THAT WILL BE GOING TO THE LEGISLATURE IN JANUARY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCILOR GROUT, THANK YOU FOR RAISING THE QUESTION ABOUT THE GOALS. I CONSIDER MYSELF A CITY GOVERNMENT

GROUPIE. WHAT CAN I SAY? I WOULD HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THAT IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT. LASTLY, APS IS DOWNSIZING, RIGHTICIZING REPURPOSING OF A BUNCH OF SCHOOLS. THAT IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU,

COUNCILOR ROGERS, FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. >> A-MINDA FOLLOWED ? >> AMANDA FOLLOWED BY TAD. >> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MADAM PRESIDENT,

I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS IN DISTRICT SIX. I AM HERE TODAY TO CHALLENGE THE IDEA -- CHALLENGE THE CITY COUNCIL'S IDEA OF HOMELESSNESS. I AM 43 YEARS OLD. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LUPUS. I

FOUGHT THROUGH ILLNESS, DISEASE, HEART ATTACKS TO BE HERE TODAY. I WENT TO SCHOOL TO START NURSING SCHOOL IN THE YEAR 2007. I STRUGGLED TO GET THROUGH MY CLASSES. EITHER CHEMO THERAPY APPOINTMENTS, OR

A FLARE WOULD COME AND I HAD TO TAKE A CLASS OR WITHDRAW. TODAY I'M PROUD TO SAY I AM ONE CLASS AWAY FROM BEING ACCEPTED INTO THE NURSING SCHOOL. I COME SO FAR TO GET MY DEGREET, YET I'M SO FAR AWAY.

I'M EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN DISTRICT SIX. I AM LIVING AT THE SHELTER AT GATEWAY RIGHT NOW. I AM VERY CLOSE TO PROVIDE FOR MYSELF AND MY FUTURE AND I WOULD LIKE TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT I HAVE

IDEAS ON HOW HOMELESSNESS SHOULD BE TREATED. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE THREE POPULATIONS WITH -- THAT NEED SPECIALIZED SERVICES. I AM VERY HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THIS WITH ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO TALK AFTER

MY TIME IS UP. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. MR. WHELAN, CAN YOU GET WITH HER, PLEASE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. >> TAD FOLLOW -- >>COUN. PEÑA: I'M SORRY. ONE SECOND. COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN.

ROGERS: THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AMANDA, FOR COMING. I KNOW IT WAS HARD. THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> TAD -- >> MY NAME IS TAD. OKAY. LET ME BEGIN IT THIS WAY. WHEN YOU HAVE BUSINESS, YOU

CANNOT AFFORD MESSING WITH THE CITY. WELL, YOU HAVE TO BE NICE TO POLITICIANS. NOW, AFTER ALMOST TWO DECADES BEING INVOLVED WITH POLITICS, WATCHING POLITICS, IT'S TIME TO GET PROACTIVE LEGALLY. START

FROM SMALL LAWSUIT AND GO TO BIGGEST BOMB BLOW UP. I FILE A LAWSUIT. THERE WAS RIGHT AWAY SECURITY ISSUE. NO -- NOW, WHAT'S HAPPENED, LAST WEEK I RECEIVED LETTER FROM MANAGEMENT. THEY TURNED ME INTO

COLLECTION AGENT TO OVER ONE HUNDRED. HOW BUSTED THEY ARE. >> LUCAS FOLLOWED BY JAY. >> I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN. AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LIVING EMPIRE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO WHICH

IS A GROUP OF RESIDENTS OF NEW MEXICO THAT ARE GETTING TOGETHER BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEING DEPLOYED AMONG OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS VIOLATING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. I READ THE

OATH OF OFFICE THAT EACH OF YOU HAVE TAKEN FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. I WAS ACTUALLY VERY WELL PLEASED IT CALLS YOU AND YOU REFER TO YOURSELVES AS PUBLIC SERVANTS AND YOU WILL UPHOLD THE

CONSTITUTION AS THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND. I ACTUALLY SUBMITTED A CEASE AND DESIST ORDER AS WELL AS NUMEROUS AFFIDAVITS SIGNED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WE'VE BEEN GATHERING SIGNATURES AND

SIGNING AFFIDAVITS AND AND SUBMITTED THEM TO -- I'M GOING TO POINT AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I KNOW THIS GENTLEMAN IS BRAND NEW. CONGRATULATIONS, SIR, ON YOUR NEW APPOINTMENT. I LOOK FORWARD TO

SPEAKING WITH YOU AND DOING MEDIATION ON WHAT WE CAN DO WITH POLICIES. IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A BIG MEDIATION POLICY PROBLEM WITH THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.

>>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, SIR. >> JAY FOLLOWED BY JACKIE. JACKIE FOLLOWED BY THOMAS. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS. EARLY THIS MORNING, I GOT TO BIKE WITH MY WIFE TO WORK AND WATCH A

BEAUTIFUL MASS ASCENSION HIGH ABOVE THE BIG-I FROM THE NEWLY PAVED TRAIL. A HUGE KUDOS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT FOR GETTING THIS PROJECT DONE ON

TIME. Y'ALLS WANT TO TAKE I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON MLK. YOU'LL NOTICE THEM AS YOU LEAVE HERE TOWARD I-25. WITH THE PRICE

OF GAS BEING OVER $4 A GALLON, THE VESTMENT IN THE CITY BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE PAY HUGE DIVIDENDS WHO ARE ABLE TO ENJOY A SAFER, CLEANER AND MORE FUN WAY TO GET WHERE WE'RE GOING. SEEING THE PROJECTS GET

TO THE FINISH LINE GIVES ME NEW HOPE. WE SHOULD BE STRIVING TO DITCH THE REPUTATION OF DANGEROUS FOR ROAD USERS, WE SHOULD BECOME A ROLE MODEL FOR THOSE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PLEASE SUPPORT PROJECTS

THAT EXPAND OUR BIKE NETWORK. >> THOMAS FOLLOWED BY JORDAN ON ZOOM. >> MY NAME IS THOMAS. I AM 85 YEARS OLD. I HAVE LIVED IN THIS CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE WITH MY LIFE PARTNER. HE IS HERE TONIGHT. AND HE

IS ALSO MY CAREGIVER NOW. I AM HERE BECAUSE OF MY LOVE FOR DOGS. I'VE ALWAYS KEPT DOGS IN MY LIFE. AND MY CONCERN FOR THE UNHOUSED PEOPLE. I WAS UNHOUSED IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE WHEN I WAS IN MY

30s. AND I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SLEEP UNDER A BRIDGE WITH RATS AND ROACHES CRAWLING OVER YOU. THANKFULLY, I HAD FRIENDS WHO TOOK ME IN. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM PART OF THE DRUM CIRCLE IN

ROBINSON PARK. DRUM CIRCLES HAVE BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME. THEY REPRESENT THE HEARTBEAT. AND WHEN WE AS A COMMUNITY JOIN OUR HEARTS TOGETHER, THINGS HAPPEN. COMPASSION HAPPENS.

COMPASSION IS A LITTLE LOW ON THE MENU RIGHT NOW, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL RETURN, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO BE PART OF IT. I WANT TO HELP THE DOGS. AND THE UNHOUSED PEOPLE. I AM -- I DON'T

KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY EXCEPT ME AND MY PARTNER, WE CAN TAKE IN A DOG AND CARE FOR HIM FROM THOSE WHO ARE PUT INTO JAIL. I DON'T HAVE NO IDEA WHY THEY'RE PUT INTO JAIL, IT'S NOT MY BUSINESS. I WOULD

TAKE CARE OF ANOTHER DOG. WE HAVE ONE DOG AND WE HAVE TWO CATS. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT A TEMPORARY FOSTER SITUATION. I WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE VET BILLS. I WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE FOOD. AND I WOULD

LOVE THE DOG. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. MAYBE THEY CAN GIVE YOU THE NUMBER TO -- THANK YOU. THEY'LL REACH OUT TO YOU TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER. CAN YOU HEAR ME? THANK YOU. YOUR

TIME IS UP. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE. THERE GOING TO REACH OUT TO YOU AND GIVE YOU A NUMBER. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND THANK YOU FOR THE JOB THAT YOU DO. I ALSO KNOW THAT WE THE PEOPLE ELECTED YOU TO

SERVE ALL THE PEOPLE. AND WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING UNDER A BRIDGE AT 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND YOU HAVE A DOG, HE MIGHT BE YOUR ONLY FRIEND. SDMRP YES, THANK YOU WHEREBY . >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU,

SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> JORDAN FOLLOWED BY STEVEN. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILORS. I'M ASKING YOU TO PASS HAD BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGE. FOR YEARS

WE'VE GIVEN ENORMOUS POWERS TO ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE NOT TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHO THEY REPRESENT OR HOW THEY MAKE DECISIONS. WE CREATED A SYSTEM THAT DEMANDS GOOD FAITH FROM EVERYONE ELSE WHILE OFFERING

LITTLE ON ITS OWN. IT EXCLUDES AND INSTEAD OF WELCOMES AND TOO OFTEN TURNS ITS BACK TO THE ANSWERS THE CITY NEEDS. WE KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES FROM THE PEW AND LAND INSTITUTE THAT IDENTIFIED BARRIERS

THAT HOLD OUR CITY BACK AND OUR COALITION SYSTEM IS ONE OF THEM. I LOOKED AT OUR APPEAL SYSTEM, 93% OF APPEALS FAIL. YET THEY HAVE HOURS OF STAFF TIME AND MONTHS OF PUBLIC TIME. THAT'S A SYSTEM BEING

ABUSED. THE HARM IS ORDINARY, IT'S ANOTHER APPEAL, DELAY, HOME THAT DOESN'T GET BUILT AND A BUSINESS THAT MOVES TO ANOTHER STATE OR SOMEONE ELSE THAT DIES OUTSIDE. A FEW WEEKS AGO, COUNCILOR BASSAN

MADE A GREAT COMMENT SAYING IF WE WANT TO IMPROVE ALBUQUERQUE AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO INVEST AND TOURISM AND REDUCE CRIME, WE SURE MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO DO THAT. I AGREE WITH THE COUNCILOR.

I'M TIRED OF WATCHING MY PEERS LEAVE THE CITY. LET'S MAKE THE REFORMS AND PUSH THIS FORWARD AND SAY YES TO THE PACKAGE AND KEEP SAYING YES. >> STEVEN FOLLOWED BY MEGAN. SDMRIN REGARDS TO THE WLNG ? >>

I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS SHORT AND BITTER. THIS IS RETALIATION FOR PROTECTING THE PETROGLYPHS AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND THE CITY FOUND IT VIOLATED ITS OWN RULES. THERE ARE 300 ASSOCIATION AND NOW

THERE'S 150, AND THEY'RE DISAPPEARING AND DECLINING. THIS LEGISLATION WILL MAKE IT SO IT'S LESS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION. THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. NO WAY TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST DATA CENTERS. THE CITY HAS

OVER 60 ACRES TO REZONE FOR A DATA CENTER. IT WON'T DO THE SAME FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONE OF THE LARGEST -- MY ASSOCIATION COULDN'T AFFORD LITIGATION. I KNOW MY CITY COUNCILOR

WOULDN'T HEAR ME OUT. THIS IS WHY COALITIONS ARE NEEDED. THE QUESTION IS IF YOU ASKED ME, THE CITY IS THE PROBLEM. VOTE AGAINST THE BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGE. DON'T SELL US OUT. >> MEGAN FOLLOWED BY

NICOLE. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILORS. I AM HERE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS PACKAGE FOR DEBATE. OUR HOUSING STOCK IS NOT ADEQUATE. THE MODEST DREAM OF AN APARTMENT FROM A BUSINESS OR

SERVICE IS OUT OF REACH FOR MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY. MANY RESIDENTS ARE RENTING UNITS THAT DON'T MEET BASIC STANDARD FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY. RENT IS A CRISIS. I WAS IN A MEETING WITH CONSTRUCTION

WORKERS WHO SAID THEIR FIELD IS STAGNANT. THAT WAS DEVASTATING TO HEAR. WHY IS IT EASIER TO BUILD A DAALITY CENTER THAN BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. LET'S TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO START FIXING THESE

ISSUES. THANK YOU. >> NICOLE FOLLOWED BY RHIANNON. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I'M NICOLE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER FOR DISTRICT NINE. THIS WEEK IS BANNED BOOKS WEEK. I'M SO GRATEFUL OUR

LIBRARY PROVIDES ALL SORTS OF MATERIALS FOR ALL SORTS OF READERS. BANNED BOOKS WEEK IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO HAVE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED AT TONIGHT'S MEETING AND TO SEE THE ADMINISTRATION

HAS INCLUDED THE MAIN LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS AS A HIGH PRIORITY ON THEIR CAPITAL PROJECT LIST. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FUND THIS CAPITAL PROJECT FOR A YEAR. SO THE MAIN H-VAC SYSTEM IS NOW 51 YEARS OLD. IF

THE MAIN LIBRARY SHUTS DOWN BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURE IS TOO DANGEROUS, IT WILL HALT THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE LIBRARY FOR ALL THE BRANCHES IN EVERY CITY DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY. IT'S IMPERATIVE WE

SCRAPE TOGETHER THE REMAINING FUNDS TO FINISH THIS PROJECT ONCE AND FOR ALL. PLEASE EMPLOY YOUR STATE LEGISLATURES TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT. I WANT MORE NEIGHBORS TO USE THE LIBRARY, I AM IN FAVOR OF

INCREASING HOUSING BY ALL METHODS AVAILABLE TO US. >> RHIANNON FOLLOWED BY BRIAN. >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND COUNCILORS. I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONALS

DEEPLY INVESTED IN ALBUQUERQUE'S NEIGHBORHOODS GROWTH AND FUTURE. WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS PACKAGE. WE BELIEVE THAT ALBUQUERQUE NEEDS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT IS PREDICTABLE

TIMELY AND TRANSPARENT AND FAIR. AND A LEGITIMATE NEIGHBORHOOD VOICE SHOULD BE CLEAR AND MEANINGFUL AND DIRECTED TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY REPRESENT. I'M GOING TO GO OFF SCRIPT AND ADDRESS THE COMMENTS.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT UNDERMINING NEIGHBORHOOD'S VOICES, THIS IS ABOUT EMPOWERING THEM. ALSO, HAVING THEM GET SOME LEGITIMACY IN THE PROJECTS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND IF WE WANT TO HAVE THE THINGS THAT

KEEP NEW MEXICANS HERE, KEEP ALBUQUERQUE GROWING, AND KEEP US A VIBRANT WONDERFUL PLACE WE ARE, WE NEED DEVELOPMENT. AND THESE FOUR BILLS ARE GOING TO MAKE IT MORE PREDICTABLE, TRANSPARENT AND FAIR. I

HOPE YOU SUPPORT THE ENTIRE PACKAGE. THANK YOU. >> BRIAN FOLLOWED BY CRYSTAL. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, I AM A BOARD MEMBER OF THE TAYLOR RANCH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. WE ARE THE GEOGRAPHICALLY LARGEST

ASSOCIATION IN THE CITY WITH 10,000 HOUSEHOLDS FALLING WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES. YOU MIGHT BE SHOCKED THAT YOUR ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP IS 100 HOUSEHOLDS WHICH IS ONLY 1%. WHEN A COALITION CLAIMS TO REPRESENT

THE ENTIRE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY I WONDER HOW MANY OF THE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF WHAT THE GROUPS ARE DOING AND SAYING ON THEIR BEHALF. I CANNOT SAY MY ASSOCIATION IS FOR OR AGAINST

ANYTHING WITHOUT BRINGING UP A VOTE. WE'RE A MEMBER OF THE WEST SIDE COALITION NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. WE HAVE A BOARD MEMBER THAT PARTICIPATES AND RELAYS INFORMATION. THERE'S NEVER BEEN A VOTE IN

MY TIME IN THE BOARD FOR OUR ASSOCIATION TO GIVE SUPPORT FROM TAYLOR RANCH TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OR AGENDAS OR ACTIONS TAKEN ON BY WSCONA. WE NEVER REACHED OUT TO OUR MEMBERSHIP ABOUT THE ITEMS THAT

COME UP AT WSCONA MEETINGMIZE WHEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS ARE WHITER, OLDER, WEALTHIER, THEY ACT AS AFFINITY GROUPS. THEY HAVE STANDING AS ASSOCIATIONS, WE DON'T NEED A HOUSE OF LORDS

ABOVE OUR HOUSE OF COMMONS. >> CRYSTAL FOLLOWED BY SEBASTIAN. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILORS. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, WE CAN. THANK YOU. >> I'M HERE TO STRONGLY OPPOSE THE BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS PACKAGE.

THESE MEASURES THREATEN MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION IN ALBUQUERQUE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMUNITY COALITIONS ARE NOT OPTIMAL TO GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE HOW RESIDENTS ORGANIZE, SPEAK UP AND HOLD THE

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE. LET'S REMEMBER WHO ELECTED THIS COUNCIL AND WHO YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO. THE PEOPLE OF ALBUQUERQUE, YOUR CONSTITUENTS. DEVELOPERS OFTEN HAVE ATTORNEYS, CONSULTANTS AND

SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES. RESIDENTS HAVE THEIR VOICES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. WEAKENING THE ORGANIZATIONS MAKES AN UNWEEKAL PROCESS MORE DIFFICULT FOR RESIDENTS. WHEN RESIDENTS FEEL THEY MUST GO TO

COURT TO HAVE THEIR CONCERNS HEARD, THE ANSWER SHOULD BE EXAMINE THE PROCESS NOT MAKE IT HARDER FOR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE. RESIDENTS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOT THE PROBLEM,

YOU REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF ALBUQUERQUE. PLEASE PROTECT THEIR VOICE, PROTECT THEIR ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE, AND PUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS AT THE CENTER OF THESE DECISIONS. THANK YOU. >> SEBASTIAN FOLLOWED

BY MEREDITH. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS PACKAGE. I BELIEVE THIS PACKAGE

WILL BE CONSEQUENTIAL FOR ENCOURAGING MUCH NEEDED DEVELOPMENT ACROSS ALBUQUERQUE. AND AS THINGS STAND, THE PROJECT THAT PASSED THE RIGORS OF REVIEW PERMITTING AND NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDBACK CAN BE HALTED

IN ITS TRACKS BY APPEALS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION COALITIONS THAT WIELD UNDUE POWER OVER LARGE SWATHS OF THE CITY. THIS DISCOURAGES MUCH NEEDED COMMERCIAL AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE APPEALS

MIGHT BE AGAINST THE DESIRES OF THE NEIGHBORS LIVING BY THE PROJECT. OF COURSE, INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND WEIGH IN ON DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE AFFECTING THEM.

THIS PACKAGE WOULD PRESERVE THAT LEGAL STANDING FOR THOSE ASSOCIATIONS WHILE ALSO INTRODUCING SAFEGUARDS FOR ENSURING TRANSPARENCY AND INCREASING RESIDENT PARTICIPATION. CREATE A MORE TRANSPARENT AND

DEMOCRATIC FOR ALBUQUERQUE I URGE THE COUNCIL TO PASS THE ENTIRE BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS PACKAGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MEREDITH. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I WOULD LIKE TO SIMPLY THANK OUR

DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE, THEIR MANAGEMENT, AND THE HIGHER LEVEL ADMINISTRATION FOR THE EXCELLENT AND RAPIDRY CUVRY OF THE FLOODING OF THE LANDFILL. THE CONDITIONS THOSE DRIVERS FACED WERE SERIOUS

ENOUGH THAT THEY WERE RECORDED ON THE NEWS IN ANOTHER STATE. I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT ONLY DELAYED MY COLLECTION BY ONE DAY. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT AND QUICK ACTION. THAT'S

IT. >> THANK YOU, MEREDITH. MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. CORNELIUS. IF I CAN SEE CORRECTLY, IT'S 6:58. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. WE'LL

RETURN AT 7:25. >>COUN. PEÑA: WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. IF YOU CAN TAKE YOUR SEAT, WE'RE NOW ON APPROVALS. WE HAVE EC-209, FINAL OBJECTIVES REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. WE HAVE MS. BRADLEY WHO IS THE

STAFF ON THIS. I MOVE RECEIPT BE NOTED. THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO? OKAY. COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I

WANTED TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS AND IT GAVE US MORE INFORMATION THAT THIS BILL OR THIS DIRECTIVE IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR BUILDING A BUDGET IF KNOWING IF WE'RE DOING THINGS

RIGHT OR NOT. I APPRECIATE THE FOLLOW-UP ON THE QUESTIONS. I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. ON YOUR REPORT, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE MAIN LIBRARY AND THE OLD APD BUILDING ARE

STILL NOT ACTIVE WITH SOLAR PANELS ON IT. ARE THE SOLAR PANELS ON CIVIC PLAZA ACTIVE? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, YES. >> WHEN DID THEY GO ACTIVE? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, I THINK

IT WAS SOMETIME LAST YEAR. I CAN GET YOU THE EXACT DATE. >>COUN. GROUT: WOULD YOU DO THAT? I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THEY ARE. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET THE OTHER BUILDINGS ACTIVE? THE OTHER SOLAR

PANELS. YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE WAITING ON AN AGREEMENT WITH PNM? >> COUNCILOR GROUT, YES, THAT'S US WORKING WITH PNM. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THEIR TIMELINE. >>COUN. GROUT: HOW DO WE EXPEDITE THAT? >>

KOUP COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, I CAN GET YOU AN ANSWER FOR THAT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THOSE, MADAM PRESIDENT. A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT TRANSIT. THERE WAS A REPORT

RECENTLY THAT THE ELECTRIC BUSES ARE NOT RUNNING. ARE ANY OF THEM RUNNING? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, I KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE HAD ISSUES. AND WE DO HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSIT

ONLINE ON ZOOM TO GIVE YOU A BETTER UPDATE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, NONE OF THE FIVE ELECTRIC BUSES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING. >>COUN. GROUT: CAN YOU TELL ME WHY? >> WE'RE HAVING ISSUES

WITH PARTS. THE MAIN COMPANY WE BOUGHT THOSE BUSES FROM WENT OUT OF BUSINESS IN 2023. WE'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE EVER SINCE THEN GETTING THE PARTS TO GET THEM RUNNING. THEY'VE BEEN OUT SINCE ABOUT

DECEMBER OF 2025. WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH PHOENIX MOTOR COACH WHO HAS A SUPPLIER. WE'RE RUNNING INTO ISSUES GETTING PARTS. >>COUN. GROUT: ARE ELECTRIC BUSES RELIABLE? >> WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH

THE FIVE WE'VE HAD. FROM THE TIME WE GOT THEM IN 2022, THEY'VE BEEN OFF AND ON. VERY SELDOM DO THEY RUN AT THE SAME TIME. WE'VE BEEN SHORT STAFFED ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE WITH OUR MECHANICS. THERE'S A

TENDENCY FOR THEM TO FOCUS ON THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE USED TO WORKING ON AND THEY CAN GET OUT QUICKER. THAT HAS A BIT TO DO WITH IT AS WELL. >>COUN. GROUT: I UNDERSTAND. MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN WE GET

PARTS FROM OTHER VENDORS FOR THESE BUSES? IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? I'M SURE YOU THOUGHT OF THAT. >> YEAH, MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH ANOTHER AGENCY THAT HAS SIMILAR

-- THE SAME EXACT TYPE OF BUSES WE HAVE THAT THEY MAY HAVE HAD SUCCESS WITH THAT. WE RECENTLY REACHED OUT TO THEM TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THE PARTS FROM TO GET THEM BACK IN SERVICE. WE'RE

POTENTIALLY WORKING TOWARDS A WAIVER TO BE ABLE TO GET RID OF THEM BEFORE THEY REACH FULL LIFE. IN ORDER TO DO THAT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH MAKING SURE WE CAN'T GET THE PARTS AND CAN'T GET THEM RUNNING.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS THAT END. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. ONE MORE QUESTION. IN 2022, WE ADOPTED A ZERO ADMISSIONS TRANSITION PLAN. ARE STILL ON TRACK TO HAVE ALL ELECTRIC BUSES BY 2040? >>

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, RIGHT NOW THAT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE FEASIBLE FOR US. BASED ON OUR CURRENT NETWORK PLAN, PLUS CONTINUED CHALLENGES WITH STAFFING THAT I MENTIONED

WHICH IS REALLY IMPACTING OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE BUSES. SO WE'LL REVISIT THAT PLAN TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GET THAT GOING. OUR WORKFORCE READINESS IS THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW.

>>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GROUT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILORS? SEEING NONE. THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR RECEIPT BE NOTED BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ALL THOSE

IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE NOW ON EC-273. 2027 ADMINISTRATION PRIORITY CAPITAL AND POLICY REQUEST. I MOVE RECEIPT BE NOTED. THERE'S A SECOND BY

VICE PRESIDENT CHAMPINE. ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? THERE IS? WE'LL START THERE. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER. THAT IS JANET. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AGAIN, I

WAS OVERJOYED WHEN I SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. AND THEN I OPENED IT UP AND I LOOKED AT THE LIST AND I APPRECIATE WHOMEVER IN ADMINISTRATION WENT THROUGH THIS LONG LISTING OF CITY FACILITIES THAT

NEED SUPPORT. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING NOW AT THE 2027 BOND ISSUE, WHICH I BELIEVE THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE SUBMITTING AT THE END OF THE YEAR. I DO HOPE THAT THE LIBRARY IS ABLE TO KEEP THE $2 MILLION LEVEL

FOR RENOVATION BECAUSE THAT COVERS 16 OF THE CITY LIBRARIES. THE COUNTY PAY FOR THE RENOVATION OF THEIR THREE. A MILLION DOLLARS IS ALL THAT WAS ON THIS LAST BOND ISSUE, WHICH IS VERY LIMITED. AGAIN,

THANK YOU AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING ALL OF THE PROJECTS AT THE LEGISLATURE. THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT. THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK

YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE BACK ON EC-209. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SEEING -- 273. I'M SORRY. SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECEIPT BE NOTED, SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME

MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE NOW ON OC-19. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST SESSION OF THE NEW MEXICO STATE LEGISLATURE. I MOVE RECEIPT BE NOTED.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? >> NO, MADAM CHAIR. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNCILORS? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE NOW ON TO FINAL ACTIONS. WE'RE NOW ON O-60, COUNCILOR LEWIS. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. O-60 IS AMENDING ROA1994

SECTION 16-16-6-4 RELATED TO APPLICATION FEES. I MOVE DO PASS. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT CHAMPINE FOR DUE PASS OF O-60. COUNCILOR LEWIS TO OPEN. >>COUN. LEWIS:

MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO GO DIRECTLY TO OUR STAFF AS OFTEN WE DO ON SOME OF THESE TYPES OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES. HAVE OUR STAFF WHO SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS TO GIVE A BRIEF

INTRODUCTION OF THIS BILL, O-60. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR LEWIS, MY APOLOGIES FOR LACK OF PREPARATION. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. >> MY

APOLOGIES. LET'S SEE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH A QUICK SUMMARY OF EVERY BILL. AND HIGHLIGHT HOW THEY'RE ALL TIED TOGETHER. IN TERMS OF THE PACKAGE, IT'S TO MAKE

DEVELOPMENT MORE PREDICTABLE. INCREASE DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION IN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND ASK THE LEGISLATURE TO REVIEW THE STATE LAWS GOVERNING LAPPED LAND USE APPEALS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE

CHALLENGES MUNICIPALITIES FACE. O-26-60 WHICH IS THE APPEALS ORDINANCE TONIGHT, APPARENTLY THE LAND USE APPEAL FILINGS RANGE FROM 190 TO $265. THAT IS DEPENDENT ON THE TYPE OF APPLICATION BEING

APPEALED. YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT AS A SIZE OF WALL FENCE FOR A ZONE MAP AMENDMENT. IT WOULD ALSO -- O-26-60 WOULD CHANGE THAT 190 OR 265 TO TWO SEPARATE FLAT FEES. ONE FOR APPROVED DEVELOPMENT

APPLICATIONS. SO AN APPLICATION THAT WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND MET ALL REGULATIONS THAT ARE IN THE IDO OR ANY OTHER CODE. IF IT MAKES THROUGH APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY OR BY ANY

DECISION-MAKING BODY, THE APPEAL FOR THAT WOULD BE A THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH INCLUDES $75 NOTICE FEE FOR CERTIFIED MAIL OR ANY KIND OF PHYSICAL MONETARY ASPECT TO IT. FOR DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

DENIED BY THE CITY OR THE DECISION-MAKING BODY, THAT APPEAL WOULD BE $300 WHICH INCLUDES THE $75 FEE. WITHIN THE BILL, IT IS ALSO CHANGING WHEN THE FEES ARE REQUIRED TO BE PAID IN FULL TO 48 HOURS

AFTER THE APPEAL FILING DEADLINE, WHICH IS 15 DAYS AFTER THAT FILE NOTICE OF THE LAND USE IT'S TIED TO. O-26-61 AMENDS THE NARO AND OTHER CODES THAT COALITIONS ARE FOUND WITHIN, SPECIFICALLY THE IDO

AND THE BLASTING PERMIT ORDINANCE. THE MAP IN THE PRESENTATION IS THE EIGHT DIFFERENT COALITIONS THAT MAKE UP THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. O-26-61 WOULD REPEAL NEIGHBORHOOD COALITIONS FROM WITHIN THE

NARO. WHICH BASICALLY REMOVES THEM FROM AUTOMATIC STANDING TO APPEAL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS AND TO RECEIVE NOTICE PER THE IDO REQUIREMENTS FOR IF THEY'RE IN PROXIMITY TO DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION. IT

DOES NOT CHANGE THE RECOGNITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD COALITIONS -- ASSOCIATIONS. THE PART THAT DOES AFFECT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, IT INCLUDES A SUNSET CLAUSE FOR JANUARY 1, 2027. WHICH WOULD REQUIRE

ALL ASSOCIATIONS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH BOUNDARY REQUIREMENTS THAT MANY HAVE BEEN IN THERE SINCE 1987, BUT MANY ASSOCIATIONS EXISTED PRIOR TO THAT PERIOD THEY WERE GRANDFATHERED IN. ONE ASPECT

OF THE BOUNDARY THAT IS CHANGING IS IT WOULD REQUIRE ALL ASSOCIATIONS BE WITHIN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. THEY COULD NOT EXIST IN THE COUNTY OR UNINCORPORATED LAND. THE OTHER THING THAT CHANGES TOWARD

ASSOCIATION IS THE PARTICIPATION OF THE MEMBERS IN VOTING, SPECIFICALLY FOR DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS REQUIRING THAT A VOTE MUST BE OFFERED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION AND A MAJORITY OF THE

PARTICIPANTS THAT VOTED WOULD NEED TO BE DOCUMENTED AND SHOWN TO THE DECISION-MAKING BODY OR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL, WHOEVER IS REVIEWING THAT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION. M-26-1, THIS IS MEMORIAL BEING

SENT TO THE STATE. IF APPROVED -- I'M GOING TO READ THIS MORE SPECIFICALLY. IT'S MORE THE LEGAL MIND THAN WHAT MY PLANNING BRAIN HAS. UNDER CURRENT STATE LAW THE STATE DEFINES WHO AGGRIEVED FOR THE

PURPOSES OF STANDING FILE A ZONE APPEAL. THE STANDARD FOR GRIEVE IS A LOW BAR. FOR EXAMPLE APPELLANTS MAY BE AGGRIEVED WHEN THERE'S MERELY AESTHETIC INJURY. THIS MEMORIAL IS A FORMAL REQUEST TO THE

STATE LEGISLATURE TO ALLOW LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO DEFINE REQUIREMENT FOR STANDING TO APPEAL ZONING MATTERS. HOW? WE AMEND SECTION 3-21-8 AND 9 IN THE STATUTE. 26-1 PROPOSES DRAFT LANGUAGE, BUT ALSO

ENCOURAGES ANY CHANGE BY THE LEGISLATURE TO ACHIEVE THE PURPOSES AND JUSTIFICATION STATED IN THE MEMORIAL. M-26-2 CURRENT STATE ALLOWS AN AGGRIEVED PERSON TO APPEAL A LOWER LAND USE TO THE ZONING

AUTHORITY OF A MUNICIPALITY. HERE, THAT IS COUNCIL, Y'ALL. AFTER APPEALING TO THE ZONING AUTHORITY, AN APPELLANT AGROOVED MAY APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT. THIS IS A FORMAL REQUEST TO THE STATE

LEGISLATURE TO ALLOW LOCAL ZONING AUTHORITIES TO DIRECT CERTAIN KINDS OF CLASSES OR APPEALS STRAIGHT TO DISTRICT COURT. THIS IS SIMILAR TO IDO LANGUAGE THAT EXISTS CURRENTLY FOR CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES

OR CITY PROJECTS THEMSELVES. IF APPEALED, THEY GO DIRECTLY TO DISTRICT COURT. M-26-2 PROPOSES DRAFT LANGUAGE, HOWEVER, OVERALL 26-2 ENCOURAGES ANY CHANGE BY THE LEGISLATURE TO ACHIEVE THE PURPOSES AND

JUSTIFICATIONS STATED IN THE MEMORIAL. QUICK COMPARISONS, THE ORDINANCES WOULD AMEND APPEAL FEES TO THE 1,000 AND $300, REPEAL NEIGHBORHOOD COALITIONS, AND CHANGE ASPECTS TO ASSOCIATIONS, BOUNDARIES,

AND VOTING. MEMORIALS IF PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE AND MAY RESULT IN CHANGES TO STATUTE OR NOT. REMEMBER, MEMORIALS ARE A FORMAL ASK, NOT A MANDATE. HOW THEY SIT

TOGETHER, ULTIMATELY ORDINANCES WORK TOWARD A MORE PREDICTABLE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND PROMOTE LOCALIZED ENGAGEMENT OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. MEMORIALS ASK LEGISLATURE TO REVIEW LAND USE, STANDING

FRAMEWORK AND APPEAL PROCEDURE TO PROVIDE A MORE FLEXIBLE APPROACH AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. AS A REMINDER, AND IT MAY COME UP TONIGHT, CURRENT APPEALS CASES THAT ARE ACTIVE ARE STILL QUASI-JUDICIAL. JUST

BE CAREFUL. THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR LEWIS. >>COUN. LEWIS: MADAM PRESIDENT, WE ARE ON O-60. IT'S A GREAT OVERVIEW THERE. WE'RE ON O-60. THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE TABLE NOW. IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU,

MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A COUPLE AMENDMENTS. I THINK WE CAN DEAL WITH THOSE AND GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: HOW MANY PEOPLE, MR. CORNELIUS? WE'RE GOING TO DO THE

AMENDMENTS FIRST SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE COMMENTING ON. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? >> WE HAVE MADAM PRESIDENT, 31 PEOPLE. A FEW ARE NOT FINDABLE ON ZOOM. THAT COULD VARY. >>COUN.

PEÑA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PROPOSED AMENDMENT LABELED A. IT WILL BECOME FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE AMENDMENT ONE

FOR O-26-60. THIS AMENDMENT CHANGES THE TITLE TO REFLECT THE CORRECT ORDINANCE SECTION THAT THE BILL AMENDS. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COMMITTEE OF

THE WHOLE CHAIR GROUT. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IT'S JUST QUICKLY CHANGING THE TITLE TO REFLECT THE APPROPRIATE SECTION OF THE IDO. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN.

PEÑA: THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE NOW ON FLOOR AMENDMENT LABELED

B IN YOUR PACKET. IT WILL BECOME FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS AMENDMENT -- I MOVE AMENDMENT TWO. THIS ATTARS THE APPEAL FEES. IT

CHANGES THE DEADLINE TO TWO BUSINESS DAYS INSTEAD OF 48 HOURS. SECOND, THE AMENDMENT ESTABLISHES ADJUSTMENT TO REVISE BASED ON LOW INCOME. AND LASTLY, THE AMENDMENT REQUIRES A REPORT TO THE CITY

COUNCIL FROM PLANNING DEPARTMENT SUMMARIZING LAND USE APPEAL METRICS AND OUTCOMES. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND TWO SECONDS. I'LL TAKE COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN'S SECOND. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN.

TELLES: I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. PEÑA: ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. >>COUN. LEWIS: MADAM

PRESIDENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: WE'RE BACK ON O-60 AS AMENDED TWICE. >>COUN. LEWIS: MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M OKAY WITH HEARING THE PUBLIC COMMENT. JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE. THERE WAS A TITLE CHANGE TONIGHT. WE

WANT THIS BILL TO HAVE A FULL HEARING AND IT WILL TONIGHT. ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS ONE BILL OUT OF THE FOUR -- WELL, THAT WILL BE DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ANY, THE

INTENTION IS TO DEFER THIS WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THIS HEARING TONIGHT. JUST O-60. AND ONLY BECAUSE OF THE -- IT WAS REALLY A CORRECTION ON THE TITLE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT FOLLOWED THE PROPER

RULES WHEN THERE'S A TITLE CHANGE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT NOW, MR. CORNELIUS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FIRST UP IS TYLER FOLLOWED BY

REBECCA. >> WE'RE JUST DOING ONE MINUTE? IS THAT RIGHT? GOOD EVENING, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF PALO ALTO NEIGHBORHOOD. I SUPPORT THE DIRECTION OF THE BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS PACKAGE. THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO

INVEST IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. PART OF HOW WE GOT HERE IS WE'RE GIVING STANDING TO PEOPLE WITHOUT ESTABLISHING THE POSITIONS THEY WERE REPRESENT IN THE COMMUNITY. I LED THE D7 COALITION THROUGH THE

PANDEMIC. WE HELPED WITH CANDIDATE DEBATE AND HELPED WITH REDISTRICTING AND CONNECTED NEIGHBORS WITH CITY RESOURCES. THAT'S WORK I'M PROUD OF. WHEN WE MEET WE HAVE 20 PEOPLE IN A ROOM IN A DISTRICT OF

MORE THAN 60,000 RESIDENTS. 20 PEOPLE DESERVE TO BE HEARD BUT THEY CANNOT ASSUME THEY SPEAK FOR EVERYONE ELSE. NEITHER CAN THE NINE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS COALITIONS ARE LOOSE

GATHERINGS OF NEIGHBORHOODS BYLAWS AND ELECTIONS DO NOT GIVE THEM MANDATE TO SPEAK FOR EVERYONE THEY CLAIM TO REPRESENT. THEY CLAIM TO REPRESENT NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY NEED TO ACT ON WHAT THEY THINK.

MISSING AN AGREEMENT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S AN AGREEMENT. THIS CITY SHOULD NOTIFY RESIDENTS AND ALLOW THEM TO RESPOND WITHOUT ATTENDING MEETINGS. >> REBECCA FOLLOWED BY EM. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT,

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS CHANGE. TOO OFTEN I FEEL LIKE WE WANT TO OVER SIMPLIFY THE WORD DEVELOPMENT. TONIGHT, I'VE BEEN CAST LABELED, YOU'RE EITHER PRO-DEVELOPMENT

OR ANTI-DEVELOPMENT. THE LABELS ARE HARMFUL AND POLARIZING. MORE FREQUENTLY YOU'RE SEEING PEOPLE WHO ARE ANTI-DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THEY NEED HEALTH CARE OR A MORE AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE. AT THE SAME

TIME YOU'RE SEEING PEOPLE ANTI-DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THEY NEED TO BE CLOSER TO A CLINIC OR -- NOW WE HAVE ALL THESE MIXED BOUNDARIES AND WE'RE HERE ARGUING ABOUT IT. FRANKLY IT'S PRETTY SAD. JUST

LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE AROUND ME FILLED WITH DISGUST FOR DEVELOPMENT, BUT DEVELOPMENT IS NOT JUST A HUGE TARGET THAT BLOCKS YOUR VIEW. IT'S A PRE-K IN THE SOUTH VALLEY THAT IS DELAYED AND MADE

SMALLER BECAUSE IT MAY INCONVENIENCE PARKING. IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT'S A SHELTER FOR THE UNHOUSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> EM, FOLLOWED BY LORETTA. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I'M

SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. MY COMMENTS ARE MY OWN. THEY WERE WRITTEN BEFORE I HEARD THE AMENDMENTS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRICE CHANGING WAS. I'LL JUST START WITH ONE WAY TO MAKE APPEALS PROCESS SMOOTHER

AND MORE RAPID AND LESS EXPENSIVE FOR THE CITY IS FOR THE CITY TO STOP APPEALING DECISIONS THEY LOST AND FURTHER DELAYING THE PROCESS AND INCREASING COST TO THE CITY. PRESUMING APPEALS IN A DISPARATE

MANNER THE BILL TRIES TO PRICE OUT LIMITED MEANS. APPEALS ARE A LEGAL PROCESS AND THIS PROCESS WOULD ENDORSE A TWO-TIERED PROCESS OF JUSTICE WITH PASSAGE OF THE LEGISLATION. I DON'T KNOW THE

AMENDMENTS. WE ALREADY KNOW HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES SUFFER FROM DECISIONS THAT FAVOR INDUSTRY AND PUT MONEY IN THE POCKETS OF CORPORATIONS. >> LORETTA FOLLOWED BY ANGELA. >> THE SANTA

BARBARA MARTINEZ DOWNASSOCIATION BELIEVES THE CITY CAN SUPPORT HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT WHILE ALSO PRESERVING MEANINGFUL NEIGHBORHOOD PARTICIPATION AND DUE PROCESS. WE REQUEST THE

ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL DENY ORDINANCE O-26-16 IN ITS CURRENT FORM AND RECONSIDER THE PROPOSED APPEAL FIELD FEELS AND THE FEE FOR APPROVED APPLICATIONS. DENY O-26-61 AND PRESERVE MEANINGFUL

RECOGNITION AND PARTICIPATION RIGHT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COALITIONS. HOLD PUBLIC TOWN HALL MEETINGS REGARDING MEMORIAL M-26-01 AND 2 BEFORE REQUESTING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO STATE LAW GOVERNING

DEVELOPMENT. PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH THE DATA AND ANALYSIS SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED CHANGES INCLUDING THE METHODOLOGY USED TO ESTABLISH THE PROPOSED APPEALS FEES AND COMMIT TO A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW

PROCESS THAT PROVIDES MEANINGFUL EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE PARTICIPATION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS COALITIONS AND RESIDENTS AND APPLICANTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> ASK LUFOLLOWED BY ? >> ANGELA

FOLLOWED BY PETER. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I'M CEO OF LAND USE PLANNING. I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS PACKAGE OF BILLS. ALBUQUERQUE NEEDS ACCOUNTABILITY AND PREDICTABILITY. IT

IS TIME TO END THE FORMAL STANDING OF COALITION THAT CLAIM TO SPEAK FOR ENTIRE COMMUNITIES AND USE THAT POSITION TO DELAY OBSTRUCT AND DERAIL INVESTMENT IN ALBUQUERQUE. I HAVE SEEN PROJECTS WITH

PERMISSIVE USES THAT COMPLY WITH ALL CITY REQUIREMENTS FACE YEARS OF APPEALS. I'VE SEEN THOSE PROJECTS LOST. CONTRACT EXPIRES, INVESTORS WALK AWAY, AND ALBUQUERQUE IS LEFT WITHOUT THE HOUSING, JOBS

AND INVESTMENT THOSE JOBS WOULD HAVE DELIVERED. THE ABILITY TO KEEP A PROJECT IN AN APPEALS PROCESS CAN BECOME THE POWER TO PREVENT IT FROM EVER BEING BUILT. THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING. THAT CANNOT

CONTINUE. NO SINGLE COALITION SHOULD BECOME THE DETERMINING FACTOR IN WITH WHETHER AN OTHERWISE COMPLIANT PROJECT MOVES FORWARD. COUNCILORS SHOULD INSIST ON ACCOUNTABLE REPRESENTATION AND DECISIONS

GROUNDED IN ADOPTED STANDARDS AND EVIDENCE. >> PETER FOLLOWED BY CARLOS. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS PETE. I'M A D6 DIRECTOR. CHAIRPERSON, SOUTHEAST AREA

COMMAND CPC, AND PRESIDENT OF MY LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I SPEAK BEFORE YOU THIS DAY IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED CITY ORDINANCES 60 AND 61. ORDINANCE 26-60 INCREASES THE COST OF APPEAL TO

THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BY NEARLY $950. ORDINANCE 61 REMOVES NARO RECOGNITION OF THE COALITION, MAKING THEM NO LONGER AGENTS OF THE PUBLIC. A COALITION IS AN ALIANCE OF PEOPLE WHO JOIN TOGETHER WHO

FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. I ASK YOU PLEASE TO VOTE NO ON ORDINANCE 60 AND 61. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION. >> CARLOS FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I LOVE MY

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I'M ON THE BOARD. I'M PART OF THE COMMUNITY GARDEN. I MET PEOPLE THROUGH IT. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THE BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS PACKAGE. THE COMPLETE PACKAGE. OUR

HOUSING CRISIS IS REAL. YOUNG FAMILIES CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A HOME. RENTERS ARE GETTING SQUEEZED. TOO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS SLEEP AND DIE OUTSIDE. OUR CURRENT SYSTEM IS ONE OF HANDFUL OF EXISTING

LANDOWNERS CAN BLOCK DEVELOPMENT FOR FUTURE OWNERS. BLOCKING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. WE NEED TO MAKE HOUSING EASIER TO BUILD. THIS PACKAGE IS A NO-BRAINER. WE SHOULD EXPAND ZONING. LET'S GET

TOGETHER AND SET THE RULES UP FRONT LIKE WE DID WITH THE IDO. IF SOMETHING IS ALLOWED IN THE IDO AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS OBTAIN A PERMIT, A HANDFUL OF UNELECTED LEGACY HOME OWNERS SHOULD NOT HAVE

ARBITRARY STANDING TO APPEAL. NEIGHBORHOOD COALITIONS ARE THE MOST UNDEMOCRATIC IN THE LAND USE PARTICIPATION. >> JENNIFER FOLLOWED BY JAY. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND

NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENT. WE URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIQUELY POSITIONED NEXT TO THE UPTOWN BUSINESS AREA AS WELL AS SURROUNDED BY MENAUL, INDIAN SCHOOL, AND WYOMING. AS

A RESULT OF THAT, WE ABSORB POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF FLUCTUAING INCREASES OF TRAFFIC. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE APPEAL FEES SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS. YOU WILL HEAR TONIGHT ABOUT

ENSURING AND HELPING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE LOCAL AND HAVE A VOICE. WE ARE HERE TO ASSURE YOU WE ARE ORGANIZED. WE RELY ON NEIGHBORHOOD COALITIONS IN PART FOR THAT VOICE. >> JAY FOLLOWED BY

CATHY. CATHY FOLLOWED BY RENÉ. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILOR PEÑA, AND THE CITY COUNCIL. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS WITH NO MANDATORY REVENUE STREAM. IF A NEIGHBORHOOD

ASSOCIATION OBJECTS TO A PROJECT PROPOSED WITHIN THE BOUNDARY BY A DEVELOPER, AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE PROJECT IS REPEALED, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WOULD HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO PAY A

THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THAT DEVELOPER. THIS INHIBITS THE ASSOCIATION FROM OBJECTING TO A PROJECT IF THE ASSOCIATION DOES NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY THE DEVELOPER. THIS MODIFICATION IS ANTI-DEMOCRATIC AND

A STEP TOWARD COMMUNITY INPUT -- FURTHER MORE, THERE IS NO MENTION IN THIS 26-6-60 THAT REQUIRES A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF DWELLINGS BE AFFORDABLE. THIS PROPOSAL IS A STEP TOWARDS AN AUTOCRATIC AND

IMPERIAL RULE OF OUR CITY. >> RENÉ FOLLOWED BY JOSEPH. >> GOOD EVENING. I HAVE A QUESTION. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT O-60 AND O-61 AT ONCE? CORRECT OR NOT? SEPARATELY? >>COUN. PEÑA: NO. WE'RE ACTUALLY ON

O-60. >> OKAY. O-60, AS WE KNOW, WOULD INCREASE THE NEIGHBORHOOD APPEAL FILING FEES FROM $225 TO $925. AND $75 EXTRA THAT WOULD BE A THOUSAND DOLLARS. BUT I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS, HOW CAN A

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AFFORD A THOUSAND DOLLAR APPEAL FEE IF YOU CANNOT CHARGE MEMBERSHIP DUES WHICH WAS THE RESULT OF THE 2022 NARO. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME WE'RE NOT NEIGHBORHOOD

ASSOCIATIONS ANYMORE BECAUSE WE NEED TO CHARGE DUES. THEREFORE, WE'RE RELYING ON THE COALITIONS TO HELP NOTIFY US BECAUSE WE'RE NOT RECEIVING NOTIFICATION. SO THE BASIC QUESTIONS LIKE SHOULD

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS FACE A SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER FINANCIAL BARRIER TO PARTICIPATING INTO THE PROCESS? I DO SEE AN UNFAIRNESS WITH IT. THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. >> JOSEPH FOLLOWED BY

FAY. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THIS ORDINANCE. ROUGHLY 90% OF APPEALS FAILED OR WERE WITHDRAWN. NUMBERS LIKE THIS INDICATE

THAT SOMETHING IS BROKEN. I WOULD ARGUE THE EXTREMELY APPEALS IS PART OF THAT. THE MAJORITY HAVE LITTLE LEGAL GROUND TO STAND ON WHICH IS REFLECTED IN THE OUTCOMES. THE DETAILS IN THE APPEALS TROUBLE

ME. SHOWING ME EFFORTS TO BLOCK SAFE OUTDOOR SPACES, BLOCK SHELTERS, BLOCK GOOD QUALITY HOUSING, AND BLOCK SMALL BUSINESSES. MANY OF THE PROJECTS ARE EVENTUALLY ALLOWED TO PROCEED, THE TIME, MONEY,

AND CITY STAFF HOURS ARE WASTED. WHEN THE PROJECT FOLLOWS ALL THE RULES FOR APPROVAL IT SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHD FOR LOW COST APPEALS THAT QUESTION THE LEGAL LOGIC. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. >> FAY

FOLLOWED BY BARBARA. BARBARA FOLLOWED BY PEGGY. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILORS. PRESIDENT PENA. I'M THE DOWNTOWN -- IN DISTRICT TWO. THIS LEGISLATION IS PROPOSED FOR FINAL ACTION WITHOUT PRIOR PUBLIC

HEARING. DEVELOPERS WITH DEEP POCKETS TO BUILD HOUSING GREATER POWER OVER OUR COMMUNITIES. WE DO NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND WE HAVE NO EXPECTATION THIS WILL RESULT FROM THIS LEGISLATION. THE PUBLIC

CANNOT TRUST THE INTENTIONS OF ETHICALLY CHALLENGED DEALINGS OF COUNCILOR LEWIS. PLEASE VOTE NO ON O-26-60. THANK YOU. >> PEGGY FOLLOWED BY BRANDY. >> MY NAME IS PEGGY. I SEE NO JUSTIFICATION FOR THE

DISPARITY IN FEES. JUST BECAUSE AN APPLICATION IS APPROVED DOESN'T MEAN IT COMPLIES WITH THE IDO. NOTE THE TWO APPEALS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED WHICH OPPOSE THE LUHO AND ZHE. IT APPEARS TO BE VIEWPOINTS

RATHER THAN FINANCIAL DOCUMENTATION. REQUESTS FOR RECONSIDERATION OF AN APPLICATION DECISION WOULD SEEM TO ENTAIL THE SAME COST. LUHO, PLANNING STAFF, NOTIFICATION, ET CETERA. PLEASE OPPOSE O-26-60.

>> BRANDY FOLLOWED BY SANDRA. >> BRANDY FOLLOWED BY SANDRA. >> I WANT TO APOLOGIZE. I ACCIDENTLY SIGNED UP FOR 60 AND I MEANT TO SPEAK ON 61. CAN YOU ADD ME TO THAT COMMENT? >> YES, I CAN. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> SANDRA FOLLOWED BY MEREDITH. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, WE CAN. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND COUNCILORS. MY NAME IS SANDRA. I CURRENTLY HOLD THE TITLE OF PRESIDENT OF

DISTRICT SIX COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND PRESIDENT OF -- NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. HOWEVER, THIS EVENING I'M SPEAKING AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND LONGTIME COMMUNITY ADVOCATE. I STRONGLY URGE ALL OF

YOU TO VOTE NO ON O-26-60 AND 61. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND COALITIONS IN YOUR AREAS OF REPRESENTATION SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A STRONG COLLABORATION AND A TRUST BETWEEN THE CITY OFFICES AND THE

PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT VERSUS THE DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE NO ROOTS IN OUR AREA. NOTIFICATION TO HEAR OUR VOICES SHOULD NEVER BE COMPROMISED ON ANY LEVEL. THANK YOU. >> MEREDITH, FOLLOWED BY SUSAN. >> MAY I

PLEASE HAVE THE GRAPHIC ON THE SCREEN? >> MR. VICE PRESIDENT, THERE'S A REQUEST TO SHOW A GRAPHIC. IS IT OKAY FOR ME TO DISPLAY THAT? >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >> PLEASE STAND BY. PLEASE PROCEED, MARE

DITH. -- MEREDITH. >> FIRST OF ALL, MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. EVERY COMMENT I MAKE IS VETTED BY MY BOARD. I REQUEST THAT YOU VOTE NO

ON ALL FOUR MEASURES THAT ARE RELATED BECAUSE THE PROPOSALS MAKE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO OPPOSE ANY DEVELOPMENT. IN FACT, WE DON'T THINK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SHOULD

BE BRANDED AS ALWAYS OPPOSING PROJECTS. SOMETIMES WE ACTUALLY PROVIDE NEEDED SERVICES. THE NEW ORDINANCES WOULD REQUIRE FULL MEMBERSHIP VOTE. BUT MOST RESIDENTS HAVE THE EXTREMELY SPECIALIZED

KNOWLEDGE THAT CONCERNED VOTING REQUIRES TO UNDERSTAND THE IDO. THE HIGH POVERTY RATE MAKES THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. IF THE COALITION DISAPPEARS WE LOSE CONTACT WITH OUR CITY. THE

GOVERNMENT BECOMES MORE REMOTE BECAUSE WE USUALLY HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCILOR ROGERS AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND APD. WE COLLABORATE ON CONTRIBUTING. >> THONG, . >>COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MA'AM.

YOUR TIME IS UP. >> SUSAN, FOLLOWED BY SHAREAL. WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOUR AUDIO. YOU ARE UNMUTED. MAYBE SWITCH YOUR MICROPHONE IN ZOOM. >> MY NAME IS SUSAN. I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. ALTHOUGH,

I AM A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE VISTA GRANDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. BY THE WAY, THE WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION KEEPS US INFORMED OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING. OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.

IT'S WELL UNDERSTOOD THAT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT MAKES FOR A LIVELY AND VIBRANT CITY AND A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. THOUGH IT'S HARD TO SEE HOW THESE PROPOSALS, THE WHOLE PACKAGE, MAKES SENSE. CONTRARILY

THEIR ENACTMENT WOULD DISCOURAGE PARTICIPATION AT ALL LEVELS. HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS, CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION LEVELS. THEY ADD UP TO A DISINFRINGEMENT OF

CITIZENS. I'M WONDERING WAS DL -- DOES COUNCILOR LEWIS THINK PROHIBITING THE NIGHT OUT BE PROHIBITED FROM HIS BILL? MAYBE NEIGHBORHOOD SPONSORED CLEANUPS SHOULD BE MADE ILLEGAL? WHAT ABOUT THE

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM? MAYBE THAT IS REALLY -- >>COUN. PEÑA: YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> CHERYL FOLLOWED BY DOREEN. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS CHERYL. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>

YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> I AM HERE TO ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON THE ENTIRE BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS PACKAGE. THIS PACKAGE TAKES AWAY THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS OF ALBUQUERQUE AND IT MINIMIZES THE

VOICES AND THE VOICES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. TO RELY ON THE GOOD FAITH OF THE DEVELOPERS IS AKIN TO RELYING ON CORPORATIONS TO REGULATE THEIR AIR OR WATER POLLUTION. THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK

YOU SO MUCH. >> DOREEN FOLLOWED BY LESLIE. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE NORTH VALLEY COALITION AND WELLS PARK. THIS ORDINANCE PROPOSES SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO

THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL FILING FEES WITH A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES. WHILE THIS BILL

INCREASES THE FEE FOR ALL APPELLANTS, IT'S FOUR TIMES AS GREAT FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAN DEVELOPERS. MORE RESOURCES ARE EXTENDED BY THE CITY WHEN DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS ARE

APPEALED AS OPPOSED TO DENIALS. NO DATA HAS BEEN SET FORTH TO SUPPORT THIS CONCLUSION. EVEN MR. COFFMAN'S PRESENTATION PROVIDED NO EXPLANATION WHY NEIGHBORS SHOULD PAY $1,000 WHILE DEVELOPERS PAY

$300. THE ORDINANCE PRESUMS ALL DEVELOPMENT IS DESIRABLE AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCESS FOR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT NEVER GETS IT WRONG. THIS IS UNTRUE AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE COUNCIL THIS PAST

MEETING WHERE IT HELD TWO APPEALS OF PREVIOUSLY APPEALED DEVELOPMENT. >> LESLIE FOLLOWED BY SAL. >> I WANTED TO START MY VIDEO. IF THAT'S OKAY. >> OF COURSE, STAND BY. >> THERE WE GO. WHOOPS. DID I

JUST -- THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX. PRACTICING ATTORNEY. SPEAKING IN MY PERSONAL CAPACITY AND HOPEFULLY NOT EXPRESSING MY QUOTE SELFISH WANTS AND DESIRES, UNQUOTE, TO USE

STATE SENATOR'S PHRASE. PLEASE REJECT O-26-60. IT WOULD IMPOSE ASYMMETIC FREES ON WHETHER YOU'RE APPEALING THE PROJECT OR APPEALING THE DENIAL. THIS MEANS PROJECT DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE TO PAY

SIGNIFICANTLY LESS TO APPEAL THAN AN ORDINARY CITIZEN OPPOSING A PROJECT. I DON'T THINK THE AMENDMENT CHANGED THAT. THE CITY BY THE BAY NEVER PAYS TO APPEAL DECISIONS ON ITS OWN PROJECT. AND STAFF, AS

THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER NOTED, STAFF DID NOT EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS. THE RATIONALE GIVEN FOR THE FEES DOESN'T HOLD WATER. I'VE STRUGGLED TO UNDERSTAND HOW AN APPEAL OF PERMIT APPROVAL WOULD COST MORE THAN

APPEAL OF DENIAL. AS I SAID, IT DOESN'T EXPLAIN, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN ASK COUNSEL HOW IT MAKES SENSE. IF YOU DON'T VOTE TO REJECT THE MEASURE, PLEASE STRIKE FOUR THROUGH EIGHT WHEREAS CLAUSES BECAUSE

THEY'RE PURELY PROJECTIONAL. I INVITE YOU TO THE PARKLAND HILLS FALL FESTIVAL. IT'S HAPPENING AT THE LAST SUNDAY OF THIS MONTH. IT'S ONE THING THAT -- AS ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS NOTED,

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL BEING AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. >> SAL FOLLOWED BY NICKHEEL. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M SPEAKING AS A GOVERNMENT

AFFAIRS CHAIR OF CREEDA. FORMALLY KNOWN AS NAOP. I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF MY HOA AND A FOUNDER OF GENERATION ELEVATE NEW MEXICO. I'M VOICING MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR O-60, O-61. IT PUTS MORE EMPHASIS ON

INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AS A PRIMARY VOICES IN THE COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE THIS CAN GIVE RESIDENTS A STRONGER AND MORE DIRECT VOICE WHILE ALSO MAKING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

CLEARER AND MORE CRITICAL FOR APPLICANTS. INCENTIVIZING AND BRINGING INVESTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, RELATED TO O-61, THE COST OF FILING APPEAL SHOULD HAVE ZERO IMPACT ON THE PROJECT. THE

FEE TO FILING APPEAL IS SMALL TO THE COST OF DELAYING MAJOR DEVELOPMENT. A RELATIVELY SMALL FILING FEE CAN LEAD TO MONTHS OR YEARS OF DELAY AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF ADDITIONAL COST.

LOOK AT PASEO AND KIMMICK THAT WENT THROUGH THE APPEAL PROCESS. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INTERRUPTION. THIS IS COMMENT ON AN ONGOING LAND USE APPEAL THAT IS QUASI-JUDICIAL. I ASK THAT

WE REFRAIN FROM THAT DISCUSSION. >> UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. WITH THAT SAID, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. AGAIN, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

>> NICKHEEL FOLLOWED BY MERIT. >> HI, I'M DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT. I'M A RENTER HERE. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MADE ME THINK A LOT ABOUT THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS BEING MADE ABOUT THE ORDINANCES.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY INPUT. BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO ASK WHICH COMMUNITY AND WHO IS INCLUDED IN THAT COMMUNITY? I VERY RARELY HEAR RENTERS

BROUGHT UP AS A SIGNIFICANT CONSTITUENT IN TERMS OF VIEWING WITH THESE ISSUES. I HAVE NEVER BEEN CONTACTED OR ASKED FOR INPUT BY ANY NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION WHERE I LIVE IN THE NORTHEAST HEIGHTS. AND

I'VE TALKED TO MANY FELLOW RENTERS WHO FEEL THE SAME. I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO GIVE POWER TO NEIGHBORHOOD COALITIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, WE HAVE AN EXPLICIT

REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBER DEMOCRACY. I THINK THE PROPOSALS ARE A POSITIVE DIRECTION IN THAT REGARD. >> MERIT FOLLOWED BY SARAH. >> COUNCILOR PEÑA, COUNCILORS, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF NEAR NORTH VALLEY

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. OUR BOARD HELD A SPECIAL MEETING LAST WEEK TO DISCUSS AND VOTE ON THIS. WE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO OPPOSE IT. WE CAN APPRECIATE THAT THESE NEED TO BE INCREASED PERIODICALLY TO

KEEP UP, BUT THESE PROPOSED FEES ARE STRIKING IN THEIR UNFAIRNESS. THE FEE PROPOSED FOR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IS AN INCREASE FOR THE CURRENT FILING OF $55 OR $190. WHERE DO

YOU JUSTIFY AN INCREASE OR JUSTIFY TREATING APPELLANTS DIFFERENTLY? ARE YOU SAYING WHEN ONE OF THE CITY INDEPENDENT HEARING OFFICERS DENIES AN APPLICATION, THE HEARING OFFICER ISN'T DOING HIS OR HER

JOB AND THEREFORE DEVELOPERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO APPEAL ON THE CHEAP. YOU CAN FIX THE NEED FOR MORE FUNDING WITHOUT BIAS. YOU CAN ADOPT DATA SUPPORTED INCREASE IN FILING FEES THAT'S THE SAME FOR EVERY

APPELLANT THAT'S UNHAPPY WITH THE LAND USE DECISION. WE ASK YOU TO FIX THE ORDINANCE OR VOTE IT DOWN OUTRIGHT AT YOUR NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. >> SARAH. >> HAVE ANY OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS

FROM A CITIZEN STANDPOINT. THERE'S A LODGE ENERGY MOST OF YOU HAVE NEVER HAD AN APARTMENT BUILT IN YOUR BACKYARD. IT SEEMS LIKE THE INCREASE ONLY TAKES ACCOUNT FOR LIMITED USE AND NOT ALL -- [

INAUDIBLE ]. MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION -- [ INAUDIBLE ]. >>COUN. LEWIS: A FEW COMMENTS. I THINK ONE QUESTION WE ASK IN DEVELOPING THIS IS, HOW MUCH DO WE VALUE OUR OWN CITY LAWS? YOU THINK ABOUT THE

LAWS THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT YEARS AND YEARS OF DISCUSSIONS ON THIS COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY INPUT THAT ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. BY THE WAY, THAT GROCERY STORE DOWN

THE STREET, THE HOME YOU LIVE IN, THE APARTMENT YOU LIVE IN, EVERY QUALITY OF LIFE AND AMENITY THAT WE ENJOY IN THIS CITY WAS BUILT BY SMALL DEVELOPERS, LARGE DEVELOPERS, AND CITIZENS OF ALBUQUERQUE.

THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT IF THEY GET THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS, IT'S BECAUSE THEY FOLLOWED THOSE LAWS. DO WE VALUE THOSE LAWS? WE THINK ABOUT THE HUNDREDS OF PLANNING DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES THAT THE

CITY HAS TO ENSURE THAT DEVELOPMENTS PERMITTED. A PROCESS THAT ALWAYS BEGINS WITH A DISCUSSION BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS AND GOES TO EVERYWHERE FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY PERMITS TO THE EPC TO THE LAND USE

HEARING OFFICER, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD, AND ULTIMATELY GETS TO AN APPROVAL BECAUSE THEY FOLLOWED A PERMISSIVE PATH THAT WAS SET UP OVER MANY YEARS. AND PUT A COST ON THAT. IF YOU PUT A COST ON

THAT, THE COST TO THE CITY ASTRONOMICAL. THE COST TO HARDWORKING PEOPLE THAT HAVE GREAT IDEAS ON QUALITY OF LIFE TYPE OF AMENITIES IN THIS CITY, LIKE HOUSING, LIKE GROCERY STORES, LIKE SERVICES AND

COMMERCIAL SERVICES THAT WE ENJOY, THEY INVEST THEIR HARD-EARNED DOLLARS. THEY INVEST THEIR REPUTATION AND THEY WANT TO FOLLOW LAWS THAT WE'VE SET UP TO DO THAT. AGAIN, ON THIS BILL, I THINK WE HAVE

TO GO BACK AND SAY HOW MUCH DO WE VALUE THAT? HOW MUCH DO WE VALUE THOSE LAWS? I THINK THESE FEES REFLECT THAT. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TIED DIFFERENTLY TO DENIALS AND APPROVALS. DENIALS ARE OFTEN -- I AM

GOING TO REFER TO TONIGHT -- IT SEEMS LIKE DENIALS ARE CHEAPER FOR THE DEVELOPER. IN REALITY, THE DENIALS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT -- YOU KNOW, A RESIDENT BUILDS A FENCE SIX INCHES TOO CLOSE TO ANOTHER

LOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND GETS DENIED BY THE CITY AND HAS TO GO AND WANTS A REVIEW. WANTS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO, AGAIN, WHAT IS THE COST OF THAT TO THE CITY? CERTAINLY A COST TO THE

RESIDENT. SO, REALLY, WHAT THIS IS A WHAT IS A FAIR, PREDICTABLE PROCESS? THERE ARE OTHER COMMENTS RELATED TO THE OTHER BILL, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT ONE THING THAT DOES APPLY TO THIS, WHICH

ALSO TO THE OTHER BILL, BUT I'M JUST -- OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO, ESPECIALLY AS THESE BILLS HAVE COME OUT, THE AMOUNT OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT I'VE TALKED TO THAT ABSOLUTELY ARE SHOCKED THAT

FOLKS FILED APPEALS THAT THEY DISAGREE WITH AND JUST ABSOLUTELY ARE SHOCKED OVER THE FACT THAT GROUPS THAT WERE SPEAKING FOR THEM AND SAID THEY REPRESENTED THEM. AGAIN, THIS BILL, I THINK, RIGHT SIZES

THAT. IN THAT REGARD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LEWIS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCILORS? COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM

PRESIDENT. JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS. HOW DO WE ARRIVE AT THE $925 FEE? DO WE KNOW WHAT THE ACTUALLY COST IS FOR THE CITY? THE SPONSOR IS PERFECTLY FINE. >>COUN. LEWIS: I THINK STAFF MIGHT BE ABLE TO

GIVE INSIGHT. IT'S AN INCREASE. AND IT'S INCREASE FOR CERTAIN APPEALS. IF WE WANT TO COMPARE IT TO THE ACTUAL COST, I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT. I THINK WE'D BE IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS, BOTH ON THE

CITY AS WELL TO THE DEFENDANTS. HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THAT? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, THE THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS ULTIMATELY JUST AN INCREASE TO WHAT COUNCILOR LEWIS ALLUDED TO. WE

DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC EQUATION TO ADD UP WHAT THAT TIME AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS THAT TAKE THAT TO GO THROUGH AN APPEAL WITHIN THE CITY. BUT IF YOU LOOKED AT THE STAFF WRITE-UP WE COMPARED IT TO

SIMILAR CITIES WITHIN THE REGION AND WENT ABOVE THAT. PHOENIX IS AT $780 FOR CERTAIN APPLICATIONS. TUCSON CAN GET UP TO CLOSE TO $750. AND WE JUST WASN'T A STEP ABOVE THAT. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU,

MADAM PRESIDENT. MY OTHER QUESTION IS DID WE CHECK THE NEW MEXICO COURT OF APPEALS FOR FEES? I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE 48 HOURS AND NOW WE CHANGED IT TO TWO BUSINESS DAYS. IS THIS CONTRARY TO THE

DOCKET FEE? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, THOSE ARE TWO DISTINCT COURT PROCESSES. NO, THOSE WERE NOT CONSULTED. OR REVIEWED. BUT THAT IS THE CURRENT RULE FOR PAYMENT OF APPEALS FEES AS SET BY

THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THAT'S NOT A NEW REQUIREMENT. THAT IS PART OF THE FEE SCHEDULE AS IT EXISTS TODAY. >>COUN. ROGERS: YEAH. THANK YOU, FOR THE ANSWER. I THINK JUST READING THROUGH THESE

APPELLATE SYSTEM, IT DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN DEADLINES NECESSARY TO INITIATE AN APPEAL, SUBSEQUENT PROCEDURAL AND PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS. WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH THOSE -- ARE THOSE DIFFERENT RULES

DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING? I DIDN'T WANT TO BE CONTRARY TO THAT. SOME OF THEM REQUIRE YOU DO IT AT THE TIME OF FILING. WE DIDN'T LOOK AT ANY OF THAT? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, WE DID

NOT -- TO THE EX TENT THAT THEY'RE COMPLETELY SEPARATE PROCESSES. WE WOULDN'T NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE COURT OF APPEALS RULES OF PROCEDURE IN DOING OUR ADMINISTRATIVE QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS HERE AT

COUNCIL. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST LIKE ALIGNMENT IN LAWS AND HOW WE DO THINGS. THERE SHOULD BE ALIGNMENT. I DON'T WANT TO BE CONTRARY. I LOOKED UP TO SEE

IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER FILINGS THAT WOULD BE REJECTED AS UNTIMELY FOR NON-PAYMENTS. DID WE LOOK AT THAT FROM THE COURT'S PERSPECTIVE? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, NO. WE DID NOT DO A REVIEW

OF THE COURT OF APPEALS PROCESSES FOR FILING DEADLINES, OR REJECTION OF UNTIMELY FILING. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THAT'S THE MAJOR QUESTIONS I'D LIKE US TO -- IF WE DON'T KNOW -- LET

ME ASK THAT. DO WE KNOW HOW MANY APPEALS HAVE HAPPENED? I THINK WHAT'S GIVING ME HEARTBURN IS HAVING TWO DIFFERENT FEES FOR TWO DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE SAME ISSUE. ONE IS DENY FOR ONE FEE, IF IT'S

APPROVED IT'S A DIFFERENT FEE. THAT'S HARD FOR ME. BECAUSE, AGAIN, INSTEAD OF THIS BEING WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE SPONSOR IS THIS IS ABOUT COST RECUPERATION. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE

COSTS ARE SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE RECOUPING. WHO ACTUALLY FILING THESE APPEALS ? HOW MANY APPEALS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN FILED? BY WHO? WHAT CATEGORY? I WOULD LIKE SOME DATA. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR

ROGERS, WE DID PULL ALL THE LUHO APPEALS FROM 2015 TO NOW. WE DID SEPARATE THEM OUT BY APPEALING PARTIES AS WELL. SO, I CAN ADD UP -- THERE IS ON ONE DRIVE APPEALS WHERE ASSOCIATIONS AND COALITIONS

WERE A PARTY TO THAT. AND THEN, I ALSO SEND TO EXCEL DOCUMENT THAT HIGHLIGHTS ALL APPEALS SINCE 20 IS A -- 2015, WHICH THEY HAD UP TO 143. >>COUN. ROGERS: I KNOW WE'RE DEFERRING THIS, I'D LOVE TO LOOK

OVER THAT BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >>COUN. LEWIS: MADAM PRESIDENT, I'LL MOVE DEFERRAL UNTIL OCTOBER 19th. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A

MOTION, AND A SECOND FOR DEFERRAL FROM COUNCILOR ROGERS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, NO. MOTION CARRIES ON A -- 8-1. THANK YOU. NOW, WE ARE ON COUNCILOR LEWIS, O-61.

>>COUN. LEWIS: AMENDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RECOGNITION ORDINANCE, MAKING CORRESPONDING AMENDMENTS TO THE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE AND NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR THE LASTING PERMIT. I

MOVE A DO PASS. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT CHAMPINE FOR DO PASS OF O-61. COUNCILOR LEWIS TO OPEN. >>COUN. LEWIS: AGAIN, MADAM PRESIDENT, I THINK WE GAVE AN

INTRODUCTION TO THIS. I'M OKAY IF WE MOVE SOME AMENDMENTS AND GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. I THINK WE'LL GO TO AMENDMENTS. WE HAVE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS. WE WILL START WITH WHAT'S IN YOUR

PACKET LABELED AMENDMENT A. IT WILL NOW BECOME AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. THIS IS -- WELL, BEFORE I DO THAT, I'M

SORRY. I JUST WANT TO REALLY QUICK -- I'M OFFERING SEVERAL DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS TO THIS PACKAGE. I'M TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING AS CONCISE AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY TO FOLLOW ALONG. JUST SO YOU KNOW, I

WANTED THESE PROPOSED FOR O-26-61 REALLY PRESERVES WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RECOGNITION ORDINANCE DID REALLY WELL WHILE CLOSING RISK GAPS THAT I IDENTIFIED. JUST TO BE CLEAR, COL --

COALITIONS REMAIN FREE TO ORGANIZE AND MEET. THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE MISINTERPRETED. AGAIN, I WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT TOGETHER THESE AMENDMENTS MAKE THE PACKAGE A LOT MORE CLEANER, A

LOT MORE FAIR, AND A LOT MORE DEMOCRATIC. WHAT WE'RE DOING -- WHAT I'M DOING WITH THESE AMENDMENTS IN PARTICULAR IS PROTECTING RESIDENT'S VOICES AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S INVOLVED, NEIGHBORS,

DEVELOPERS, COUNCIL. EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO ENGAGE IN GOOD FAITH. NOW, YOU'LL MOVE THEM ONE AT A TIME. FOR AMENDMENT ONE. THIS AMENDMENT REQUIRES A RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO APPROVE AN

APPEAL BY MAJORITY VOTE OF AT LEAST 10% OF AFFIRMED MEMBERS OR 15 AFFIRMED MEMBERS, WHICHEVER IS FEWER. THIS AMENDMENT ALSO CONTAINS PROCEDURES FOR CERTIFYING THE VOTE IN THE APPEAL PROCESS. >>COUN.

FIEBELKORN: SECOND. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY FROM COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. FOR DO PASS OF FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU. AGAIN, THIS --

BEGINNING ON PAGE FOUR, LINE ONE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION INTO THE BILL. SECTION ONE, ORDINANCE 14-8-2-1 MEMBERSHIP ROSTER A LIST OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEMBERS. SHALL INCLUDE NAME,

ADDRESS AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF EACH MEMBER AND SHALL BE UPDATED UPON THE ADDITION OR LOSS OF MEMBERS. ON PAGE 12, LINE 1, AMEND THE BILL, BEFORE FILING AN APPEAL OF A DECISION ON A DEVELOPMENT

APPLICATION, A RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHALL APPROVE THE APPEAL BY A VOTE OF AFFIRMED MEMBERS CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO 14-8-2-3B8. THE APPEAL IS APPROVED ONLY IF MAJORITY OF MEMBERS

PARTICIPATING IN THE VOTE APPROVE IT AND AT LEAST 10% OF AFFIRMED MEMBERS OR 15 MEMBERS, WHICHEVER IS FEWER, PARTICIPATE. THE ASSOCIATION FILE WITH THE APPEAL CERTIFICATION WITH TWO OFFICERS STATING

THE DATE. AND THE NUMBER OF VOTES FOR OR AGAINST OR ABSTAINING AND COPY OF MEMBERSHIP. NOTHING IN THIS PART REQUIRES PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF HOW THE INDIVIDUAL VOTED. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ESSENTIALLY, THIS AMENDMENT REALLY MAKES SURE THAT RESIDENT'S VOICES ARE HEARD. PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA ARE THE ONES MAKING THE DECISION ON BEHALF THEMSELVES FOR THESE TYPE OF APPEALS. >>COUN.

PEÑA: ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNCILORS? COUNCILOR ROGERS THEN COUNCILOR LEWIS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST A QUESTION FOR COUNCILOR TELLES. WHO CERTIFIES THIS? WOULD IT BE OUR

NEIGHBORHOOD -- OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATION? WHO IS DOING THIS WORK? >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. COUNCILOR ROGERS, THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATION WILL MANAGE THE

RECOGNITION PORTION AND THEY WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE ASSOCIATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE AFFIRMED MEMBERS ARE UP TO DATE. SO, IT'S A COORDINATION. SO, THE ASSOCIATION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

UPDATING THAT WITH THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATION, BUT THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATION WILL MAKE SURE THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU,

MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST HEARING THEY WOULD HAVE TO FILE THE APPEAL WITH THE CERTIFICATION, THAT CERTIFICATION IS NOT COMING FROM OMB? IS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? >>COUN. TELLES: NO THEY WILL

PROVIDE IT TO THE OMC TO US. WE'LL KNOW WHEN THERE'S GOING TO BE AN APPEAL AND IT'S BEEN VOTED ON, WE KNOW THAT THE ACTUAL ASSOCIATION IS THE ONE WHO IS MAKING THAT DECISION FOR THE APPEAL. AND

THEY'VE DONE IT TOGETHER IN GOOD FAITH AND THEY'RE SENDING THAT AFFIRMATION TO OUR OFFICE. IT'S GOING TO LIKELY BE PART OF THE EVIDENCE AS PART OF THE APPEAL. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM

PRESIDENT. OKAY. I JUST WONDER IF WE SHOULD SPELL THAT OUT. PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO -- JUST NAMING THAT BECAUSE I THINK JUST READING THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FILE WITH THE APPEAL A CERTIFICATION SIGNED BY

TWO OFFICERS STATING THE DATE, METHOD OF NOTICE, NUMBER OF AFFIRMED MEMBERS -- THAT'S THE ASSOCIATION WHO HAS TO FILE IT WITH THE APPEAL. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR TELLES, COUNCILOR ROGERS, THE

VERIFICATION OF THE VOTE TO FILE AN APPEAL WOULD BE FILED WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHEN THE APPEAL IS ACTUALLY FILED. ALL THAT INFORMATION THAT'S CAPTURED IN THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD BECOME

PART OF THE PACKET THAT CREATES THE APPEAL PROCEEDING. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT'S NOT OUR OWN FEES THEN? IT'S THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS,

CORRECT. THE NARO IS ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATION. THINGS LIKE VERIFYING RECOGNITION STATUS AND MAKING SURE THE RECOGNITION ASSOCIATION IS FOLLOWING THE RULES OUTLINED IN

THE NARO IS CONTESTED BY THE ONC. WHEN IT COMES TO FILING THE APPLICATION, THOSE MATERIALS WOULD BE SUBMITTED BY THE RECOGNIZED ASSOCIATION TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO FILE AN

APPEAL ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION. >>COUN. ROGERS: OKAY. THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: IS THAT IT? THANK YOU. COUNCILOR LEWIS. >>COUN. LEWIS: MADAM PRESIDENT, I AGREE WITH THE AMENDMENT. IT MAKES IT A

LITTLE MORE CLEAR, A LITTLE MORE PREDICTABLE. IT GIVES SOME GOOD CLARITY TO THAT PART OF THE BILL. >>COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR TELLES TO CLOSE. >>COUN. PEÑA: -- >>COUN. TELLES: I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

>>COUN. PEÑA: WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED? THAT PASSES ON AN 8-1. WE'RE NOW ON FLOOR

AMENDMENT LABELED B. IT WILL NOW BECOME FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. >>COUN. TELLES: I'M SORRY,MADAM PRESIDENT. A LITTLE MESSY OVER HERE. LIKE MY CAR. I MOVE FLOOR AMENDMENT B, NUMBER TWO FOR O-26-61.

THIS AMENDMENT CHANGES THE TIMELINE IN WHICH AN ASSOCIATION MUST PROVIDE NOTICE FOR A VOTE ON A LAND USE APPEAL. SO AN ASSOCIATION CAN MEET AND DISCUSS ON A FASTER TIMELINE BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF

THE 15-DAY APPEAL WINDOW PROVIDED BY THE IDO. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN.

TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS AMENDMENT, BEGINNING ON PAGE SIX, LINE FIVE, WE ARE CHANGING IT FROM SEVEN DAYS TO TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE EXCEPT TO APPROVE ANAPPEAL MAY BE HELD UPON SEVEN DAYS

NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC METHOD TO EACH MEMBER AND POSTING ON THE ASSOCIATION'S WEBSITE OR SOCIAL MEDIA. ON PAGE SIX LINE FIFTEEN, WE E ARE -- EXCEPT THE VOTE TO APPROVE APPEAL ARE SUBJECT TO PROVISIONS

OF ROA1994 SECTION 2-2-8-4. AGAIN, THIS JUST PROVIDES ADEQUATE TIMES FOR THE ASSOCIATION TO MEET. IT PROVIDES THE TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE AS WELL AS BREATHING ROOM FOR IF YOU WANT TO SEND IT BY NAIL --

SNAIL MAIL YOU HAVE THREE DAYS. IT REALLY ADDRESSES THE TIME CONSTRAINTS THAT A LOT OF THE CONCERNS WERE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION AND A

SECOND FOR DO PASS FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION PASSES. IF YOU GUYS COULD PLEASE RAISE YOUR

HAND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE NOW ON FLOOR AMENDMENT LABELED C IN YOUR PACKET. IT WILL NOW BECOME FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. THIS IS COUNCILOR TELLES, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, AND COUNCILOR GROUT.

>>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS -- THIS AMENDMENT ALLOWS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO RETAIN ITS CURRENT BOUNDARIES UNTIL JULY 1, 2027. BEFORE BEING REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE

CONTROLLING STANDARDS CONTEMPLATED IN THE BILL TO MAINTAIN RECOGNIZED STATUS. WE'RE ALSO AMENDING THE BOUNDARIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GREATER THAN 15 ACRES BUT NOT MORE THAN TWO SQUARE MILES.

AND THAT REALLY ONLY AFFECTS ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND JUST SO EVERYBODY IS VERY CLEAR, IT IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT IS IMPACTED. I'M NOT ETHICALLY CHALLENGED OR SELF-DEALING. I'M

MAKING IT HARDER FOR MY OWN SELF HERE, TO BE VERY FAIR. ONLY ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IMPACTED. MAKING IT MORE FAIR AND LOCATED WITHIN THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY LIMITS. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN.

PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNCILORS ? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME

MOTION. WE ARE NOW ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT D. LABELED IN YOUR PACKET. IT WILL NOW BECOME FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. FOUR. I'M SORRY. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, I MOVE AMENDMENT

FOUR. THIS ONE WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL NOTICE TO THE PLACEMENT OF ONE OR MORE SIGNS OF PROMINENT LOCATIONS BY U.S. MAIL, WEBSITE OR SOCIAL MEDIA POST, EMAIL, DIRECT MESSAGE, THROUGH SOCIAL NEED YOU OR

ELECTRONIC MESSAGES. THIS IS TO ENSURE MAXIMUM NOTICE AND PARTICIPATION. THE ASSOCIATION IS ALSO ENCOURAGED TO MAKE A REASONABLE ATTEMPT TO DELIVER NOTICE TO MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS OF FIVE OR MORE.

THIS AMENDMENT REALLY REQUESTS ASSOCIATIONS MAKE REASONABLE ATTEMPTS TO MAXIMIZE NOTICE AND PARTICIPATION BY DELIVERING A NOTICE OF THEIR ANNUAL MEETING TO MULTIFAMILY BUILDING AND POSTING FLIERS OR

NOTICES AT NEARBY PUBLIC SPACES LIKE LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS. I MOVE AMENDMENT FOUR. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, FOR FLOOR

AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: MADAM PRESIDENT, I FIRST THOUGHT THE INTENTION IS GREAT ON THIS. I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL WE SHOULD TRY TO POST THINGS

AT PARKS OR OTHER PUBLIC SPACES, BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT AS FEASIBLE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE THE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO DO SO. HOWEVER, IN TALKING WITH

STAFF IT GOT POINTED OUT TO ME, AND I'M SAYING THIS TO BE VERY CLEAR FOR THE CONSTITUENTS PAYING ATTENTION AS WELL, IN HERE IT SAYS THAT RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DO SO.

IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, YOU WON'T BECOME UNRECOGNIZED. IT IS TO ENCOURAGE NOTIFICATION AND POSTING. I DO SUPPORT THAT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR FLOOR

AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION PASSES. NOW, WE ARE BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED FOUR TIMES. I THINK WE ARE NOW GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC

-- UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UP FIRST, WE HAVE SENATOR MAESTAS FOLLOWED BY PRUTITIA. PATRICIA. PATRICIA

FOLLOWED BY AARON. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, THIS REVISION OF THE NARO IS A TWO WEEK SLAM DUNK WITH SUPPORTERS EXTOLLING PARTIAL NARRATIVES ABOUT BUILDING BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS AND LEAVING OUT

THE BAD PARTS. RECOGNITION, NOTIFICATION AND STANDING GET CONFLATED WITH THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SUPPORTERS SAY THIS PACKAGE PRESERVES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

STANDING, WHILE ADDING NEEDED TRANSPARENCY ACCESSIBILITY AND CLEARER STANDARDS. SUPPORTERS IGNORE THAT THE LOSS OF RECOGNITION EQUALS LOSS OF NOTIFICATION AND 13 OR ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WILL

EITHER LOSE RECOGNITION OR HAVE TO KICK OUT THEIR COUNTY RESIDENTS. MAKING CONTACT INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IS EFFECTIVELY DOXING VOLUNTEERS WHO DO THE HARD WORK OF DISSEMINATING INFORMATION AND

REMOVING REQUIREMENTS OF DEVELOPERS TO ACT IN GOOD FAITH SAYS WHAT YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS. >> AARON FOLLOWED BY TYLER. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, CITY COUNCILORS, I AM A LOCAL LAND

DEVELOPER AND HOME BUILDER. I AM ALSO ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION FOR CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. ALBUQUERQUE IS FACING A SERIOUS HOUSING SHORTAGE AND EVERY UNNECESSARY DELAY

IN THE APPROVAL PROCESS ADDS COST AND MAKES IT HARDER TO DELIVER THE HOMES OR COMMUNITY NEEDS. OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE PROJECTS FORWARD WITHOUT UNNECESSARY DELAYS OR REPEATED LAYERS OF

APPEAL. CLEARER STANDARDS FOR WHO MAY APPEAL AND HOW THE APPEALS ARE HANDLED WOULD REDUCE UNCERTAINTY WHILE PRESERVING MEANINGFUL INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS MOST AFFECTED. WE RECOGNIZE SOME

RESIDENTS WORRY THESE CHANGES COULD LIMIT THEIR ABILITY TO CHALLENGE PROJECT AND WE BELIEVE COMMUNITY VOICES MUST REMAIN A VITAL PART OF THE PROCESS. THE GOAL IS NOT TO SHUT ANYONE OUT BUT TO ENSURE

APPEALS ARE FOCUSED, TIMELY AND RESOLVED IN A THAT IS FAIR TO NEIGHBORS AND APPLICANTS ALIKE. A MORE BALANCED PROCESS ENCOURAGES RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT AND SUPPORTS THE NEW HOUSING AND BUSINESSES.

PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BILL. >> TYLER FOLLOWED BY REBECCA. >> WE NEED MORE NEIGHBORS IN OUR ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS. WE NEED MORE HOUSING THAT LETS PEOPLE MOVE MERE. AND OPTIONS THAT LET RESIDENTS

STAY. I WORK IN CONSTRUCTION. DELAYS COST REAL COSTS. DELAYS CARRY REAL COST. FINANCING LABOR AND MATERIALS DON'T GET CHEAPER WHILE A PROJECT WAITS. COST MATTER AND THE PEOPLE NEED HOUSING. I URGE THE

COUNCIL TO BRING US FOLLOW UP BILLS THAT FUND TECHNOLOGY AND OUTREACH SO THE CITY CAN DO THE ENGAGEMENT WORK AND NOT DEPEND ON VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS. GIVE RESIDENTS CLEAR INFORMATION AND ACCESSIBLE

WAYS TO RESPOND ONLINE AND IN PERSON. PUBLISH HOW MANY PEOPLE RESPONDED AND WHAT THEY SAID. THE RULES WE HAVE NOW ARE BROKEN. PLEASE DON'T PRETEND THE SYSTEM IS WORKING OR FAIR IS THIS BABY STEP

SOLVES MUCH. WE NEED MORE NEIGHBORS AND WE NEED A CITY THAT TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT. COUNCILORS, COMMIT TO FUNDING THAT WORK. >> REBECCA FOLLOWED BY ALTHEA. >> MADAM PRESIDENT,

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I SUPPORT O-61 BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS LIKE MANY OF YOU DO AND THE WORK THEY DO. I SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT ON MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. MY

NEIGHBORS KNOW ME AS THE LADY WHO THROWS THE 4th OF JULY PARADE, THE LADY THAT PUTS UP HOLIDAY LIGHTS TOO SOON AND ADOPTINGING THE SNARKY DOGS IN THE CITY. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PUTS TIME INTO

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND SHARING INFORMATION AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT MAKES MOST SENSE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. THAT WORK IS WHAT GIVES YOUR ASSOCIATION CREDIBILITY. WHEN A GROUP PRESENTS A POSITION

REPRESENTING OUR ASSOCIATION WITHOUT US HAVING TO DISCUSS IT OR PROVE IT, IT PUTS OUR CREDIBILITY AT RISK. OUR NEIGHBORS SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRUST US AND KNOW A POSITION ACTUALLY CAME FROM US. O-61

STRENGTHENS ACCOUNTABILITY AND GIVES ASSOCIATIONS A CLEARER VOICE IN DECISIONS AFFECTING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. >> ALTHEA FOLLOWED BY ANGELA. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M GOING TO SPEAK -- I WASN'T SURE IF I

WAS SPEAKING IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE BILL. I THINK THEY SETTLED A LOT OF MY CONCERNS. I WAS VERY HAPPY THEY PASSED. I ALSO HAVE A FEW REMAINING CONCERNS. I WANT TO ECHO WHAT TYLER SAID ABOUT UNPAID

LABOR THAT GOES INTO HAVING A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION COALITION ANY OF THOSE. I HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE VICTORY HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH WORK. I

DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M DOING IT. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M GIVING MY NEIGHBORS AS MUCH NOTICE FOR THE THINGS I WANT TO GIVE THEM. IT HURTS ME TO KNOW I HAVEN'T BEEN AS DILIGENT IN THIS ROLE. I THINK THE CITY

NEEDS TO START FUNDING THE NOTIFICATION PART. I REALLY THINK THAT THIS IS JUST SO IMPORTANT. I DON'T THINK THAT ABOLISHING COALITIONS IS ACTUALLY -- NOT ABOLISHING THE RECOGNITION OF COALITIONS IS

GOING TO BE AS EFFECTIVE AS REFORMING THEM. I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN. >> ANGELA FOLLOWED BY LISA. >> COUNCILORS, I REPRESENTED MANY OF THE PROJECTS AFFECTED BY THE

APPEALS. OUR CLIENTS PURCHASED PROPERTY BASED ON ZONING. THEY FOLLOW THE IDO. THEY COMPLETE EX-TENSE FRB TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING REVIEW. THEY ADDRESS STAFF COMMENTS AND EARN APPROVAL THROUGH THE

CITY'S ESTABLISHED PROCESS. WE FOLLOW THE RULES. OUR CLIENTS INVEST BASED ON THOSE RULES. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO RELY ON THE OUTCOMES. YET, COALITIONS THAT DISAGREE WITH AN OUTCOME CAN APPEAL

PROLONGING UNCERTAINTY EVEN FOR FULLY PERMISSIVE AND COMPLIANT PROJECTS. WHAT PREDICTABLE PATH FORWARD CAN I ASK FOR A CLIENT THAT MET EVERY REQUIREMENT AND SECURED APPROVAL AND FACES YEARS OF DELAYS?

THE CITY HAS DONE ITS WORK. OUR CLIENTS HAVE DONE THEIR WORK. A COALITION'S DISAGREEMENT SHOULD NOT BECOME AN EFFECTIVE VETO OVER THE CITY'S APPROVAL. I URGE YOU TO PASS THIS PACKAGE AND GIVE LAWFUL

COMPLIANT INVESTMENT A PREDICTABLE PATH FORWARD. >> LISA FOLLOWED BY PETER. >> I TOO WAS NOT SURE. I SORT OF WAS AGAINST IT UNTIL THE AMENDMENTS CAME IN BECAUSE MY CONCERNS AS WE DISCUSSED -- THANK

YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILOR LEWIS, FOR HAVING THAT DISCOURSE AND COMING AND TALKING WITH US. IT'S WORKING. WE HAVE A GREAT DEMOCRACY. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED IN COMMUNITY WHEN WE'RE PUTTING

DEVELOPMENT IS THIS KIND OF DISCUSSION. CAN WE, USING THESE AMENDMENTS AND THIS BILL, HAVE THIS KIND OF DISCUSSION IN COMMUNITY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFE SPACES AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR A HOTEL? WE CAN DO THIS. WE DIDN'T FIGHT. WE DIDN'T HAVE ARGUMENTS. WE'RE DISAGREEING. WE'RE WORKING THIS OUT. WE CAN DO THIS. PLEASE PUT BACK IN THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROCESS

MEDIATION. IN THE END THESE PLACES HAVE TO BE IN COMMUNITY WHERE WE ALL LIVE AROUND. IF WE'RE FIGHTING OR WE'RE BITTER OVER SOMETHING THAT GOT PUT IN BECAUSE OF PROCEDURE AND NOT REALLY BECAUSE WE

THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THINK ABOUT THAT. YOU CAN PUT SOMETHING IN THERE, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT, THEN TRULY IS IT HELPING THE COMMUNITY? WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION. >>

PETER FOLLOWED BY JAMES. >> THE ISSUE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION IS IMPORTANT. NEIGHBORHOODS, ASSOCIATIONS, CITY, GOVERNMENT, COUNTY GOVERNMENT, AND STATE GOVERNMENT WORK TOGETHER. BECAUSE THERE'S A

PROBLEM WITH ONE ENTITY, I THINK IT'S NEARSIGHTED TO JUST ELIMINATE IT. I LIKE THE AMENDMENTS. PLEASE CONTINUE IT. I LIKE THE DISCUSSION. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO ARRIVE AT A BETTER SOLUTION AND A

BETTER PRODUCT WHEN THIS IS OVER. THANK YOU. >> JAMES FOLLOWED BY CARLOS. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, WHEREAS, ALBUQUERQUE IS EXPERIENCING A HOUSING CRISIS THAT AFFECTS RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE

CITY AND ACROSS INCOME LEVELS. THAT'S PART OF THE WHEREAS OF THIS MEASURE. ANYONE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IS EVEN PARTIALLY PREDICATED ON FALSEHOOD OR MISCHARACTERIZATION.

ALBUQUERQUE IS NOT EXPERIENCING A HOMELESS OR HOUSING CRISIS AFFECTING RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. HUD CITES HOUSING AT 306,879 WHICH ALMOST PRECISELY MATCHES THE COUNTY ASSESSOR NUMBERS. UNLESS IT

IS ON COMMUNITY TRUST LAND, AFFORDABLE HOUSING CANNOT BE BUILT IN ALBUQUERQUE. THAT IS WHERE THE CRISIS IS. THE CRISIS IS AFFORDABILITY NOT AVAILABILITY. AND ALL OF OUR ATTENTION SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON

THAT. THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: PEOPLE IN THE BACK, YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY APPLAUSE OR OUTBURSTS. THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING. I DIDN'T DO IT INITIALLY. BUT NOW I AM. THANK YOU. >> CARLOS, FOLLOWED BY

NITA. >> I'M ONE OF THOSE WHO GAVE MY COMMENTS THE FIRST TIME AROUND. I'LL ADD SOME THINGS. THIS BILL WILL REMOVE RECOGNITION FOR COALITIONS FROM NARO COMPLETELY. THAT IS HUGE. I SPOKE EARLIER AS TO

WHY I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. I URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR THIS. I THANK COUNCILOR LEWIS FOR CHAMPIONING IT. I KNOW TOO MANY COUNCILORS ARE AFRAID OF NEIGHBORHOOD COALITIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE A LOUD MINORITY.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR TELLES FOR HER AMENDMENTS. THEY MAKE IT SO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. IT DOES ADD MORE BUREAUCRATIC

REQUIREMENTS TO A VOLUNTEER BOARD. I THINK IN THE YEARS TO COME, IT AFFECTS THE ASSOCIATION AND WHETHER NARO IS SERVING AS A GOOD MEDIUM FOR OBTAININGING PUBLIC INPUT. I JUST DON'T SEE IT WORKING.

REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE IT FAIR, BUT THERE'S BUREAUCRACY. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. >> NITA FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER. >> I'M AN ATTORNEY SPEAKING IN MY INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M ALSO

BELONGING TO DISTRICT ONE, THANK YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE, COUNCILORS, WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN A VOLUNTEER FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SUCH AS MYSELF, I'M

FORMER PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBER, AND A MEMBER OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE TRNA GOES THROUGH A PROCESS OF TALKING ABOUT LAND USE, TAKING VOTES AND HAVING THEIR LAND USE

PERSON WHO IS DESIGNATED FOR THAT GO TO THE COALITION TO TALK AND SAY THIS IS WHAT PRNA THINKS ABOUT X, Y, Z. PEOPLE HAVE SEATS AT THE COALITION TABLE AND THEY WELCOME PEOPLE TO ATTEND THOSE.

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, WHEN I WAS THERE AT TRNA, WE ENCOURAGED RENTERS TO BECOME PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. WE CONTACTED LANDLORDS SOMETIMES WHEN ISSUES CAME UP TO TALK ABOUT -- I THINK

YOU SHOULD VOTE NO ON THE BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD PACKET. COALITIONS MATTER AND THEY REPRESENT A VOICE THAT IS IMPORTANT IN THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> JENNIFER FOLLOWED BY JAY. >> GOOD EVENING, AGAIN.

I THINK IT MEANS SOMETHING THAT TONIGHT SO MANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THIS. IT JUST -- THE REPRESENTATION FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE ALSO DIRECTLY LINKED TO

BUSINESS. THAT'S A GREAT THING. WE REALLY CANNOT IGNORE THAT SO MANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE SAYING IT. WE OPPOSE THIS. MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A DIALOGUE ABOUT THIS AT ALL. SOME GREAT STUFF HAS HAPPENED TONIGHT. WE LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS LINKED TO BUSINESS. WE LIVE IN AN ECOSYSTEM. I DON'T SEE HOW THIS STRENGTHENS OUR

VOICE. IT ACTUALLY WEAKENS IT. IT PUTS MORE RESTRICTIONS ON US. WE LOVE TO HAVE A DIALOGUE ABOUT THAT. I THINK WE CAN REALLY DO SOME GREAT STUFF. UNTIL THEN, I REALLY URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS. >>

JAY FOLLOWED BY RICHARD. RICHARD FOLLOWED BY CATHY. >> I'M A MEMBER OF THE VISTA GRANDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. YOU AND I HAVE HAD A LITTLE BACK AND FORTH. YOU ALL HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF INFORMATION

FROM ME IN YOUR MAILBOXES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU READ ANY OF THAT STUFF. VISTA GRANDE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT'S SMALL. IT WILL HAVE TO REJIGGER ITS BOUNDARIES. JUST LIKE TAYLOR RANCH WILL.

YES, IF YOU READ THE INFORMATION CAREFULLY, IT WILL. ALSO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE NOTIFIED IF THERE WAS A CHANGE THAT WOULD AFFECT US AS A RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

ACCORDING TO TABLE 6-1-1. THE FAMOUS TABLE IN THE IDO. CITYWIDE POLICY CHANGES SHOULD HAVE COME TO US. THEY DID NOT. THIS SEEMS VERY UNDEMOCRATIC. THANK YOU. >> CATHY FOLLOWED BY RENÉ. >> GOOD

EVENING. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THIS MODIFICATION IS ANTI-DEMOCRATIC AND IT IS A STEP TOWARDS AN AUTOCRATIC MODE OF GOVERNMENT. THIS MODIFICATION STRIPS NEIGHBORHOOD

ASSOCIATIONS, THE MOST LOCAL QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY WITH A VOICE IN CITY GOVERNMENT. TO STATE AN OBJECTION TO A PLANNED PROJECT IN THE VERY NEIGHBORHOOD THE FOLKS LIVE IN. THE CITATION MAKES IT

HARDER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO EVEN KNOW ABOUT ANY FURTHER PROJECTS SUBMITTED BY A DEVELOPER. AND IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE DEVELOPER MAY NOT EVEN LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, CITY, OR EVEN STATE.

AND SIMPLY WANTS TO MAKE MONEY AND DOES NOT CARE ABOUT HOW THE PROJECT AFFECTS THE NATURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. FURTHERMORE, THERE'S MORE MENTION IN THIS MODIFICATION THAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE

DEVELOPMENT IN THAT ASSOCIATION BE AFFORDABLE. PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE OF O-26-61 MODIFICATIONS. >> RENÉ FOLLOWED BY JOSEPH. >> I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH A LAND USE ISSUES FOR TAYLOR RANCH AND THE

COALITION. AND THE COALITION DOES NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT OUR MEMBERS AND OUR ASSOCIATION. AS A RESULT, THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD -- WE DO NOTIFY EVERYONE. THIS IS FALSE THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE

DON'T. THIS IS INCORRECT. TO AFFECT OUR BOUNDARIES WILL REALLY AFFECT US NEGATIVELY. AND THIS HAS NOT -- I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO EVEN TALK TO TAYLOR RANCH ABOUT THESE ISSUES SO WE CAN EVEN COMMENT

ON THEM. BECAUSE THIS JUST CAME UP RECENTLY AND WE'VE BEEN BUSY GETTING READY FLEA MARKETS. I'VE GONE TO NUMEROUS HEARINGS. WE'RE BUILDING A TON OF HOUSING ON THE WEST SIDE. IT'S MARKET RATE. A LOT OF

OUR INVOLVEMENT -- IF WE APPEAL SOMETHING IT'S BECAUSE IT'S NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES. AND AS A RESULT WE HAVE GOTTEN BETTER -- >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. >> I CAN SHOW YOU AROUND. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK

YOU. >> JOSEPH FOLLOWED BY FAY. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO. I LIKE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THIS. ESPECIALLY WITH COUNCILOR TELLES'S EXCELLENT AMENDMENTS. THE LEGAL

STANDING IS GRANTED TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY POWER THAT MUST BE USED CAREFULLY. WITH THE CONSENT WITH THE CONSTITUENTS THEY REPRESENT. THIS MOVES TOWARDS THE DEMOCRATIC

PROCESS. WHERE A PROPER NUMBER OF MEMBERS MUST VOTE TO CARRY FORWARD AN APPEAL. WE NEED THIS PROCESS THAT BEST REFLECTS THE MAJORITY OPINION IN THE COMMUNITY. I'M CONCERNED THAT COALITIONS ENABLE

SMALL GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO SPEAK FOR LARGE SWATHS OF THE CITY. INDIVIDUALS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO FILE APPEALS AGAINST PROJECTS THAT ARE FAR REMOVED FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. EACH INDIVIDUAL

NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD SPEAK FOR ITSELF THROUGH DEMOCRATIC MEANS. PLEASE SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> FAY FOLLOWED BY TAD. TAD FOLLOWED BY VANESSA. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TAD. WELL, HERE IS PICTURE AS CLEAR AS

CAN BE. OWNERSHIP AND WHO OVERSEES OWNERS? YOUR OWNERSHIP IN YOUR LIFE. WHO, FOR EXAMPLE, CITY COUNCIL -- CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE OF HALF MILLION PEOPLE. CITY COUNCIL PUT 600 LAWS OF PEOPLE OF DISTRICT.

NOW THEY -- WE TALK ABOUT ASSOCIATION. THEY ARE IN POWER. WELL, WHAT ABOUT REST OF POPULATION? THEY HAVE ANY VOICE? NO. THANK YOU. >> VANESSA FOLLOWED BY BARBARA. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT,

COUNCILORS. I AM A 12th GENERATION NEW MEXICAN. I WAS RAISED IN ALBUQUERQUE. I LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE. I HAVE FOR 13 YEARS. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE WEST MESA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I'M CURRENTLY A

MEMBER OF THE GRANDE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I WAS A MEMBER OF WSCONA FOR TEN YEARS. THEY DID NOT SUPPORT ME. THEY DO NOT REPRESENT ME. NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY, ECONOMY AND FAMILY. COALITIONS HAVE TAKEN THAT AWAY. WSCONA IS A LAND GRAB. ADDITIONALLY, WSCONA EXPENDED BOUNDARIES WITHOUT CONSENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

ASSOCIATION. THEY HAVE GONE TOO FAR AND TAKE AWAY FROM OUR COMMUNITIES. THEY DO NOT SPEAK FOR ME. THEY DO NOT REPRESENT ME. I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILOR LEWIS.

>> BARBARA FOLLOWED BY PEGGY ON ZOOM. >> THANKS FOR LETTING US SPEAK AGAIN. I LIVE DOWNTOWN IN DISTRICT TWO. I APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENTS OFFERED BY COUNCILOR TELLES. I HAVE TO SAY ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR

NOTIFYING NEIGHBORHOODS, THE PEOPLE, THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH THIS LEGISLATION COMING HERE FOR FINAL ACTION BY NINE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE NOTHING OR VERY LITTLE TO ACTUALLY INFORM THE

CITY THAT THIS IS GOING ON. I FIND IT QUITE AMAZING. AT ANY RATE, I HOPE YOU WILL RECONSIDER YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THIS AND LISTEN TO THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE SAYING THE AMENDMENTS HAVE IMPROVED THIS.

WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER. AND IT'S YOUR JOB TO REACH OUT, NOT TELL THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE'RE DOING AN INADEQUATE JOB OF TALKING TO OUR NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU. >> PEGGY FOLLOWED BY TODD. >> I'M SAYING YOU

CANNOT START YOUR VIDEO BECAUSE IT'S DISABLED BY THE HOST. >> PLEASE TRY NOW. >> OKAY. MY NAME IS PEGGY. THIS LEGISLATION HAS THE TONE OF RETRIBUTION AGAINST EFFECTIVE PLAYERS. PLEASE READ MY LETTER.

DEMOCRACY SHOULD BE ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ENCOURAGING COMMUNICATION WITH CONSTITUENTS. THIS LEGISLATION ELIMINATES RECOGNITION FOR COALITIONS AND REQUIRES ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD

ASSOCIATIONS WITH NO PUBLIC DISCUSSION. WE HAVE AN ASPHALT PLAN ON HARMONY DUE TO LACK OF NOTIFICATION TO A COALITION. THIS IS NOT A SMALL CONSEQUENCE. NOT ALL PROJECTS ARE MULTIFAMILY AFFORDABLE

HOUSING. AS A MATTER OF FACT, VERY FEW ARE. IF PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINTS WITH THE ASSOCIATION, LET'S FIND A WAY TO DEAL WITH THE COMPLAINTS. WE LIVE IN A CITY AND PEOPLE CAN CARE ABOUT THE WHOLE CITY.

FOR EXAMPLE, I WALK VIEW PROTECTIONS ENFORCED. MOST NORTH VALLEY NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE CITY AND COUNTY BOUNDARIES. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE APPEAL A MONTH AND MODLLS DID NOT FOLLOW THE APPEAL WE WON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. PLEASE OPPOSE. >> TODD FOLLOWED BY SEBASTINM. >> >> I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE -- I'M THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT SURROUNDS THAT. I WANT TO THANK

COUNCILOR LEWIS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF O-26-61 AS IT SUPPORTS THE PRODUCTION OF HOUSING WHILE PROTECTING AND HONORING THE TRUE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY. IN RECENT YEARS WE'VE SEEN

NONSTAKEHOLDERS SHOW UP AND TESTIFY IN NEW DEVELOPMENT USING PUBLIC FORUMS AS A GRANDSTAND FOR THEIR OWN AGENDA. ONE MEMORABLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT AN OUTSIDE GROUP ENCOURAGED THEM TO VOTE AGAINST

A DEVELOPMENT THAT A LOCAL DEVELOPMENT WORKED ON FOR A YEAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE DIRECT NEIGHBORS TO COLLABORATE ON DESIGN AND HOUSING THAT THE STAKEHOLDERS APPROVED. I ENCOURAGE

YOUR SUPPORT FOR O-26-61. THANK YOU. >> SEBASTIAN FOLLOWED BY CHERYL. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO REITERATE MY SUPPORT FOR THIS ORDINANCE, O-26-61. AS I

STATED BEFORE, I BELIEVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION COALITION HAVE EXERCISED UNDUE INFLUENCE OVER LOTS OF DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD TAKE PLACE WITHIN THEIR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE BUT MAY NOT BE IN THEIR

COMMUNITY. IT SHOULD BE THE NEIGHBORS AFFECTED AND INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT CAN DEAL AND PARTICIPATE WITH THE PROCESSES NEEDED. I DID WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR KEEPING A

FORMAL MEMBER LIST THAT I THINK THIS WOULD BE BASIC RESPONSIBILITY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO TAKE ON OR TO BECOME MORE DEMOCRATIC AND MORE ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR NEIGHBORS. I HOPE THAT THE

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CAN BE EMPOWERED TO DO SO AND THEIR MEMBERS CAN BE EMPOWERED TO PARTICIPATE MORE. >> CHERYL FOLLOWED BY BERNADETTE. >> HELLO. I'M FROM DISTRICT SEVEN. I FULLY SUPPORT ALL OF

THE VOICES WHO HAVE SPOKEN IN OPPOSITION TO THIS BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS PACKAGE AND EACH ORDINANCE REGARDING THAT PACKAGE. I'M SHOCKED BY HOW QUICKLY THIS SUDDENLY BECAME AN ISSUE. IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE

BIT ANALOGOUS TO THE JUPITER PROJECT IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WHERE CITY COUNCIL MAKES A DECISION TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLETELY IN OPPOSITION TO THE WISHES OR BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY. I

REALLY HOPE THAT YOU LISTEN TO THE VOICES IN OPPOSITION TO THIS PACKAGE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> BERNADETTE FOLLOWED BY DOREEN. >> HI, EVERYBODY. I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX. I'M JEMEZ PUEBLO

AND NAVAJO. I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGE. I KNOW THE NAME CHANGED, BUT O-26-60. AND 61. AND M-26-1. I THINK IT'S A SHAM, THIS WHOLE PACKAGE. AS A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGE,

WHO DOES IT BENEFIT? IT'S NOT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT'S NOT EVEN -- I CAN'T EVEN STAND THAT. THIS PACKAGE STRIPS AWAY NEIGHBORHOOD VOICES. IT STOPS THE CITY'S TRUE DEMOGRAPHIC FROM BEING HEARD.

THIS PACKAGE CREATES LOOPHOLES FOR LOTS OF PRIVATE EQUITY AND SOME OF THEM WERE JUST THERE TALKING. I THINK IF YOU DO THIS, IF YOU PUSH THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF THE BAD PLAYERS DOING WHAT

THEY DO BEST. TAKING PEOPLE'S MONEY AND NOT DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING, WHICH IS PUTTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THANK YOU. >> DOREEN FOLLOWED BY MERIT. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I'M HERE TO

SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE NORTH VALLEY COALITION AND WELLS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO EXPRESS OPPOSITION. MANY OF THE COMMENTS TONIGHT MADE IN FAVOR OF THE ORDINANCE FUNDAMENTALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND

HOW VOLUNTEER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OPERATE AND HOW WHEN THEY RECEIVE NOTICE OF PROJECTS OR IMPACT ON DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. AS BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE ELECTED BY OUR NEIGHBORS TO BE THEIR VOICE ON

COMPLICATED LAND USE ISSUES TO WHICH THEY INDIVIDUALLY MAY NOT HAVE THE TIME OR ABILITY TO FOLLOW THROUGH A COMPLICATED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS. WE AS BOARD MEMBERS ARE MADE UP OF ELECTED

REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR AREAS TO REPRESENT ON ISSUES AFFECTING THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS IS A DEFINITION OF GRASSROOTS REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY. IN THE NORTH VALLEY DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS CROSS

NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARIES. COALITIONS EXIST BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY SHARE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND LAND USE PRESSURES. I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS OR DEFER

DECISION UNTIL ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CAN BE HAD. >> MERIT FOLLOWED BY SARAH. >> COUNCILOR PEÑA, COUNCILORS, AGAIN, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE NEAR NORTH VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AT OUR

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING WE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO OPPOSE O-26-61. THIS ORDINANCE DOES MUCH MORE THAN ELAMEINATE CITY RECOGNITION OF COALITION AND DOES SO WITH STRIKING BIAS AGAINST NEIGHBORHOOD

ASSOCIATIONS AND THE VOLUNTEERS THAT KEEP THEM GOING. WE ARE ESPECIALLY CONCERNED WITH THE NEW REQUIREMENTS AROUND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS DECISIONS ON DEVELOPMENTS AND APPEALS. OUR BOARD DOES

FAIRLY WELL ALERTING AND INCLUDING OUR MEMBERSHIP ON THE BIG ISSUES. WITH THIS ORDINANCE, WRUR YOU'RE REQUIRING US TO HOLD FULL NUMBERSHIP VOTES ON WHETHER WE SUPPORT, OR OPPOSE ON ALL LAND USE ISSUES

REGARDLESS OF THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. WHETHER IT'S A PROPOSED FIVE-FOOT FENCE OR PROPOSED 24-7 TRUCK STOP. NO JUDGMENT, NO PERSPECTIVE. THIS IS NOT PRACTICAL. IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE. AND IT'S A

SURE FIRE WAY TO BURN OUT THE MEMBERSHIP AND EXHAUST THE ENERGY REGULAR FOLKS HAVE TO SPEND ON COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. PLEASE DEFER THIS ORDINANCE AND GIVE IT SOME MORE THOUGHT OR VOTE IT DOWN OUTRIGHT.

THANK YOU. >> SARAH, FOLLOWED BY BRANDY. >> I CONSIDER MY COMMUNITY TO BE MORE THAN JUST A FEW BLOCKS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE COALITION IS PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER WITH A BROADER FEW OF WHAT I

CONSIDER TO BE OUR COMMUNITY. MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS REALLY BARELY HANGING ON. OUR LAST MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY SIX PEOPLE. WE HAD TO BEG PEOPLE TO BE ON OUR BOARD. A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING

WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR US. I ALSO FEEL INSPIRED BY SOME OF THE OTHER COALITIONS. MAYBE THIS IS ADDRESSING OTHER COALITIONS AND SHOULD APPLY TO THEM OR THERE'S ANOTHER SOLUTION TO BREAK UP THOSE

COALITIONS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK MINE IS THE ISSUE HERE. I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT IF WE WERE TO DISSOLVE, I'VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE DISTRICT EIGHT COALITION WOULD HAVE OUR BACK IF THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT

GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE AN ASSOCIATION AND WITHOUT THE COALITION THERE MIGHT BE ANYBODY WHO CARES. THANK YOU. >> BRANDY. >> HI. I'M A RESIDENT OF D7. I'M THE FOUNDER OF

SANDIA RAGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I URGE YOUR PASSING THIS PROPOSAL. I'VE BEEN REPRESENTED BY THE D7 COALITION. THEY SEND LETTERS ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT OF 65,000 PEOPLE TO AIR THEIR

OPINION. WHEN I ASK TO SEE THE LETTERS AND SHARE THEM WITH MY NEIGHBORS TO GIVE INPUT, I WAS TOLD NO BY THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT. A DIRECT QUOTE FROM AN EMAIL SHE SENT ME WAS, C7 IS A REPRESENTATIVE

BODY AND ENTITLED TO EXPRESS THE OPINION OF THE GROUP. IN NO WAY IT ATTEMPTS TO REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WE'RE THE CITIZENS TO TAKE TIME TO SHOW UP. TO THAT END OUR OPINION HAS

WEIGHT. THAT IS NOT AN OPERATION OF DEMOCRACY. THAT IS LIKE THE ROTARY CLUB. IT'S LIKE A PRIVATE CIVIC GROUP OF LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE. THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. THEY DON'T DESERVE LEGAL STANDING TO SAY THEY

DESERVE TO REPRESENT ME WITHOUT ASKING MY OPINION. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE NOW BACK ON O-61 AS

AMENDED FOUR TIMES. AND COUNCILOR LEWIS, I'LL GO TO YOU BEFORE I GO TO OTHER COUNCILORS. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. A FEW THINGS TO JUST FOLLOW UP ON FROM SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT. I

DO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT SPOKE OUT TONIGHT. AND THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENTED HERE AND THAT SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THIS BILL. IT'S INTERESTING, IT WAS SAID TONIGHT THAT

COALITIONS WOULD DISAPPEAR OR GO AWAY. THERE WAS A TIME, NOT TOO LONG AGO, WHERE COALITIONS DID NOT HAVE LEGAL STANDING AND RECOGNITION BY THE NARO. AND I REMEMBER A TIME WHEN THE COALITIONS WERE

THRIVING AT THAT TIME. THAT'S WHAT THIS BILL DOES. BUT THOSE COALITIONS -- I MEAN, SUPPORTING NATIONAL NIGHTS OUT, OFFICER APPRECIATION DAY, OPEN MEETINGS. THIS CHANGE IN THIS ORDINANCE TONIGHT

CERTAINLY DOES NOT IN ANY WAY CONTRIBUTE TO DOING AWAY WITH COALITIONS IF THEY TRULY WANT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. WHAT IT DOES DO IS GIVES THE PRIMARY

RECOGNITION AND STANDING TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE CLOSEST AND HAVING A STAKE IN WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THE FACT IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS. A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS. JUST

ABOUT EVERY GOOD IDEA. IT'S SAD THAT WE MISS OUT ON A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. IN LARGE PART, DUE TO, BY NATURE. -- THERE'S SOME THAT ARE JUST WORST OFFENDERS THAN OTHERS, BUT BY

NATURE CLAIMING TO REPRESENT VAST AREAS OOUR CITY AND GIVEN THE LEGAL STANDING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME BIG DECISIONS. SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. BY THE WAY, THERE'S NOT ONE

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN MY ENTIRE DISTRICT THAT OPPOSES THIS BILL. MANY OF THEM HAVE LEFT THE COALITION OVER THE YEARS. MANY OF THEM, WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THE COALITION WAS SPEAKING FOR THEM IN A

WAY THAT THEY DID NOT AGREE WITH AND WERE SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, VERY SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE APPEALS AND POWER THAT WAS GIVEN TO SOME OF THESE COALITIONS -- THAT IS A BIG PART OF THE

REASON WHY MY DISTRICT IS REALLY LACKING IN SERVICES AND GROCERY STORES, GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR AREA, JOBS. VERY SPECIFICALLY JOBS. SO, THESE ARE SIMPLY GOOD REFORMS. THIS IS A GOOD REFORM. IT

PUTS THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY AND SAY TO OUR NABDZ NEIGHBORHOODS. I THINK I WANT TO I WANT TO STRENGTHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES. IT GIVES GOOD CLARITY. AND THE OTHER

CHANGES IN HERE, AND SOME WE ADDRESS TONIGHT, ARE IN OUR ORDINANCE. AND THEY SEEK TO BE ABLE TO REALLY HELP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT VOICE. TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT

LEGITIMATE VOICE AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A BIG SAY IN WHAT GOES ON IN THEIR AREA. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: MADAM PRESIDENT, IF YOU CAN BEAR

WITH ME, I JOTTED DOWN NOTES AND THEY'RE OUT OF ORDER. I'LL KEEP IT AS STREAMLINED AS POSSIBLE. FIRST, I KNOW THERE'S ONE COMMENTER FROM DISTRICT FOUR THAT RENTS AND SAID THEY DON'T EVER EVEN KNOW

THERE'S ASSOCIATIONS OR COALITION. PLEASE REACH OUT BECAUSE THERE ARE AND I KNOW YOU ARE MEMBER PER THE CURRENT NARO. NO MATTER IF YOU PAY, IF YOU VOLUNTEER DUES, OR ANY OF THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO HELP

YOU GET CONNECTED. BECAUSE RENTERS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS. THAT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE. I THINK THAT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT I GO TO IN MY DISTRICT I GO TO AS MANY

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS I AM INVITED TO. I ATTEND THEM AND GO TO THE COALITION MEETINGS HOSTED ONCE A MONTH, UNLESS IT'S THE SAME NIGHT AS LUPZ. I CAN'T BE TWO PLACES AT ONCE. WHEN I GO THERE THE

NEIGHBORHOOD COALITIONS ARE TRYING TO INCREASE MEMBERSHIP. WHEN THE NARO WAS PASSED I VOTED AGAINST IT. I THINK IT DECIMATED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. FROM WHEN I FIRST

BECAME A CITY COUNCILOR UNTIL TODAY, DISTRICT FOUR HAS LOST MANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. IT'S PROBABLY FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S ONLY THE NARO, BUT THE NNAH RO HAD A I THINK A

LACK OF WANTING TO BE INVOLVED AND PEOPLE BEING BUSY AND COVID AND BETWEEN THE NARO, WE MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO FIND IT ENTICING TO BE INVOLVED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I KNOW THAT WHEN

I ATTEND THE COALITION MEETING, THE DISTRICT FOUR COALITION MEETING, THERE ARE MANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT ATTEND. THEY ARE WANING AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING. I THINK THAT'S A CITYWIDE ISSUE. BUT

THERE ARE MANY. I DO AGREE WITH MANY POINTS THAT IS IN O-61. I AGREE WITH SEVERAL THINGS LISTED THERE. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO STATE TOO THAT, AND I FEEL FOOLISH ABOUT IT, BUT

THAT'S HOW I OPERATE IS I'LL TELL YOU HOW I FEEL AND WHAT I'M THINKING. I'VE SEEN SOME OF THESE COALITIONS WHILE BEING HERE THAT ARE VERY POWERFUL AND STRONG. REALLY IT DIDN'T CLICK ON ME -- I XU KNEW

THE AND KNEW INDETAILS BUT IT DIDN'T SINK IN THAT THERE ARE SOME COALITIONS THAT ARE MASSIVE. WHILE I'M IN MY BUBBLE OF DISTRICT FOUR, I HAVE THE DISTRICT FOUR COALITION. I REALLY RESPECT THEM AND I

THINK THEY RESPECT ME. AND I LISTEN TO THEM AND WANT TO BE THERE FOR THEM. BECAUSE IT'S MADE UP FROM MEMBERSHIP OF MY DISTRICT WHERE I HAVE A RELEVANT OBLIGATION TO LISTEN TO THEM AND DO WHAT THEY ARE

COMING TO ME TO SAY. BUT I ALSO SEE THAT THEY'RE COMPOSED OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO WHERE IT'S NOT JUST A COUPLE OF LOUD POWERFUL VOICES SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN ENTIRE DISTRICT OR MORE

WITHOUT COMMUNICATION. I GUESS IN ALL OF THIS I THANK DISTRICT FOUR COALITION AND ALL OF THE DISTRICT FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT HAVE STUCK WITH THIS PROCESS. WITH THIS GRUELLING PROCESS THAT

WE CREATED FOR RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. BECAUSE I GUESS I HAVE GEM. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT. I SAY THANK YOU. I WISH WE WOULD ACTUALLY CHANGE IT NOW THAT I SEE ALL OF

THIS WRITING ON THE WALL, TO WHERE WE HAVE ONE COALITION PER CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT. AND IF COUNCIL DISTRICTS CHANGE BECAUSE OF REDISTRICTING WHEN THE CENSUS HAPPENS, THEN THE COALITIONS NEED TO CHANGE

THEIR BOUNDARIES. AND THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TOO. I SUPPORT ONE COALITION PER DISTRICT AND THAT SHOULD CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. I DO SEE THAT THIS IS ESPECIALLY WITH MY DISTRICT FOUR COALITION, I SEE THIS

IS SOMETHING THAT THERE ARE BAD ACTORS. WE HAVE LOTS OF LEGISLATION THAT COMES BEFORE THIS CITY COUNCIL WHERE WE PENALIZE A LOT OF GOOD HARDWORKING PEOPLE. LANDLORDS IS ONE OF THEM THAT I CAN SAY. IN

MY OPINION, I FEEL LIKE WE PENALIZE GOOD LANDLORDS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO ENFORCE THINGS AGAINST BAD LANDLORDS. I THINK THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE OF MY

COALITION AND HOW THEY OPERATE AND WHAT I HAVE EXPLAINED TO YOU, I FEEL THAT THIS BILL IS PENALIZING MY REALLY AWESOME COALITION WHO I DO HAVE RESPECT FOR AND I WILL NOT VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THAT

BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO BACK UP MY CONSTITUENTS WHO DIRECTLY DO ENGAGE WITH ME AND REPRESENT THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT BUILD THEM UP. WITH THAT, I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT POWERFUL

COMMENTS. I WANT TO SAY I HOPE THAT EXPLAINS ALSO TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS I AM PRO-DEVELOPMENT. I AM PRO-GROWTH IN THE CITY. ONE CONSTITUENT QUOTED ME FROM THE LAST TIME. THIS IS NOT

AN EASY THING TO DO. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO PENALIZE THE REALLY WELL-RUN COALITIONS THAT EXIST IN THE CITY WHEN I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND A WAY TO MINIMIZE AND N NARROW AND FOCUS ON WHAT

WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON WITH THE OTHER COL COALITION WHO HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY AND MORE ROUTINELY PROBLEMATIC WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BASSAN. COUNCILOR

ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FOR ME, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS, AS I'M SURE ALL OF THE COUNCILORS HAVE GOTTEN LOTS OF EMAILS AND CALLS. FOR MY PROCESSES, I LIKE

TO ADD UP THE FORS AND AGAINST, WE HAVE 25 FOR, 28 AGAINST, AND ONE TO DEFER. FOR ME, THAT DOESN'T HELP. MY DISTRICT IS REALLY PRETTY SPLIT. I THINK I ECHO THE SAME FEELINGS THAT COUNCILOR BASSAN JUST

SHARED ABOUT -- I THINK I HAVE A JEWEL OF A DISTRICT SIX COALITION AS WELL. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD JUST BE FIXING THE SYSTEM BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE WHO EXERTS THEIR POWER TO A HIGHER DEGREE THAN OTHERS.

I THINK WE NEED TO DO THE WORK TO REFORM THAT RELATIONSHIP BEFORE WE JUST SAY, NO, TO ALL OF THE COALITIONS ACROSS THE CITY. FOR ME, MY DISTRICT SIX COALITION IS A PARTNER THAT I DO NOT FEEL

COMFORTABLE ELIMINATINGING FROM OUR ORDINANCE. THEY SERVE AS CONNECTORS, AS PARTNERS, A LOT OF THE ISSUES IN DISTRICT SIX CROSS NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARIES. AND WE'RE ABLE TO TACKLE THOSE TOGETHER. I

THINK MY COALITION WORKS WHERE IT'S ALL THE PRESIDENTS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THEY ALL COME TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT IS FACING. I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING

TO DO PARTICIPATEATORY BUDGETING. OUR DISTRICT SIX COALITION HAS BEEN ABLE TO BREAK DOWN THE INVISIBILITY DIVIDE OF SAN MATEO. WHERE WITHOUT THE DISTRICT COALITIONS I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE BEEN

ABLE TO ERASE THAT DIVIDE. THERE'S STILL -- WE STILL GOT WORK TO DO. I'M SEEING FOLKS IN NOB HILL ADVOCATING FOR THINGS IN THE SOUTHEAST. I'M SEEING FOLKS IN THE SOUTHEAST ADVKTDINGING ADVOCATING FOR

THINGS NOB HILL NEEDS. WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE WHEN I TOOK OFFICE. IT'S BECAUSE I BELIEVE O-69 WE PASSEDLASH YEAR FIXED I THINK IT DID GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF OUR APPEAL PROBLEM. I THINK THAT WE'VE

ALREADY MADE THAT FIX AS A COUNCIL. TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS FROM ACROSS TOWN APPEALING SOMETHING IN DISTRICT SIX. I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE WORK TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HOLD

OUR COALITIONS ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE SAME WAY THEY HOLD US ACCOUNTABILITY. VOTING TO GET RID OF THEM, FOR ME, IS HARD. THOSE ARE THE FOLKS -- I HAVE 26 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. THERE IS NO WAY I CAN

GO TO EVERY SINGLE MEETING FOR ALL OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WHICH IS WHY I LOVE GOING TO THE DISTRICT SIX COALITION BECAUSE I CAN CATCH ALL OF THEM IN ONE PLACE. AND GIVE UPDATES THAT THEY

SPREAD OUT TO THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. FOR ME, THIS IS JUST A PARTNERSHIP THAT IS VALUABLE. MY DISTRICT SIX COALITION DOESN'T ABUSE THAT POWER. AT LEAST IN MY TIME HERE. I WANT TO KEEP THE

CONNECTOR, THE PARTNER, I'M NOT WILLING TO ERASE THAT RELATIONSHIP. EVEN WITH THE AMENDMENTS. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BACA. >>COUN. BACA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAD A MENTOR ONCE

TELL ME THAT GOOD POLICY IS 90% RELATIONSHIPS. I THINK THAT'S TRUE. WE'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO GOVERN HOW WE MOVE THROUGH THIS WORLD. AND OFTENTIMES, ALMOST EVERY TIME, COMPLETELY

DIFFERENT GROUPS ON OPPOSITE SIDES. WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THAT AND FIND A BALANCE, WHICH IS NEVER EASY. YOU KNOW THESE ARE -- WHEN IT COMES TO ZONING AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, TO ECHO COUNCILOR

ROGERS, PEOPLE TURN OUT. AS OPPOSED TO SAY RANK CHOICE VOTING WHERE THEY GO -- ONLY ABOUT 10 PEOPLE CAME OUT. THIS MATTERS ACROSS THE BOARD. I DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY IN ANY WAY. I DO WANT TO BRING UP A

QUOTE. I'LL PARAPHRASE THIS. IT UNDERLINES WE CANNOT USE THE TOOLS OF MY OPPRESSOR TO TEAR DOWN MY OPPRESSOR'S HOUSE. WE KNOW THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN THE 50s AND 40s STARTED OUT AS TOOL FOR

RACISM FOR FOLKS IN POWER TO HOLD BACK PEOPLE OF COLOR FROM BUILDING HOMES AND WEALTH AND BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITIES. AND IN THE 60s AND 70s NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, OUR FOLKS THE PEOPLE OF COLOR

FIGURED OUT HOW TO USE THE TOOLS. THE SAME THING, BUILT STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS AND WEALTH. AND IN THE SHORT-TERM. AS WE KNOW, WE'VE NOW REACHED A POINT WHERE OVER THE LONG-TERM THE AVERAGE PERSON CANNOT

BUY A HOUSE ANYMORE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH DEMOGRAPHIC YOU COME FROM. YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT EGGS AND GAS, MUCH LESS A HOUSE. PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO DELAY HAVING FAMILIES. ALBUQUERQUE'S POPULATION

IS SHRINKING. WHICH IS A TERRIBLE THING. IT IS TIME FOR A NEW PARADIGM. IT IS TIME FOR THINGS TO BE FIXED. WHAT DOES THAT PARATIME LOOK LIKE? WHO GETS TO DECIDE? IT GOES TO RELATIONSHIPS AND WORKING

WITH ONE ANOTHER. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO THIS. IT'S MY SIDE OR YOUR SIDE, THAT'S WRONG. OFTENTIMES IN SOME OF THESE BILLS, THAT'S WHAT ENDS UPCOMING OUT. ESPECIALLY FOR THE HIGH PROFILE BILLS.

IT'S REALLY EASY TO SAY THIS IS THE BILL. THIS IS THE ONE. WHEREAS WE'VE BEEN PASSING A LOT OF GREAT BILLS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. WHETHER IT'S RENTER PROTECTION, CHANGING THE PROCUREMENT CODE

TO BUILD HOUSING EASIER AND FASTER. THEY'RE STARTING TO WORK. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT O-69, COUNCILOR LEWIS AND I TOOK A LOT OF HEAT ON THAT ONE. I THINK TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS UNIMAGINABLE

THAT WE WOULD HAVE TODAY'S DISCUSSION, IF NOT FOR O-69. I THINK IT'S GOOD POLICY. YOU HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT. DID IT WORK? IS IT WORKING AT ALL? DURING THAT TIME PERIOD I MET WITH A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD

ASSOCIATIONS AND A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS. ONE OF MY COMMITMENTS WAS LET'S FIND OUT IF THIS WORKS AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE IT. JUST LIKE ANY GOOD POLICY. IT GAVE US TWO YEARS TO COLLECT THE

DATA. TWO YEARS. AND LET'S SEE. LET'S REVISIT. UP TO AND REPEALING O-69. THAT'S HOW I FELT AT THE TIME. WE HAVEN'T HIT TWO YEARS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN COLLECTING DATA. I THINK PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED

WHAT THE DATA IS STARTING TO SHOW ABOUT O-69. I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY POSITIVE. WE'RE NOT THERE YET. I WOULD BE GOING AGAINST THE COMMITMENT I MADE TO A LOT OF GROUPS AND PEOPLE AS THEIR CITY

COUNCILOR TO DO GOOD WORK AND GOOD POLICY. IT IS GROUNDED IN REALITY. IT'S NOT GROUNDED ON EMOTIONS OR WHERE WE FEEL AT THE MOMENT. AT THIS TIME, I CAN'T SUPPORT 61. >>COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR TELLES.

>>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE THINGS VERY CLEAR THAT COALITIONS WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE LOT MORE FREEDOM. BECAUSE THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE REGULATED OR

PROHIBITED. THEY WOULD BE INDEPENDENT. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RULES ON BOUNDARIES OR ANNUAL MEETINGS OR BYLAWS AND VOTING PROCEDURES OR ANY MANDATORY DUES. THEY

WOULD BE ABLE TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANTED. THEY COULD CHARGE MANDATORY DUES, FIT THEIR OWN STRUCTURES. LIKE ANY OTHER ADVOCACY GROUP. THEY ALSO WOULD KEEP ACCESS TO OMC SERVICES. YOU CALL ONC AND GET

HELP FROM US. YOU'RE JUST NO LONGER RECOGNIZED ON PAPER BUT YOU HAVE FAR MORE FREEDOM TO ORGANIZE AND ADVOCATE. YOU REMAIN FREE TO ORGANIZE AND ADVOCATE LIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.

SOUTHWEST ORGANIZING PROJECT. SIERRA CLUB'S RIO GRANDE CHAPTERS. THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS IN NEW MEXICO. NONE OF THEM ARE RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATIONS, YET THEY HAVE SO MUCH POWER IN ADVOCATING FOR

ITEMS JUST LIKE YOU ADVOCATE FOR NOW. SOUTHWEST ORGANIZING PROJECT HAS ADVOCATED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND LAND USE IN THE SOUTH VALLEY AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS FOR DECADES WITH NO CITY

RECOGNITION. SIERRA CLUB, SAME THING. YOUR INFLUENCE DOESN'T COME FROM CITY RECOGNITION. YOUR INFLUENCE COMES FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR INFLUENCE COMES FROM TALKING TO PEOPLE, GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE.

INFLUENCE DOESN'T COME FROM CITY RECOGNITION. HERE'S THE THING, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THESE TOOLS. I WILL SAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND EQUITY AND ACCESS. AND

WE HAVE NINE CITY COUNCILORS UP HERE. AND ONLY EIGHT COALITIONS. THEY DON'T REPRESENT THE WHOLE -- ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS. HOW IS THAT EQUITABLE? I AM -- I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT OUR OTHER COALITIONS

ARE DOING SO WELL. I DO. BUT THERE ARE SO MANY THAT JUST DON'T DO AS WELL IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE ENGAGING WITH THE VOICES OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S ONLY ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT'S

GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY HAVING TO ADJUST THEIR BOUNDARY LINES. IT'S MINE. MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE TAYLOR RANCH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. WE AMENDED IT. TWO SQUARE MILES. THAT'S ONLY TAYLOR

RANCH. AND THERE ARE STILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT THEY OVERLAP WITH THAT ARE ACTIVE WITHIN TAYLOR RANCH. I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS. I GET THE UNPAID WORK AND THE LABOR. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF MY

NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION SINCE I MOVED INTO MY HOUSE IN 2017. I SUBMIT ON THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD FOR MY KIDS. I'M A MEMBER OF THE POLICY ADVISORY MEMBER FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR THE AGING AND LONG-TERM

SERVICES COMMUNITY. I'M A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF VERIFIED FRAUD EXAMINERS. I DO A LOT OF UNPAID LABOR. I GET HOW HARD IT IS. AND WE HAVE A TON -- WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN MY

DISTRICT, DISTRICT ONE, I KNOW WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE PROM SR MARMEN WHO ARE HERE SPEAKING, BUT THEY'RE NOT EVEN A RECOGNIZED ASSOCIATION AND I'VE OFFERED SEVERAL TIMES TO HELP THEM BECOME A

RECOGNIZED ASSOCIATION. I HAVE TALKED WITH OUR OTHER ASSOCIATION MEMBERS, AND PROVIDED RESOURCES AND HELP SO WE CAN BUILD THOSE ASSOCIATIONS. I WANT TO. AGAIN, YOUR INFLUENCE DOESN'T COME FROM CITY

RECOGNITION. IT COMES FROM YOU. THERE WAS SOME TRUTH TO THE -- THERE WAS A PUBLIC SPEAKER THAT SAID MOST APPEALS ARE NOT AGAINST AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THAT'S TRUE. MOST OF THESE APPEALS HAVE BEEN

AGAINST OUTDOOR SAFE SPACES. I AM SUPPORTING THIS BILL. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS TO SUPPORT THIS BILL. BUT MAINLY, IT'S BECAUSE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS DESERVE IT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU,

COUNCILOR TELLES. COUNCILOR LEWIS TO CLOSE. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. WITH THAT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT CHAMPINE FOR

O-61. AS AMENDED FOUR TIMES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, NO. MOTION PASSES ON A 5-4. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE NOW ON M1. URGING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO AMEND STANDING

REQUIREMENTS FOR ZONING APPEALS. COUNCILOR LEWIS. >>COUN. LEWIS: MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. I MOVE M-1, WHICH SURGING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO AMEND STANDING REQUIREMENTS FOR ZONING APPEALS. MADAM

PRESIDENT, AGAIN, A FEW AMENDMENTS. AND WE CAN GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS. I MEAN, OUR STAFF DID A GOOD JOB OF GIVING A GOOD OVERVIEW OF IT. ASKING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US SOME

-- HELP US WITH MORE DEFINITION WHEN IT COMES TO -- >>COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR LEWIS, I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE. BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT THE BILL, WE NEED A SECOND. FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S A MOTION, AND

A SECOND BY COUNCILOR BACA. >>COUN. LEWIS: OKAY. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M FINE WITH IF WE WANT TO CONSIDER THE AMENDMENTS. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LEWIS. WE'LL GO TO AMENDMENTS FOR M1. WE HAVE

PROPOSED AMENDMENT LABELED A IN YOUR PACKET. IT WILL BE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE PROPOSED AMENDMENT A1. AND 26-1. >>COUN. PEÑA:

THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CHAIR GROUT. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS AMENDMENT CHANGES THE TITLE OF THE MEMORIAL TO MAKE IT MORE

EXPLICIT THAT THE GOAL HERE IS TO URGE REMOVAL OF STATE STATUTORY RESTRICTIONS ON MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY TO SET STANDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AMENDMENT EDITS THE WHEREAS CLAUSES TO MAKE CLEAR THE PURPOSE

OF THE BILE AND ALIGN ON THE TITLE URGING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO REMOVE STATUTORY RESTRICTIONS ON MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY TO SET STANDING REQUIREMENTS FOR ZONING APPEALS. THIS IS WOULD -- IT'S

ESSENTIALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE AS A HOME RULE MUNICIPALITY ARE ALLOWED AND AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE OUR HOME RULE AUTHORITY ON ZONING MATTERS. WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING THE STATE TO REMOVE THEIR STATUTORY

RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT WE CAN DO AS HOME RULE CITY. ALLOW US THE AUTHORITY TO ACT ON OUR OWN ZONING RULES AND APPEALS. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE WAS A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR

GROUT. ANY COUNCILORS HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. WE ARE ON

FLOOR AMENDMENT LABELED B IN YOUR PACKET. IT WILL BE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE FLOOR AMENDMENT TWO. M-26-1. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD

PROPOSE A CHANGE IN STATE LAW THAT WOULD MAKE EXPLICIT THAT MUNICIPALITIES THAT DO NOT CHANGE THEIR STANDING REQUIREMENTS FOLLOW THE STANDARD IN THIS SECTION. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. >>COUN. PEÑA:

THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS SAYING IF YOU'RE A MUNICIPALITY AND YOU

DON'T WANT TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES, AGAIN, YOU CAN EXERCISE YOUR AUTHORITY TO SAY, WE'RE GOOD. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. THERE WAS A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, FOR

FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. THERE'S NO DISCUSSION FROM COUNCILORS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE IN FLOOR AMENDMENT LABELED C. IT'S FLOOR AMENDMENT

NUMBER THREE. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. PROPOSAL THREE, M-26-1. THIS REQUIRES -- BLESS YOU. THIS AMENDMENT REQUIRES TRANSMISSION OF A COPY OF THIS MEMORIAL TO

INCLUDE THE NEW MEXICO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. ANY DISCUSSION FROM

COUNCILORS ? I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT YOU ADD MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR TELLES TO CLOSE. >>COUN. TELLES:

I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. PEÑA: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE NOW BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED THREE TIMES. DO WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP?

WE SURE DO. MR. CORNELIUS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ALTHEA FOLLOWED BY EM. >> COUNCILOR PEÑA, I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS MEMORIAL BECAUSE I TAKE ISSUE WITH THE DEFINITION

OF WHO COUNTS AS AGGRIEVED IN THE EYES OF THE STATE. WE DO NOT CONSIDER A WOULD BE TENANTF AFFORDABLE PROJECT TO HAVE STANDING AS AGGRIEVED PARTY. WE DO NOT CONSIDER THE PERSON WHO TAKES THREE BUSES

TO GET MEDICAL CARE AS AN AGGRIEVED PARTY. WE DO NOT CONSIDER THE MOMS WHO SPENT TIPS ON A UBER BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOUGHT TRANSIT LINE TO THE SCHOOL TO BE STANDING AS AGGRIEVED PARTY. I URGE YOU

TO SUPPORT THIS MEMORIAL SO THE CITY CAN ADVOCATE FOR BETTER PROCESSES WHICH IS HOW WE DEFINE TERMS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SIGNIFICANT REFORMS AT THE CITY LEVEL IF THIS PASSES. >> EMFOLLOWED BY LISA ? >>

EM FOLLOWED BY LISA. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, MY COMMENTS ARE MY OWN. I'M SURE THAT SOME OF THEM WOULD REFLECT THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE SRMNA AND MEMBERSHIP. THIS

ATTEMPT TO ALLOW THE CITY MAKES ITS OWN DEFINITION OF BROADLY ACCEPTED TERMS AND WELL FURNISHED CASE LAW STANDARDS IS REMINISCENT OF ACTIONS COMING OUT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I HAVE SEEN A GOOD

PORTION OF YOUR COLLEAGUES ON THE DAIS AT DIFFERENT ANTI-FASCISM EFRBTSEV. YET, YOU'RE GIVING YOURSELVES BROAD RANGING AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER WHOSE VOTES MATTER. HEARING THE BLATANTLY FALSE STATEMENT

TONIGHT COMING FROM COUNCILORS IS VERY WORRIFUL. I'M GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME. BUT DECISIONS GET APPEALED BECAUSE THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES. THANK YOU. >> LISA FOLLOWED BY WILLA. >> THANK YOU VERY

MUCH. I AM FOR THIS BILL. HOWEVER, IT MOE IS FOR SOMETHING, IT MUST BE MORALLY DEFICIENT. THAT IS MY PERSONAL OPINION. I AM FOR THIS BILL. DO I NEED TO SAY THAT AGAIN? THIS BILL, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE

OF TAKING BIG GOVERNMENT AND MAKING IT MORE LOCAL AND WE BENEFIT BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU GUYS. WE HAVE ACCESS TO YOU ALL. WE CAN TALK AND CALL YOU ALL. SO DEFINITIONS, WE CAN COME UP WITH. YES, WE HAVE

TRUST ISSUES WITH YOU ALL BECAUSE YOU VOTED AGAINST US HAVING SOME OF THE PROTECTIONS AND THINGS WE NEED. IA -- AT LEAST WE KNOW YOU. AND UNTIL WE HAVE A FULL-TIME PAID LEGISLATURE, YOU ARE WE WE NEED

TO TRUST. I WOULD BE FOR THIS BILL THAT WOULD GIVE HOME RULE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT US BEST. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. >> WILLA FOLLOWED BY RICHARD. RICHARD. >> PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, HOW MUCH

NOTIFICATION IS TOO MUCH NOTIFICATION? HOW MUCH AWARENESS IS TOO MUCH AWARENESS ON THE PART OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS? YOU'RE DOING THIS IN A TWO-WEEK PERIOD DURING BALLOON FIESTA. LAST MAJOR THING OF THIS

BODY DID OVER THE END OF YOUR HOLIDAYS IN A THREE-WEEK PERIOD. I AM NOT SEEING ANY DISCUSSION OF THIS IN NEWSPAPERS. NOTHING. NOWHERE. YOU REALLY OWE IT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO BE HONEST ABOUT THIS.

THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT. THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE NOW BACK ON M-1 AS AMENDED THREE TIMES. ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNCILORS? COUNCILOR

FIEBELKORN AND -- >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE TO RESPOND TO -- WE'VE HEARD A COUPLE TIMES TONIGHT, THIS BILL IS RUSHED OR THAT THE TIMING IS OFF. I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD SEND

A LOT OF BILLS TO COMMITTEE, BUT WE DON'T. THIS IS FOLLOWING THE SAME RULES THAT ALL OTHER BILLS FOLLOW. MOST RECENTLY, I DID THAT WITH MINIMUM WAGE. I INTRODUCED IT. WE HEARD IT TWO WEEKS LATER. IT

PASSED. I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK ASSUMING THERE'S ILL-INTENT BY MOVING THE BILL FASTER IS UNFAIR BECAUSE IT IS LITERALLY THE COUNCIL RULES THAT ALLOW IT. THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR BASSAN.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. COUNCILOR LEWIS. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR BACA FOR DO PASS OF M1 AS

AMENDED THREE TIMES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE NOW ON M2, COUNCILOR LEWIS. >>COUN. LEWIS: MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. M2 IS URGING THE

STATE LEGISLATURE TO AMEND STATE STATUTE TO PERMIT MUNICIPALITIES TO DIRECT CERTAIN ZONING DECISIONS TO BE DIRECTLY APPEALED TO DISTRICT COURT. I MOVE DO PASS. >>COUN. PEÑA: MOTION, AND SECOND BY

COUNCILOR BACA FOR DO PASS OF M2. COUNCILOR LEWIS TO OPEN. >>COUN. LEWIS: MADAM PRESIDENT, OUR STAFF DID A GOOD JOB EXPLAINING THIS, AGAIN. I THINK I WOULD SUM IT UP BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY

GIVES EVEN MORE FREEDOM ON ANY APPEAL. RIGHT NOW, IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO GO DIRECTLY TO DISTRICT COURT, WHAT THE DISTRICT COURT WOULD DO IS SAY YOU CAN'T. GO BACK TO THE MUNICIPALITY AND GO THROUGH

THEIR PROCESS. I BELIEVE THAT WHAT HAPPENS OFTEN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION -- MANY, MANY APPEALS WILL GET -- IN SOME CASES DENIED ALL THE WAY THROUGH OUR PROCESS. OR GRANTED AND GO THROUGH

DISTRICT COURT AND IN THAT TIME REGARDLESS OF WHAT DISTRICT COURT DOES, AGAIN, THINGS ARE STALLED FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS. IN SOME CASES, RECENTLY YEARS. THIS GIVES, AGAIN, GIVES MORE OPTIONS. IT

ACTUALLY GIVES THE ABILITY FOR ANYONE HAS THE ABILITY TO STANDING TO BE ABLE TO GO DIRECTLY TO DISTRICT COURT IF THEY CHOOSE TO. AND IT WOULD ALLOW -- IF THE LEGISLATURE WERE TO TAKE THIS UP AND

CHANGE THAT STATUTE, IT WOULD GIVE MUNICIPALITIES THE FREEDOM TO MAKE SOME MORE CHOICES IN THAT REGARD. I CERTAINLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS. WE DO HAVE SOME MORE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO,

AGAIN -- ALWAYS OPEN TO AMENDMENTS AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPROVE A BILL. AND WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LEWIS. WE HAVE FLOOR

AMENDMENT LABELED A IN YOUR PACKET. IT WILL BE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE FLOOR AMENDMENT ONE. THIS AMENDMENT CHANGES THE TITLE

AND CLAUSES OF THE MEMORIAL TO MAKE IT MORE EXPLICIT THAT THE GOAL IS TO ENCOURAGE MORE EFFICIENCY IN A LOCAL AUCTION FOR LAND USE APPEALS. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. GO

AHEAD, COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS MEMORIAL IS LETTING FOLKS KNOW WHERE IT'S EFFICIENT MORE PREDICTABLE LAND USE PROCESS SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,

RESPONSIBLE GROWTH, HOUSING PRODUCTION WHERE MUNICIPALITIES SHOULD BE ABLE TO DECIDE WHICH OF THE APPEALS PROCEDURES BEST SERVE RESIDENT, APPLICANTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER --

JUST REQUIRES ZONING APPEALS TO BE HEARD AT THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY. I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THAT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF THE FEES, COURT COSTS, AND WHATNOT. I WANT TO

MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE A STATE SUPREME COURT GENERAL RULE THAT PROVIDES AN APPLICATION FOR FREE PROCESS AND AFFIDAVIT OF -- I CANNOT SAY THIS WORD. WHEN YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT. IT DOES PROVIDE

-- WE HAVE AN APPLICATION FOR FREE PROCESS. IT EXISTS IN THE STATE STATUTE. IT IS PROVIDED UNDER SUPREME COURT GENERAL RULE. ANY CONCERNS ABOUT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT IS ALSO TAKEN CARE OF WITH THAT

PROCESS. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR TELLES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNCILORS? NO? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND.

OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT B. IT WILL BE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS FLOOR AMENDMENT TWO

CLARIFIES ANY LAND USE APPEALS THAT A MUNICIPALITY DIRECTS TO DISTRICT COURT WOULD HAVE TO BE DESIGNATED IN ADVANCE. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN.

COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNCILORS? SEEING

NONE. COUNCILOR TELLES TO CLOSE. >>COUN. TELLES: VOTE YAY. >>COUN. PEÑA: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE NOW ON FLOOR AMENDMENT LABELED C.

IT WILL BE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. PROPOSED AMENDMENT THREE. IT DOES THE SAME AS THE LAST ONE FOR M-26-1 TO REQUIRE TRANSMISSION OF

A COPY OF THIS MEMORIAL TO THE NEW MEXICO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. ANY

DISCUSSION? AGAIN, I LIKE THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE SUBMISSION. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. PEÑA: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION

CARRIES. WE'RE BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED THREE TIMES OVER. I THINK WE WILL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JAMES FOLLOWED BY NITA FOLLOWED BY TAD. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

COUNCILORS, I'M PLEASED TO SEE THIS MEMORIAL ENABLING THE CITY COUNCIL TO PUT ITS STAMP OF APPROVAL ON A REQUEST OF A LEGISLATOR TO EXTEND THE VERY POPULAR NATIONAL PASTIME OF MAKING THINGS

UNAFFORDABLE. YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THE CITY PAYS LAWYERS FOR COURT REPRESENTATION AND LITIGATION. ALTHOUGH, AS COUNCILOR TELLES POINTED OUT, ALL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WILL HAVE TO DO IN THIS CASE IS

SIMPLY TASK THEIR AMPLY STAFFED INDIJANCY APPLICATION DEPARTMENT TO DRAFT THE PAPERWORK AND SUBMIT WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO THE DISTRICT COURT IN ORDER TO PROCEED WHEN THE CITY DECIDES THAT IT DOESN'T

WANT TO BE BOTHERED WITH PESKY APPEALS AND JUST REFER THEM DIRECTLY TO DISTRICT COURT. THIS IS JUST NOT SUBTLE WAY OF SLAPPING DOWN THE ABILITY OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO APPEAL THINGS THAT CONCERN

THEM. >> NITA FOLLOWED BY TAD. >> I'M AN ATTORNEY. I REPRESENT MYSELF IN MY INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I URGE YOU TO SAY NO TO THE MEMORIAL. THE APPELAL PROCESSES ARE NOT

PROCEDURAL LUXURIES. THEY'RE SAFEGUARDS THAT ENSURE EVERY VOICE CAN BE HEARD. ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE POWER OR RESOURCES ELSEWHERE. APPELLATE PROCESSES ARE GUARDRAILS FOR OUR LEADERS. THEY

-- OUR COURT SYSTEMS ARE OVERBURDENED. IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE TO PUT LAND USE DECISIONS INTO A SYSTEM NEVER DESIGNED TO REFLECT COMMUNITY VALUES , CULTURE, POSITIVE HISTORY, OR LIVED EXPERIENCES. LAND

USE AND PLANNING DECISIONS SHAPE NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY SHAPE LIVES. THEY SHOULD BE MADE BY A DELIBERATIVE BODY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE, NOT LEFT TO SINGLE INDIVIDUAL IN THE JUDICIAL SETTING. IF YOU

EVER LOOKED AT AN APPLICATION FOR INDUJENS. IT'S FOR -- >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> TAD. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TAD. YES, I HAVE FRIENDS LIVING IN ENGAGED COMMUNITY. THEY NOT ONLY

CHARGING FEES, MEMBERSHIP FEES, BUT ALSO LATE FEE. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, PARKING -- THEY'RE CITING OWNERS WHEN GUESTS PARK ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET. SO THEY HAVE TO GIVE AUTHORIZATION

REGULATED. YES, FREE PROCESS TO ALL PEOPLE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT AGE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: NO ONE ON ZOOM? THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE BACK ON

M-2 AMENDED THREE TIMES OVER. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILORS? COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO CHECK WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM. JUST SO I CAN MAKE SURE I'M

UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY. UNDER OUR CURRENT LAW, COUNCIL SITTING AS THE ZONING AUTHORITY HAS THE ABILITY TO HEAR APPEALS AND REVERSE OR MODIFY CHANGES MADE. UNDER THIS LANGUAGE WE'RE ASKING THE

LEGISLATURE TO ADOPT CERTAIN APPEALS AND BYPASS ZONING AUTHORITY AND GO DIRECTLY TO DISTRICT COURT? CAN YOU EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY COUNCIL WOULD BE GIVING UP IN THOSE CASES?

AND WHETHER -- ESPECIALLY SUBSECTION C3, DOES IT PERMIT AN INDIVIDUAL APPEAL TO BE SENT DIRECTLY TO COURT RATHER THAN ONLY CATEGORIES PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

COUNCILOR ROGERS, THIS WOULD NOT -- THE MEMORIAL DOESN'T PROPOSE THAT ONLY CERTAIN MATTERS SENT. IT'S CERTAIN MATTERS CLASSIFIED DESIGNATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ELIGIBLE TO DISTRICT COURT. FOR LACK OF

A BETTER MET -- METAPHOR, IT WOULDN'T BE LIKE I SEND YOU SHOPPING. IT WOULD BE CERTAIN KINDS OF APPEALS. THAT COULD BE, FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE A SITE PLAN WOULD SKIP OVER COUNCIL. IT WOULD GO TO DISTRICT

COURT. LET ME EXPLAIN. LET ME CLARIFY. NOT JUST A SITE PLAN, BUT SITE PLANS GENERAL. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I THINK WHAT'S CONFUSING ME IS THAT 3-218, WHICH IS C3, IT SAYS THE

ZONING AUTHORITY COULD DELEGATE SUCH APPEAL AS A DIRECT APPEAL PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION A. THEN IT SAYS UNDER SUBSECTION A, THE CATEGORIES WOULD NEED TO BE DESIGNATED BY ORDINANCE. THAT'S WHAT HAS ME

CONFUSED. IF THE LEGISLATURE TOOK THIS UP AND CHANGED IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK BY ORDINANCE AND SAY WHAT TYPES OF APPEALS COULD GO TO DISTRICT COURT AND BYPASS COUNCIL? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

COUNCILOR ROGERS, THAT'S CORRECT. CURRENTLY, THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO. WE WOULD FIRST HAVE TO GET THE BILL AND THEN COME BACK AND THOSE OF APPEALS WOULD BE DESIGNATED BY

ORDINANCE. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TYPES WE WOULD WANT TO DO THAT WITH? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, THAT WOULD LARGELY BE A POLICY CHOICE

OF THE COUNCIL. IT COULD BE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FIELDS THAT THE COUNCIL WISHES TO --. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ROGERS. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU,

MADAM PRESIDENT. AS INTRODUCED, COUNCILOR ROGERS, ONE THING WE KNOW -- AND TO REITERATE WHAT OUR COUNCIL STATED, THIS AVOIDS ANY ATTEMPT TO WHERE WE'RE CHOOSING A FORUM TO FIT THE OUTCOME. THAT'S THE

OPPOSITE INTENT. DESIGNATING THE CATEGORIES IN ADVANCE ARE FOR FUTURE APPLICATIONS ONLY. IT GIVES APPLICANTS AND RESIDENTS THROUGH THE SAME RULES -- HERE'S THE THINGS WE KNOW. WE KNOW THAT DELAYS COST

THE MOST FOR HOUSING. THEY -- INDUSTRIAL, HEAVY COMMERCIAL USES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS -- IF WE'RE GOING TO DO CATEGORIES IN ADVANCE, WE WOULD DO CATEGORIES LIKE INDUSTRIAL OR HEAVY COMMERCIAL USES OR

HOUSING. AND THAT WAY WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THIS ALLOWS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO SORT OF HAVE OPTIONS BASED OFF OF HIGH FEES. AND FOR WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST THE MOST. IT ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW -- AND

WE CAN APPEAL BASED OFF OF THOSE IDEAS. IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY -- IF WE CHOSE TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN APPEALS, THAT STATE HERE, OR DEPENDING ON THAT, WE CAN CHOOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO WE CAN GET

AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILT FASTER DEPENDING ON THE VENUE OF CHOICE. IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM

PRESIDENT. I THINK -- THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA EXPLANATION. SINCE O-69 IS PASSED, WE'VE HAD ZERO APPEALS ON HOUSING. CONTINUE TO USE HOUSING AS AN OPTION OF WHY -- NO APPEALS HAVE BEEN FILED ON HOUSING

SINCE WE PASSED O-69. I FEEL LIKE WE GOT TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF THAT. I JUST WANTED TO NAME THAT. THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. I GUESS THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE -- JUST TRYING TO -- FOR THE

EFFICIENCY -- I KNOW WHERE I STAND ON THESE BILL. JUST TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SOME OF THE STUFF WE PASSED THIS EVENING, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING WAY SO THE APPEALS GET SENT TO THE

STATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LOTS OF THE PROJECTS TALKED ABOUT TODAY ARE PROJECTS THAT HAPPENED IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN MORE AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOODS. US REMOVING THE

VOICES FROM THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN SOMETIMES THEY'RE JUST STACHERATED WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS. IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THOSE SAME COMMUNITIES TO BUILD WEALTH AND GET THEMSELVES OUT OF

POVERTY AND TRY TO MAKE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER. LOTS OF WHAT WE DID TONIGHT DOESN'T IMPACT THE AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES. IT IMPACTS SOME OF THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT.

ANYWAY, COUNCILOR LEWIS TO CLOSE. >>COUN. LEWIS: I URGE APPROVAL. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND FOR M2 BY COUNCILOR BACA. AS AMENDED THREE TIMES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE

YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, NO. THAT IS A 7-2. 6-3? I'M SORRY. YOU HELD UP FINGERS. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY. THAT PASSES. WE'RE NOW ON R-69. APPROPRIATION OF OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS. COUNCILOR ROGERS, R-69.

>>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. R-69 IS APPROPRIATION OF SETTLEMENT FUNDS. I MOVE DO PASS. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR LEWIS, FOR DO PASS OF R-69. COUNCILOR

ROGERS TO OPEN. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, R-69 IS APPROPRIATION OF OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS IN LINE WHAT WE PASSED FOR REQUIREMENTS TO USE FOR THUNDING. IT APPROPRIATES THE SECOND YEAR OF FUNDING

FOR APS FOR THE CROSSROADS PROGRAM. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ROGERS. THERE WAS MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR LEWIS. WE USUALLY GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IF YOU --

LET'S STICK TO THAT. WE HAVE ONE PERSON. OKAY. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE HAVE MERVYN TO SPEAK. >>COUN. PEÑA: HE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE HERE. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU,

MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THIS. FIRST, I SEE THERE ARE FOUR THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE FUNDED UNDER THIS BILL. ONE IS THE GATEWAY SYSTEM OF CARE, ONE IS THE MEDICAL SOBERING CENTER,

ONE IS RECOVERY HOUSING AND APS CROSSROADS. I WILL REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE PASSED R-25-128 WHICH IS SPONSORED BY MYSELF, COUNCILOR GROUT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, AND COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, ABOUT HOW WE WOULD

USE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS. MY FIRST QUESTION TO SOMEONE, I'LL SAY TO DR. SENGEL AND SEE WHERE IT LEADS, CAN YOU TELL ME OF THE GREAT WAY SYSTEM OF CARE, AND MEDICAL SOBERING AND HOUSING. HOW MUCH OF

THOSE DOLLARS ARE FOR PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION VERSUS INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT? I'LL REMIND EVERYONE THAT IN THE BILL THAT WE PASSED, WE SAID 40% WERE GOING TO GO TO PREVENTION AND

COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION AND 60% WOULD GO TO INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, DIRECTOR RAMIREZ WILL SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THAT. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU. >> COULD

YOU RESTATE THE QUESTION AGAIN? >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: ACCORDING TO R-25-128 WHICH WAS PASSED BY THIS BODY, WE WERE GOING TO SPEND 40% OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND ON PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY

REVITALIZATION. THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE CONNECTING DISCONNECTED YOUTH AND COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION. AND 60% WAS GOING TO BE SPENT ON INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT, WHICH I BELIEVE IS BASICALLY ALL THREE

OF THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE IN THE BILL. THE GATE WAY SYSTEM OF CARE, MEDICAL SOBERING AND REHOUSING. I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOME HIDDEN SECTION OF ONE OF THOSE THAT IS FOR PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY

REVITALIZATION? >> MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, THANK YOU. I'M SORRY I WAS TAKING NOTES ON THOSE AREAS. WITHIN THE GATEWAY SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY, NOT THE OTHER BUCKETS. THEY DO PRIMARILY SERVE

INTERVENTIONARY AND CONNECTIONS TO SERVICES BUCKETS. I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE PERCENTAGE AS FAR AS WHERE THEY'RE AT IN REGARDS TO THE TOTAL ALLOCATION. I KNOW IN COLLABORATION WHEN WE DRAFTED THAT WAS

THE PARAMETERS OF THE BUCKET BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE USE WOULD BE IN THERE. SPECIFICALLY FOR OURS, I WENT SAY ANYTHING WITHIN OUR SYSTEM LIKE YOUNG ADULT SYSTEM WOULDN'T QUALIFY FOR SOME OF

THE PREVENTION. NOT EVERYONE IS IN THAT AREA. PRIMARILY, THE OTHERS ARE FOLKS EXPERIENCING THAT. WE'RE TRYING TO GO FURTHER INTO THE NEED FOR CARE. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM

PRESIDENT. MAYBE, KIND OF, SORT OF, THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT GOES TO THE REQUIREMENT OF REVITALIZATION. IT DOES SEEM LIKE THE MAJORITY OF WHAT'S IN THIS BILL WOULD BE FOR INTERVENTION AND

TREATMENT. WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE APS CROSSROADS PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT'S SEPARATE IN THE BILL WE PASSED. THAT'S A REQUIREMENT SPELLED OUT. THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE 1.5 YEAR ONE, TWO, AND THREE. I'M NOT

TALKING ABOUT THAT. BUT SECTION 11 OF THE PLAN THAT WAS PASSED AGAIN BY THIS BODY THAT WAS SPONSORED BY MYSELF, COUNCILOR GROUT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, AND COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, SPECIFICALLY SAYS -- I'LL

JUST READ IT. RECURRING FUNDING LIMITATION. THE LGCC RECOMMENDS -- WE ADOPTED RECOMMENDATIONS. FUNDING COMMITTED TO ANY PURPOSE SUCH AS PROGRAMMING, RENT, SALARIES OR SERVES THAT REQUIRE ONGOING

FUNDING TO AFFECT AN OUTCOME BE LIMITED TO AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT PER YEAR NOT EXCEEDING THE FOLLOWING FOR EACH ENTITY. AND THE AMOUNT FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IS $2.3 MILLION. THE AMOUNT RECOMMENDED

ARE THE AVERAGE OF THE PROJECTED SETTLEMENT DISTRIBUTION FOR EACH ENTITY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN 2025 TO 2029. WE HAVE A LIMIT OF RECURRING DOLLARS THAT CAN BE SPENT FROM OPIOID SETTLEMENTS IN ANY

GIVEN YEAR OF $2.3 MILLION. IF YOU ADD UP THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE SPENDING IN THIS BILL FOR THE GATEWAY SYSTEM OF CARE, MEDICAL SOBERING CENTER AND RECOVERY HOUSING, THAT EQUALS $3.7 MILLION. WHICH I

WILL NOT MAKE ANYONE DO PUBLIC MATH, I'LL JUST TELL YOU IS $1.3 MILLION OVER WHAT IS ALLOWED IN THE BILL THIS BODY PASSED. NOW, I AM A BIG SUPPORTER OF ALL OF THE THINGS IN THIS BILL. BUT I AM VERY,

VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE WE CONTINUALLY SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OPERATING EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE NO WAY OF PAYING IN THE FUTURE. THESE DOLLARS, THESE OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS ARE NOT RECURRING. THEY ARE

ONE-TIME PAYMENTS. AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN FOR A FEW YEARS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT $2.353 MILLION AVAILABLE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS

NEXT YEAR? WOULDN'T IT BE TERRIBLE IF WE HAVE THESE PROGRAMS WE GET UP AND RUNNING AND WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR THEM NEXT YEAR? I GUESS, DR. SENGEL, GIVEN WE'VE PASSED A PIECE OF LEGISLATION

THAT LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF ONE-TIME DOLLARS THAT CAN BE SPENT ON RECURRING EXPENSES, AND GIVEN THAT PASSED THIS BODY QUITE SOMETIME AGO, AND THAT WE ALSO PASSED LEGISLATION THAT SAID WE'LL SPEND 40% OF

PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION, AND I DON'T THINK THIS QUALIFY FOR THAT. WHAT'S THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD TO KEEP THESE PROJECTS FUNDED? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, THANK YOU.

YES, WE'VE TAKEN CONSIDERATION FOR THOSE APPROPRIATIONS. WE'VE TRIED TO LOOK AT OUR PROGRAMS AS FAR AS THE AMOUNTS OF WHERE THEY'RE FUNDED FROM. MEDICAL SOBERING WAS FUNDED AND WE TRIED TO OFFSET

THAT. IT'S ENDING NOW IN SEPTEMBER. IT CLOSED OUT. BRINGING THOSE PROGRAMS ONLINE AND LOOKING AT TRANSITION, WE'RE LOOKING AT UTILIZING THE FUNDING NOT AS A REPEAT, BUT FOR NEW FUNDING AND OTHERS IN

THE $2 MILLION RANGE. I UNDERSTAND THE MATH WORKS OUT TO A BIT MORE. WE DO FEEL THE SERVICES ALIGN WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF SERVICES AND INTERVENTION WHICH STOOD UP THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO

RESPOND TO THE MOST IMMEDIATE NEED. SOBERING BEING THE UNIQUE PIECE, WE'RE LOOKING AT NINE MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO CLOSE THAT OUT. WE DIDN'T WANT PUT THE BIRDP -- BURDEN ON THE MID-YEAR CLEANUP. OF

COURSE, THE DECISION BEING MADE TO LOOK AT IF IT'S NOT FUNDED THERE, WE'LL FUND IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: DR. SENGEL. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, A COUPLE QUESTIONS YOU HAD,

I WANT TO ADDRESS. OVERALL, WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUING TO MONITOR WITHIN THE BUCKETS HOW THE DOLLARS ARE BEING APPROPRIATED. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT PATHS THAT WE JOINTLY WORKED WITH THE COUNTY

ON, WHICH WERE THE GRANTS. THERE WERE MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS THAT FIT INTO SOME OF THE PREVENTION BUCKET AS WELL. OUR INTERPRETATION IS THAT OVERALL THE CITY IS MANAGING THE 60% OF OUR EXPENDITURES OR

ALLOCATIONS OVER TIME, KNOWING THIS WILL LAST OVER TIME. AGAIN, FINITE PERIOD OF TIME. NOT ANYONE SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR, BUT ACROSS THE PROJECT TIME. ADDITIONALLY, NOT TO MOVE TOO FAR FROM WHAT YOU'RE

-- WHAT WE HAVE INTENDED TO DO AT THE GATEWAY SYSTEM, MEDICAL SOBERING AND RECOVERY HOUSING, THIS IS REALLY IS FOCUSED WITH OUTSIDE PROVIDERS THAT WE'RE WORKING TO ENSURE WE SHIFT THEIR FOCUS AND

THEIR CAPACITY INTO SERVING INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR POTENTIAL SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER BASED UPON WHAT WE UNDERSTAND AS A POPULATION. WHEN WE KICKED OFF ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMING WITHIN

THE GATEWAY OR WHEN WE ORGANIZED AND DESIGNED IT LONG BEFORE I CAME TO THE CITY, THERE WAS A VERY CLEAR CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS WORK AND WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD TO BE COMING FROM OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS

AND THE CONNECTION OF THINKING OF THAT FUNDING FORCE TO ENSURE WE SERVED PEOPLE. I THINK WHAT WE RECOGNIZE IS THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO -- NOT ACCESS TO -- WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICE TO 1100 PEOPLE EACH

NIGHT. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE AND ADVANCE SERVICES THAT WILL GIVE THEM DIRECT CONNECTIONS TO TREATMENT AND NAVIGATION OF THAT TREATMENT IN A WAY THAT WE THINK NEEDS TO BE MORE FOCUSED AND

DELIBERATE AND EXERCISED IN A WAY THAT WE KNOW -- NOT THAT WE'RE A CLINICAL SITE, BUT WE'RE FOCUSED ON INCREASING THE EXPERTISE. THAT'S WHAT THIS PROPOSAL IS IN FRONT OF YOU. SO WE CAN TRULY CHANGE

WHAT I CALL THE STICKINESS OF THE BEDS WE HAVE IN THE SYSTEM TO GIVE THEM MORE SUPPORT IN NAVIGATION FOR SPECIFIC TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR

FIEBELKORN, I APOLOGIZE. I WAS HOPING NOT TO DO THIS TONIGHT, BUT I MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO EXTEND THE MEETING TO 10:52. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR

FIEBELKORN, TO EXTEND THE MEETING TO 10:52. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES, MA'AM. >>COUN. PEÑA: WOW. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOU HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, NO. THAT PASSES, 7-2. OKAY. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN.

>>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THAT. THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE GRANTS THAT WERE GIVEN OUT, THAT IS LITERALLY A SEPARATE SECTION OF THE BILL THAT WAS PASSED. THAT

WAS SECTION SEVEN. I'M NOT SURE I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD BE USING THAT FOR THE 40% OF THE REMAINDER. I WILL LET THAT GO FOR NOW BECAUSE I THINK THE MAJOR CONCERN HERE IS THAT WE HAVE AN ABSOLUTE CAP OF

$253,710 A YEAR THAT CAN BE SPENT ON RECURRING ITEMS AND THIS BILL BRINGS US $3.7 MILLION OF RECURRING EXPENSES. AND I JUST AM GOING TO GO BACK AND ASK THIS QUESTION ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T

GOTTEN AN ANSWER, DR. SENGEL. HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR THESE SERVICES NEXT YEAR? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, I THINK -- I READ, FOR EXAMPLE, THE WRITE-UP RELATED TO THE QUESTION ABOUT

THE ONGOING FUNDING FOR THE SYSTEM OF CARE WE HAVE, I THINK WE ALL KNOW OUR FUNDING STREAMS FOR THE OPERATIONS OR OPERATIONS THE CITY IS FULLY SPONSORING IS OUR GENERAL FUND. WE'RE FOCUSED WITHIN THE

STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND WE WELCOME THE PARTNERSHIP. AS YOU SAW IN OUR LEGISLATIVE REQUEST, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE SUPPORT FOR THE SYSTEM OF CARE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. WE THINK IT'S A

CRITICAL ROLE THAT WE ARE PLAYING FOR THE ENTIRE STATE FOR US TO BE IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE OR FOR INDIVIDUALS AND CONNECTIONS TO THE SERVICES, BOTH TO HELP THEM WITH THE UNHOUSED SUPPORT TOWARDS

HOUSING BUT ALSO TOWARD TREATMENT. INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE IN RECOVERY ALSO NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. WE'RE ALSO PURSUING FUNDING FROM EVERY PATH. AT THIS POINT, THE REALITY FOR US AS A CITY IS WE HAVE

TAKEN ON A SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITY AND ACTIONS TO TAKE WHAT WE WOULD SAY IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY

THAT ARE FACING CHALLENGES AND RIGHT NOW THE SYSTEMS OF CARE BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE LAUNCHED ARE DISCONNECTED, DISJOINTED AND I WOULD SAY SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERFUNDED. OUR SYSTEM WAS ELIMINATED IN 2013. AND

WE AS A CITY HAVE SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO GENERALLY ACCEPT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WITHOUT CARE AND SERVICES. WE MET TODAY WITH FOUR ENTITIES THAT ARE PRIVATE ENTITIES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE WORK WE

DO. OUR HEALTH PLAN PROVIDERS ARE SITTING WITH US TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS IN WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN BE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS AND ACTIVE PARTNERS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FROM A FUNDING. THAT IS EVERYTHING

FROM HOW YOU THINK ABOUT MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE SERVICES THAT MAY BE PROVIDED WITH ANY ONE OF THE GATEWAY SYSTEMS ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE WAY IN WHICH THEY THINK ABOUT DIRECT INVESTMENTS

WHICH THEY'VE DISCUSSED THEY MAKE ALREADY WITH OTHER NON-PROFITS. THEY'RE INTERESTED IN CONNECTING WITH EVERY ONE OF YOUR PROVIDERS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE WHAT THEY

CAN DO. ALL OF THOSE -- THAT IS PRIVATE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE PURSUING AS WELL IN SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE PIECES, IT TAKES TIME. AND WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HAVING

RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILDING THE PARTNERSHIPS. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON. WE HAVE NOT -- IT HAS NOT FALLEN ON DEAF EARS FOR US TO THINK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND WHAT IT COSTS TO TAKE CARE OF THE

INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING. THAT IS WHY WE REALLY LAUNCHED INTO WHAT I HOPE TO BE A VERY EFFECTIVE PATH TO BUILDING PARTNERS AND INVESTMENT FROM OTHERS. THE KEY ISSUE IS THAT WE ARE

ONE YEAR IN ALL OF THE THESE PROGRAMS BEING UP AND RUNNING. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT MULTIPLE PATHS WHERE YOU NEED TWO YEARS OF EVIDENCE TO SEE WHAT REALLY WORKS AND WHAT YOU SHOULD MAKE CHANGES TO. WE

FEEL PRETTY STRONGLY WE HAVE A BODY OF EVIDENCE TO SHOW 1100 PEOPLE EACH NIGHT ARE ASKING FOR US HELP. WE THINK BETWEEN BOTH THE INVESTMENT OF ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE AND DOLLARS BUT ALSO THE INVESTMENT

OF OUR PARTNERS TO THINK WITH US ABOUT THE BEST WAY WE CAN PROVE WHAT WORKS AND WE'RE LEARNING ENTITY. WE HAVE TO KEEP CHANGING. WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING THAT WORKS, WE HAVE TO SHIFT TOWARDS WHAT WE

BELIEVE WILL IMPROVE THOSE OUTCOMES. THAT IS OUR STRATEGY RIGHT NOW. TO ENSURE IT IS NOT A CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE PROBLEM ALONE. THIS IS A CHALLENGE FOR US AS A STATE. THIS IS A CHALLENGE FOR US AS A

REGION. WE HAVE TO HAVE OTHER PUBLIC PARTNER FUNDING AS WELL AS PRIVATE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE WORK, WHICH IS COMMON IN EVERY OTHER COMMUNITY THAT I HAVE SEEN THIS TYPE OF WORK DONE. >>COUN.

FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE NEED. I'M ON RECORD REPEATEDLY SAYING I SUPPORT THE GATEWAY SYSTEM OF CARE, MEDICAL SOBERING CENTER, AND RECOVERY. MY POINT HERE IS

THAT WE CONTINUALLY COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL TO SPEND OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS IN A WAY THAT WAS NOT INTENDED AND SUSTAINABLE. THESE ARE NOT RECURRING DOLLARS. THEY'RE ONE-TIME PAYMENTS. AND THIS IS

THE THIRD TIME THAT I CAN REMEMBER JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT THE CITY, THE ADMINISTRATION, CAME BACK TO THIS BODY AND SAID, YEAH, YEAH, WE KNOW. BUT WE'RE GOING TO STITCH IT TOGETHER IN THE

FUTURE. MY CONCERN IS YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF TIME TO GET IT TOGETHER AND GET PLANNING AROUND HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS IN THE FUTURE. I LOVE ALL OF THESE IDEAS, BUT I CAN GUARANTEE THAT NEXT YEAR

WE'LL HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT WILL NOT BE IN THE BUDGET THAT THE MAYOR SENDS DOWN TO THIS BODY. IT WILL NOT BE A PRIORITY. IT WILL BE A LAST-MINUTE OH, MY GOODNESS IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT

THIS, THEN THESE PROGRAMS WILL END. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. AND I'M GETTING REALLY TIRED OF IT. THIS BODY DID A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS TO DETERMINE HOW OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS, WHICH

ARE NOT RECURRING, WOULD BE USED. AND YOU HAVE NOT FOLLOWED THAT AT ALL. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR TELLES. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. DIRECTOR,

AND DR. SENGEL, I AM JUST CURIOUS. ARE THESE -- I SAW THERE WAS -- IT SAID APPROXIMATELY $40 MILLION PER A PEOPLESOFT INQUIRY. THE DASHBOARD SAYS IT'S LIKELY DUE TO INVESTMENT INCOME. THIS IS A VERY

SENSITIVE FUND. IT SHOULD HAVE ACTUAL RECONCILIATION. DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT ACTUALLY IS? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR TELLES, I BELIEVE IN THE STAFF ANALYSIS WE TRIED TO PROVIDE BEST WE COULD BASED ON

THE DASHBOARD THE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR THE BUCKETS OF FUNDING. YOU'LL SEE ON THE DASHBOARD ROUGHLY $32.78 MILLION. WITH THAT, IT WOULD BRING US TO THE TOTAL WHICH IS SHORT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT, LEAVING

$2.2 MILLION UNAPPROPRIATED. THAT'S THE BASIC UP. WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT DASHBOARD OF IS ACCURATE FOR ALL OF THE ALLOCATIONS FOR THAT FUND. UNDERSTANDING IT'S GONE IN VARIOUS

DIRECTIONS WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS UNDER THE WORK OF THE LGC AND AGREEMENT OF THIS BODY AND OF COURSE THE COMMISSION. I HOPE THAT HIGHLIGHTS AS FAR AS WHAT THAT IS. AND WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE

ACTUAL BURN DOWN. THERE ARE THE CONTRACTS NOT SPENDING ON THOSE. AND ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T GET SPENT REVERTS BACK TO THE GOVERNING BODY. >>COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. I AGREE THIS IS A NEW

PROGRAM AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. WHEN YOU DID PROJECTIONS, DID YOU INCLUDE OPERATING EXPENSES? OR IS IT JUST THE COST OF PROGRAMMING? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR TELLES, OPERATING FOR OUR

PARTICULAR PROGRAMS? JUST FOR VERIFICATION. >>COUN. TELLES: FOR THE WHOLE THING. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THE SETTLEMENT MONEY IS REPLACING GENERAL FUND SUPPORT, OR IF WE'RE SUPLANTING THAT. WHAT

ARE WE DOING WITH THE FUNDING HERE? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR TELLES, SPEAKING TO OUR PROGRAMS, AS MENTIONED, SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS WERE GRANT FUNDED. IT'S LIKE THEY'RE TERMINATING AND MOVING

OVER. I WAS PART OF THE INITIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT CASE WHEN WE WERE BUILDING THAT TO GO AFTER THIS FUNDING. WHEN WE WERE DESIGNING THIS TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THE PARAMETERS SET FORTH WERE

WITH THE LGCC AND THE COUNCIL. TO SAY THAT WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING OPERATIONAL FUNDING WOULD COME TO LAUNCH SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS, I'D ME LYING TO YOU. WE DID ANTICIPATE IT. IT WAS THE PARAMETERS

THAT WERE SET LATER THAT PUT THE RESTRICTIONS ON IT. PROGRAMMING IS DIFFICULT. LOOKING AT THE EXPENDITURES AND WHAT IT COSTS TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN THIS AREA, WHAT I WILL SAY IS WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT

THE SUMMER REPORT CAME OUT IN REGARDS TO ALL THE MULTIPLE MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH THEY'RE HOLDING ON TO THEIR MONEY HAVE NOT GAVE A SINGLE DOLLAR. I AM GRATEFUL WE HAVE THE MONEY TO DEPLOY. AND THE

ONLY PARAMETER IS MAINTAINING OURSELVES WITHIN THE RESTRICTIONS OF HOW MUCH CAN GO TO RECURRING AND OPERATIONAL, ET CETERA. WE'RE IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. WE DID DESIGN THESE

PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS AND RESPOND TO THE CRISIS WE'RE FACING IN OUR COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY IN ALBUQUERQUE. TO HAVE LIFE-SAVING SERVICES. THE ALIGNMENT WAS THERE. THE INTENTIONAILITY WAS THERE. I DO

CONSIDER RECOVERY TO BE A NEW AND NOT RECURRING BECAUSE THE GRANT ENDING. BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LIMITATION WITH THE $2 MILLION. YES, WE'RE SEEKING FUNDING IN EVERY AVENUE AREA WE CAN TO

CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS. WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE STATE, PRIVATE ASKS. WE'RE TALKING TO OTHER SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL BECAUSE WE SEE FOLKS SHOW UP FROM EVERY NOW AND THEN. MONITORING ALL

OF THAT FOR THAT ACCOUNTABILITY. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT ANSWERS COMPLETELY. >>COUN. TELLES: NO, NOT QUITE. WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS, WE HAVE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES FOR EVERY PROGRAM. EVERY PROGRAM, NO

MATTER WHAT IT IS, IS GOING TO HAVE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES. WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE PARAMETERS ARE GOING TO BE AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO PAY FOR. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE STRESS

TESTING BASED OFF OF IF WE HAVE THIS MUCH TO USE TOWARD OPERATIONS OR THIS MUCH. THAT'S PLANNING FOR THE LONG-TERM. MY QUESTION IS, REALLY, DO THE FUNDS HERE -- ARE WE SUPPLEMENTING OR REPLACING

EXISTING GENERAL FUND SUPPORT FOR THE SOBERING CENTER AND GATEWAY RECOVERY WITH THIS? >> COUNCILOR TELLES, I TOOK THE LIBERTY TO LOOK AT OUR INTERNAL CONTRACTING SCOPES FOR OUR PROGRAMS. INITIALLY

WHEN WE STAGED UP OUR PROGRAMS, WE DID NOT EMBED WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EMBED NOW SHOULD THIS FUNDING COME ATTACHED TO THE PROGRAMMING. WE ALWAYS ANTICIPATED THE TREATMENT NAVIGATION WAS GOING TO BE

NEEDED AS WELL AS HOUSING NAVIGATION BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS SUCCESSFUL. SO, TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, WHAT WE HAVE DRAFTED AND I HAVE THEM FOR EVERY PROGRAM IN REGARDS TO OUR FAMILY, WOMEN'S AND MEN'S,

THERE'S SCOPES DRAFTED THAT SAYS SHOULD OPIOID FUNDING GO TO THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, IT WILL DESIGNATE THIS. IT'S TO ADD AND ENHANCE THAT SPECIFIC TYPE OF SERVICE AND TREATMENT AND CONNECTION RELATED

TO THE FUNDING SHOULD IT BE PLACED. IN PREPARATION FOR THIS, WE'RE DRAFTING THOSE WITH THE INTENTIONALITY TO SAY THE PROGRAMS WILL ME MORE INTENTION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE DESIGN OF THE FUNDING IS

SUPPOSED TO DO. IN GENERAL, WE TALK ABOUT CASE MANAGEMENT BUT SPECIFICALLY AROUND TREATMENT NAVIGATION AND WHAT MAPPED OUT AND FUNDING SHOULD BE INFUSED. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS IT A BIT TO SAY IT'S NOT

NECESSARILY -- IT MAY REPLACE FUNDING THAT WAS THERE, BUT IT ALSO REPLACES THE SERVICE AND SCOPES ATTACHED WITH THE FUNDING THAT WILL COME. >>COUN. TELLES: BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED. HERE'S THE CONCERN

FOR SUPPLANTING FUNDING. IF THE SETTLEMENT MONEY IS REPLACING WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE GENERAL FUND SUPPORT, THAT VIOLATES THE USE RESTRICTION OF THE SETTLEMENT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT --

THESE FUNDS ARE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE SUPPLEMENTING OR REPLACING IS VERY CRITICAL IN UNDERSTANDING WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FUND USE. THAT REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL TO KNOW. WE

NEED TO KNOW THAT. THE OTHER PIECE THAT I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED -- APPROXIMATELY, IF YOU HAD TO GUESS, ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE IS HHH FUNDED BY GRANTS? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR TELLES, I WOULD SAY

EASILY IN MY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SHOP, $20 MILLION OF MY TOTAL BUDGET, WHICH IS UPWARDS OF $70 MILLION, $54 MILLION IS THE REST OF MY DIVISIONS WHICH WE HAVE FUNDING FOR, WHICH WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY

TAX MONEY AND WE ALSO HAVE GRANT AND FEDERAL GRANTS. PERCENTAGE WISE, I WOULD SAY INCLUDING THE PUBLIC TAX MONEY, PUBLIC SAFETY TAX, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, IT'S ALMOST 40% OF FUNDING AND THE REST

GENERAL FUND. >>COUN. TELLES: OKAY. YOU HAVE ABOUT 40% THAT YOU RELY ON GRANTS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THEM IS GOING TO BE. AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO COURT

OR WHATEVER. I'M JUST SAYING, WE'RE NOT CALCULATING OPERATIONS WHEN WE ARE APPLYING -- WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE TYPE OF APPROPRIATIONS OF EXPENDITURES. JUST A REMINDER, APPROPRIATIONS ARE NOT

EXPENDITURES. SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW HOW MUCH HAS BEEN DISBURSED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. ALSO, YOU CAN'T HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OPERATION EXPENSES ARE GOING TO

BE ON TOP OF 40% OF YOUR ENTIRE BUDGET IS AT RISK. IT WORRIES ME, YOU KNOW, WHEN -- TO COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN'S POINT, THESE ARE RECURRING COSTS. WE'RE USING ONE-TIME MONEY. THAT IS THE TALE AS OLD AS

TIME WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET IN GENERAL. I JUST AM VERY, VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE OUR ANALYSIS HERE FOR THIS PARTICULAR MATTER SAYS THERE'S NO LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. THAT SEEMS TO BE

THE THEME OF OUR BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES. LISTEN, THE PROGRAMS MERIT FUNDING. WE NEED TO DO IT. I JUST DON'T KNOW -- I MEAN. ANYBODY GOT A PRINTER? PRINT OUT SOME DOLLAR BILLS FOR US?

I'M GETTING TIRED. I'M DONE. THANK YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILORS -- DR. SENGEL, DID YOU WANT TO -- YOU'RE GOOD? COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR

STAFF. HOW MUCH ARE WE EXPECTING PROJECTED TO RECEIVE THIS YEAR FROM OPIOID FUNDING? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, WE PROJECT FOR THIS YEAR THAT WE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED 1.1 ALREADY THIS YEAR. WE

CONTINUE TO GET NEW SETTLEMENTS. PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS PROJECTING WHEN WE DON'T YET KNOW ABOUT THOSE SETTLEMENTS. WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE EVERY DISCLOSURE, EVERY TYPE OF COMPANY, BUT THAT HAS NOT

YET BEEN DISCLOSED. >>COUN. GROUT: MADAM PRESIDENT -- >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, WE USUALLY LOOK AT THE COMPLETED PAYMENTS PER YEAR THAT'S ON THE DASHBOARD SO WE CAN TELL WHAT THE

ANTICIPATED -- FOR 2027, IT'S ONLY 1.7. AS WE SEE -- I KNOW WE CAN CHECK ON PEOPLE SOFT AND SEE WHEN THE REVENUE COMES IN. THERE HAS BEEN MORE THAN THAT COME IN. THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY THAT'S

UPDATED PROJECTION. WE'RE BETTER ABLE TO PLAN FOR WHEN AND HOW MUCH IS COMING EACH YEAR. BECAUSE AT 2027 WE'VE ALREADY GOT HALF OF THE WHOLE. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDEN -- LIKE COUNCILOR

FIEBELKORN MENTIONED, IT WAS 24 THAT WE PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT SAID THAT YOU'RE ONLY TO SPEND 2.3 AND SOME CHANGE ON OPERATIONS OR RECURRING IN THIS MATTER. AND THIS CONCERNS ME THAT ONCE AGAIN WE

PASSED LEGISLATION AND YOU ALL IGNORE IT. IT'S KIND OF FRUSTRATING. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WRITE UP. I UNDERSTAND GATEWAY MEDICAL SOBERING, 1.4, GATEWAY RECOVERY, $300,000. I'M A SUPPORTER OF

HELPING FOLKS. I AM. I ALSO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE AND ASK THESE QUESTION. GATEWAY SYSTEM OF CARE, THAT'S VERY BROAD. REMIND ME AGAIN WHAT $2 MILLION IS GOING TO BE USED FOR. BECAUSE IT'S

VERY BROAD. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, WHILE THEY'RE LOOKING THAT UP. I MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO EXTEND THE MEETING TO 11:15. >>COUN. GROUT: I'LL SECOND IT. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YOU LITERALLY HAVE

THREE MINUTES. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. IT'S A DELAYED SECOND. I'LL ACCEPT IT. THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND, TO EXTEND THE MEET TO 11:15. ALL THOSE IN FAVORER SAY YES AND

RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED? WE HAVE TWO MINUTES TO FINISH. I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS SPEAKING NEXT. ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS? >>COUN. GROUT: MADAM PRESIDENT, THEY

WERE GOING TO EXPLAIN WHAT GATEWAY SYSTEM OF CARE FOR$2 MILLION. IT'S VERY BROAD. >>COUN. PEÑA: WE HAVE THREE MINUTES. OR TWO MINUTES AND COUNTING. AS SOON AS YOU'RE DONE WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO ADD

SOME OF MY COMMENTS SO WE HAVE THIS IN LINE FOR NEXT TIME. >> WE'LL GO QUICKLY. MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, ON PAGE FOUR, WE TALK ABOUT THE GATEWAY SYSTEM OF CARE. SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR THE

CONTRACTOR SHALL ESTABLISH AND OPERATE SPECIALIZED TREATMENT NAVIGATION PROGRAM EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SYSTEM OF CARE TO IDENTIFY INDPAJ -- ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING OPIOID DISORDERS TO EVIDENCE-

BASED TREATMENT MEDICAIDED ASSISTED TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES AND HOUSING STABILIZATION AND ONGOING CARE. IT'S A CHANGE IN SCOPE TO THE CONTRACT PROVIDERS TO SHIFT FROM WHAT THEY'RE

DOING PRIMARILY AROUND HOUSING NAVIGATION TO EXPAND THEIR CAPABILITIES AND EXPERTISE INCLUDING SHIFTING STAFF IF THEY HAVE TO TOWARD NAVIGATION FOR TREATMENT. >>COUN. GROUT: MADAM PRESIDENT, IS THIS

-- ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THIS TOWARDS SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROVIDERS AND IS IT FOR MORE TREATMENT AND TREATMENT RATHER THAN HOUSING FIRST? ARE WE PIVOTING? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, IT IS TO

DIRECT THEIR ATTENTION TOWARDS TREATMENT NAVIGATION. IT IS EPLC. I'M SORRY. I CAN'T READ THE -- YDI CPLC HORIZONS. AND COMMUNITY BRIDGES. FOUR OUTSIDE CONTRACTS. >>COUN. PEÑA: MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.