2026-11-04 - Intergovernmental Legislative Relations Committee

00:06And we are live, Madam Chair. Thank you

00:08very much.

00:09>> Thank you very much. Good afternoon,

00:11everyone. This is the Intergovernmental

00:14Legislative Relations Committee meeting

00:15on Wednesday, November 4th.

00:18I call the meeting to order.

00:21And per our agenda, we're going to start

00:23with a report from our state lobbyists,

00:25Mr. Park and Mr. Thompson. I'll let you

00:27choose who would like to begin.

00:30>> I'll let you go first.

00:32>> Thanks, Madam Chair, and thank you,

00:33Fredo.

00:34Um

00:35I'm coming to you live from my bathroom

00:38in the North Valley.

00:40Um it's the best internet in my home.

00:42Um I we got through the election

00:45yesterday, and I'll leave it up to Mr.

00:47O'Donnell and Kuriakose to tell us all

00:49about what it means nationally.

00:52But we do have some resolution at the

00:54state level, and it's going to be

00:56interesting. It's good to know that it's

00:58been decided. As you'll recall, we

01:02earlier in the summer we met with Cali

01:04Carswell and the LSC folks to talk about

01:08you know, the coming year, the reforms

01:10that were initiated in House Bill 247

01:12last year,

01:14and what that might mean for us going

01:15forward from a capital perspective.

01:18I think Cali earlier in the summer

01:21indicated

01:22that while the state still wanted to

01:24have

01:26individual discretionary capital money

01:28for members to solve local problems,

01:32they did want to start seeing an

01:33emphasis on larger projects. I think

01:36with the House election, we're going to

01:39start to see more leadership and

01:41direction coming from the legislative

01:44committees and the staff.

01:46And it's something that I think we're

01:47well prepared for at the city.

01:50Um I'll leave it up to you all. I have

01:52some recommendations in terms of

01:55meetings that we should contemplate

01:56having with the incoming administration,

01:59the transition team, and also, you know,

02:02legislative leadership.

02:04That's But, I think it's something that

02:06we should contemplate um putting

02:07together in the near term. And um super

02:11optimistic about it in terms of what's

02:14possible for the city of Albuquerque. I

02:15think we're uniquely equipped

02:18to

02:19present projects that are going to

02:21appeal to the legislature and the staff,

02:24and hopefully the incoming

02:26administration.

02:27And so, I just look forward to

02:28collaborating with everyone on what the

02:30next steps are for us with these folks.

02:34>> Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Questions? I

02:37see that I think that we have all the

02:39three counselors here, and we have the

02:40administration, so

02:42any questions at this time?

02:46All right. Well, I also am looking

02:48forward to

02:49how things are going to go next year.

02:51Looking forward to it. Thank you.

02:53>> Yes, ma'am.

02:53>> Mr. Park.

02:57You are on mute.

03:01>> Sorry. So, let me pick up quickly where

03:02Joe left off, which is

03:05um you know, today is one day

03:07post-election day.

03:09Um people are still celebrating and in a

03:12congratulatory

03:14mood. Um

03:16but really, it's going to be a sprint

03:19from tomorrow through the beginning of

03:22the legislative session.

03:24Um the governor-elect will has already

03:27sent out emails and published about um

03:32her transition, which I think is already

03:35started, but it now will start in

03:36earnest. Um legislative leaders will

03:40start working in earnest both with the

03:42governor-elect and their caucuses on

03:45what their priorities are. Um

03:48Joe's right, we're very fortunate we

03:49don't have any races that are still up

03:51for grabs, but I think it's important to

03:53note that the House Democrats picked up

03:56three seats last night, and then now

03:58we're at 47 to 23, which constitutes a

04:02supermajority.

04:04Ultimately, with a Democratic governor,

04:05I'm not sure the supermajority means

04:07that much other than being symbolic of

04:10the

04:11of the results of the election and um

04:16and and just sort of where we are

04:19positioned comparative to the national

04:22trends. We're right there with them. Um

04:25so, we don't anticipate a lot of changes

04:28with respect to leadership or

04:31legislative committees,

04:33but as the incoming governor-elect and

04:36her administration are getting ramped up

04:38for the legislative session, some of the

04:41hardest work that they will be doing is

04:44the budgetary work. That she will have

04:46to work very closely with the current

04:48administration, both Governor Lujan

04:50Grisham and Governor-elect Holland have

04:52made pledges and commitments that I

04:53think they're going to follow through

04:54about working seamlessly.

04:57The next tier, just as important, will

04:59be the substantive legislation.

05:02The very first 60-day session of any

05:04governor's term is usually the most

05:07significant and impactful of an entire

05:10governor's tenure. So, we expect that,

05:15you know, as I say, we're going to hit

05:17the ground running and it's going to be

05:17a shotgun from here until January. It's

05:20really going to be a sprint through the

05:22conclusion of the legislative session

05:24and the bill signing period. So, um to

05:27Joe's point, we are extremely well

05:30positioned with all of the um incoming

05:34administration folks, as well as our

05:37legislative allies and friends,

05:40who are willing to work with us on our

05:43priorities, both budgetary, capital,

05:46which of course Joe does an amazing job

05:48on, as well as sort of the public policy

05:51issues that we're looking at dealing

05:53with, including but not limited to sort

05:55of the public safety things. So,

05:58>> [clears throat]

05:58>> um

05:59really it's just sort of hang on to your

06:01hat, and as people need meetings and we

06:04work with both the administration and

06:06the counselors, please let Joe and I

06:09know. We'll be happy to organize and set

06:10any things up, but we are very well

06:13positioned and this is a really good

06:14opportunity, I think, for for us in the

06:17city to continue our very productive

06:20relationships.

06:22So, I mean, I'm very I'm I'm I'm trying

06:23to be I hope I'm being super optimistic

06:26cuz I really think that we've got an

06:28excellent opportunity coming forward.

06:31Thank you, counselor.

06:32>> Thank you. I always appreciate optimism.

06:35Questions from the committee.

06:40All right. Well,

06:42on that note, leaving it on optimism,

06:44thank you both very much for those

06:45updates.

06:47We will move on. Hopefully, we'll still

06:49keep the optimism up, Mr. O'Donnell.

06:52We're going to have our report from the

06:54federal lobbyist, Mr. O'Donnell and Mr.

06:56Pagonis.

06:58>> Uh Madam Chair, thank you. Um

07:01So, what we are now facing is a lame

07:04duck session.

07:06Um it will start

07:08uh

07:09next week.

07:11Um on November 10th, they'll have the

07:13leadership elections and we pretty much

07:14know who the Democrats will be electing

07:17on the House side and the Senate side as

07:19far as Republicans go, we're not so

07:22sure. Uh today, Mr.

07:25uh Johnson announced that he would not

07:27be running for uh the speaker's job. So,

07:30that probably means that Jim Jordan

07:34and Steve Scalise will both run. They've

07:37both, I think, put out letters today or

07:39don't dear colleague letters that

07:41they're running for the position.

07:44Um

07:46there's a legislative agenda that it's

07:49is quite

07:51quite lengthy that uh will come up in

07:53the lame duck. First of all, they're

07:55going to have to do something about uh

07:57the continuing resolution, which expires

07:59on December 11th.

08:02They have to do

08:03and that will require them to be doing

08:05something on the appropriations bill for

08:07FY27.

08:09And Senator

08:11Collins from Maine, who was defeated,

08:13she's the chair, so we'll be looking to

08:16see what she does when she gets back to

08:19Washington. Our sense is that she will

08:23probably try to get a bill finished. Um

08:27there was there was some talk uh

08:28Kyriakakis told me about earlier today

08:31that he had heard that there was some

08:34conversations about uh bills on the

08:37Senate side being released uh next next

08:40week.

08:41Bills being released by the Senate means

08:43those bills haven't been marked up, but

08:45there are bills that they that

08:48subcommittees can put out which will

08:49have numbers in them um that can serve

08:53as targets uh for discussions with the

08:57House when they try to uh conference uh

09:00an FY27 bill.

09:03Um and the and the document that I sent

09:06out, which is on the screen, um

09:09I don't you don't need to jump to the

09:11final part of that document, but it does

09:14list the 24 earmarks that were submitted

09:18by

09:19uh Congressman Stansbury and the two

09:21senators. Uh Congressman Stansbury, I

09:24think submitted about four. Her earmarks

09:27are noted in that chart.

09:30And then

09:31all of the set all of the ones that were

09:33submitted either by both senators or

09:36each senator individually, they actually

09:38submitted uh all 24. So, we're waiting

09:41to see what happens in the appropriation

09:44the 27 appropriations process because

09:48um there's a lot of there are a lot of

09:50earmarks in that uh in that list.

09:52Um the other legislation that they have

09:55to address is the surface transportation

09:58bill, which is both highways and

10:00transit. That funding expired at the end

10:03of September. Um and it has to be it's

10:07extended through the the CR

10:10Um again, which expires on December

10:1311th. What we expect them to do is

10:15probably reauthorize or not reauthorize,

10:18but extend that funding for the bill uh

10:21and the the dollars in it through um

10:25fiscal year '27.

10:27That will be one of the priorities that

10:29Congress is addressing next year is to

10:32uh pass a surface transportation

10:34legislation. The other bill uh other

10:37bills are the National Defense

10:38Authorization Act. That is a must-do

10:40bill that they'll have to do in the lame

10:42duck. The farm bill, there are two bills

10:45there, the Senate and the House.

10:47Um they're going to have to negotiate a

10:49a conference and a compromise on those

10:50two bills. The Water Resources

10:53Development Act, which really funds uh

10:55Corps of Engineers projects.

10:57That um

10:59that's a bipartisan bill in both the

11:01Senate and the House, and we expect that

11:03will get done before the

11:06um

11:07end of the lame duck. And then there's a

11:09bill that you've probably heard

11:11something about because everybody talks

11:13about um

11:15about um

11:17permitting being streamlined and the

11:20amount of permitting work being reduced.

11:23So, there's a bipartisan what they call

11:25a bipartisan American Affordability and

11:27Jobs Act.

11:29I mentioned this because Senator

11:30Heinrich is one of the the four

11:32co-sponsors of this bill.

11:35And in talking with some folks last

11:37week, Kyriakos and I learned that

11:39Senator Heinrich's position on this bill

11:42is really he's very much in favor of it,

11:45and the reason he's a co-sponsor is

11:46because

11:47of he wants to see simplification of

11:50energy projects permitting. There are

11:54some historic preservation provisions in

11:57this bill, which some New Mexico

12:00interests have raised concerns about,

12:02and the fact that Senator uh Heinrich is

12:05a co-sponsor of this bill,

12:08I have this feeling that Senator

12:10Heinrich's position on this is I want

12:12the energy provisions, the permitting

12:14for them uh

12:17I want those to go through.

12:18And I think what he's expecting is other

12:21interests to prevail in addressing

12:25the historic preservation people's

12:27concerns

12:29uh through

12:31other members in the committee. I don't

12:33know how up front he's going to be on

12:35that, but I I think that's the

12:37calculation there.

12:39Uh there could be a tax bill. And there

12:41could be a reconciliation bill uh during

12:44the um lame duck. The reconciliation we

12:47mentioned this before.

12:49Reconciliation is probably something the

12:51administration would like to see uh

12:54because it would it would provide

12:56additional funding for the uh Pentagon.

13:00All that is up in the air right now. Uh

13:02we'll see what happens over the next 2

13:04weeks as we head towards

13:06um what will be one deadline, the

13:08Thanksgiving break. They'll probably try

13:10to get some of this legislation done uh

13:13before then.

13:15Uh that brings us to FY28

13:19appropriations.

13:20And just like uh

13:22your folks mentioned

13:25um

13:26about what's going on in Santa Fe,

13:30we will start to see the appropriations

13:32process start

13:34um

13:36in January.

13:38We did send out a worksheet to the city

13:41um

13:42that would give you

13:45it's you

13:46both the administration and the city

13:48council are very experienced now in the

13:51earmarking process.

13:53But what we've done is we sent out a

13:54worksheet that sort of helps guide

13:57um thinking at this point about the kind

14:00of projects that you may be discussing

14:03and how they would fit in the in the uh

14:07document that we sent in terms of things

14:10that need be need to be considered. We

14:13fully expect, you know, the earmarks

14:15continue Uh and we also expect that

14:18there'll be limits to the number that

14:20can be requested and the total amount of

14:22funding that will be available.

14:25Um

14:26two other things,

14:28the census and the uniform guidance for

14:31federal assistance.

14:32That guide that uniform federal

14:35assistance guidance is something that

14:37OMB said that they were going to uh

14:41change. Uh the city did comment both the

14:45administration and the council commented

14:48on that uniform guidance as did 500,000

14:51other um

14:53sources.

14:55Um in the continuing resolution

14:58there was language in the Senate that

15:00said OMB cannot impose that those those

15:04uh

15:04changes

15:06uh until December 11th.

15:08We've talked with uh the Conference of

15:11Mayors, the League of Cities, the

15:12National Association of Counties, the

15:14American Cancer Society and the

15:16International City Managers Association.

15:19They are all working, I we think with

15:22appropriators to try and find a way to

15:24make that prohibition permanent. We

15:26would expect that if that doesn't happen

15:29that the next Congress will probably

15:32reach back and change those regulations

15:35if they

15:37are put in place, but we'll see what

15:39happens. Um we also sent something out

15:42on the on the census, the decennial

15:44census because the Census Bureau was

15:47making wanted to make changes to the way

15:50the census material information is

15:52collected. Um I'm not sure that the city

15:55responded on that to the Census Bureau,

15:59but uh

16:01we did alert the city that that was uh

16:04an issue.

16:05Um I'm not going to get into at this

16:08point I won't get into the New Mexico

16:10congressional delegation changes except

16:12to say

16:14I would expect that Congresswoman Leger

16:17Fernandez will make another attempt get

16:18on the Appropriations Committee in the

16:20house.

16:21Uh

16:22Congresswoman Stansbury has said that

16:24she wants to be on the Energy and

16:25Commerce Committee. That's important

16:27because it handles healthcare issues and

16:30the national labs. And that's where

16:33um Senator Lujan

16:36served before he went to the Senate and

16:38that was uh you know, an important

16:41That's an important committee for New

16:42Mexico.

16:43Uh Senator Heinrich will be chair of the

16:46Natural Resources Committee.

16:48And he will probably he will be a uh

16:50subcommittee chair on Appropriations.

16:53Um and Senator Lujan is on

16:57Finance, Agriculture, Senate Commerce,

17:00and Bureau and the Indian Affairs

17:02Committee.

17:04His Commerce Committee assignment, he

17:06will become a subcommittee chair, but

17:08why the Commerce Committee is going to

17:10be important to the city is because uh

17:13they'll reauthorize the FAA legislation

17:16next year. On that point, I just want to

17:19say that the Aviation Department was in

17:22town in early October to meet with DOT

17:25officials to talk about

17:28um the use of the Crissy Grant that's

17:31going to restore the rail line around

17:33the south end of the airport. And also

17:36to talk to Senate Commerce Committee and

17:38the FAA

17:39and the one of the assistant secretaries

17:41for policy over at Transportation about

17:44what the Aviation Department would like

17:46to see in this next uh FAA

17:49reauthorization bill.

17:51I also want to mention that Counselor

17:53Grout was here a week and a half ago and

17:55met with Dr. Marbut from uh HUD to talk

18:00about some provisions that need to be

18:03altered in um

18:05uh

18:06rules

18:07uh with SAMHSA and Medicaid uh to

18:12benefit

18:13the homeless program that the city has

18:16and we're working on that waiver with

18:19HHS and and with HUD.

18:22And um

18:24Madam Chair, let me ask this. Kyriakos,

18:27did I Oh, Kyriakos, would you mention

18:29the one thing about uh the medium-size

18:32transit provision that is going to come

18:35up again in the surface transportation

18:37cuz this has an impact on Albuquerque?

18:41>> Sure. And then John, I I know you we're

18:43talking about the

18:45the $18 million Chrisy grant that the

18:47city

18:48was awarded recently through DOT and I

18:52think that

18:54obviously a direct result of the

18:56lobbying that the city has done

18:59with the department over the past

19:01several months and certainly the

19:03delegation weighing in

19:05helped get that over the finish line.

19:06So, that was

19:07a big win. Uh on the medium-size transit

19:12intensive cities program,

19:14it's a it's a new program that

19:17has been developed in legislation

19:20by Congressman Carbajal from Santa

19:24Barbara and it would create a new

19:26funding source for mid-size transit

19:30intensive cities. And what that means is

19:33cities between 200,000 and and a million

19:37would qualify. And if you hit certain

19:39benchmarks,

19:42you know, that are defined already into

19:44law, then you the city would get an

19:47increase in in funding to help offset

19:49operations. And I think the preliminary

19:52numbers

19:53that Solut Carbajal ran with FTA, I

19:56think show the city's allocation would

19:59be about a million and a half, I I

20:01believe, John.

20:03Um

20:04So, that that's not in law, so that

20:05would be something we would have to work

20:06on

20:07next year to get into a surface

20:10transportation authorization bill.

20:13We met with committee staff last week

20:15and they they seem pretty

20:17positive about the prospects of getting

20:19that that piece uh, into the bill,

20:21especially now since Mr. Carbajal will

20:24be in the majority, he'll have a much,

20:26uh,

20:27better, uh, pathway to get that into the

20:29bill. So,

20:30uh, it's something we're we're working

20:32on as well.

20:33>> Thanks, Kyriakos. Uh, in conclusion, I

20:36want to say, uh, I want to go back to

20:38something I said about the aviation and

20:40Counselor Grow

20:42because I was reflecting on what Joe and

20:44Al have said today and in the past about

20:47people visiting Santa Fe and lobbying

20:50the state legislature.

20:52Um, Kyriakos kind of talked about it in

20:54his comments about the 18 and 1/2

20:56million dollar Christie Graham. I

20:59really, Kyriakos and I really

21:00appreciate, uh,

21:03the aviation director and Counselor Grow

21:06coming here

21:07and lobbying because I think it makes a

21:10different It does make a difference. I

21:12don't just think it does, it makes a

21:13difference. So, I want to

21:16give them a shout-out for that and

21:18appreciation for their efforts.

21:21Madam Chair, that concludes my rather

21:24lengthy report.

21:26>> Thank you very much, Mr. O'Donnell, and

21:29well done, Counselor.

21:31Committee, are there questions,

21:32comments?

21:37All right. Well, thank you both for that

21:39update.

21:40>> Sorry.

21:44>> All right. We're going to move on. Uh,

21:46Mr. Manicucci, can you take over for a

21:48moment?

21:53You're on mute.

21:58>> Excuse me. Uh, yes, the next president

21:59The next item on the agenda is the

22:01administration's, uh, federal

22:03priorities, and I will turn it over to

22:05Mr. Anderson or Ms. Anaya to present,

22:07and it is up on the screen.

22:10>> Thanks, Mr. Manicucci and Madam Chair. I

22:13will walk through this quickly, and if

22:15if you want, you can even just leave it

22:17on the

22:18on the the the main page. So, I'll I'll

22:22walk through it quickly and see if folks

22:23have any questions. Um, so,

22:26unlike our state requests, uh, which we

22:30obviously are the portal has now opened

22:32and we are submitting capital outlay

22:34requests and I think

22:36Miss Anai has already started that that

22:38process,

22:39um, where we had specific projects and

22:42uh, specific dollar amount requests,

22:45uh, we took a different approach in our

22:47federal priorities, uh, similar to what

22:49we did last year and gave broader, um,

22:53requests for capital {slash} operational

22:57dollars and I think the intent on that

22:59is a couple reasons. One, um,

23:02we're I think we're a little bit, uh,

23:05unsure while we were preparing this

23:06document what the new Congress would

23:07look like and that has kind of, uh,

23:11come to light as of last night and in

23:13the upcoming days

23:14and, um,

23:16and since we also submit earmarks,

23:20uh, early next year, I think we wanted

23:22to just be well positioned to ensure

23:25that we, uh, submitted earmarks that,

23:28uh, fit within our federal priorities,

23:31uh, but also gave us flexibility to make

23:32sure that we, uh, have the appropriate

23:35asks for next year, but we still, uh,

23:39grouped our federal priorities, uh, in

23:43uh, large buckets with some specifics

23:46within them, uh, mainly geared around

23:48housing and homelessness, public safety

23:50and intervention, quality of life and

23:53economic development and we have handful

23:55of priorities within those major

23:58buckets. We also have,

24:00uh, federal policy priorities around

24:03climate change, health care, economic

24:05development, immigration and then to

24:07your point, Mr. O'Donnell, we did

24:09include the, um, OMB proposed changes.

24:12Obviously, we submitted a letter

24:14opposing those, so we added that to our

24:16list of priorities and we did submit

24:18comments on the proposed census changes,

24:21so we added that, uh, in our policy

24:24priorities as well. So, those are a

24:26couple of the new ones, but, um,

24:29that's kind of an outline of our federal

24:31priorities and our large buckets, but of

24:33course, we are going to be focusing, as

24:36I mentioned, Madam Chair, on uh capital

24:39and potentially operational dollars uh

24:41for the Gateway uh system, as well as

24:45housing, uh public safety, and uh

24:48quality of life and economic development

24:49projects in broad buckets with as much

24:52flexibility as possible so we can apply

24:54for grants, uh other funding streams, or

24:59earmarks in the upcoming Congress.

25:03And for the With that, I have I will

25:05stand any for any questions. If any

25:07committee members have any questions,

25:09and when appropriate, Madam Chair, I'll

25:11be happy to make a motion.

25:14>> Thank you very much. Any questions from

25:16the committee?

25:21All right. Thank you for taking over for

25:22a moment, Mr. Minakuchi, and Mr.

25:24Anderson.

25:27>> So, I think what we did last time, and

25:29correct me if I'm wrong, Madam Chair,

25:31but I I guess I would make a motion, or

25:32I will make a motion for a no rec to

25:34council

25:36for the admin's federal priorities, um

25:40and since we are not allowed to uh amend

25:44ECs, and I think before this goes to

25:46full council, um there may be some

25:49potential uh

25:51changes to this, similar to what we did

25:53with the state priorities, I would make

25:55a motion for a no rec to council uh

25:58uh for receipt be noted uh with the

26:01ability to um make uh the appropriate

26:04edits before uh the ECs are sent down to

26:07council.

26:09>> I will second that.

26:12Great. We have a motion and a second by

26:14Councillor Grout. I think that that

26:16seems fine, and that way there's

26:19a little bit of wiggle room for some of

26:20the fine-tuning, if need be.

26:23Um All right, Mr. Minakuchi, I guess are

26:26you the one taking roll call?

26:27>> Sure, I can, Madam Chair.

26:29>> Thank you.

26:30>> So, Madam Chair, how do you vote?

26:32>> Yes.

26:33>> Um Council Grab.

26:35>> Yes.

26:36>> Council President Peña.

26:38>> Yes.

26:39>> Uh Mr. Anderson.

26:41>> Yes.

26:42>> Mr. Wayland.

26:43>> Yes.

26:44>> And Chad's 5-0 with uh Chair Singel uh

26:47excused.

26:49>> Thank you very much.

26:51All right. Well, we will look forward to

26:54seeing that at the upcoming council

26:56meetings. And next on our agenda is the

26:59presentation of the City Council Federal

27:01Fiscal Year 2028 Federal Priorities. Mr.

27:04Manicucci.

27:05>> Yes, Madam Chair, members of the

27:06committee. Uh it's up on the screen now.

27:09The FY28 City Council Federal Program.

27:12Federal Program this year is you I

27:13should say back up. Unlike the

27:16administration, because we do we

27:17represent council districts, it's a

27:18little bit it's differently formatted.

27:20Um it is formatted by council district.

27:23Um and also within the council districts

27:25are put into categories.

27:27Uh this year we have uh we changed the

27:29categories a little bit. Instead of

27:31having grants and then programs, we

27:34changed it and I'll go through it a

27:35little bit with you here. We broke the

27:37categories uh for grants into existing

27:41programs and into new projects. Uh the

27:44reason we did that was to

27:46just for clear for we're trying to make

27:47it so that the document provides as much

27:49clarification information to the

27:51congressional delegation as possible

27:53when they are provided this document. Um

27:55and this way kind of makes it clear to

27:56them which ones they have most likely if

27:58we I should back up. For these

28:00priorities, if they do receive a

28:02application through the congressional

28:04development fund or if we do put in for

28:06a competitive grant um and we ask their

28:08assistance with that, uh they will see

28:10they will have a document that shows

28:12them which ones we've placed we've we've

28:14submitted to them in previous years.

28:17Um and so again, we start out with uh

28:18programs in District 3, Districts 5,

28:21Districts 8, and District 9. I won't I

28:23think for matter of time not go through

28:25all of them. Uh one uh Districts 4, 5,

28:288, 9, and then just District 7, 4, and

28:301. The two at the very end are important

28:33as that last year.

28:35The districts [clears throat] 4, 5, 8, 9

28:37as you can see are encouraging the law

28:38enforcement target range renovation. Um,

28:41this one here has been uh

28:43a request by a number of counselors for

28:45a number of years. Last year we did

28:47Counselor Heinrich did put in for the

28:50current

28:51appropriations bill and and Senator

28:53Lujan funding to two and a half million

28:56dollars funding to replace the

28:58equipment. What we're asking for this

29:00year is just the second phase of that

29:02which would be to put in a classroom at

29:04the facility. Um, I think the APD has

29:07asked for that as a method of trying to

29:09better prepare their officers on how to

29:11deal or how to best manage themselves in

29:13a shooting situation. Um, districts and

29:17then the other one is Young Adult Adult

29:18Gate Young Adult Shelter.

29:21Uh, the the the City Council, the City

29:23Administration, the City

29:25the representative um

29:27uh

29:28representative Stansbury and the

29:30legislature has of course supported this

29:32over the years and it's made good

29:33progress. They're now working on phase

29:35two. Uh, before I go any further though

29:37I do notice Madam Chair if it's all

29:38right with you, uh Counselor Grout has

29:40raised her hand.

29:41Counselor Grout. Thank you Madam Chair.

29:44It's I think it should be um districts

29:467, 4, and 9 on the youth shelter. Oops.

29:50Um,

29:51um actually um Madam Chair uh Counselor

29:53Grout yes you are correct it should be

29:557, 4, 9 my apologies on that. I think

29:58what we wanted to do and I think we need

29:59to get back to you all is that uh

30:01Counselor Teague had also asked and that

30:03was a drop ball on our part if she could

30:05be added on to the request so it should

30:06say districts 7, 4, 9, and 1 if that's

30:09all right.

30:12And so I guess we can get back to you

30:13after the meeting with that if you want.

30:16>> Yeah, I just make sure 9's on there.

30:19>> Yeah, we'll do. I might I apologize for

30:21that omission there.

30:23>> And Mr. Menicucci while we're talking

30:24about that specific one everything else

30:26is in numerical order and that one's not

30:28so I guess if we were to

30:30be changing it maybe add it to numerical

30:33order as well. Okay. And then Counselor

30:35Grout again on that one particular

30:37topic, and I don't mean to cut you off,

30:39Mr. Minacucci, but do we want it to say

30:42Gateway Young Adult Shelter, or we going

30:45should we call it the Youth Navigation,

30:47or is there a reason why it was written

30:50this way?

30:52>> That's a great point.

30:53>> Yes.

30:54>> I think you're right.

30:56>> We will

30:56>> I think that we should make sure to get

30:57the the

30:58title of it correct, cuz I know that we

31:01had some significant discussions about

31:03how it's a navigation youth navigation

31:05center

31:05>> Right.

31:06>> versus young adult shelter.

31:08>> Mhm.

31:08>> Okay.

31:09>> So, so in the explanation below, it

31:11needs to change as well.

31:13>> Okay.

31:14We'll do that, manager.

31:16>> Thank you. Thank you, both.

31:17>> We'll make those changes.

31:19Um on that one. Um and then going

31:22forward, um the next one is that then

31:24this year, so we play we also put in

31:26ones that were

31:27we then broke out the requests that were

31:30new and are will be new to them this

31:32year or to the congressional delegation

31:34coming from the council. And again, as

31:36you can see, we had a number of them

31:37from District 1, again, District 1 being

31:38a new councilor taking over, you know,

31:40the reins of her of that area. Um and

31:42then District 2 had some, that one,

31:44District 3, District 5, and District 6,

31:48District 7, 8, and 9. So, you you you

31:50can see there was a number of new ones.

31:52I should point out that usually not all

31:53of these get submitted for a

31:55congressional development funds. We try

31:57to pick the ones that have the best we

31:58recommend the councilors the ones that

32:00have the best chance, and then also try

32:01to find other grant opportunities

32:04um on that one there. Um then

32:07[clears throat] the second one we would

32:07go to, and I should also be back up to

32:10one other thing we added on this year

32:11was that we put in a cost of what we

32:14think that would most likely be

32:16requested. Uh we did that this year to

32:19kind of give a heads-up

32:22um to the delegation as to how much

32:24money uh the the city council would be

32:27requesting, or not the council, but the

32:28city through the city council requests

32:30would be requesting in the hope of

32:32again, just providing some information

32:34as to what could be coming uh from the

32:37council requests, and just that route

32:39for their own planning purposes. We do

32:41recognize that these are not the costs

32:43of the whole project. Those costs are

32:45included, of course, in the application

32:47that's submitted, but we did want to

32:49make We did want to put forward what to

32:52let them know what could what the ask

32:54could be and what the the amounts could

32:55be on that one there.

32:59And then the next one we would go

33:00forward with is again appropriations

33:03request. We felt this year there were a

33:04couple of requests that didn't fit fit

33:07into the

33:09congressional delegation or into the

33:11grant request, but that might fit a

33:13little bit better into the

33:14appropriations request

33:16if

33:18the Congress also does. These seem to be

33:20a little bit more program funding, and

33:22so we put them in there or I should say

33:24one-time program funding. So we kind of

33:27put that in there with some with some

33:29potential funding asks that came forward

33:32from the councilors. And then finally

33:34our policy and program asks that were

33:37came forward. So with that, if there's

33:40any questions.

33:44>> Are there any questions or additional

33:46comments from the committee?

33:50All right. So

33:54I think that we shall do the same thing

33:57with a motion for no recommendation.

34:01>> I

34:02Madam Chair.

34:04>> Councilor?

34:04>> I would like to make a recommendation of

34:07no rec

34:08um

34:10for the councilor or to move forward

34:12with the possibility of making minor

34:14edits as needed.

34:17>> All right. And I will second that.

34:21Is there any further discussion? And

34:23Councilor Peña second. Thank you. Any

34:25further discussion?

34:28All right, Mr. Minakuchi.

34:30>> Yes, Madam Chair. Uh Madam Chair, how do

34:32you vote?

34:33>> Yes.

34:34>> Uh Councilor Grout?

34:35>> Yes.

34:36>> Council President Peña?

34:38>> Yes.

34:39>> Uh Mr. Anderson?

34:41>> Yes.

34:42>> Mr. Wesson?

34:43>> Yes.

34:44>> Madam Chair, that passes on a 5-0 vote

34:46with

34:47the Chair and Mr. Garcetti excused.

34:49>> Thank you. All right, Mr. O'Donnell.

34:53>> Uh, Madam Chair, thank you. I just want

34:55to uh, commend both the team and the

34:58administration and the team at City

35:00Council and the IGR for the work of

35:04getting this federal

35:06uh, program together this early. This

35:08has not happened before to my

35:10recollection and I'm glad that

35:13this progress has occurred and we'll go

35:17over the um,

35:19list of project requests with uh, the

35:22council staff and the mayor's office and

35:25uh, give some feedback.

35:28So, thank you very much for your work.

35:30>> Wonderful.

35:32We're we're getting there. Good job,

35:34everyone.

35:36All right, we are moving on to other

35:37business. Does anybody have something

35:39additional to add to today's meeting?

35:44Hearing none, there is no other

35:46business. We will see you all soon. I

35:49hope you have a great day and this

35:51meeting is adjourned.

35:53>> Thank you.

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