>>COUN. LEWIS: THE 18th MEETING OF THE 26th COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. COUNCILOR CHAMPINE IS NOT EXCUSED, HE'S WITH US ONLINE, AND ALL COUNCILORS ARE PRESENT. WE'LL HAVE THE MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THEN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [ RECITING THE PLEDGE IN SPANISH ] >>COUN. GROUT: CIVIC PLAZA PARKING PASSES ARE PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. YOU CAN OBTAIN A PARKING PASS FROM COUNCIL STAFF AT THE TABLE NEAR THE CHAMBER'S ENTRANCE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, CITY STAFF, AND THE MEDIA HAVE THE ABILITY VIEW THIS MEETING IN PERSON AND ON LIVE STREAM THROUGH DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. GOVTV ON COMCAST CHANNEL 16. THE GOVTV WEBSITE, YOU TUBE, AND ZOOM. LIVE STREAMS CAN ALSO BE ACCESSED FROM MOST SMART PHONES, TABLETS WERE OR COMPUTERS, THIS MEETING IS CLOSED CAPTIONED AND YOU MAY ENABLE THE SERVICES ON YOUR TELEVISION OR DEVICE AT THIS TIME. THE VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS AND ALL PAST COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE AT THE CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE. COUNCIL STAFF IS AVAILABLE VIA TELEPHONE IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NEED ASSISTANCE FINDING VIDEOS ONLINE. PLEASE CALL 505-768-3100 FOR ASSISTANCE DURING BUSINESS HOURS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8 TO 5 P.M. THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE A BREAK AT 7 P.M., IF IT'S NEEDED. WITH REGARD TO DECORUM, WE WANT TONIGHT TO BE AS CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL AS POSSIBLE-PLEASE DO NOT MAKE PERSONAL ATTACKS OR APPLAUSE OR OUTBURSTS DURING THE MEETING. THIS MEETING WILL GO SMOOTHER IF WE'RE RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER. MR. PRESIDENT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGES PERTAINED TO THREATENED OR PENDING LITIGATION AS PERMITTED BY SECTION 10-15-1-8 NMSA 1978. MS. MONTOYA, PLEASE TAKE ROLL CALL. >>COUN. BACA: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: [ INAUDIBLE ]. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >> PASSES ON AN 8-0 VOTE. >>COUN. GROUT: WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO DISCUSSION AND WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. WE JUST CONCLUDED OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. I DO AFFIRM THAT MATTERS DISCUSSES IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WERE LIMITED TO THOSE SPECIFIED. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE'RE ON ITEM SIX. COUNCILORS, ANY CHANGES TO THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION? AND MOVE THE RULES BE PUS -- SUSPENDED. CITY COUNCIL CELEBRATING THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY. WE NEED TWO-THIRD VOTE. IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR GROUT. MADAM CLERK. [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES ON AN 8-0 VOTE. >>COUN. LEWIS: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILORS, ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE LETTER? COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. >>COUN. LEWIS: SECONDED BY COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. MADAM CLERK. [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES ON AN 8-0 VOTE. >>COUN. LEWIS: ALL RIGHT. WE'RE NOW GOING TO GO TO R-95. THIS IS CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE CELEBRATING THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES. THIS IS A RESOLUTION. I MOVE A DO PASS. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: SECOND. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT. AND SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES. MR. JARVIS. WE WELCOME YOU ALL HERE TONIGHT. IF YOU WOULD COME DOWN. IF YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. WELCOME, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT LEWIS, AND THE COUNCIL. SUPPORTING OUR 75th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. 75 YEARS AGO WHEN SANDIA WAS A MILITARY BASE MOVING INTO PEACE AFTER WORLD WAR II. IT WAS THE SAME DISTANCE NOW. THE CITY REACHED OUT TO BRING US MUCH CLOSER TOGETHER. SANDIA OFFICIATES THE 75 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT RELATIONSHIP INTO THE FUTURE FOR ANOTHER 75 YEARS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE IT. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE WANT TO DO A RESOLUTION TONIGHT. A CELEBRATION OF THIS, IT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF MAKING A STATEMENT TO THE LABS FROM THE CITY OF HOW APPRECIATIVE WE ARE OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LABORATORIES AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT THE LAB EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. WE'RE ALL TOUCHED BY IT IN MANY, MANY WAYS. THEY'RE MISSION AND WHAT THEY DO, WE WANT TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM. 75 YEARS IS A LONG TIME. WE WANT TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM AND RECOGNIZE THEM TONIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR. COUNCILORS, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE RESOLUTION? ALL RIGHT. IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED. NO OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK? WE ONE MORE. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE HAVE ADEO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. ADEO, ARE YOU HERE? >> HI, I'M GOING TO WAIVE MY TIME FOR THIS ONE. >> THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILORS, ANY OTHER -- >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. SANDIA NATIONAL LABS HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. MY FATHER WORKED THERE. MY PARENTS MET THERE OVER, GOSH, 60 YEARS AGO -- NOT THAT FAR AGO, BUT MY DAD WORKED OUT THERE FOR 39 YEARS. HE HAD A WONDERFUL CAREER. AND I WAS ALWAYS PROUD THAT MY DAD WORKED OUT AT SANDIA. VIP -- EVEN THOUGH I NEVER SAW HIS OFFICE BECAUSE HE WORKED IN A VAULT. I KNOW SANDIA LABS HAS LOTS OF MISSIONS AND THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. I AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I KNOW THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILIES THAT WORK THERE. THANK YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: ALL RIGHT. WE'LL READ THE RESOLUTION IT'S LIKE A PROCLAMATION, I'M GOING TO READ THIS. IT SAYS WHEREAS SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES IS A CORNERSTONE OF ADVANCES IN ALBUQUERQUE AND THE NATION SINCE 1949. AND THEY PLAYED A PIVED ROLE OF NATIONAL SECURITY DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES. AND EXPANDED MISSIONS FOR CRITICAL RESEARCH AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ADVANCED SECURITY CONTRIBUTEING TO THE -- BRING -- AND SANDIA HAS PRIORITIZED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INVESTED IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MISSION TO INSPIRE THE NEXT ENGINEERS. THEY HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTING TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY SUPPORTING JOBS AND BUSINESSES. AND CREATED AND SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSIONS ENSURING ALL VOICES ARE HEARD AND VALUED. ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIES AND AGENCIES AND DRIVING ADVANCEMENT IN SOCIETY. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HAVE LED TO NUMEROUS PATENTS AND BREAKTHROUGHS THAT HAVE TRANSFORMED TREES AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE, WE CELEBRATE THIS 75 YEARS OF EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE NATION, WE RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OF THE EMPLOYEES PAST, PRESENT WHO CONTRIBUTED TO SANDIA'S SUCCESS. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, WE CELEBRATE THE SANDIA LABORATORIES, HONORING THE COMMITMENT AND HONORING THE ADVANCES. WE RECOGNIZE THIS NOVEMBER 1, 2024. WE APPRECIATE THE VITAL ROLE YOU PLAY IN OUR CITY AND OUR NATION. THAT'S A RESOLUTION. WE'LL MAKE IT LAW. AND ENCOURAGE -- I KNOW THAT YOU'LL SHARE THAT ON NOVEMBER 1st. WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE TONIGHT. MADAM CLERK -- >>COUN. BACA: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING MORE THAN FOUR PROCLAMATIONS PER COUNCILOR PER CALENDAR YEAR. >>COUN. LEWIS: IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED. >>COUN. PEÑA: IF I CAN SAY A FEW WORDS PRIOR -- I'M HOPING THIS BODY CAN REALLY LOOK AT THIS. I KNOW WE JUST PASSED IT A FEW YEARS AGO TO ONLY ALLOW THREE PROCLAMATIONS PER YEAR, PER CITY COUNCILOR. WE HAVE TYPICALLY SO MANY AMAZING ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE AND WE HAVE DIABETES MONTH, CANCER MONTH, WE HAVE THE TWO THAT ARE ON THIS EVENING. AND WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN MAKE ROOM TO ALLOW FOR THESE KINDS OF PROCLAMATIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE EXERCISE. AND MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WE DO DOWN THE ROAD IN ORDER TO PROCLAIMING THE INDIVIDUALS -- YOU KNOW WHEN I USUALLY DO THE PROCLAMATIONS, ONE OF THEM I COULDN'T DO BECAUSE -- ANYWAY. I THINK WE SHOULD BE HAVING THINGS ON THE CALENDAR FOR EVERY MONTH. YOU KNOW, HISPANIC HISTORY, SO ON AND SO FORTH. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. LEWIS: MADAM CLERK. >>COUN. BACA: [ INAUDIBLE ]. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. PEÑA: MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE SOME VISITORS THIS EVENING, PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH. AND ACCEPTING HERE ARE MACY CREWMAN, SPECIALIST WITH INDEPENDENT LIVING RESOURCE CENTER. AMANDA, INDEPENDENT LIVING SPECIALIST AND CHRIS LOVE, HE'S AN INDEPENDENT LIVING SPECIALIST. IF YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM, AND AS YOU'RE WALKING UP TO THE PODIUM, WE'RE LIMITED ON TIME. WE'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION. >> WHEREAS, EMPLOYMENT ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES OR INCLUSIVE HIRING INCREASES FINANCIAL STABILITY, SOCIAL INCLUSION, AND MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS? >> WHEREAS WITH RECOGNIZING THE WORKFORCE COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF CREATING INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES IN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND -- >>COUN. ROGERS: WHEREAS INEMBRACING INCLUSIVE HIRING AT MINIMUM WAGE OR HIGHER ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO PARTICIPATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITY WHILE ALSO REDUCING THEIR -- >>COUN. LEWIS: HIRING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE AND REDUCE THE TURP TURN OVER AND INCREASES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE WORK OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT PROVIDERS, FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, TO LIVE AND LEARN AND WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. >>COUN. BACA: POMEGRANATE ORCHARD MEETS THE NEEDS OF ALBUQUERQUE BUSINESSES AND DISABLED COMMUNITY MEMBERS BY PROVIDING SERVICES OFFERED BY NO COST TO INCLUSIVE EMPLOYERS. >>COUN. GROUT: WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL HAS WORKED WITH DISABILITY PROVIDERS SUCH AS POMEGRANATE ORCHARDS SINCE AUGUST OF 2020 TO DRAFT R-20-84, THIS ACT DIRECTED THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE'S OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO COLLABORATE WITH DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT PROVIDERS TO EXPLORE CREATING SUPPORTIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND. >>COUN. PEÑA: WHEREAS THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IS COMMITTED TO AN AN INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL Z CITIZENS, SKILLS AND CAPACITY. BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, GOVERNING BODY OF ALBUQUERQUE, DECLARES NOVEMBER 2024 AS NATIONAL DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ]. >>COUN. PEÑA: DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? >> YES. THANK YOU, ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH. AND -- THERE'S INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE DISABILITIES THAT ARE IN THE WORKFORCE. ONLY 23.9% OF INDIVIDUALS ARE -- [ INAUDIBLE ]? NATIONALLY, 9.1% OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITY ARE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT. IT'S NEW MEXICO IT'S 7.0%. 15.1% OF NEW MEXICANS HAVE A DISABILITY OF SOME SORT. PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES MAKE EXCELLENT EMPLOYEES, THEY'RE SOME OF THE MOST EDUCATED AND HARD-WORKING. -- AND -- -- I HAVE FLIERS FOR EACH OF THE COUNCILORS. >>COUN. PEÑA: MR. PRESIDENT, DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? NO? YOU GUYS ARE GOOD? I WANTED TO ADD TO THIS IS WE WORKED ON THIS IN 2020 WE'RE ABLE TO GET IT PASSED WHICH IS THE RESOLUTION. IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE HIRED ANYBODY WITH A DISABILITY. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HR TO TRY TO GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED. IT'S A REALLY UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT KIND OF HIRING PROCESS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH. I REALLY, REALLY ENCOURAGE YOUR ADMINISTRATION TO WORK ON THIS. FOUR YEARS IS QUITE SOME TIME. AND AS HE JUST STATED THE TURNOVER RATES FOR EMPLOYEES IS MUCH LOWER THAN YOUR AVERAGE PERSON. I HOPE WE CAN WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. OUR STAFF WILL GIVE YOU A COPY OF THE PROCLAMATION. THANKS SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ]. NEXT, COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE VALERIE, CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE VISION ZERO PROGRAM MANAGER. COMMUNITY PARTNERS, COME TOGETHER FOR BROTHERS. AND WE'RE GOING TO READ A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MONTH. FOR OUR DISTRICT, THIS IS A REALLY BIG TOPIC FOR US. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE IS CENTRAL CORRIDOR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I THINK VALERIE FROM VISION ZERO IS NOT PRESENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO HELP ME READ THE PROCLAMATION. >>COUN. PEÑA: WHEREAS PEDESTRIANS ARE ESSENTIAL TO ALBUQUERQUE'S VIBRANCY AS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WALK FOR RECREATION TRANSPORTATION AND HEALTH. WHEREAS OCTOBER IS DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MONTH AIMED AT RAISING AWARENESS FOR SAFE WALKING PRACTICES TO PREVENT INJURIES AND FATALITIES. >>COUN. BACA: IT IS REPORTED THAT NEW MEXICO HAS THE HIGHEST TRAFFIC FATALITY RATE PER CAP TAW IN 2023 FOR THE SECOND YEAR, WITH NEARLY 100 DEATHS STATEWIDE INCLUDING A RECORD 56 IN ALBUQUERQUE. >>COUN. BASSAN: WHEREAS PEDESTRIANS ARE MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAY USERS MAKING IT CRUCIAL FOR DRIVERS TO RESPECT CROSSWALKS AND SIGNALS, AND WHEREAS THE EAST CENTRAL SAFETY STUDY RECOMMENDED NARROWING LANES, AND ADDING PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING TO ENHANCE SAFETY ALONG LOUISIANA AND EUBANK. >>COUN. LEWIS: -- ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES BETWEEN AN MATEO AND EUBANK. >>COUN. GROUT: THIS TREND HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, MEASURES IN ALBUQUERQUE, WHEREAS ALBUQUERQUE HAS EMBRACED VISION ZERO A GLOBAL INITIATIVE AIMING FOR ZERO PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES OR SERIOUS INJURIES. SUPPLEMENTING SAFETY ASSESSMENTS, CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENT AND SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: WHEREAS, MAY 2019, AMERICAN VISION ZERO PLANTED EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO END-ALL TRAFFIC DEATH BY 2040. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: WHEREAS VISION ZERO IS ROOTED IN THE BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD DIE OR SUFFER SERIOUS INJURIES ON OUR ROAD WAY. THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO REDUCING FATALITIES AND WHEREAS ALBUQUERQUE'S VISION ZERO EFFORTS INVOLVE COLLABORATION AMONG MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS, MID-REGION METROPOLITAN ORGANIZATION, NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TOGETHER FOR BROTHERS, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO RESOURCE AND EDUCATION, AND ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >>COUN. ROGERS: WHEREAS KEY OBJECTIVE IS TO ENHANCE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION ACCESS THROUGH VISION ZERO PROJECTS. MAINTAIN BIKE LANES, AND ENSURING SPACE AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL CITIZENS. WHEREAS CITY ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY EFFORTS BY FOLLOWING TRAFFIC LAWS, USING THE CROSSWALKS AND HAWK LIGHTS. REDUCING -- RESPECTING SPEED LIMITS AND BEING VIGILANT FOR PEDESTRIANS. BE IT PROCLAIMED, WE HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND PROCLAIM OCTOBER AS PU -- PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND AWARENESS MONTH. [ APPLAUSE ]. >> MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK TO KEEP ALBUQUERQUE'S STREETS SAFE. >> AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, ALBUQUERQUE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS CITY FOR PEDESTRIANS. ALBUQUERQUE IS SECOND MOST DANGEROUS RIGHT BEHIND MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE OUR PROCLAMATION FOR OUR DISTRICT. IT'S ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY. NOT JUST MY DISTRICT. IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ALL FOCUSED ON. I KNOW THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT IF ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING AROUND VISION ZERO, FEEL FREE. >> PRESIDENT LEWIS, COUNCILOR ROGERS, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF VALERIE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF MEASURES TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM IS LOOKING FOR NEW METHODS. STAY TUNES ON SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE EARLIER STUDY, WE'RE WORKING ON, AS YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN LEVEL LIGHTING. THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIRD AND FINAL PROCLAMATION OF THE EVENING, OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. WE HAVE THERESA GARCIA WITH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT COMMISSION HERE. PERHAPS A FEW OTHERS. COME ON DOWN, WE'RE GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. AND WE WILL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF. >>COUN. LEWIS: YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT MOTION. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: WE ALREADY DID. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE HAVE MORE THAN THREE. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: COUNCILOR PEÑA ALREADY -- >>COUN. LEWIS: THAT WAS FOR THE YEAR. I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR THE ALLOWING MORE THAN -- >>COUN. PEÑA: MR. PRESIDENT, THAT'S NOT ACCURATE. THAT'S WHY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN IS DOING THIS. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THERE NEEDS TO BE A RULE SUSPENSION. THE FIRST RULE SUS PEPGZ -- THIS IS TO ALLOW THREE PROCLAMATIONS AT ONE COUNCIL MEETING. YOU NEED TO SUSPEND THE RULES. >>COUN. LEWIS: I JUST MOVED IT. JUST NEED A SECOND. [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BACA: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SORRY FOR THE DELAY. WE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WANTED TO DO THIS PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WHEREAS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE -- AFFECTS FAMILIES AND BACKGROUND CAUSING PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND FINANCIAL HARM. WHEREAS ONE IN FOUR WOMEN AND ONE IN MINE MEN ENCOUNTER VIOLENCE IMPACTING THE SAFETY. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: WHEREAS THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE COURAGEOUS SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT HAVE COME FORWARD TO SHARE THEIR STORIES AND HONOR THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHOSE LIVES WERE TRAGICALLY LOST AS A RESULT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WRAWHEREAS THE COMMISSION COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A SYSTEM OF PREVENTSHIP, INTERVENTION, AND ADVOCACY. >>COUN. PEÑA: WHEREAS, THE GO MOSTIC VILPS, REAFFIRMS THAT OFFER SAFETY, SUPPORT AND HEALING TO THOSE IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE -- AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS ALBUQUERQUE TO COME TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND ADVOCATE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE IN ALL ITS FORMS. >>COUN. GROUT: WHEREAS BY WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, WE CAN ENSURE A FUTURE WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL IS SAFE FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND EMPOWERED TO LEAD THEIR LIVES. BE IT PROCLAIMED, THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, PROCLAIMS OCTOBER 2024 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS. [ APPLAUSE ]. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND EVERYONE ELSE, AND IF YOU CAN MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT, WE'D LOVE THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE SHORT SPEECH. I'M CHAIR FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. NEXT -- WE HAVE OUR NEW COMMISSION MEMBER. AMY FROM SAFE HOUSE NEW MEXICO WHICH IS THE LARGEST SHELTER IN NEW MEXICO. AND WE HAVE LISA WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER. >> HONORABLE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING OUR PROCLAMATION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR SUPPORT. EVERY ASPECT OF OUR WORK IS DRIVEN BY THOSE WHO LIVED THROUGH THE TRAUMA OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. THEIR STORYIZE WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE ORGANIZED COMMUNITY RESPONSES FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS, PARTICULARLY THE DEDICATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE, THESE PROGRAMS ARE ON THE FRONT LINES PROVIDING CRUCIAL SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WHETHER IT BE SHELTER, EMERGENCY HOUSING, LEGAL ASSISTANCE, COUNSELING AND MUCH MORE. WITHOUT THEIR TIRELESS WORK, MANY SURVIVORS WILL NOT HAVE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO FIND SAFETY, AND JUSTICE. WE KNOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NOT A PERSONAL ISSUE, IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. YOUR SUPPORT ENSURES WE CAN ADDRESS THIS ISSUE TOGETHER. THE COLLABORATION WITHIN THE COMMISSION BETWEEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND SURVIVORS HAS CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE REAL PROGRESS IS MADE. THIS COLLECTIVE EFFORT BRINGS LIFE INTO OUR COMMISSION AND RENEWS COMMITMENT TO THEIR SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES. >> I ECHO -- CHAIR, WE KNOW THAT ONE IN THREE WOMEN, AND FOUR IN FIVE AMERICAN INDIANS, AND 21% EXPERIENCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE DURING THEIR LIFETIME. THESE -- IT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOU SHOWING UP FOR THE CONVERSATION. WE HAVE BEEN -- [ INAUDIBLE ]? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE PRACTICE ] . >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. OUR STAFF WILL HAND YOU THE PROCLAMATIONS FOR THAT. WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR PEÑA WITH ONE PRESENTATION. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS PRESENTATION IS FROM DR. SHELLE SHANCHEZ, REGARDING THE ROUTE 6 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. >> ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL ON THE ROUTE 66 CENTENNIAL. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS LOT OF TIMES. IT'S STILL ABOUT TWO YEARS AWAY. WE'RE VERY MUCH PLANNING AS A CITY. THESE ARE -- THIS IS A ONE ALBUQUERQUE EFFORT. THERE'S LOTS OF DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED. I HOPE THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED A PRINTY COPY OF THE LONG VERSION OF THE UPDATES, NOT GOING TO STEP YOU THROUGH THAT WHOLE THING. THAT DOCUMENT WE SHARED WITH YOU LAST MONTH, INCLUDES UPDATES FROM THE DEPARTMENTS, INITIATIVES ALONG THE ROUTES. I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU A FEW SHORT UPDATES. SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN ARTS AND CULTURE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT'S MOST EXCITING IS THE LOGO AND BRANDING. YOU CAN SEE -- IT'S NOT SITTINGEN THE SCREEN REALLY WELL, YOU WITH SEE WE HAVE THE ROUTE 66 ALBUQUERQUE CENTENNIAL LOGO. WE'RE WORKING WITH RIDES INC ON THE MARKETING AND GRANTING PLAN ALONG WITH VISIT ALBUQUERQUE. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE OUR OWN LOGO. AND VISIT ALBUQUERQUE IS REALLY OUR LEAD FOR THE WEBSITE. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE FINISHED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. AND WILL BE UP AND RUNNING BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT WEBSITE IS GOING TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE EVENT CALENDAR AND LOT OF OTHER AMAZING HISTORICAL RESOURCES AND ALL KINDS OF CONTENT. AND VISIT ALBUQUERQUE HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ON THAT, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US, BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT. OF COURSE ROUTE 66 IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT ATTRACTION FOR VISITORS BEYOND THE CENTENNIAL YEAR. THE OTHER EXCITING -- THIS IS KIND OF OUR BIGGEST EFFORT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE COMING TO LIFE OVER THE NEXT YEAR IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SERIES OF AUGMENTED REALITY AND ART ACTIVATION SITES ALONG ROUTE 66. WE'VE ALREADY CONTRACTED WITH THE COMPANY CALLED REFRACT AR. THEY'RE A COMPANY HERE IN NEW MEXICO TO BUILD OUT FIVE STORY-TELLING AUGMENTED REALITY, STORY-TELLING SITES ALONG THE ROUTE. AND THOSE WILL INTERSECT WITH ANOTHER TEN SITES WE'RE WORKING ON WITH ANOTHER SERIES OF PARTNERS WHO WE'RE IN OUR FINAL STAGES OF NEGOTIATING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND BUDGETS. AS SOOP -- SOON AS THAT'S FINALIZED WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THAT DETAIL WITH YOU. IT'S ON CREATING REALLY FUN MOMENTS, AND SPECIFIC SPOTS FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO ALONG THE LENGTH OF ROUTE 66 THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THAT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY FUN AND ENGAGING. AND SOME REALLY REALLY NEW THINGS TO THE CITY. FOR THE FIRST PROJECT WE'VE GOTTEN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM NEW MEXICO TOURISM DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE OTHER SPONSORS AND GRANTS COMING IN FOR THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN I HOPE THAT YOU SEEN PROGRESS ON THE SIGN REVAMPS. THE MOST RECENT IS THE DOGHOUSE. IF ANYBODY'S BEEN THERE RECENTLY, THERE'S A NEW SIGN UP. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT BUSINESS OWNER. IT TOOK A COUPLE DAYS TO GET THAT TAIL WAGGING CORRECTLY. IT'S VERY, VERY FUN IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO STOP BY. WE'VE GOT 14 BUSINESSES AND SIGNS UNDERWAY. SOME OF THEM COMPLETE. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH THE SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL. WE HAVE A DESIGN WORKSHOP GOING ON. AGAIN, THIS IS EXTERNAL FUNDING AND EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIP TO DESIGN A NEW SIGN THAT WILL BE IN THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. SO, THAT IS THROUGH OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL PRESERVATION -- NO, NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE MEA. THIS PROJECT IS ALSO LAUNCHING AND WILL BE COMPLETE WITH A NEW SIGN BEFORE 2026. AND I HAVE ONE MORE THING TO YOU. I BROUGHT YOU ALL YOUR OWN LAPEL PINS SO YOU CAN START SPREADING THE NEWS. I ACTUALLY BROUGHT YOU ALL TWO, ONE TO WEAR AND ONE TO SHARE. >>COUN. LEWIS: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE ANNIVERSARY COMING UP HERE THIS NEXT YEAR. THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY. THANK YOU, ALL. COUNCILORS, ANY COMMENTS ON THE PRESENTATION? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ADMINISTRATION Q&A. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION? COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MY QUESTIONS ARE FOR CHIEF MEDINA AND ALAN VARELA FROM PLANNING. THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR BEING IN PERSON. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. >> PRESIDENT LEWIS, COUNCILOR ROGERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU. MY FIRST QUESTION IS REGARDING TO THE OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN MY DISTRICT OFF OF ALVARADO AND CENTRAL. THE FIRST QUESTION IS, IN THE NEWS STORIES IT WAS A JOINT OPERATION BETWEEN CODE ENFORCEMENT RESPONDING TO CRIME AT THIS AREA. THIS IS A NORMAL PRACTICE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND APD TO RESPOND TO CRIME TOGETHER? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CITY COUNCILORS, COUNCILOR ROGERS, IT IS A VERY COMMON PRACTICE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT TO TAKE A MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL APPROACH. WE'RE ADDRESSING ISSUES, YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU FOR THAT. CAN YOU COMMENT WHAT THIS OPERATION WAS ABOUT? WHAT YOU WERE THERE TO DO? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, WE WERE THERE AT THE REQUEST OF THE PROPERTY OWNER TO HELP THEM ADDRESS ISSUE HE WAS HAVING AT THIS PROPERTY. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A BRIEFING ON THIS CASE BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN'T DISCUSS IN THE PUBLIC REGARDING AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. I WILL WILL BE SENDING YOUR DEPARTMENT A LIST OF ITEMS I'D LIKE TO REVIEW DURING THAT BRIEFING. THANK YOU, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND APD AND THE COMMUNITY THAT IS HERE. INCLUDING MR. GARCIA'S PARENTS THAT ARE IN THE FRONT ROW. WHICH LEADS TO THE NEXT QUESTION. ARE THERE VICTIM ADVOCATES AVAILABLE FOR POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING? >> YES, THERE IS. A LOT OF CRIME, AS YOU KNOW, HAVE SEVERAL VICTIM ADVOCATES. AND WE'LL BE SURE TO GIVE THEM TO THE FAMILY IN THE FUTURE. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING HIS PARENTS AND WIFE YESTERDAY, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY VICTIM ADVOCATES. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE MAKE THAT CONNECTION, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WHO IS CURRENTLY RUNNING THE DEPARTMENT'S SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT? >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCILOR ROGERS, IT'S RAN BY -- GILBERT IS NOT INVOLVED. >>COUN. ROGERS: THE TWEET REGARDING THIS CASE AND THE MISINFORMATION THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT WAS TRYING TO COMBAT, THAT WAS FROM YOUR -- BUT NOT GILBERT? >> COUNCILOR ROGERS, YES. I WILL STAND HERE TODAY AND I WILL DEFEND THE COMMENTS BEING THAT MISINFORMATION HAS DRIVEN THIS IN A VERY NEGATIVE DIRECTION. THE INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED, THE OFFICERS DESERVE TO HAVE PROPER INFORMATION. RIGHT OFF THE BAT THERE WERE EXTREMELY DISTURBING IMPROPER INFORMATION THAT WENT OUT. WEP WE DID THE MEDIA UPDATE, WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW HOW IT OCCURRED. IT SHUT DOWN A LOT OF THE NARRATIVES. WITHOUT A DOUBT WE HAVE TO PUSH BACK ON MISINFORMATION FOR THE GOOD OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED AND FOR THE OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ALWAYS. >>COUN. ROGERS: ON YOUR BRIEFING, CHIEF, YOU MENTIONED THERE WERE PROTOCOLS THAT WERE MISSED. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY IN THIS CASE WAS MISSED? >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCILOR ROGERS, YES, WE ARE SEARCHING INDIVIDUALS FOR INVESTIGATIONS TO THE PERSON OF THIS PRIOR TO HIM COMING TO THE CAR. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO DETAILS BECAUSE THIS IS AN ACTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION. I REMIND COUNCIL THAT EVERY SINGLE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING WE HAVE WHERE USE OF FORCE IS FULLY REVIEWED. AT THE END WE -- WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AND THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE COMPLETE, THERE HAVE BEEN TIME TO HAVE EXONERATING ASKINGS, AND TIMES WE TERMINATED OFFICERS. WE NEED TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS, AND GET THE FACTS AND INFORMATION OUT AND BE ABLE TO ENSURE WE'RE GIVING OFFICERS THEIR DUE PROCESS FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION AND WE'RE ALL FOLLOWING ALL THE ELEMENTS IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. ONE OF THE LAST THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS COMPROMISE THESE INVESTIGATIONS WITH RELEASING TOO MUCH INFORMATION AT A TIME BEFORE IT'S BACKED AND WE LOOK AT A CASE WHERE SOMEBODY COULD HAVE BEEN TERMINATED OR SOMEBODY COULD HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED. WE ASK FOR PATIENCE AND TIME. THERE'S NEVER BEEN AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT WE DON'T GIVE A FULL COMMUNITY BRIEF AND UPDATE. WE'RE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE INVESTIGATIONS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, CHIEF. DIRECTOR VARELA, WHAT'S THE CURRENT STATE OF THE TIWA LODGE. THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT WERE EVICTED BECAUSE OF CODE STANDARD. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S THE SITUATION WITH THE TIWA LODGE AND WHAT RESOURCES HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE FOLKS DISPLACED? >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCILOR ROGERS, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE RENTING THERE WHO DID -- FIRST OF ALL, PART OF THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL EFFORT DOES INCLUDE ACS, ALBUQUERQUE COMMUNITY SAFETY. IT ALSO INCLUDES HHH. THEY WERE WITH US. THEY WERE THERE INTERVIEWING PEOPLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE. THE PROPERTY ITSELF RIGHT NOW IS SUBSTANDARD. IT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR HUMAN HABITATION. WE DID GIVE A SLIGHT GRACE PERIOD FOR PEOPLE TO WORK WITH ACS AT THEIR PACE, NOT ACS BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND CHANGE IS HARD, REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE YOU'RE IN, TO FIND THEM DECENT, AFFORDABLE SHELTER. I BELIEVE AS OF TODAY THERE WERE ONLY TWO PARTIES LEFT IS THE REPORT I GOT FROM CITY COUNCIL, WHO WERE WAITING AND WORKING WITH ACS TO MOVE TO ALTERNATIVE SHELTER. THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS NOT SUITABLE FOR HABITATION. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU. I THINK I'LL END WITH THIS, IN TALKING TO COMMUNITY, TALKING TO YOUR DEPARTMENT, OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNITY IS OUTRAGED AND FOR WHAT HAPPENED. I'M WITH YOU THAT WE NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM AND GET TO THE FACTS AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE LEFT BEHIND. AND ALSO, WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO -- I WAS ALSO -- AND I KNOW PEOPLE MAY NOT LIKE THIS, BUT I'M ALSO CONCERNED FOR THE OFFICER AND HER REACTION THAT I SAW AT THE END OF THAT VIDEO. SO, WHAT RESOURCES ARE OFFICERED ALSO NOT -- OF COURSE MY FIRST -- LET'S BE CLEAR, THE CONCERN IS COMMUNITY. 100%. FOR HER, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? WHAT DO THE OFFICERS GET TO HELP THEM DEAL WITH THE FACT THEY TOOK A LIFE? >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCILOR ROGERS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING. THEY DO GO THROUGH A SERIES OF MENTAL HEALTH CHECK UPS. THEY WILL NOT RETURN TO WORK UNTIL THEY'RE CLEARED BY THE MEPTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. THERE HAS TO BE A TIMEFRAME. WE WORK AND SOMETIMES THOSE OFFICERS ARE OUT FOR AN EXTENDED PEER OF TIME OR LONGER. I SPOKE WITH BOTH OFFICERS TODAY. AND LET THEM KNOW IF THEY NEED ANYTHING TO REACH OUT TO US. THE SAME THING WITH THE FAMILIES, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GET THEM VICTIMS ADVOCATES. THERE'S VICTIMS ON BOTH SIDES. AS BEING SOMEBODY INVOLVED IN AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING EARLIER THIS YEAR, I KNOW HOW IT AFFECTS THE INDIVIDUAL AND WHAT THEY GO THROUGH FROM THIS INCIDENT. YOU HAVE TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION AND ACCURATE INFORMATION. I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR TO THE INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED AND THE OFFICERS INVOLVED FAMILIES THAT WE GET ACCURATE INFORMATION OUT THERE. WE DO A GOOD THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, AND WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PROPER LEVELS THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE SITUATION. WE NEED TIME. I ASK FOR TIME. WE'LL CONTINUE THIS INVESTIGATION AND WHEN WE'RE READY, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING, THERE WILL BE A BRIEFING AND WE'LL WALK THROUGH EACH STEP OF IT. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT SUITABLE FOR HABITATION. DO YOU ALSO SEE THE PROCESS IN WHICH YOU REMOVE PEOPLE AND BELONGINGS, AND SOME HAVING ANIMALS, CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THE LEGALITIES OF HOW YOU GET INTO THOSE ROOMS AND MOVE THEIR THINGS AND ALSO CONFISCATE THEIR THINGS ? >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION. THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF MISINFORMATION. WE WERE NOT REMOVING PEOPLE'S BELONGINGS. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE. THESE PROPERTIES WERE SECURED. THEY WERE BORDED UP. PEOPLE WERE TOLD THEY COULD MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO COME AND RETRIEVE THEIR BELONGINGS ANY TIME THAT THEY CAN THIS COMING WEEK OR THE FOLLOWING WEEK. NOBODY THERE IS REMOVING BELONGINGS. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: DOES THAT INCLUDE -- I HAD A REPORT FROM A CITIZEN THAT DOGS AND RATS WERE REMOVED. >> COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, I HAVE NO SUCH INFORMATION WHATSOEVER. THERE WOULD NOT BE ANYONE FROM ACS REMOVING ANIMALS. THERE WOULD BE NOBODY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REMOVING ANIMALS. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: I'VE GOTTEN DIFFERENT ANSWERS FROM ANIMAL WELFARE AND FROM APD. >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THESE LOCATIONS ARE BEING BOARDED UP. THEY'RE BEING SECURED. IT WOULD BE IN HUMANE TO LEAVE ANIMALS LOCKED INTO THOSE LOCATIONS AND HAVE ANIMALS TRAPPED IN THERE WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO BE CARED FOR. I THINK DEPUTY CHIEF BARKER IS HERE AND HE CAN ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, BUT THE OFFICERS HAD TO REMOVE SOME OF THE ANIMALS OUTSIDE BECAUSE THE CROWD HAD GROWN SO LARGE. I UNDERSTAND ALMOST ALL OF THE ANIMALS WERE RETURNED THAT NIGHT. THEY WERE OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF THE CROWD. >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, THAT'S CORRECT. I DID REVIEW THE REPORT FROM ANIMAL CONTROL AND SPOKE TO THE LIEUTENANT ON SCENE AND THE ANIMALS TAKEN WERE TAKEN BUT RETURN WHEN IT WAS SAFE TO BE. THEY WERE GIVEN TO THE OWNERS THAT NIGHT. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS. YOU GO IN AND MOVE THE ANIMALS. WHERE DO THEY GO? WHAT KIND OF NOTICES DO YOU GIVE TO THE GUARDIANS. FOLKS ARE TELLING ME THEY DID NOT KNOW WHERE THEIR ANIMALS WERE. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? WHY WERE THEY NOT NOTIFIED? >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT ANIMAL CORAL -- CONTROL WOULD BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO. IF THEY'RE WERE ANIMALS THAT WERE TAKEN AND FAMILY MEMBERS THAT DID NOT KNOW, I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THIS IS INTERDEPARTMENTAL STUFF THAT IS HAPPENING THAT IT WOULD BE NICE IF EVERYBODY WAS BRIEFED ON THIS AND HAD AN ANSWER. IF I COME HOME, AND I CAN NO LONGER HAVE IT AS A HOME, THAT IS TRAUMATIC ENOUGH, BUT NOT TO HAVE ACCESS IS REALLY INAPPROPRIATE. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERATION OF HOW THAT IS HANDLED. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, I THINK FROM THE POINT THAT IT HAPPENED, THINGS CHANGED DRAMATICICALLY AND CODE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THOSE MATTERS. THAT'S WHY I DID NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU. GENERALLY, I'M ALWAYS REALLY HAPPY WITH THE WAY APD HANDLES -- HE'S BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB OF BALANCING -- IF YOU CAN WALK US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT CHANGED WITH THIS PROTEST COMPARED TO THE ONES WE HEARD THAT HAVE BEEN HANDLED. >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, WE'VE LONG STATED -- [ INAUDIBLE ] -- WE FOLLOW THAT PRINCIPLE. WE WERE NOT DEALING WITH THE CRIME OF CRIMINAL DAMAGE. WE'RE DEALING WITH AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING WHERE A COMMUNITY MEMBER LOST THEIR LIFE. THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO PROCESS THAT THROUGH UNINTERRUPTED QUESTIONS AND GET EVERYTHING WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ARE OF THE MOST IMPORTANCE. THAT INDIVIDUAL STARTED TO -- OFFICERS FIRED -- THIS REALLY GOES BACK TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO COUNCIL ABOUT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO, THE MOMENT THEY GO TO TAKE THAT PERSON INTO CUSTODY, THE CROWD TURNED ON THEM. JUST LIKE WE ALWAYS SAID. WE DO THIS ON A LOW LEVEL, YOU END UP WITH LARGER USES OF FORCE. THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS ARRESTED FOR INTERFEING WITH THAT OFFICERS AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT FOR WHAT THEY DID. THE SECOND INDIVIDUAL PUT THEIR HANDS ON OUR OFFICERS. I WAS VERY STERN YESTERDAY THAT YOU DON'T PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE OFFICERS. THEY HAVE A JOB TO DO. IF YOU PUT YOUR HANDS ON OUR OFFICERS YOU'RE GOING TO GET ARRESTED AND GO TO JAIL AND WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERY PIECE OF EVIDENCE FOR A STRONG PROSECUTION. PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT, AND WE HAVE SUPPORTED OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE CLOSED DOWN STREET FOR PEOPLE TO DEMONSTRATE ON STREETS. NOT EVERYBODY AGREES WITH COUNCIL WHEN WE DO THAT, WE WILL TOP TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST. WE'LL MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET INTO MASS USES OF FORCE OVER MISDEMEANOR CRIMES. THIS CRIME WAS MORE SERIOUS THAN SOME CRIMINAL DAMAGE. THEY PUT THE HANDS OPTHEIR -- ON OUR OFFICERS THEY SHOULD EXPECT TO BE IN JAIL. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU. I'LL JUST SAY, I FOR ONE, AM VERY HAPPY WITH THE WAY YOU HANDLE THE PROTESTS AND SUPPORT THE RIGHTS. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT STILL IN GENERAL IS THE PROCESS AND THIS WAS A LINE THAT WAS CROSSED. THANK YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILORS, ANY OTHER? >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR MS. SENGEL. I'VE BEEN A POLICE OFFICER AND BEEN AROUND THIS FOR 29 YEARS. NEVER HAVE I SEEN IN MY 29 YEARS HAVE I SEEN AN OFFICER HAVE TO SHOOT SOMEONE IN HANDCUFFS. THAT'S A FACT. [ APPLAUSE ]. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS -- >>COUN. LEWIS: JUST A MOMENT, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, WE GAVE SEVERAL WARNINGS, I WANT TO KEEP DECORUM IN THE CHAMBERS. NO CLAPPING. NOT BEING DISRUPTIVE TO THE CONVERSATION SO WE CAN GET THROUGH EVERYTHING TONIGHT. AND WE ASK EVERYBODY TO BE RESPECTFUL. ANYBODY WHO IS TALKING, THAT WILL BE THE FIRST WARNING. AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY JUST FOLLOWING RULE OF DECORUM. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WAS TRAINED AT THE POLICE ACADEMY, NO MATTER WHAT THE ACTION WAS, YOU SEARCH AN INDIVIDUAL BEFORE THEY WERE PUT IN THE BACK-SEAT OF A POLICE CAR. HAVE YOU CHECKED TO SEE THE QUALITY OF THE OFFICERS THAT YOU'RE HIRING AND THE QUALITY OF TRAINING THAT'S GOING ON AT APD? HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU GONE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE TRAINING AND WHAT THE OFFICERS ARE RECEIVING? ULTIMATELY, YOU ARE THE CHIEF'S BOSS. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION. I HAVE NOT SPECIFICALLY GONE AND SAT THROUGH THE TRAINING THAT OFFICERS RECEIVE. I HAVE READ QUESTIONS OF OUR EXPERTISE. I DISCUSSED SOP AND PROTOCOL AND TRAINING RELATED TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I DISCUSSED OFTENTIMES RELATED TO THE CASA IN OUR AGREEMENTS. AND HOW THEY UPHOLD TRAINING AND SOP IN PLACE RELATED TO -- DOJ REQUIREMENTS IN THE WORK WE DO TO UPHOLD THOSE POLICIES. ALTHOUGH I CANNOT SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT I HAVE EVALUATED EACH OFFICER AND THEIR TRAINING AND WHETHER OR NOT IT MEETS THE STANDARD TO YOUR QUESTION, I BELIEVE WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT ARE THE COMMAND STAFF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE TRAINED AND WE SELECT THE LEADERSHIP BASED UPON EXPERIENCE AND I TRUST THAT AT THIS POINT I WOULD NOT BE THE PERSON TO DETERMINE IF THEY HAVE CORRECT TRAINING ON REGULATIONS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. I BELIEVE THE LEADERSHIP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: SO YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAINING THEY RECEIVE? IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S BUSINESS UNDERNEATH YOU TO DEAL WITH THAT? NOT YOURS? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, THAT IS NOT WHAT I INDICATED. I INDICATED WE HIRE INDIVIDUALS IN LEADERSHIP ROLES TO ENSURE WE'RE DOING THAT. WE WILL DISCUSS ANY ISSUES RELATED TO MISSTEP OR ONCE AN INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE WE'LL DISCUSS WHETHER THERE'S A TRAINING ISSUE, WHETHER THERE'S A NEED FOR POLICY CHANGE, WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE STEPS AS APPROPRIATE. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU BEING THE ADMINISTRATIVE FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE WOULD TAKE A REALLY DEEP DIVE INTO THE TRAINING, INTO THE QUALITY OF THE OFFICERS THE CITY IS HIRED, BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL. ALSO THE LEADERSHIP AT APD NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT IN REFERENCE TO WHAT KIND OF TRAINING THEY'RE DOING. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A POLICE OFFICER SHOOT SOMEONE IN THE BACK SEAT IN THE VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN HANDCUFFED. SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN IN THE 28 YEARS THAT -- 29 YEARS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN CITY GOVERNMENT. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU BEING THE CAO FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE WOULD TAKE THE STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT LOT OF THOSE THINGS I JUST TALKED ABOUT ARE DEALT WITH. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS ISN'T RELATED TO THIS CONVERSATION. I WILL SAY MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY. I JUST WANT TO GO BACK BECAUSE I SAID WE HAD NOT HIRED ANYBODY WHO HAD A DISABILITY. I JUST LEARNED FROM OUR CITY CLERK THAT WE'VE HIRED SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS ON A TEMPORARY BASES AND IT'S WORKING OUT REALLY WELL. I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. THANK YOU. >> MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, COUNCILOR PEÑA, WE DID HAVE PEOPLE APPROACH THE OFFICE TO RESPOND THAT IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. AS YOU KNOW, WE SCAN RECORDS IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. WE TAKE THE STAPLES OUT OF THE THEM. WE BROUGHT ON A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO WERE RECOMMENDED. WE WORKED WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. >>COUN. PEÑA: MR. PRESIDENT, THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY. THANK YOU. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MY QUESTIONS ARE FOR DIRECTOR VARELA. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, DIRECTOR. HOW MANY CONSTRUCTION PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR CASITAS SINCE 2023? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING THAT IN ADVANCE. GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO PREPARE RESPONSE TO THAT. AS I SAID TO YOUR STAFF MEMBER EARLIER, THE CURRENT SYSTEM DOES NOT ALLOW US TO TRACK HOW MANY CASITA OR USE PERMITS HAVE COME IN. THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE CONVERTING TO, WHICH WOULD BE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE'RE ALMOST THERE, WE HAVE GOING THROUGH DATA PATH. THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GO THROUGH THOSE TYPE OF QUERIES. THE CURRENT SYSTEM DOESN'T ALLOW IT BECAUSE THAT DATA IS COLLECTED IN A PRE-FORM TEXT. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO WORD SEARCHES IN IT. >>COUN. GROUT: IN THIS NEW SYSTEM WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT? >> IN THE NEW SYSTEM WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND EVEN BETTER WE'LL BE ABLE TO SET UP FIELDS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN POPULATE THOSE AND IT'S SIMPLY MATTER OF SEEING HOW MANY TIMES THAT BOX WAS CHECKED YES OR NO. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. I ASK THAT BECAUSE IF THE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE THIS DATA, WHERE IS THE MAYOR GETTING HIS INFORMATION ON HOW MANY HOUSING REPORTS ARE IN THE CITY? IT SAYS THE CURRENT SYSTEM TRACKS WHETHER A HOUSE HAS ONE OR TWO STORIES, IF IT HAS A GARAGE, AND IF THAT GARAGE HOLDS TWO OR THREE CARS. >> THE CURRENT SYSTEM WILL TRACK CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND THE NEW NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN THE CITY. THAT NEW AGGREGATE NUMBER IS USEFUL FOR THE MAYOR. THE HOUSING SHORTAGE NUMBER COMES FROM OTHER DATA. WE CAN TELL YOU THE NEW SUPPLY BUT THE DEMAND DOESN'T COME FROM NUMBERS WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. >>COUN. GROUT: SO OUR SYSTEM DOES NOT TELL US IF WE HAVE OTHER DUPLEXES? >> NO, OUR SYSTEM DOES NOT AGGREGATE THE TYPE OF HOUSING, BUT IT WILL TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT COME ONLINE. >>COUN. GROUT: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE A DEVELOPER TO GET FROM SUBMITTAL TO BUILDING PERMIT? >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCILOR GROUT, THAT DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON THE QUALITY OF THE APPLICATION THAT THEY SUBMITTED. WE HAVE HAD SOME PERMITS GO THROUGH WITHIN A MATTER OF DAYS. WE HAVE HAD INITIAL PROJECTS GO THROUGH IN A MATTER LESS THAN 20 DAYS. WE HAVE OTHERS THAT TAKE MONTHS AND MONTHS UNTIL WE WAIT INTEREST THE CORRECTIONS TO BE MADE AND SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT. >>COUN. GROUT: OKAY. OUR IDO IS PRETTY COMPLICATED. ARE PLAN REVIEWERS TRAINED TO HELP DEVELOPERS GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS? >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCILOR GROUT, THE PLAN REVIEWERS EVALUATE BUILDING PLANS TO DETERMINE WHERE THEY MEET WITH THE -- THEY SATISFY THE BUILDING CODE. THEY DO NOT GET INTO THE DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL. THAT IS HANDLED BY THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW TEAM. AND THAT TEAM DOES HAVE NAVIGATORS AND THEY'RE WELL-TRAINED AT GUIDING PEOPLE THROUGH THE IDO PROCESS TO MAKE SURE A PROPERTY IS PROPERLY ZONED AND THAT THE SETBACK ON THE SITE PLAN ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE IDO, THE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ORDER. >>COUN. GROUT: HOW MANY ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS DO YOU HAVE ON STAFF RIGHT NOW? >> WE ONLY HAVE, AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE, COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCILOR GROUT, WE ONLY HAVE FOUR TO FIVE, DEPENDING ON ANY GIVEN DAY OF THE WEEK OUT OF TEN TOTAL POSITIONS. WE HAVE TEN BUILDING INSPECTORS THAT'S FULLY STAFFED. WE HAVE TEN PLUMBING, MECHANICAL, FULLY STAFFED. WE WERE FULLY STAFFED WITH ELECTRICAL, BUT IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS OUR COMPETING EMPLOYERS, MEANING THE COUNTY, THE STATE, RADICALLY INCREASED THEIR SALARIES FOR ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS AND WE HAVE LOST SOME OF OUR PEOPLE TO THEM. >>COUN. GROUT: OKAY. THERE SHOULD BE TEN INSPECTORS? >> THERE SHOULD BE NINE PLUS CHIEF INSPECTOR WHO IS THEIR SUPERVISOR. >>COUN. GROUT: WE HAD A CLASS AND COMP STUDY THAT HAS BEEN DONE. HAVE THERE BEEN CHANGES TO THIS AREA? >> WE HAD A CLASS AND COMP STUDY THAT WAS DONE OVER A YEAR AGO, THE INFORMATION THAT THEY USED WAS ACQUIRED BEFORE THE COUNTY AND THE OTHER COMPETING EMPLOYERS RAISED THEIR SALARIES. SO THAT STUDY WAS NOT USEFUL IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. >>COUN. GROUT: THE ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR JOB IS POSTED. AND THE SALARY SAYS IT'S $54,800 TO $65,000 ANNUALLY. IS THAT AN ATTRACTIVE SALARY FOR EXPERIENCED AND TRAINED PEOPLE? >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCILOR GROUT, WHETHER IT'S ATTRACTIVE OR NOT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT'S NOT COMPETITIVE. >>COUN. GROUT: THEY'RE TELLING ME IS THE SLOW PROCESS WITH ELECTRICIANS. >> COULD YOU REITERATE THE BUILDING HEIGHT AND PARKING SPACES? >>COUN. GROUT: THE MAYOR SAID THAT WE'RE BEHIND ON 3,000 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE OF THE IDO AMENDMENTS. ONE OF THEM BEING PARKING SPACES AND -- >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, I UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF YOUR QUESTION. ABSOLUTELY, WE HAVE A LIMITATION THAT WE HAVE IMPOSED ON US HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. IF YOU WANT TO BUILD AN APARTMENT BUILDING IT CAN ONLY BE A CERTAIN HEIGHT. THAT CUTS DOWN -- IN OTHER WORDS WE HAVE TO USE MORE GROUND TO GET MORE APARTMENTS. WE DON'T HAVE MORE GROUND DUE TO ZONING LIMITATION AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT ALBUQUERQUE IS AN AGING CITY AND THERE'S NOT MUCH OPEN SPACE ANYMORE EASY TO DEVELOP ON. GOING UP IS THE ANSWER TO MORE DENSITY. PARKING REQUIREMENTS ALSO, WHEN YOU REQUIRE MINIMUM AMOUNTS OF PARKING YOU EAT UP GROUND THAT WAY. OR YOU REQUIRE PEOPLE TO BUILD A PARKING GARAGE FOR A FACILITY WHICH IS AMAZINGLY EXPENSIVE. I BELIEVE IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD A PARKING GARAGE THAN IT IS AN APARTMENT BUILDING. IT MAKES NO SENSE, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. BE ELIMINATING OR REDUCING THE PARKING REQUIREMENT IT WILL HELP THE SITUATION. AND BY SERIOUSLY TAKING A LOOK AT RAISING THE HEIGHT WE'LL ALSO HELP ALBUQUERQUE GROW. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. OMEGA. IN THE SPRING, COUNCIL APPROVED OFFERING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SYSTEMS FOR NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR BUILDING. HOW MANY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED SINCE WE PASSED THAT? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, I DID -- AND THEY HAVE TRACKED TWO APPLICATIONS. BOTH HAVE BEEN FOR THE 92-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX 4501 CENTRAL. AND THE 70-UNITS AFFORDABLE UNITS AT7200 CENTRAL. >>COUN. GROUT: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS A HOLD UP FOR GETTING MORE HOUSING HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE? >> THIS IS A PRETTY COMPLEX PROCESS. THEY HAVE TO WEIGH COST AND REVENUE. YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE COST OF LAND, COST OF FINANCING, COST OF LABOR, COST OF MATERIAL, AND YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THAT WITH DIFFERENT PROJECTS. SO, I THINK THAT PUTS DEVELOPERS IN A COMPLEX SITUATION. IN ADDITION, ALBUQUERQUE -- [ INAUDIBLE ]. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO ASK A REAL QUICK QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE IDO AND MAYBE I CAN ASK STAFF AS WELL. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HEIGHTS AND PARKING SPACES, THE IDO POLICY FOR INFILL? DOES IT LEAD TOWARD INFILL? >> COUNCILOR PEÑA, THE IDOs POLICIES ARE CITYWIDE. SO, WHETHER THEY HAVE THE WORDS INFILL OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW IT TARGETS THOSE PROJECTS. COUNCIL STAFF IS ACCURATE WHEN THEY SAY IT'S AN EXPENSIVE PROCESS. A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S VERY FEW PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT ARE RIGHT FOR MULTI-FAMILY. THE FASTEST WAY YOU ADD HOUSING IS THROUGH MULTI-FAMILY. PROJECTS THAT ADD 100, 200 AT A TIME. DOING IT ONE AT A TIME AND WAITING FOR MR. OR MRS. SMITH TO GO THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION LOAN AND BUILD A HOUSE AND FIND A CONTRACTOR, IT CAN TAKE YEARS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. WE REALLY NEED TO BE LOOKING AT OUR DENSITY LIMITATIONS THAT ARE IN OUR ZONING RULES IN OUR IDO AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT, DOES STAFF WANT TO ADD TO THAT? OKAY, THANK YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT I THINK INSURANCE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE POTENTIAL FOR BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT HERE IN PARTICULARLY IN ALBUQUERQUE AND MANY OTHER PLACES. MY QUESTION IS, IT CAME UP WITH THIS COMMENT ABOUT THE ONE STUDY I WAS EXCITED ABOUT, I JUST HEARD -- DIRECTOR VARELA JUST SAID THAT PART OF THE -- BECAUSE OF THE COUNTY IT GOT CHANGED. I UNDERSTAND THAT, I'M NOT MAD AT ANYBODY ABOUT IT. WHEN WE FIND OUT HOW MANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS SPECIAL PLAN IF YOU HAVE A CLASS AND COMP STUDY ARE NOW NIL BECAUSE OF OTHER CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY. WHAT IS ELSE IS NIL IN THERE SO WE DON'T WASTE OUR TIME WORKING ON TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT WHEN REALLY IT'S ALREADY A BACKWARD POINT TO BEGIN WITH? >> I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION. WE DO HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE, BUT TO YOUR POINT A POSITION CAN BE EVALUATED AGAINST OUR CLASS AND COMP STUDY. THE DIRECTOR AND DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO MARKET QUESTIONS. THEY CREATED A MUCH MORE AGILE QUESTIONS TODAY BY HAVING THE CLASS AND COMP STUDY. WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS USED AS A REFERENCE POINT TO QUESTION -- I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE SALARY POSITIONS AND MARKET CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE A CONSTANT. I RESPECT THAT DIRECTOR VARELA MENTIONED A CHANGE IN THE MARKET DIRECTED -- WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT WHEN WE GET THAT INFORMATION WE MARK THE EVALUATION. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, IS THERE A WAY -- I'M NOT ASKING FOR EACH TIME, BUT MAYBE QUARTERLY, YOU ALL COULD, EVALUATE WHAT WE HAVE. WHAT WE HAVE IN THE PRESENTATION, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR HAVING AN UPDATED VERSION. AND HOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO RESPOND TO IT. THAT WAY WE CAN SEE AS WE PROCEED TO BUDGET TIME HOW WE CAN HELP WITH THAT AND PREPARE FOR THAT. IF THE NUMBERS WE'RE WORKING WITH, WHICH IS THE ARGUMENT ABOUT STUDIES, THEY'RE OLD ENOUGH THAT THEY DON'T MATTER. WE ANY THAT WOULD HAPPEN. I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO SOMEHOW BE INCLUDED IN SOME OF THAT SEE WE CAN PREPARE AND BE ABLE TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE UPDATES AS WE GET CLOSER TO BEING ABLE TO FUND THE POSITIONS. >> WE ABSOLUTELY WILL -- WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN UPDATE COMING TO COUNCIL VERY SOON. THE NEXT CLASS AND STUDY HAS STEPS. THEY DID LOTS OF PLATTING. THOSE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED. AND THERE'S A WHOLE FOCUS OF HAVING THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ALLOWS US IN THIS PROCESS TO BUILD A VERSION OF THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY. AND IT COULD PROVIDE UPDATES. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN, NOBODY ASKED ME WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. WE'RE USING THIS. WE'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS ALREADY WHERE WE RECEIVED THE NEW COMP. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING A DOCUMENT. SO YOU WILL MOST LIKELY, BE HEARING FROM US. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BETTER NUMBERS SHOULD BE, AND WE'LL PREP THE PAPERWORK TO SUBMIT THAT. >>COUN. BASSAN: THAT MAKES ME MUCH MORE AT EASE. THAT WAS THE ONE STUDY I WAS HOLDING UP HOPE FOR. THANK YOU. >> THE STUDY DID HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE. THERE WAS DEFINITELY PROGRESS. IT IS A GOOD STUDY. BUT WE HAVE THESE RARE OCCASIONS WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, NOBODY WOULD IMAGINE, THAT THE COUNTY AND SOME OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES WOULD SUDDENLY RAISE WAGES BY 25% IN ONE SHOT. IT'S ALMOST UNHEARD OF IN THE GOVERNMENT. BUT THEY DID, AND WE'LL HAVE TO CATCH UP. >>COUN. LEWIS: I'M GOING TO JOURNAL. COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 7 JOURNAL. >>COUN. LEWIS: SECOND BY COUNCILOR ROGERS. [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BACA: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE'LL GO TO DEFERRAL AND WITHDRAWAL. ANY AT THIS TIME? WE'LL GO TO CONSENT AGENDA. ANY CHANGES TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? >>COUN. GROUT: MR. PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM B, EC-234. IT'S THE WORKFORCE HOUSING TRUST. >>COUN. LEWIS: THAT'S OFF CONSENT. ANY OTHERS? >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO PULL OUT OC-23 OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS IS THE POLICY AND PROCEDURER FOR THE XRRBGS CPOA BOARD. >>COUN. GROUT: I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. >>COUN. LEWIS: SECONDED BY COUNCILOR BASSAN. [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BACA: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: [ INAUDIBLE ]. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE'LL GO THROUGH EC234. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. EC234, THE WORKFORCE HOUSING TRUST FUND HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2006. HAS ANYONE DONE AN ANALYSIS ON THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF THOSE PROJECTS? >>COUN. LEWIS: WHO IS THAT FOR? >>COUN. GROUT: WHO WOULD THAT BE FOR? >> MR. PRESIDENT, MR. MONTOYA WILL ANSWER THAT. >>COUN. GROUT: HAS ANYONE DONE A LONG-TERM ANALYSIS ON THE IMPACTS? >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCILOR GROUT, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. WE DO ACTUALLY DO AN ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF REPORTING AND THE EFFECTS IT HAS IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF UNITS. HOWEVER RELATIVE TO -- WE ONLY HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WERE DEVELOPED. AND THEY HAVE BEEN MENTIONED EARLYIAN THE DEMAND. IN TERMS OF LONG-TERM INFLUENCE, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. >>COUN. GROUT: SO IT WAS CREATED TO ADDRESS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS BACK IN 2006. DO WE KNOW IF IT EVER DONE THAT OR HELPED OUT? WE HAVE 18 YEARS OF DATA, CAN YOU GET ANALYSIS? WE SHOULD KNOW HOW THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED OVER THE LAST 18 YEARS. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOUSED AND IF THEY'RE AFFORDABLE AT A MINIMUM. ARE WE MAKING PLANS TO INCLUDE THAT DATA IN THE NEXT ANNUAL REPORT? >> YES, WHAT WE DON'T KURNTLY REPORT IS NUMBER OF HOUSES WHICH IS AN ESTIMATION. WE'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND INCLUDE IT IN OUR NEXT REPORT. >>COUN. GROUT: I LOVE DATA. AND I WANTED TO KNOW IF REPAIRS AND REHABILITATION ON EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS? >> WE ACTUALLY HAVE PROVIDED -- REHABILITATION OF UNITS THERE WERE THERE. >>COUN. GROUT: I THINK IT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD IDEA IF WE DO THAT. >>COUN. GROUT: I MOVE RECEIPT BE NOTED. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR BASSAN FOR RECEIPT BE NOTED. [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BACA: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW, I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THIS HAS HAPPENED, WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE CPOA BOARD TO BE CREATED. MR. RICKMAN, EVERY TIME WE GET A BRIEFING HE COMES. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DOJ, THE MONITORING TEAM. THEY'VE BEEN SAYING WE NEED THIS. NOT ONLY HAS IT BEEN DONE, BUT IT'S BEEN DONE REALLY WELL, IN MY OPINION. I DIDN'T PULL OC24 OFF, IT'S THE JOB DESCRIPTION. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE THINGS. BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DONE SO WELL THAT I ENCOURAGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO DUPLICATING SOME OF IT ELSEWHERE, PARTICULARLY WITHIN APD, BUT WITHIN THE ENTIRE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. ON PAGE SIX -- I'M SORRY, ON PAGE SEVEN, SECTION 8.2.5 IT'S IN THE SECTION OF SOCIAL MEDIA PERSONAL POST POLICIES. AND GRANTED THIS IS ABOUT THE PERSONAL POST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVING THE VOLUNTEERS -- THE VOLUNTEERS SERVING ON THE BOARD, NOT PAID EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. ONE OF THE SECTIONS, 8.2.5 READS SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, DEPENDING ON THE CONTENT MAY FORM BASIS OF REMOVAL OF THE BOARD IF IT BRINGS INTO QUESTION THE BOARD'S INTEGRITY OR MEMBERS IMPARTIALITY. CLARIFY YOUR OPINIONS ARE YOUR OWN AND NOT OF THE BOARD OR CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. 8.2.7, EXERCISE GOOD ADJUSTMENT IN SHARING ONLY PUBLIC INFORMATION. 8.2.8 BE AWARE THAT WHAT YOU SAY IS PERMANENT, AND 8.2.9 AND WHEN IN DOUBT, DO NOT POST OR COMMENT. PAGE 20 IN HERE SAYS, SECTION ON CODE OF CONDUCT. I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT. BUT IT TALKS ABOUT INTEGRITY, IMPARTIALITY RESPECT INDEPENDENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM. EXPECTED OF THE VOLUNTEERS ON THE CPOA BOARD WHO OVERSEE, IT'S THE CIVILIAN POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD. THE VOLUNTEERS OVERSEEING THE LINK AND BENEFIT BETWEEN APD AND THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE HOLDING THEM NOW -- THEY'RE HOLDING THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY CREATED THESE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, THEY'RE HOLDING THEMSELVES TO THESE HIGH STANDEREDS, AND THEIR VOLUNTEERS CREATING THEIR OWN RULES, WHICH ARE VERY PROFESSIONAL, AND I BELIEVE WE SHOULD EXPECT THIS FROM THE PAID EMPLOYEES WITH THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. WE SHOULD BE PROFESSIONAL. I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S AT LEAST ONE PERSON IN THIS ROOM THAT WANTS TO SEND ME A REALLY BAD, NASTY EMAIL. IT'S MY JOB TO LISTEN TO THEM AND HEAR THEM OUT. IT'S MY JOB TO BE PROFESSIONAL. I ENCOURAGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO LOOK AT THAT. AND HOPE THAT MR. RICKMAN IS EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH THIS ONCE AND IF HE SEES THIS. HE'S BEEN SAYING THAT THIS IS A BIG HICCUP FOR A LONG TIME. WE HAD TO GET THE BOARD ON TRACK, WE DID. THEY CLEARLY HAVE GOTTEN IT TOGETHER. I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN COPY SOMETHING LIKE BECAUSE IT'S SO ORGANIZED, IT'S DETAILED AND REALLY WELL DONE. AND I WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AN EASY LIFT. IT'S YEARS IN THE MAKING. I KNOW WE'VE HAD STAFF WORKING ON THIS, THIS AGENCY, THE BOARD, THE DIRECTOR, I JUST WANT TO EXZ PRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE. BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID THIS GET DONE, BUT IN MY OPINION IT GOT DONE TO A VERY, VERY HIGH CALIBER LEVEL. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR -- RECEIPT BE NOTED FOR OC23. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOVED AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR ROGERS. ANY DISCUSSION? OC23 MOVED AND SECONDED FOR RECEIPT BE NOTED. MADAM CLERK. [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BACA: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. LEWIS: ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THERE WILL BE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT COORDINATING COMMISSION MEETING ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, AT 5 P.M. HERE IN THE VINCENT E. GRIEGO CHAMBERS. ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE. BASEMENT LEVEL OF ALBUQUERQUE GOVERNMENT CENTER. IT IS A HYBRID MEETING. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE WILL BE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 25 AT 3 P.M. VIA ZOOM. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THERE WILL BE A FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, AT 5 P.M. VIA ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCE. >>COUN. LEWIS: NO FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS. THIS IS AC-24-18. MS. RONQUILLO. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS. WE'LL GO OVER AC-18 AND 19. THEY CONCERN TWO APPEALS. THE LUHO CONSALTED THE APPEAL INTO ONE HEARING. AT THE END OF THE DISCUSSION WE'LL HAVE TWO MOTIONS AND TWO VOTES ON THESE APPEALS. THE ISSUE IS WHETHER THE ZONE CHANGE FROM MX-M TO MX-H AND MAJOR ELEMENT TO THE EPC APPROVED FOR A THREE-ACRE EMPTY LOT LOCATED AT 1100 WOODWARD PLACE NORTHEAST. THIS IS IN DISTRICT TWO OFF OF LOMAS AND I-25 FRONTAGE ROAD TO THE NORTH OF EMBASSY SUITES. THEY WANT TO DEVELOP A 48-BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL AT THE SITE. THE HOSPITAL IS A PERMISSIVE USE IN THE CURRENT MX-M ZONE. HOWEVER THE IDO LIMITS IT TO 11-20 BED AND THE PROPOSAL IS 48. THE EPC APPROVED THE ZONE CHANGE AND THE SITE PLAN AND THE APPROVALS WERE -- THE COUNCIL -- THE HEARING OFFICER RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE APPEAL AND APPROVE THE ZONE CHANGE AND AMENDED SITE PLAN. APPEALS, THE APPELLANT MADE FIVE ARGUMENTS. THE FIRST IS DOES NOT FACILITATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SECOND CITY PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE EPC AMOUNTED TO ADVOCACY IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION. NEXT THE ZONE CHANGE CREATES A SPOT ZONE TO EXISTING GATEWAY CENTERS. THE LUHO FOUND THAT THE EPC DID NOT ERROR BECAUSE THEIR SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE WILL FACILITATE AT LEAST 18 GOALS AND POLICIES IN THE COMP PLAN. THE ZONE CHANGE IS NOT ADVAN TAJS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY. THE IDO REQUIRES THAT PLANNING STAFF PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH THE EPC AND NO EVIDENCE OF BIAS. THERE ARE EXISTING MX-H PARCELS AND MEDICAL HOSPITALS WITHIN THE AREA. LUHO FOUND THAT WHILE THE PROPOSED 55-FOOT HIGH HOSPITAL IS LOCATED WITHIN AN OVERLAY ZONE WHICH INCLUDES A HEIGHT LIMITATION, THE GATEWAY CENTER PLAN FOR SUBDIVISION ALLOWS FOR 180 FEET WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES. AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE GATEWAY CENTER APPLIES IN THIS CASE. AND FINALLY THE LUHO FOUND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT THE HOSPITAL WILL NOT CREATE ADVERSE IMPACTS AND ANY TRAFFIC IMPACTS CREATED BY THIS ALLEGED BY THE APPLICANT. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE EPC IS WELL SUPPORTED. AND THE APPELLANTS HAVE NOT MET THE BURDEN OF PROOF. THEY RECOMMEND THE APPEAL BE DENIED AND APPLICATION APPROVED. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILORS, ANY QUESTIONS DISCUSSIONS? BASICALLY, SHE MADE AN INTRODUCTION FOR BOTH OF THESE. WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS OR HAVE DISCUSSION ON BOTH OF THESE. >>COUN. BASSAN: JUST A QUICK THING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT PAY ATTENTION TO THESE MEETINGS THAT WE MENTION GATEWAY CENTER SITE PLAN, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GATEWAY HUB, GATEWAY WEST, GATEWAY FACILITIES THAT ARE CITY-OWNED AND OPERATED. THIS IS THE SAME WORD BUT TOTALLY DIFFERENT MEANING. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN, THAT'S CORRECT. THIS TITLE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILORS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEFORE US, ALL THE EVIDENCE, AND ALL THE COMMENTS BY THE LUHO, AND AC-24-18, I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF FINDING. SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ANY DISCUSSION? [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BACA: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. LEWIS: AC-24-19. WE AGREE TO THE FACTS BEFORE US. I MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT THE LUHO RECOMMENDATION. MOVED AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BACA: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE'LL HAVE A 30-MINUTE RECESS. STARTING BACK IN EXACTLY 30 MINUTES. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE'LL GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN PROVIDE LIVE PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY IF YOU'RE SIGNED UP. PUBLIC COMMENT GROUND RULES. EACH PARTICIPANT HAS TWO MINUTES TO PRESENT. COMMENTS ARE TO BE ADDRESSED ONLY THROUGH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT WILL RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING. TWO-MINUTE TIME LIMIT. >> I'M GOING TO CALL A FEW MINUTES, WHEN YOUR HEAR YOUR NAME PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS FRANCESO, FOLLOWED BY ANAMI, FOLLOWED BY COURTNEY. >> PEACEFUL PROTESTS, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE, IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT THAT SHOULD NEVER BE TRAMPLED ON. A WEEK AGO TODAY, WAS THE BIRTH DAY OF GEORGE FLOYD. IT'S A NAME WE ALL BECAME HORRIFICICALLY FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE HE WAS MURDERED IN THE STREET BY THOSE WHO SWORE AN OATH TO SWEAR AND PROTECT WE THE PEOPLE. NOT JUST THE ONE GUY WHO HAD HIS KNEE ON THE NECK, BUT OTHERS STOOD BY AND WATCHED HIM GET KILLED AND DID NOTHING. OUR GOVERNOR MADE IT SO WE'RE THE ONLY ONES IN THE COUNTRY THAT TURNING A BLIND EYE IS NO LONGER AN OPTION. IT'S NOT ENOUGH THAT WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT YOU HAVE TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE OPPRESSED. WHILE SEEKING JUSTICE, YOU'RE EITHER ON THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSOR OR ON THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSED. THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND IN NEW MEXICO. THERE IS NO NEUTRAL CORNER. YOU HAVE TO BE BRAVE, YOU HAVE TO BE LOUD, AND YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY SOMETHING, NOT WHEN IT'S EASY, BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S HARD. IN ALBUQUERQUE, SILENCE IS NOT AN OPTION. I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO WE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BANKROLLING THIS WHOLE THING, BUT IRONICICALLY, THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES IN THIS ROOM NOT BEING PAID TO BE HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT THEIR VOICED TO BE HEARD. THANK YOU. >> ANAMI FOLLOWED BY COURTNEY FOLLOWED BY LISA. >> I WANT TO START BY THANKING COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS WERE RECORRECTED WITH THEIR ANIMALS ON FRIDAY. I WAS THERE. SHOWED UP JUST AFTER THE TWO PROTESTERS WERE ARRESTED. I I LEFT IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY PRINT INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW FOLKS CAN GET THEIR ANIMALS BACK BECAUSE APD HAD NO INTEREST IN HELPING WITH THAT. BY THE TIME I GOT BACK, APD HAD THEIR TURN WITH THE ANIMALS ON -- I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BOTCHED ARREST THAT WAS MADE ON FRIDAY. THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH. IT'S AT LEAST ONE OF THREE BOTCHED ARRESTS THAT RESULTED IN COPS KILLING SOMEONE THIS YEAR. ANOTHER ONE WAS MY FRIEND MARK, HE GOT SHOT LEAVING THE WALMART. COPS DECIDED THEY DIDN'T NEED TO PUT EFFORT INTO ARRESTING HIM. HE ENDED DOING AS A RESULT OF THAT. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BREAK DECORUM AND CLAP WAS FOR SOMETHING COUNCILOR SANCHEZ SAID. BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS, BUT TO CALL IT A KILLING WAS A DISSERVICE. IT WAS AN EXCLUSION. WE DON'T DO THAT IN NEW MEXICO. AT LEAST WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. >> COURTNEY, FOLLOWED BY LISA FOLLOWED BY MARSS. ? >> I'M HERE TO REITERATE THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE NOT TRASH. EACH ONE OF US IS A UNIVERSE AND OUR LIVES HAVE IMMEASURABLE VALUE. I'M HERE TO STAND WITH THE FAMILY OF MATTHEW GARCIA, A BELOVED FATHER, SON, HUSBAND, WHO WAS EXECUTED WHILE HANDCUFFED BY APD IN BROAD DAYLIGHT WITH AN ABUDDANCE OF WITNESSES. HIS 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER DISCOVERED SHE LOST HIS FATHER WHEN SHE SAW HIS BODY ON THE NEWS DRAPED WITH A BLANKET. THE COPS WERE SEEN LAUGHING. THIS SPEAKS VOLUMES. WE DEMAND FULL LAPEL FOOTAGES AND ALL OFFICERS BE RELIEVED OF THEIR DUTIES. WE'RE MET WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE AND POLICE BRUTALITY WHEN APD DESCENDED ON THEM FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. I WATCHED PEOPLE I LOVE AND CARE FOR BE THROWN TO THE GROUND ALL ACROSS THE STREET. INCLUDING ONE OFFICER BUM RUSHED US ALL. I WAS UNSCATHED BUT I WON'T FORGET IT. WHEN THE ROOTS ARE ROTTEN TO THE CORE, SO IS ALL THE FRUIT. LET'S NOT FORGET THAT APD IS BOTTOM LINED BY CHIEF MEDINA WHO MURDERED A 14-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN A CHURCH IN 2002. IN THE MOST EGREGIUS OF MURDERS HE -- WE LEAD WITH COMMUNITY CARE AND LOVE. THAT SETS US APART FROM THOSE WHO STAND TO GIVE US DISGRACEFUL ORDINANCES. JUSTICE FOR MATTHEW GARCIA. >> LISA FOLLOWED BY MARSA, FOLLOWED BY REN A. ? >> HELLO, COUNCIL. I'M A CONSTITUENT FROM DISTRICT THREE. I ORIGINALLY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON FRIDAY BECAUSE I WANTED TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR SOMETHING MARVELOUS THAT HAPPENED ON WORKING WITH APD AND THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT MISSION. AND THE DV ADVOCACY CENTER. LIKE ALL THIS GREAT STUFF HAPPENED ON FRIDAY, THE COMMISSION, ALL THE DVSA MEMBERS. I WAS ORIGINALLY SIGNED UP BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS FOR A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS EXPERIENCING AN UNSAFE SITUATION WITH AN EX. SO, I WAS ORIGINALLY SIGNING UP TO SAY THANK YOU TO APD BECAUSE THEY TRULY -- THE ADVOCACY CENTER DEPUTY COMMANDER JARAMILLO, SEVERAL WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND. I WAS THANKFUL FOR THAT. AND WHAT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY -- SO HERE I AM WITH ALL THIS TRAUMA AND ANGST AND NOT REALLY VERY MUCH POSITIVE TO SAY OR INTERACTIONS FOR POLICE, THE SYSTEMS NOT INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS, BUT THE SYSTEMS. I FINALLY HAD SOMETHING GOOD TO SAY AND THEN HOW DO I AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER -- I'M BUILDING TRUST, BUILDING TRUST, AND THEN IT JUST TAKES ONE THING FOR ALL THAT TRUST TO GO AWAY AND FOR THAT FEAR AND THAT ANGER AND THAT -- I'M LOOKING AT YOU ALL BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU IN THE YEAR, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO YOU ALL AS A COMMUNITY -- WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? WE'RE GETTING KILLED OUT HERE. WE'RE GETTING MURDERED. SOMETIMES WE'RE DOING THINGS THAT ARE NOT CORRECT AND RIGHT, BUT SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET MY BICYCLE FIXES AND I'M HANGING OUT WITH THE WRONG SPOT AND I'M CAUGHT ON FIRE AND PUTTING MY BODY IN THE STREET. WHAT CAN WE DO TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE? I'M GOING TO SUGGEST TO YOU THE VERY FIRST THING YOU CAN DO IS CHANGE THE LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I KNOW THE CULTURE WON'T CHANGE -- >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. >> MARSA FOLLOWED BY RENÉ, FOLLOWED BY ADELE. >> I WANT TO ADDRESS COMMENTS MADE BY COUNCILORS. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE LACK OF COPS ON THE STREET AS WELL AS ENFORCEMENT IS THE PROBLEM TO SOLVE. I ASKED FRIDAY AFTERNOON WE SAW THE RESULTS OF MORE POLICE AND ENFORCEMENT IN THIS CITY. APD OFFICERS, WHILE ENFORCING AN ORDINANCE, SHOT AND KILLED A MAN. HIS NAME WAS MATTHEW DPARS GARCIA. AND YOUR OFFICERS SHOT HIM LIKE HE MEANT NOTHING. EVEN AFTER SHOOTING HIM, YOUR OFFICERS TREATED HIM LIKE HE DIDN'T MATTER. CRACKING JOKES. ALMOST LIKE THEY KNEW NOTHING WOULD BE DONE. THIS IS WHAT WE GET WHEN WE PUT MORE COPS ON THE STREET. LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE HAPPILY ENFORCING ORDINANCES AGAINST OUR NEIGHBORS, BRUALIZING THEM AND THROWING THEM OUT LIKE TRASH. THEY'RE USING YOUR POLICIES. IT CERTAINLY ISN'T THE LACK OF OFFICERS ON THE STREET AND OVERPOLICING IS NOT A SOLUTION TO ANYTHING. THE ONLY THING IT DOES IS CREATE AN AUTHORITARIAN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND POLICE. YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE SOME KIND OF COMMUNITY THING HERE, AND THAT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO WORK. I WANT TO SAY YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO YOUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE YOUR COPS ACCOUNTABLE, STOP WRITING THEM BLANK CHECKS TO PRESERVE WHATEVER YOU THINK IS JUSTICE. THE COPS DO NOT DE-ESCALATE. THE WAY TO MEET YOUR COMMUNITY WITH IS NOT GUNS AND BADGES BUT OPPORTUNITY. PLEASE HOLD THE KILLER COPS ACCOUNTABLE, JUSTICE FOR MATTHEW GARCIA. >> RENÉ FOLLOWED BY ADEO FOLLOWED BY REBECCA. >> YOU ALREADY KNOW WHO I AM. I'M GETTING TIRED OF COMING TO THESE THINGS. IF I'M HERE SOMETHING'S VERY WRONG. IN THIS CASE IT'S THE FACT THAT THE MOST REFORMED POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY KEEPS GETTING MORE AND MORE VIOLENT. ON FRIDAY, AN APD MURDERED A MAN WHILE HE WAS HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK BY SHOOTING HIM IN THE HEAD EXECUTION STYLE. IF THERE REPORTING IS TO BE BELIEVED, HE A WEAPON AFTER HAVING BEEN DETAINED IN THE POLICE VEHICLE AND WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD DURING A STRUGGLE. ANY GRUNT WITH A FORMAL BIT OF TRAINING KNOWS THAT YOU SHOOT SOMEONE IN THE HEAD WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION, NOT WHEN YOU TRY TO TAKE CONTROL. PEOPLE KEEP SAYING NOT TO LET A FEW BAD APPLES SPOIL THE BUNCH, BUT YOU'RE DOING EXACTLY THAT BY REFEUDS -- REFUSING TO CONVICT THE BAD APPLES. HOW CAN ONE UNACCOUNTABLE PERSON WITH A GUN SINGLE-HANDEDLY REVOKE A MAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE? SIMPLY PUT, IT'S ANTI-AMERICAN. THE LIGHT OF THE MURDER, TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR TEARING DOWN THE TAPE OF A CRIME SCENE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AFTER THE PROTESTERS ARRIVED. BODY CAMERA VIDEO WAS RELEASED WHICH THE REPORTING CLAIMED DEPICTED PROTESTERS TEARING THE TAPE, AND AN OFFICER GETTING STRUCK IN THE SHOULDER. HAVING MUCHED THE VIDEO MYSELF, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY NONE OF THE CLAIMS. THE VIDEO BEGINS AFTER THE TAPE HAD COME DOWN. IT DEPICTS AN OFFICER ARRESTING SOMEONE WHO IS WAS NOWHERE NEAR THE TAPE. IT DEPICTS THE OFFICERS PICKING UP A PROTESTER OFF THE GROUND AND DROPPING THEM BACK ON TO THE PAVEMENT. AS THE SAYING GOES, ONE BAD BAPAL -- APPLE SPOILS THE BUNCH. HIS BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS. CONTROL THE COPS. >> ADEO FOLLOWED BY -- FOLLOWED BY MAMAZ. >> MATTHEW DID NOT GET HIS DAY IN COURT. I WOULD LIKE US TO REMEMBER THAT. THAT IS A PRIVILEGE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO EXECUTED HIM -- WE CAN ENJOY. THESE ARE REALLY SCARY TIMES. BUT WE'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT MORE IN COMMON WITH OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, WITH OUR PROTESTERS, WITH GARCIA. MAY HE REST IN POWER. AND AN ATTACK ON THEM IS AN ATTACK ON ANYONE OF US. AGAIN, ANYONE WHO DAYS AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICER ENOUGH -- OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING DIED EXTRA JUDICIALLY. AND NOW THE CLIMATE KEEPS GOING CRAZY. AND HOPE EVERYONE WAS ENJOYING HOTTOBER. BEFORE IT VERY SUDDENLY CHILLED. WE NEED PEACE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> REBECCA FOLLOWED BY MAMA-Z FOLLOWED BY JACOB. >> I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX. THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE EXECUTED A MAN, I WANT TO TAKE THE NEXT TEN SECONDS AS A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR HIM. AS WE WATCHED THE LIES ENSUE, I WANT TO BRING THE GRAVITY OF THIS SITUATION. MAN WAS EXECUTED. THERE WAS SO MANY QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERED ON WHAT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY. THERE NEEDS TO BE A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION DONE ON THE POLICE NOT BY THE POLICE. I SHOWED UP THAT NIGHT WITH OTHER NEIGHBORS IN DUS GIST TO PROTEST THESE KILLER COPS. WHEN I GOT THERE THESE CRIMINALS OCCUPIED MORE THAN A HUNDRED YARDS ACTING AS THEY DO, GIVING THEM ULTIMATE AUTHORITY OVER ANYONE IN THEIR PRESENCE. THESE COPS CHOSE TO TARGET AND CHARGE PROTESTERS. THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T END UP ON THE GROUND IS THAT THE OFFICER WAS KNOCKED ME UP TO THE FENCE. THE ACTIONS OF THE COPS GOT SO OUT OF HAND THAT THE COPS HAD TO RUN FROM A BLOCK AWAY TO DE-ESCALATE. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SHAMEFUL THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN. I WAS DISGUSTED BY THE QUOTE, IT WAS A -- WE'RE HERE TO HELP PROPERTY OWNERS OVERCOME THESE ISSUES. IS THAT REALLY WHAT THIS CITY IS A PROUD DISPLAY OF PROPERTY OVER PEOPLE? IN THE WORDS OF DR. WILLIAM BARBER, EVERY CRUSEIFICATION NEEDS A WITNESS. THAT IS A QUOTE I WANT YOU TO TAKE TODAY AM APD MAY THINK THEY HAVE THE POWER TO TAKE LIVE, BUT I WILL NOT FORGET THAT EVERYONE NEEDS SOMEONE TO CALL IT FOR WHAT IT IS. THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING TODAY. >> MAMA-Z FOLLOWED BY JACOB, FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE. >> HI, AGAIN. YOU KNOW, I NEVER KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY WHEN I COME HERE BUT I KNOW I'M CALLED HERE. I HAVE TO THANK COURTNEY FOR KEEPING ME INFORMED OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. I DON'T GET FIRST-HAND INFORMATION BEING A HOMELESS WOMAN ALL THE TIME. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE YOUNG PROTESTERS THAT COME OUT HERE. THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR SOMETHING THEY BELIEVE IN. IT REMINDS ME OF KENT STATE. I'VE BEEN PARCHED WITH A LOT OF CRIMES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. STARTING WITH THE OCCUPY MOVEMENTS. AND THE IDLE NO MORE. STANDING ROCK. AND I STOOD OPPOSITE OF PAT DAVIS WHEN SHIA LEBUFF PROTESTED. PROOF AGAIN IT'S ABOUT MONEY. THESE YOUNG PEOPLE COME TO THE PARK ON TUESDAYS AND THEY BRING FOOD AND BLANKETS AND SHOES. THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THREE MONTHS. AND THIS LAST TUESDAY SOME RENT-A-COP GUY, AND HE INCITED A RIOT FOR TEN MINUTES. AND AFTER THAT APD PARKED THERE FOR ANOTHER 15 AND IT ESCALATED. WITH THESE BEAUTIFUL HUMANS PUTTING THEIR CAMERAS ON AND SAYING I KNOW THEIR RIGHTS. I TOOK THE PICTURES I HAD AND I TALKED TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, BUT IT WENT NOWHERE. I HAVE SO MUCH FOOTAGE OVER THE LAST YEARS ABOUT COP INTERACTION, WHEN I TOLD A COP DON'T HARASS THAT GUY WITH THE FROZEN FEET BECAUSE HE HAD PTSD AND THE COP PULLS OUT A CLUB AND SAID I GOT PTSD TOO. >> JACOB FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE FOLLOWED BY JULIA. >> OKAY. WHAT'S THE COMMON THREAD -- VIOLENT POLICING, LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND BEING VIOLENT GANG. -- AFTER HE MURDERED AN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY MEMBER. THAT WAS SAID AND NO ACCOUNTABILITY HAS BEEN SEEN. NO NAMES HAVE BEEN DROPPED ABOUT THAT ACCOUNTABILITY. THE VIOLENCE IS UNCHECKED AND THESE BODY CAM VIDEOS STROOB RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC SO WE CAN BE SAFE AND KNOW WHO THESE THUGS ARE THAT ARE HARMING US. SO WE COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO TELL THE POLICE TO STOP HARMING US. NOW, I'LL ASSUME THAT ALL THE VIOLENT MURDERS THUGS PURPOSELY DISREGARD PROCEDURE TO MURDER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. CHIEF MEDINA IS A RACIST VIOLENT OFFICER. SOMETIMES RACISTS NEED A PUNCH IN THE MOUTHED. YOU NOW DEMAND THE RELEASE OF THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE, AND TO FIRE AND NAME THESE MURDERS AND RAPISTS, THANK YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: I'LL GIVE A SECOND WARNING ON THAT. WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE HEARD AND RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE'S OPINION. SECOND WARNING ON THAT. AND YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT ON OUR -- OUR SECURITY WILL REMOVE YOU FROM THE BUILDING. >> FOLLOWED BY JULIET FOLLOWED BY JOAQUIN. JULIA FOLLOWED BY JOAQUIN FOLLOWED BY AZUL. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE MUST BE EXTRA JUDICIALLY EXECUTED BY STATE SANCTIONED BEING BEFORE YOU ADMIT IT'S NOT TOO FEW COPS, AND A FEW BAD APPLES. APD DOES NOT KEEP US SAFE. HOW MANY PEOPLE MUST DIE BEFORE YOU ADMIT THAT THE SYSTEM IS ROTTEN TO ITS CORE? APD IS A GANG. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ABOLISH THE POLICE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ABOLISH THE INSTITUTION THAT GIVES YOU YOUR POWER. WHAT I WILL DO IS I WILL URGE YOU TO PUSH FOR THE RELEASE OF THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE OF EVERY OFFICER PRESENT AT SOLO'S MURDER. CHIEF MEDINA COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION. HE SAID THE FAMILY DESERVES TO KNOW THE TRUTH. TELL THEM. RELEASE THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE OF EVERY OFFICER PRESENT AT THIS MURDER. JUSTICE FOR ALL VICTIMS OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> JOAQUIN FOLLOWED BY SAVANNAH. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, FOR THE DURATION OF MY PUBLIC COMMENT I REQUEST COUNCIL MEMBERS PUT THEIR HAPPENEDS BEHIND THEIR BACK. IF YOU DID NOT HAVE THE HEART TO PARTICIPATE, I'M SORRY TO SAY YOU WOULD BE KILLED AT THE HANDS OF THE POLICE BEFORE THE END OF THIS SENTENCE. IF YOU'RE KIND ENOUGH TO LISTEN I'M SORRY TO SAY YOU WOULD BE KILLED BY THE HANDS OF THE POLICE AT THE END OF THIS. NEW MEXICO POLICE ARE TRAINED UP TO 22 WEEKS BEFORE THEY CAN JOIN THE FORCE. THE INDOCTRINATION LEAVES THEM IN A STATE WHERE THEY NO LONGER FEW HUMANS AS HUMANS. SOLOWAS A HUMAN, FATHER, SON, NEPHEW THAT APD DID NOT SEE THAT. THEY'RE NOT TRAINED TO SEE THAT. AND WE DO NOT NEED COPS WHO CANNOT SEE THAT TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. WE DO NOT NEED COPS. WE NEED REHABILITATION CENTERS. WE NEED SOCIAL WORKERS. WE NEED SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. WE NEED MENTAL HEALTH RESPONDER PROGRAMS. THE MEDIA ARGUMENTS I HEAR THAT WE DO NOT NEED COPS INCLUDE WHAT IF YOU WERE ROBBED OR RAPED. FOR THAT, THE FIRST ITEM IS FIGHT THE CLASS WERE. TO MY SECOND ARGUMENT, MY CHOSEN SISTER. MY CHOSEN SISTER WAS RAPED SHE CALLED THE POLICE. WHEN THEY CALLED BACK THEY LECTURED HER ABOUT NOT GOING TO COLLEGE BOYS DORMS AND SHOULDN'T SHE KNOW THEY ONLY WANT ONE THING. WE DON'T NEED MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FATHERS SONS HUSBANDS NEPHEWS MURDERED EXECUTION STYLE. WE'RE TRYING OF WITNESSING THAT EVERY TIME YOU HEAR HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT, HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT, YOU'RE SHOT DEAD ANYWAY. RELEASE THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE AND FIRE THE OFFICERS INVOLVED. THANK YOU. >> FOLLOWED BY SAVANNAH FOLLOWED BY RITA. >> I AM DINE WITH THE TRIBAL NAVAJO NATION. I'VE MOVED AND ORGANIZED MY ENTIRE LIFE. UNSHELTERED, UNHOUSED AND HOME LESS PEOPLE DESERVE RESPECT AND TO BE TREATED EQUALLY. AS SOMEONE WHO LIVED ON THE STREETS MORE THAN HALF OF MY LIFE AS A CHILD, YOUTH AND ADULT, OVER MY YEARS OF LIVING ON THE STREETS AND WITNESSED POLICE AND I'VE SEEN POLICE VIOLENCE, STATE SANCTIONED VIOLENCE ON THE COMMUNITY, YEAR AFTER YEAR, LOST RELATIVES WHO ARE NOT HERE WITH ME TODAY FROM LIVING IN YOUTH HOMELESS SHELTERS TO JUST LIVING ON THE STREETS WHO ARE NOT HERE BECAUSE OF POLICE VIOLENCE. I'M HERE TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR MATTHEW GARCIA. AND TO BE CLEAR WHAT WE'RE DEMANDING. WE'RE DEMANDING THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ALL POLICE FOOTAGE, ACCOUNTABILITY FOR APD'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW BASIC PROCEDURE LEADING TO HIS DEATH. HOLDING OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. CALLING FOR FIRING ALL KILLER COPS IMMEDIATELY. ADDRESSING APD'S PATTERN OF VIOLENCE, REFORM ISN'T ENOUGH. REAL CHANGE AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS NEEDED. AND THAT CAN SEE SEEN THROUGH FIRING OFFICERS WHO KILL PEOPLE. AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE STATE'S NEGLIGENCE AND INCLUDING TREATMENT OF GARCIA'S FAMILY. A CALL FOR LEADERSHIP, ACCOUNTABILITY, MEANING YOU MUST ACT NOW. THE CITY MUST ACT NOW. WE DEMAND INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY CARE NOT POLICING. FOUR DAYS HAVE PASSED AND NO ONE FROM APD OR THE CITY HAS REACHED OUT TO SOLO'S FAMILY. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ALLOWED TO SEE HIS BODY. THIS NEGLECT AND CURALTY IS INEXCUSABLE. THE SYSTEM FAILED SOLO AND CONTINUES TO FAIL FAMILY AND CHILDREN. WE DEMAND THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE ACTION TONIGHT. NO MORE DELAYS, NO MORE EXCUSES, JUSTICE FOR SOLO NOW. WE WILL SHOW UP FOR SOLO'S FAMILY. HIS WIFE, HIS CHILDREN, PARENTS DEMANDING JUSTICE BECAUSE WE KEEP OURSELF SAFE. >> SAVANNAH FOLLOWED BY RITA FOLLOWED BY FRED. >> ON OCTOBER 18, 2024, ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOT AND EXECUTED SOLOGARCIA. THE ALBUQUERQUE COMMUNITY DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY. WE ASK THAT APD RELEASE THE FOOTAGE AND COPS INVOLVED BE REMOVED FROM THE FORCE. VIOLENCE CANNOT GO UNANSWERED AND TOPS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO VIOLENCE AND MURDER. WE'VE SEEN THIS PLAY OUT TOO MANY TIMES AS A NATION AND WE REFUSE TO STAND BY AS IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. >> RITA FOLLOWED BY FRED FOLLOWED BY BERNADETTE. >> I HAD JUST TURNED 18 WHEN I MET SOLO, AND HIS FAMILY. THEY WELCOMED ME AND TREATED ME AS IF I WAS PART OF THEIR FAMILY. AT THE TIME HE WASN'T INTO DRUGS OR THAT LIFESTYLE. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, HE ENDED UP IN PRISON AND AFTER THAT IT WAS SO HARD TO GET OUT OF THE SYSTEM. ESPECIALLY BEING ADDICTED TO DRUGS HE WANTED TO GET A JOB AND LIVE RIGHT BUT RELAPSED BECAUSE THEY WANTED HIM TO GO TO THE TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAMS IN THE WAR ZONE. IF SHE WOULD STAY WITH HIS FAMILY, MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE STAYED CLEAN AND BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE HIS PROBATION SUCCESSFULLY. INSTEAD HE WAS FORCED TO GO BACK TO THE WAR ZONE. HE CALLED ME STRESSED OUT AND SAID I'M BEING FORCED TO GO INTO TRANSITIONAL LIVING. AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO BACK INTO THE WAR ZONE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T TURN OUT GOOD. I TALKED TO HIM OVER THE PHONE AND A COUPLE MORE TIMES AND BY THEN HE ALREADY GOT SUCKED BACK INTO THE STREETS. HE RAN INTO PEOPLE AND RELAPSED. OF COURSE HE WENT ON THE RUN BECAUSE HE KNEW HE MISSED UP. ON FRIDAY, I PICKED UP HIS WIFE TO TAKE HER HOME FROM THE ROOM HE WAS STAYING IN. I WAS WAITING WHEN I SAW HIM WALKING BY, AND HE TALKED TO ME. HE SAID HE WAS TIRED OF STAYING THERE, BEFORE I LEFT I TOLD HIM BE SAFE. HIS LAST WORDS WERE ALL RIGHT SIS, I LOVE YOU TOO. I'LL CALL YOU IN A FEW MINUTES. THAT WAS 9:30. AND I GOT TO CENTRAL AND ZAN I TEXTED HIS WIFE AND SAID PLEASE TELL ME HE'S OKAY. I RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM A FAMILY FRIEND. HE WAS RESIDENT AT THE TIWA AND SAW THE WHOLE INCIDENT. HE WAS A WITNESS BY MATTHEW BEING MURDERED BY APD. I WORRY HE WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIM HARASSED. IF WE -- >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. >> EVEN IF THE PERSON HAD A GUN? >> LIKE HER LIFE WAS IN DANGER. WHY WOULD HE TELL HER HE HAD A GUN. WHAT HE HAD BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET SHOT. BECAUSE ANY WRESTLING MATCH I'VE EVER SEEN BOTH OPPONENTS HAVE ARM. I'VE NEVER SEEN A WRESTLING MATCH WHERE ONE HAD TO HAVE HIS HANDS HANDCUFFED. HE WAS ALREADY FAR BEHIND THE OFFICERS WHEN SHE DECIDED TO GET TRIGGER HAPPY. IF SHE WAS IS THAT SCARED SHE COULD HAVE SHOT HIM IN THAT ARM. IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS ALL PLANNED. >>COUN. LEWIS: ALL RIGHT. >> AND PROPERLY SEARCHED MATTHEW BEFORE PLACING HIM IN THE VEHICLE IN THE FIRST PLACE, HE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE. OBVIOUSLY, THE OFFICER THAT TOOK HIS LIFE WASN'T PROPERLY TRAINED AND SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN OUT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. JUSTICE FOR SOLO GARCIA. >> FRED FOLLOWED BY BERNADETTE FOLLOWED BY BAILLY. >> THANK YOU, ALL. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY SON MATTHEW GARCIA. YOU KNOW WHY. I WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE JUST DEVASTATED BY WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR SON. FROM BEING IN THE BACK OF THAT VEHICLE, AND NOT BEING SEARCHED BEFORE HE WAS PUT IN THAT VEHICLE WAS UNCALLED FOR. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SEARCHED BEFORE HE WAS PUT IN THAT CAR. THE THING IS ALSO THAT WHEN HE WAS IN THERE THE OFFICER WENT IN THERE, AS I SEEN, AND TOLD HIM WHAT HE HAD. AND FROM THAT POINT ON, I REMEMBER THAT THEY CAME OUT AND ALL I KNOW IS I HEARD THEM SAYING THAT HE -- THAT THEY RECOVERED THE GUN. A GUN. AND THAT AFTER THAT, THEY SHOT HIM. WHY WAS THAT -- WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN DONE. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO KILL HIM. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO KILL MY SON. HE WAS A GREAT FATHER. A GREAT SON, A GREAT HUSBAND, HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND AS WELL. SOMEBODY THAT WAS MY TWIN. I LOVED MY BOY SO MUCH. HE WAS MY SECOND CHILD THAT I LOST IN A LIFETIME. AND THAT REALLY KILLS ME INSIDE. BUT SOLO, BEING THE ONE THAT SHOULD HAVE JUSTICE RIGHT NOW, PLEASE DO SOMETHING FOR MY SON. I ASK YOU THIS. >> MY NAME IS BERNADETTE. THIS MORNING I HAD TO WAKE UP TO WATCH NEWS CLIPS OF OUR SON IN THE BACK SEAT. NOBODY EVER WANTS TO SEE YOUR BABY BACK THERE LIKE THAT. NOBODY. HE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO LIVE JUST LIKE THE REST OF US. HE WASN'T PERFECT. BUT HE WAS A HUMAN BEING. GOD CREATED US ALL EQUAL. I LOOK TO MY GRANDCHILDREN, EVERY MORNING THEY SAY GRANDMA, MY DADDY IS NOT COMING HOME. IT'S THE HARDEST THING THEY HAVE TO REMEMBER THEIR FATHER AND THE SOUNDS. IT KEEPS RINGING IN MY EARS OF HEARING THE GUN GO OFF. NOT BY ONE, BUT TWO OFFICERS. WE HAD NOT BEEN TOLD ABOUT OUR SONS WHY? WE FOUND OUT THROUGH PEOPLE ON THE STREET. WHO WENT UP THERE, AND WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO CROSS THE LINE. I FEEL LIKE THEY CROSSED THE LINE WITH MY SON. THE FATHER OF OUR GRANDCHILDREN. OUR DAUGHTER'S HUSBAND. HE WAS SOMEBODY'S CHILD, FATHER, SON FRIEND. WEP -- WHEN DOES IT STOP? THIS IS THE UNITED STATES. WE'RE NOT OVERSEAS FIGHTING. WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE IN WORLD WAR THREE IN OUROPE OWN TOWN. THAT IS VERY SCARY. MY SON GROWING UNWANTED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. HE HATES IT NOW. IT DEVASTATED HIM. >> HOW COULD THEY TAKE A DREAM AWAY FROM OUR GRANDSON LIKE THAT? SOMETHING HE WANTED TO BE SO MUCH IN HIS HEART. NOW, HE JUST DESPISES POLICE OFFICERS. >> WHY WAS HE NOT HEARD? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WE GOT THE GUN. AND THEN THE SHOTS. HIS HANDS WERE BEHIND HIS BACK. JUSTICE FOR OUR SON. SOLO MATTHEW GARCIA. THANK YOU, ALL. MAY GOD BLESS YOU, AND MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON THOSE OFFICERS THAT TOOK OUR SON'S LIFE. THANK YOU. >> FOLLOWED BY RICE, FOLLOWED BY KAITLYN. >> HELLO. FIRST, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TERRIBLE GRIEF THIS CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IS PUTTING THE FAMILY THROUGH. AND IT'S BRAVE IT IS FOR THEM TO STAND HERE. I WANT TO ASK YOURSELVES IF ANY OF YOU HAD TO STAND HERE AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WHAT THAT WOULD FEEL LIKE. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO TESTIFY FOR JUSTICE FOR SOLO GARCIA. I WANT TO NAME THAT IT IS THE FRIEND AND FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF SOLO GARCIA AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE -- WE PAY FOR THE BULLETS, WE PAY FOR THE BODY CAMS OF THE FOOTAGE AND ALL THE FOOTAGE THAT YOU WILL NOT RELEASE. IT'S THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS PAYING TO HAVE THIS DONE TO OURSELVES. AND EACH TIME WE HEAR ABOUT THIS, EACH TIME APD, DECADE AFTER DECADE, KILLS ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WE HEAR ABOUT THE OFFICER SAFETY. WHAT ABOUT OUR SAFETY? WHERE WAS SOLO'S DUE PROCESS? POLICE ARE TAKEN CARE OF WITH EXCELLENT HEALTH CARE, EXCELLENT BENEFITS AND EXCELLENT SALARIES FAR ABOVE WHAT MOST PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM PROBABLY MAKE. POLICE WEAR BODY ARMOR TO KEEP THEM SAFE. WHERE DOES KEEPING US SAFE? HOW ARE WE BEING TAKEN CARE OF? WHEN I CALL 911 IN MY APARTMENT COMPLEX BECAUSE I HEAR A WOMAN SCREAMING FOR HELP AND THEY HANG UP. WHO IS TAKING CARE OF THIS? NO INDIVIDUAL POSED A THREAT SHOOTING THE GUN. AND THE OFFICERS WHO MURDERED SOLO GARCIA HAVE SHOWN THEY CANNOT HANDLE WHAT THEIR JOB ENTAILS. IT IS YOUR JOB TO FIRE THEM, NOT ONLY FOR JUSTICE, BUT FOR THE SAFETY OF EVERYBODY IN ALBUQUERQUE. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. >> FOLLOWED BY CAITLYN, FOLLOWED BY BRITNEY. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS RAY, I'M A UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN. I'M HERE NOT ONLY TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR SOLO, BUT EXPOSE THE BROADER FAILURE OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HIS DEATH IS NOT AN ISOLATED TRAGEDY. IT FITS INTO A LARGER WELL-DOCUMENTED PATTERN OF VIOLENCE, NEGLIGENCE AND CORRUPTION OF APD. THIS DEPARTMENT FAILED REPEATEDLY TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE IT SERVES. AS AN ARMY VETERAN THAT WENT UNDER INTENSE TRAINING BEFORE GOING OVERSEAS. WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE 120 SECONDS OF FOOTAGE IS AN EXCESSIVE AND UNJUSTIFIED USE OF DEADLY FORCE. APD'S OFFICERS SHOT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AFTER BEING DISARMED. IT WAS AN EXECUTION. THE DEMANDS OF THIS COMMUNITY ARE CLEAR. WE DEMAND THE RELEASE OF ALL LAPEL FOOTAGE. HIDING THE FOOTAGE RAISES CONCERNS OF THE COVER UP. WE DEMAND THE OFFICERS BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY. THEIR ACTIONS VIOLATED PROCEDURES AND RESULTED IN AN UNNECESSARY KILLING OF AN UNARMED MAN. APD'S SCANDALES AND REFUSAL TO REFORM HAVE DESTROYED PUBLIC TRUST. THE DEPARTMENT OPERATES WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS COUNCIL MUST ACT TONIGHT, RELEASE THE FOOTAGE, FIRE THE OFFICERS AND GIVE HIS FAMILY AND OUR COMMUNITY THE JUSTICE WE DESERVE. JUSTICE FOR SOLO GARCIA NOW. >> FOLLOWED BY BRITNEY FOLLOWED BY IAN ON ZOOM. >> GOOD EVENING, FELLOW CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE ARE HERE NOT ONLY TO DEMAND JUSTICE BUT TO REEMPHASIZE THE BROADER -- OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SOLO'S DEATH FITS INTO A PATTERN BY APD. -- APD'S PER CAPITA KILL RATE IS TWICE AS HIGH AS IT WAS WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INVESTIGATED THE DEPARTMENT IN 2014 AND INPOSED A CONSENT DECREE. OFFICERS WERE HEARD LAUGHING AND JOKING BECAUSE THEY KNOW EVEN WHEN THEY KILL PEOPLE THEY HAVE THICK LAYERS OF PROTECTION. I URGE THIS COUNCIL TO QUESTION THAT QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. CHIEF MEDINA THREATENED THAT IF ANYONE TOUCHED HIS OFFICERS THEY WOULD BE PROSECUTED. THEY SHOT A HANDCUFFED MAN, FAILED TO NOTIFY HIS FAMILY. AND ARRESTED TWO AND BRUTALIZED MANY MORE. WHERE ARE THE CONSEQUENCES? FOUR DAYS HAS PASSED AND NOBODY REACHED OUT TO SOLO'S FAMILY. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE HIS BODY OR ACCESS IT FOR FUNERAL PLANS. -- HOWEVER LONG THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THEMSELVES TAKES IS CRUEL AND INHUMANE. WE DEMAND THE RELEASE OF EVERY SECOND FROM ALL INVOLVED OFFICERS. IF APD HAD NOTHING TO HIDE THIS FOOTAGE WOULD ALREADY BE PUBLIC. THE OFFICERS CANNOT REMAIN ON THE FORCE. THEY VIOLATED BASIC PROCEDURES AND EXECUTED AN UNARMED MAN. KEEPING THEM EMPLOYED SEPPEDS A MESSAGE THAT APD ENCOURAGES VIOLENCE AND MURDER. THIS COUNCIL MUST ACT TONIGHT, RELEASE THE FOOTAGE, FIRE THE OFFICERS AND DELIVER THE ACCOUNTABILITY THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS FAMILY DESERVES. WE CANNOT KEEP POURING MONEY INTO A BROKEN SYSTEM AND VIOLENT POLICE. RESOURCES MUST GO TO MENTAL HEALTH, AND COMMUNITY CRISIS INTERVENTION. IT'S TIME TO STOP PROTECTING VIOLENT OFFICERS. MATTHEW GARCIA DESERVES BETTER, HIS FAMILY DESERVES BETTER, AND THE COMMUNITY DESERVES BETTER. JUSTICE FOR SOLO, NOW. >> BRITNEY FOLLOWED BY IAN FOLLOWED BY PAULA. >> HELLO. I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX. I'M HERE IN RESPONSE TO THE MURDER THIS PAST WEEK. I'M ASKING YOU TO ALL TO PUT ASIDE THE FORMALITY AND POLITICAL MEANINGS AND REMEMBER AT THE MOST BASIC LEVEL WE'RE HUMAN BEING. THIS MURDER AT THE HANDS OF APD IS NOT COMPLICATED. IT ISN'T A MATTER OF WHETHER SOLO COMMITTED A CRIME OR HAD A WEAPON OR WAS OR WASN'T HANDCUFFED. THE FACT IS THAT THE POLICE AREN'T MEANT TO BE JUDGE, JURY AND EXECUTIONER. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE THE POWER TO CONDEMN CITIZENS TO DEATH OUT ON THE STREET. THIS IS A BASIC TENANT OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED FUNCTION, YET WE'RE INCREASINGLY ASKED TO FORGET THAT. WE'RE ASKED TO EQUATE BLIND OBEDIENCE WITH PATRIOTISM AND LAWFULNESS. IN THE LAST DECADE WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN POLICE VIOLENCE. LAST YEAR, 2023, WAS THE DEADLIEST YEAR FOR POLICE SHOOTINGS. WE'VE ALL WATCHED TIME AND TIME AGAIN AS THOSE IN POWER REFUSE TO HOLD THE POLICE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE MURDERS. PERHAPS THE BELIEF IS THAT WE WILL ALL COME TO ACCEPT IT AS THE NEW NORM. WE'RE ALSO OVERWORKED, UNDERPAID AND IN CONSTANT HEARTACHE IN THE UNLIVABLE CUPDITIONS THAT WE'LL STOP MAKING A FUSS ABOUT THE VIOLENT POLICE STATE. I SEE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BECOMING DISILLUSIONED, ANGRY, AND UNWILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN AN UNWINNABLE GAME. I SEE A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME WHO CAN CHOOSE NOT TO PERPETUATE THIS. LAST WEEK THERE WAS A MAN IN THIS WORLD NAMED MATTHEW SOLO GARCIA. PEOPLE LOVED HIM. HE WAS AS COMPLEX AND FLAWED AND DESERVING OF LIFE AS ANYONE IN THIS ROOM. NOW HE'S GONE BECAUSE OF POLICE FORCE OPERATING WITH IMPUPETY OUTSIDE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL RESTRAINT. NONE OF THIS HAS TO BE THIS WAY. I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO LET ANOTHER POLICE MURDER PASS WITHOUT THE PROPER RESPONSE. PLEASE DON'T LET US SLIP FURTHER INTO THIS BIZARRE TYRANNY. PLEASE UNDERSTAND YOUR POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY HERE. >> IAN FOLLOWED BY PAULA FOLLOWED BY RUDOLPH. IAN PLEASE ACCEPT YOUR PROMOTION TO PANELIST. >> PAULA, CAN YOU PLEASE ACCEPT PROMOTION TO THE PANELIST? PAULA FOLLOWED BY RUDOLPH. >> HELLO. >> PLEASE PROCEED. >> I WAS FIRST AND FOREMOST WOULD LIKE TO DEMAND THAT ALL OF THE LAPEL FOOTAGE FROM THE SCENE OF GARCIA'S DEATH BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY. SECOND, OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH ARE FIRED IMMEDIATELY. AND THAT APD IS DENIED FUNDING IN THE UPCOMING 2025 BILL BOND PROCESS. THE CITY HAS BEEN THROWING MONEY INTO ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR TEN YEARS. SINCE THEY HAVE BEGUN BEING REFORMED. AND EVERY YEAR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GIVEN APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE ENTIRE CITY BUDGET. THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. IT IS FAR AND AWAY MORE THAN EDUCATION AND SUBDIZED HOUSING OR ANY OTHER ITEM ON THIS CITY BUDGET. AND EVERY YEAR THEY KILL AND DESTABILIZE MORE OF OUR COMMUNITY. THEY CANNOT PREVENT CRIME. THEY CAN ONLY RESPOND TO IT. THEY CANNOT PREVENT VIOLENCE, THEY CAN ONLY PERPETRATE IT. THEY DO NOT INTERRUPT IT, IN MY EXPERIENCE. AND THE HOUSING CREATES CRISIS WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN OUR ENTIRE -- THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AND IN THIS CITY, IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. IT IS TAKING A TREMENDOUS TOLL. AND IT IS UNPRECEDENTED. AND THAT SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY, MORE THAN JUST POURING MONEY INTO THE POLICE AS THEY KILL US. AS THEY MOVE OUR NEIGHBORS CONSTANTLY. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SINCE JANUARY THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE HAS MOVED FIVE UNSHELTERED PEOPLE INTO HOUSING, LIKE PERMANENT HOUSING. THAT NUMBER MIGHT BE OUT OF DATE, BUT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED -- >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP. >> AND IN CUSTODY FROM COMPLICATIONS OF WITHDRAWALS AND THAT THE POLICE HAVE OUTRIGHT MURDERED ARE MORE. THERE ARE MORE THAN FIVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED IN THE WAYS THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY, PERMANENTLY HOUSED BY THE CITY. AND THIS COUNCIL IS COMPLICIT IN ALL OF THEIR DEATHS. YOU ARE COMPLICIT IN THE DEATH OF SOLO GARCIA. YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. >> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS RUDOLPH. >> WE'RE BEGGING YOU TO STOP BEING SO BACKWARD. >> RUDOLPH. >> PRESIDENT LEWIS, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, IT'S HARD TO HEAR ABOUT SOLO GARCIA. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HEAR ABOUT THIS. IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME. IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN COMING. I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR WHAT HE WAS THINKING ABOUT. HE'S LIVING WHAT I'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT ALL YEAR LONG. THE ONLY WAY WE CAN BATTLE DRUGS AND BATTLE GETTING AWAY FROM THE STREETS IS LEAVING TOWN. AT LEAST CLOSE TOWN OR AROUND THE STATE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN BE SAFER THAN ALL THE DRUG PROBLEMS WE HAVE HERE. I WALK IN HIS SHOES. I WAS LEFT FOR DEAD TWICE. GOD BROUGHT ME BACK. MAN, I'M A MIRACLE WALKING. BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE THAT LUCK BECAUSE OF AN EXECUTION. THAT IS MY POINT OF FEW. IT'S A FEDERAL CRIME. IT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED BY THE FBI, NOT BY OUR COUNCIL OR BY CITY OR BY THE PANEL. EXECUTING SOMEBODY FROM THE BACK IS THE SAME AS ASSASSINATION. THAT'S WHAT I RECOMMEND THESE PEOPLE TO DO. CALL THE FBI NUMBER AND REQUEST FOR THEM TO INVESTIGATE THIS AS AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. THE ONLY THING THAT IS GOING TO HELP US IS HELPING THE PEOPLE OUT OF THE STREETS. AND IT'S A NATIONAL PROBLEM. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT IN A LITTLE GROUP OR THERE. WE HAVE THE SOLUTIONS IN OUR HANDS. I'VE BEEN HANDING IT TO YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN. WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN NEXT WEEK. LET'S WORK FOR IT. LET'S HELP THESE PEOPLE OUT. AND GOD BLESS THESE GUYS AND HIS FAMILY, ALL MY LOVE AND PRAYERSES GO TO THEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> AND FINALLY IAN. >> GOOD EVENING, CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? >> WE CAN HEAR YOU. THANK YOU. >> YEAH, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT LEWIS, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M HERE SPEAKING NOT ON WHAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE PREVIOUS CITIZENS HAVE SPOKEN TO. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD PRETTY IMPORTANT JUSTICE TO SEEK AND FIND A WAY TO MAKE THIS BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY. I'M HERE SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY FOR MARTINEZTOWN. I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN LUHO APPEAL RESULT COMING IN FRONT OF YOU LATER TONIGHT. THE NUMBER IS AC-24-18 AND AC-24-19. ZONE CHANGE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. >>COUN. LEWIS: SIR, IF I CAN STOP YOU FOR A MOMENT. THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF APPEALS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. THEY'RE QUASI--JUDICIAL. I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN ALLOW COMMENT ON THAT DISCUSSION. >> OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT. I CAN SPEAK TO SOMETHING ELSE MORE BROADLY. MARTINEZTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD IS A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD JUST ADJACENT TO DOWNTOWN. AND IT'S -- IT HAS ITS OWN CULTURE. AND IT HAS BEEN UNDERFUNDED AND RESOURCED FOR DECADES. AND WE ARE AFRAID MORE THAN EVER AS THE CITY REVITALIZES DOWN TOWN THAT MARTINEZTOWN IS GOING TO SUFFER NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FROM THIS REVITALIZATION, IF NOT COMPLETELY GET EATEN UP BY DOWNTOWN. SO, PLEASE TAKE THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE AND LIVED HERE FOR GENERATIONS INTO ACCOUNT BEFORE THE INTERESTS OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT CLAIM THEY CAN MAKE ALBUQUERQUE LOOK GOOD. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS IS ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND PEDESTRIAN EFFORTS. COUNCIL MEMBER BACA, I SENT YOUR POLICY ANALYST A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE BY THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AGO THAT RECOMMENDED THE NUMBER OF CHANGES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD MAKE IT SAFER TO WALK. PLEASE LOOK AT THAT AND CONSIDER. MY WIFE AND I WERE RAN OVER BY A CAR IN A CROSSWALK BY SOMEONE RUSHING HOME. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP. >> MAYBE HAVE SOME SPEED BUMPS. BUT THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE RECOMMENDED TO DO SO. AND DROP THE SPEED LIMIT. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO APPROVALS. NO APPROVALS. FINAL ACTIONS IS O-25. COUNCILOR BACA. >>COUN. BACA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. O-25, AMENDING ARTICLE 12, 13, 16 OF THE CHART RELATING TO DISCLOSURE, ELECTIONS AND CAMPAIGN FINANCING. THIS IS A CLEAN UP BILL. A LOT OF US WENT THROUGH REVIEWS AFTER THE LAST CAMPAIGN CYCLE. THIS IS JUST AN ATTEMPT TO CLEAN UP SOME ISSUES. I MOVE DO PASS. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. FOR A DO PASS OF O-25. ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? >> NO, MR. PRESIDENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: OKAY. ADMINISTRATION, ANY COMMENT ON THIS? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I THINK THE BILL IS WELL TRODDEN. IF THE COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS, I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILORS, ANY DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS ON THE BILL? ALL RIGHT. [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BACA: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: NO. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: NO. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES ON A 7-2. >>COUN. LEWIS: OKAY. ITEM B IS O-38. COUNCILOR BACA. >>COUN. BACA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE ALDO LEOPOLD HOUSE AS A CITY LANDMARK. I MOVE DO PASS. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND FOR DO PASS. THIS IS QUASI-JUDICIAL REQUEST. IT REQUIRES SPECIAL PROCEDURES TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT, STAFF AND PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THIS AGENDA ITEM WILL PROCEED AS FOLLOWS. COUNCIL PLANNING STAFF, FIVE MINUTE PRESENTATION. APPLICANTS PRESENTATION TEN MINUTES, TESTIMONY OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS WILL ALLOW TWO MINUTES. REBUTTAL FIVE MINUTES AND CROSS-EXAMINATION BY ANYONE WHO SPOKE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. TWO MINUTES COMMENTS BY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND COUNCIL STAFF CLOSING ARGUMENTS OR COMMENTS IF ANY. ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES. CITY STAFF, THE APPLICANT MUST BE SWORN IN. IF ANYBODY HERE WILL BE SPEAKING TO THIS ITEM AS A STAFF MEMBER OR APPLICANT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU AFFIRM UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY YOUR TESTIMONY WILL BE TRUE? THANK YOU, PLEASE BEGIN YOUR INTRODUCTION. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO, I'M GOING TO JUST LAY SOME GROUND RULES BEFORE OUR QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING BASED ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE LANDMARK. SO, COUNCILORS ARE GOING TO MAKE DECISION BASED ON CRITERIA SET IN SECTION SIX-7-23C OF THE IDO. WHICH STATES THAT AN APPLICATION FOR DESIGNATION OF A LANDMARK SITE OR STRUCTURE SHALL BE APPROVED IF IT IS OF HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL OR -- I'M GOING TO READ THAT OFF. SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE WHAT THE CRITERIA IS. THE SITE IS HISTORIC SIGNIFICANT EVENT. IT'S IDENTIFIED THE PERSON SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE HISTORY OF THE CITY, STATE OR NATION. IT PORTRAYS THE ENVIRONMENT OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE CHARACTERIZED BY A DISTINCTIVE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE. IT HAS A TYPE PERIOD OR METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION. IT POSSESSES HIGHER ARCHITECTURE VALUE. IT REPRESENTS THE WORK OF AN ARCHITECT DESIGNER OR MASTER BUILDER THAT INFLUENCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY. IT EMBODIES ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE DESIGN, MATERIALS OR CRAFTSMANSHIP WHICH REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ARCHITECTURAL RENOVATION. IT'S PRESERVATION IS CRITICAL BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP TO ALL ALREADY DESIGNATED LANDMARKS OR PROPERTY WHICH IS SIMULTANEOUSLY PROPOSED AS A LANDMARK. IT HAS YIELDED OR LIKELY TO YIELD INFORMATION IMPORTANT IN HISTORY OR PRE-HISTORY. AND IT IS INCLUDED IN THE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. THIS APPLIES TO O-38 AND 48. I'LL PUT YOU THROUGH THAT ONCE. IN PARTICULAR TO O-38, ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE SIGNIFIES THE APPROVAL OF THE DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 14th STREET AS A CITY LANDMARK SITE FOR THE SIGNIFICANCE AS A HOME OF ALDO LEOPOLD AND THE STRUCTURE'S ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER AND VALUE. THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT PROVIDED JUSTIFICATION FOR FIVE OUT OF THE TEN CRITERIA. AS A REMINDER IT'S ANY CRITERIA STATED IN THE IDO. AND THE LANDMARK COMMISSION REVIEWED AND VOTED FOR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE COUNCIL AT THE PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON JUNE 10th. FOLLOWING MY PRESENTATION, THE SENIOR PLANNER FOR THE CITY WILL PRESENT DETAILS OF THE SPECIFIC LOCATION. >>COUN. LEWIS: SO, IS THERE AN APPLICANT PRESENTATION? OKAY. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY REGARDING THE NOMINATION OF THE ALDO LEOPOLD HOUSE, LOCATED AT 135 14th STREET SOUTHWEST, FOR DESIGNATION AS A CITY LANDMARK. I WILL OUTLINE THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROPERTY AND EXPLAIN WHY IT MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION UNDER THE IPT GRATED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE. THE ALDO LEOPOLD HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1916. IT STANDS AS AN EXCEPTIONAL STYLE THAT -- LOCATED -- THE HOUSE PROVIDED THE FAMILY CONVENIENT ACCESS TO THE ELECTRIC STREETCAR ALONG CENTRAL AND WALKABLE DOWNTOWN AREA WITH THE RIO GRANDE JUST HALF A MILE AWAY. CONSTRUCTED USING ADOBE BRICK, A LESS COMMON MATERIAL FOR BUNG ALOWS, THE DEMONSTRATES THE PRACTICES OF THE TIME AND ADAPTATION MADE TO LOCAL ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS SUCH AS THE HIGH-WATER TABLE NEAR THE RIVER. I LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANT PS OF THE HOUSE. THE PROPERTY IS DIRECTLY JAKT DURING THE NEARLY DECADE LONG PERIOD THAT THE FAMILY RESIDED HERE ALDO LEOPOLD FARMULATED IDEAS THAT WOULD LATER SHAPE HIS CONSERVATION ETHICS. HIS WORK AND ADVOCACY DURING THIS TIME SUCH AS NEW MEXICO GAME PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION AND HIS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE NATURAL AREA PRESERVATION INFLUENCED STATE CONSERVATION POLICIES. IT LED TO THE DESIGNATION OF THE GILA WILDERNESS. CRITICAL PART OF NEW MEXICO'S NATURAL HERITAGE. ARCHITECTURELY THE HOUSE IS DISTINCTIVE FOR THE HIGH LEVEL OF CRAFTSMANSHIP. THE HOUSE IS -- THE HOUSE'S INCLUSION ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IN THE NEW MEXICO STATE REGISTER OF CULTURAL PROPERTIES HIGHLIGHTS IT'S RECOGNIZED IMPORTANCE. IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE ALDO LEOPOLD NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORIC DISTRICT WHICH IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER. THIS CONTEXTS PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE LANDMARK STATUS AND PRESERVATION WOULD ENHANCE THE INTEGRITY OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. THE CRITERIA FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION WERE CLEARLY MET IN THIS CASE. THE HOUSE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERSON OF SIGNIFICANCE AND HISTORICAL INFLUENCE, ALDO LEOPOLD. IT EMBODIES DISTINCTIVE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT TYPE AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION. ADDITIONALLY, IT HAS ARCHITECTURAL VALUE DUE TO UNIQUE FEATURES AND CRAFTSMANSHIP AND IS INCLUDED IN HISTORIC REGISTERS. NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT FOR THE NOMINATION HAS BEEN STRONG WITH BACKING FROM THE REYNOLDS AND ZUNI NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. IN CONCLUSION, IT DESIGNATION OF THE ALDO LEOPOLD HOUSE WOULD HONOR THE LEGACY OF A CONSERVEATIONIST AND PROTECT AN AST AND PROTECT A PIECE OF ALBUQUERQUE'S HISTORY FOR GENERATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. TESTIMONY BY PUBLIC SPEAKERS? >> WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. >>COUN. LEWIS: OKAY. IF THERE'S TIME -- REBUTTAL BY THE APPLICANT. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? ALL RIGHT. OF COURSE, I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THIS BECAUSE IT'S PART OF OUR RULES. CROSS-EXAMINATION BY ANYONE WHO SPOKE. THERE WAS NONE. ANY COMMENTS BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT? OKAY. OR COUNCIL PLANNING STAFF, CLOSING COMMENTS? >> NO CLOSING COMMENTS. >>COUN. LEWIS: OKAY. COUNCILORS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. BACK TO YOU THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL, COUNCILOR BACA. >>COUN. BACA: THANK YOU. URGE YOUR SUPPORT. [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BACA: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. LEWIS: ITEM C IS O-39. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN AND COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: ADOPTING NEW ARTICLE OF THE CHAPTER FIVE REVISED ORDINANCES 1994 TO ESTABLISH THE USE OF PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. THAT WILL BE APPRENTICESHIP EMPOWERMENT ORDINANCE. I MOVE A DO PASS. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE HAVE A FLOOR SUBSTITUTE IN YOUR iPAD. AND WE WILL BE DEFERRING SO EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT. I'LL MOVE THE FLOOR SUBSTITUTE. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOVED AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THIS IS JUST A FLOOR SUBSTITUTE THAT HAS QUITE A NUMBER OF CHANGES. COUNCILOR CHAMPINE AND I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH LOTS OF FOLKS FROM THE PUBLIC. AND GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK. WE DID MAKE SOME SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE PROPOSAL. WE DO SEE THE REQUIREMENTS FROM 15% APRESENTINGSHIP HOURS TO 10%. WE WORKED HOW LABORS WOULD BE GIVEN OUT AND HOW THE BID PREFERENCE WOULD BE GIVEN OUT. THAT'S SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES ASK THAT'S WHY IT'S FLOOR SUBSTITUTED AND DEFER SO FOLKS HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT AND LET US KNOW IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILORS, ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? I GUESS I WOULD ASK OUR ADMINISTRATION -- I GUESS THE STAFF, DID THIS BILL ORIGINATE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT? WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION? I WANT TO GET SENSE OF WHERE THIS BILL CAME FROM. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THE BILL WAS PROPOSED, I BELIEVE, OR MORELY, BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNION. >>COUN. LEWIS: BY WHO? I'M SORRY. >> BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNION IN ALBUQUERQUE, AND THEY APPROACHED THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT IT, BUT ULTIMATELY I BELIEVE MET WITH COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN AND COUNCILOR CHAMPINE ABOUT HAVING IT INTRODUCED. IT WAS NOT INTRODUCED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. >>COUN. LEWIS: OKAY. IT CAME FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIONS. IT THERE'S A LOT IN HERE -- I'M READING THIS AND SPENDING SOME TIME ON IT. THERE'S A LOT THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO MANAGE PROCUREMENT WOULD HAVE TO MANAGE, LET ALONE WHAT THE CONTRACTORS WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND MANAGE. EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T -- VIP IF -- EVEN IF THEY WERE GIVEN SOME OF THE OUTS, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF WORK THAT A CONTRACTOR WOULD BE ADDED TO ANY CONTRACT. SO, HAS THE DEPARTMENT HAD DISCUSSIONS ON HOW THEY WOULD MANAGE OR BE ABLE TO HANDLE SUCH AS THIS? IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. >> COUNTS -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I JUST RECEIVED THE SUBSTITUTE THAT HAS ADDITIONAL MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TIME TO TALK TO MY STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THOSE REQUIREMENTS. I DID SEE THERE'S NUMEROUS OBLIGATIONS PLACED ON MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT FOR REPORTING BACK OUT TO COUNCIL, AND COLLECTING DATA FROM CONTRACTORS. I NEED TIME TO MEET WITH MY STAFF TO GET A SENSE OF THAT IMPACT AND TAKING ON MOEZ REQUIREMENTS. >>COUN. LEWIS: CAN IMAGINE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OBLIGATION. I CAN IMAGINE YOU WANT THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO TALK THAT THROUGH WITH YOUR STAFF. NOM NOT ONLY TO TALK IT THROUGH, BUT TO BE ABLE TO GET A GOOD IDEA OF WHETHER IT EVEN COULD BE MANAGED WITH THE PERSONNEL YOU HAVE, OR IF YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE NEW BUDGET FOR THAT. KIND OF A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND FOCUS. IT WILL BE A LOT. HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT NOT ONLY THAT, BUT I CAN IMAGINE THAT NOT ONLY YOU ALL, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE OBLIGATION OF THE -- OF ANY CONTRACTOR OR ANYBODY THAT PROVIDES SERVICES AND PRODUCTS TO THE CITY THAT WE ASKED FOR WOULD -- IT SEEMS LIKE THIS BILL WOULD PROVIDE MORE OF AN OBLIGATION OF THEM AND MORE OF A RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE POTENTIAL PENALTIES AND -- SO, PERSONALLY, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A WAY TO ACCOMPLISH, I THINK THE GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL, AND IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WAY. WITH INCENTIVES AND OTHER THINGS WE CAN ENCOURAGE AND CHAMPION THESE THINGS. I THINK THIS BILL PUTS THE CITY, AND CONTRACTORS, IN A POSITION THAT I THINK REALLY IS UNPRODUCTIVE IN SO MANY WAYS. SO, I DON'T BELIEVE THE SUBSTITUTE REALLY HELPS MUCH IN THAT REGARD. COUNCILORS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THE BILL? WE NEED A VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. THIS BILL DID COME FROM COUNCILOR CHAMPINE AND I. WE INTRODUCED IT. WE HAVE BEEN IN THE MEETING WITH ALL THE CONTRACTORS AND UNIONS. AND TAKING ALL THEIR INPUT AND THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FLOOR SUB IN FRONT OF YOU. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY LEADS BY EXAMPLE. WE SAY WE HAVE LARGE CONTRACTS HERE AND TAKE IT UP TO $2 MILLION FROM $1 MILLION, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE LARGE PROJECTS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE INCENTIVIZES APPRENTICESHIPS. FOLKS NEED PATHS OUT OF POVERTY, AND A PATH OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. THIS OPENS A NUMBER OF APPRENTICESHIPS. I THINK THE FLOOR SUB TAKES INTO ACCOUNT A GREAT DEAL OF FEEDBACK FROM UNION AND NON-UNION FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. I'D LIKE TO GET THAT, AND THE ONE WE'RE CONSIDERING NEXT TIME. >>COUN. LEWIS: OKAY. PART OF THE BILL, LINE 16 OF THE FIRST PAGE GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF THE WORD APPRENTICE. IT MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED IN AN APENTSSHIP PROGRAM. OR REGISTERED WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OFF OF APPRENTICESHIP. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD MEET THAT REQUIREMENT THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE UNIONS OR WHAT THE UNION PRESIDENTS WOULD REPRESENT? I IMAGINE THAT THERE IS. BUT IS -- I THINK SOMETIMES WE LOOK AT APPRENTICE AND WE THINK SOME COLLEGE KIDS FROM UNM, BUT IS THAT -- WHAT PERCENTAGE, I GUESS, OF PEOPLE UNDER THAT DESCRIPTION WOULD BE UNIONS AND ANOTHER PROGRAM OR DIFFERENT PROGRAM LIKE THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF THE DEPARTMENT -- >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: I CAN ANSWER THAT. REALLY CLEAR ON THE SUBSTITUTE, WE'RE SAYING IT'S FOR -- IF YOU'RE UNION IT WILL BE A UNION APPRENTICESHIP REQUIRED. IF YOU'RE NON-UNI, THEN YOU USE NON-UNION APPRENTICESHIP. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE ANYONE GO ACROSS THAT LINE. WE'RE SAYING NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, UNION OR NON-UNION SHOP WE WANT TO USE APPRENTICESHIPS ON CITY PROGRAMS. BUT IF YOU'RE NON-UNION SHOP AND THERE'S NOT A NON-UNION APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS BILL. >>COUN. LEWIS: FOR EXAMPLE, AN ELECTRICIAN, IS THERE A PROGRAM THAT WOULD MEET THIS REQUIREMENT THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE ELECTRICIANS OR THAT KIND OF WORK IF THEY WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE UNION? OR IS IT ONLY UNIONIZED? >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: MR. PRESIDENT, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE UNION AND NON-UNION APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS FOR ELECTRICIANS. >>COUN. LEWIS: OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. I HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS. I WILL JUST ASK, THIS IS ORDINANCE SOLVING A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST? IS THERE A PROBLEM? >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, I THINK THERE'S A BIG PROBLEM. IN OUR COMMUNITY WE SEE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, OR OFTEN YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT LOST THEIR FIRST CAREERS THAT NEED A CAREER PATH. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE THERE'S A POVERTY PROBLEM AND GETTING FOLKS INTO GOOD-PAYING JOBS LIKE THESE KINDS OF APRESENTINGSHIPS THAT GET FOLKS INTO TRADE, HIGHLY-SKILLED, HIGHLY-PAID JOBS IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY SO WE CAN HELP YOUNG PEOPLE FIND A PATH TO A JOB THAT GIVES THEM A FUTURE. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. IS THIS GOING TO ADD MORE WORKLOAD FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT? >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: MR. PRESIDENT, VICE CHAIR, I THINK THERE'S A LOT BILL MORE IN HERE FOR THEM TO COLLECT SOME DATA. A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE INFORMATION YOU'RE REQUESTING IN THIS BILL IS PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF WORK TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAXMIZING THE JOB PATH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. >>COUN. GROUT: ONE MORE QUESTION. WHO BENEFITS FROM THIS ORDINANCE? >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: MR. PRESIDENT, MADAM VICE CHAIR, THE WINNERS ON THIS ORDINANCE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOBS. THAT WOULD NOT NORMALLY HAVE THEM. I THINK THE NUMBER ONE THING WE'VE HEARD IS THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH APPRENTICES OUT THERE, WHICH IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR. WE ARE THE CITY GOVERNMENT, AND LEAD BY EXAMPLE, REALLY INCREASE THE DEMAND FOR APPRENTICES. EVERY SINGLE YOUNG PERSON THAT GETS INVOLVED AND SEES THE FUTURE WITH THE JOBS, IS A WINNER. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: THIS PROGRAM LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PLA AGREEMENT IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. AND PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT THAT PUTS A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS BOTH ON THE DEPARTMENT AND CONTRACTORS THAT DO WORK FOR THE CITY, PROVIDE SERVICES, AND JOBS AND PRODUCTS FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. AND I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR ANYBODY, BUT I MIGHT -- MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CURRENT PLA JUST DOESN'T WORK. IT DOESN'T DO WHAT IT WAS INTENDED PURPOSE WAS. IN FACT, THE -- IT POTENTIALLY, AND I THINK HAS, CAUSED PROJECTS IN THE CITY TO BE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE AND TO ELIMINATE A LOT OF LOCAL WORKERS, LOCAL JOBS AND IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR OR -- TO REALLY PILLAGE THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IN SOME WAYS. AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S WORKING NOW ANYWAY WHEN YOU HAVE LARGE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON AND THE CONTRACTORS ARE REQUIRED TO MEET WITH THE UNIONS AND JUMP THROUGH ALL KINDS OF HOOPS AND THEY GET TO THOSE MEETICS, TRY TO GET TO THE REQUIREMENT AMOUNT OF WORKERS, UNION WORKERS, AND THEN THEY HEAR THAT THEY'RE JUST NOT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. I THINK THE PLA CERTAINLY TRIED TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT WASN'T THERE. IT'S NOT A PROBLEM NOW BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE PROBLEM JUST DOESN'T WORK. AND MANY OF THEM JUST AREN'T AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING. I WONDER IF THAT'S THE CASE AS WELL WITH APPRENTICES. I BET IT IS. BUT I THINK A BILL LIKE THIS, WE REALLY NEED TO IDENTIFY, SPECIFICALLY, WHERE THAT PROBLEM IS AND LOOK AT THE RIGHT SOLUTIONS. AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS LOT OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. I'LL CLOSE WITH THAT AND SEND IT BACK TO THE SPONSOR TO CLOSE UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. WE'RE ON THE FLOOR SUBSTITUTE. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WILL JUST CLOSE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS. I AM A BIG FAN OF PROJECT LANE AGREEMENTS. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVEN OF THOSE. THOSE ARE FOR LARGE, LARGE PROJECTS. $10 MILLION OR MORE, THEY DO NOT REQUIRE, REQUIRE APPRENTICES. I DO SUPPORT PLA. THIS IS FOR $2 MILLION AND UP PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING ON THE JOB TRAINING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, WHICH IS A VERY DIFFERENT THING THAN A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT. I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AROUND THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE TO SEE WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF A CAREER PATH. AND WE SHOULD BE LEADING BY EXAMPLE AND MAKING SURE THAT AS MANY YOUNG PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE HAVE ACCESS TO REALLY GOOD-PAYING JOBS AND THAT'S ALL THIS BILL DOES. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. LEWIS: FLOOR SUB HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BACA: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: NO. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: NO. >>COUN. LEWIS: NO. >> PASSES ON A 6-3 VOTE. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MOVE DEFERRAL TO NOVEMBER 4, 2024. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND. COUNCILORS, ANY QUESTION OR DISCUSSION ON THE DEFERRAL? [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BACA: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: NO. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES ON AN 8-1. >>COUN. LEWIS: THIS IS COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, O-48 IS DESIGNATION OF HISTORIC FAIRVIEW CEMETERY AS A CITY LANDMARK. I MOVE FOR A DO PASS. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT FOR DO PASS. THIS IS SIMILAR TO O-38. SAME RULES AND GUIDELINES. REQUIRES SPECIAL PROCEDURES TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT, STAFF AND PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I WON'T READ IT AGAIN. IF THE CITY STAFF, APPLICANT MUST BE SWORN IN. I HAVE A STAFF MEMBER OR APPLICANT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OKAY. AND DO YOU AFFIRM UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT YOUR TESTIMONY TODAY WILL BE TRUE? ALL RIGHT. MS. DELGADO, PLEASE BEGIN WITH YOUR INTRODUCTION. >> I'LL KEEP THIS ONE SHORT. THIS ORDINANCE SIGNIFIES THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR DESIGNATION OF THE NORTHERN 17.5 ACRES OF THE FAIRVIEW CEMETERY LOCATED AT YALE BOULEVARD FOR IT'S SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION OF HISTORY, HERITAGE AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION OF ALBUQUERQUE. YOU JUST WENT OVER THE POLICY AND PROCEDURES. IN TERMS OF THIS APPLICATION, IT MET THREE OF THE TEN CRITERIA STATED IN THE IDO. THIS WAS HEARD BY THE LANDMARK COMMISSION WHICH FORWARDED RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 14th. WE'LL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT PRESENTATION. >>COUN. LEWIS: ALL RIGHT. APPLICANT? >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE NOMINATION FOR THE HISTORIC FAIRVIEW CEMETERY LOCATED AT 700 YALE STREET. CITY LANDMARK DESIGNATION. THE HISTORIC FAIRVIEW CEMETERY DATES BACK TO 1881 MAKING IT ONE OF THE OLDEST CEMETERIES IN ALBUQUERQUE. OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1882 BY LOCAL BUSINESS MEN, IT SPANS 17 ACRES AND SERVES AS A LINK TO THE CITY'S PAST. MANY IMPORTANT FIGURES ARE BURIED HERE, INCLUDING FORMER GOVERNORS, CIVIC LEADERS, AND FOUNDERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. THE CEMETERY IS A REFLECTION OF THE CITIES GROWTH. THE DESIGN REFLECTS THE RURAL AND PICTURE-ESQUE MOVEMENTS WITH NATURAL LANDSCAPING AND MEMORIALS THAT COMPLIMENT SURROUNDINGS. IT HAS A VARIETY OF SITES AND -- IT CAN BE DESIGNATED IF IT MEETS CRITERIA RELATED TO HISTORICAL, OR ARCHEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE. IT MEETS MULTIPLE CRITERIA WHICH IS CONNECTION TO SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE, ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND NATIONAL AND STATE RECOGNITION. THE HISTORIC FAIRVIEW IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF ALBUQUERQUE'S HISTORY WITH ARCHITECTURE FEEPERS, HISTORICAL CONNECTION AND CULTURAL VALUE MAKING IT A WORTHY CANDIDATE FOR DESIGNATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. ANY FOLKS HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. >> MY NAME IS PAM, I'M THE TREASURE FOR THE HISTORIC FAIRVIEW CEMETERY. WE'RE A NONPROFIT. WE'VE WORKED OVER THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS TO CLEAN THE CEMETERY UP AND MAKE IT LOOK NICE. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF EVENTS. WE CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY, VETERAN'S DAY, AND BUFFALO SOLDIER'S DAY. WE HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF BEING A CEMETERY WITH SOME OF THE MOST BUFFALO SOLDIERS BURIED. WE HAVE 14. THE COUNTY GAVE US A GRANT. WE HOLD OUR AMERICAN LEGION VETERAN SECTIONS AND THE EAGLE SCOUT NAME AND HIS GROUP TOOK THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS GRAVES AND DID THEM IN THE SAME FASHION THAT THE COUNTY HAD DONE THE AMERICAN LEGION SECTION. AND THEY ALL HAVE FLAGS ON THEM. WITH THE COMMUNITY EFFORT, MY HUSBAND MADE THE PLAQUES, AND THE NEW MEXICO BUFFALO SOLDIERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB RESEARCHED THE VARIOUS BUFFALO SOLDIERS AND MADE QR CODES THAT ARE ON THE PLAQUES. IT'S A VERY COOL PROJECT. WE ALSO HAVE HAD VICTORIAN KEYS AS A FUND-RAISER. WE'RE HAVING TWO EVENTS THIS WEEKEND. ONE IS A MURDER AND MAYHEM TOUR. AND THAT'S ON SATURDAY. AND ON SUNDAY WE'RE HAVING A VICTORIAN PICNIC. VICTORIANS USED CEMETERIES LIKE PARKS. PICNIC WITH A SCAVENGER HUNT SO PEOPLE IN THE CITY CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PERMANENT RESIDENTS. >> I'M ALSO A BOARD MEMBER AND HEAD PICKER FOR THE HISTORIC CEMETERY. WE'RE NONPROFIT. THE HISTORIC CEMETERY IS VERY SIGNIFICANT IN ALBUQUERQUE. AND IN THE SOUTHWEST AREA. BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST NON-DENOMINATIONAL NON-SECTARIAN CEMETERIES IN NEW MEXICO. AND IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD. WE WERE NOT SEGREGATING PEOPLE BY RACE, COLOR, RELIGION. ANYONE WHO COULD GET A PLOT WAS ABLE TO GET A PLOT WHERE THEY WANTED. THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE THAT SAID THERE'S A BLACK AREA AND A GREEK AREA. CHURCHES BOUGHT AND PEOPLE WERE BURIED WITH YOUR CHURCH. IF YOU WERE GREEK ORTHODOX YOU MIGHT BE BURIED IN THE GREEK AREA. BUT YOU MIGHT BE GREEK ORTHODOX AND BURIED IN ANOTHER AREA. THERE'S NOBODY BURIED OUTSIDE BY THE FENCE. BASICALLY, IT WAS A REALLY UNIQUE CEMETERY AT A TIME WHEN MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT ALLOW PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T THEIR RELIGION OR CULTURE TO BE BURIED IN THE SAME HOLLOWED GROUND. THE ALBUQUERQUE WOMEN'S CLUB BOUGHT A LARGE SECTION OF PLOTS SO THAT PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT AFFORD A BURIAL BUT WEREN'T AFFILIATED WITH A CHURCH AND WAS ABLE TO HAVE A CHURCH-LED BURIAL TO BE BEAR -- BURIED THERE. MANY PEOPLE WERE BURIED IN THE HISTORIC FAIRVIEW BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO GET THEM BURIED. LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAD TB CAME TO NEW MEXICO FOR THE CURE, OR WERE OLD, AND DIED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SURVIVE TB. IF THEY'RE NOT BURIED ON FAIRVIEW, THEY WERE BURIED ALONG MARTIN LUTHER KING, OH, WAIT THAT CEMETERY IS GONE. BY CNM, OH, WAIT, THAT IS GONE. >> IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF ALBUQUERQUE'S HISTORY. >> IT SHOWS OUR CULTURE HERE. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. I DON'T IMAGINE THERE'S ANY REBUTTAL. CROSS-EXAMINATION. COMMENTS BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. ANY CLOSING COMMENTS FROM THE STAFF? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THERE ARE NONE. >>COUN. LEWIS: ALL RIGHT. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. DO I GET A CLOSE? >>COUN. LEWIS: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? WE'LL GO BACK TO COUNCILOR ROGERS TO CLOSE. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF FAIRVIEW. NO QUESTIONS. JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR MY COMMUNITY, BLACK COMMUNITY, THIS CEMETERY HOLDS BIG SIGNIFICANCE. WE HAVE SARGE WANT JAMES L MORRIS WHO WAS BURIED THERE THAT RECEIVED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR IN AUGUST OF 1875. SO, THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT HISTORY OUT. YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, YOU'LL FIND NATIVE FOLKS, YOU'LL FIND HISPANIC FOLKS, EVERYBODY. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'LLIGATE -- GET YOU ON RECORD IF YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE. >> IF YOU HAD A GROUP OF FOUR YOUNG WOMEN THAT WERE SENIORS RESEARCH THE ALBUQUERQUE INDIAN SCHOOL BURIALS AND JUST A GENERAL HISTORY. THEY DID AMAZINGLY PROFESSIONAL JOB. AND THEY INCLUDED US IN THEIR WORK. AND THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER A PLAQUE THAT'S GOING TO BE PUT OUT AT FAIRVIEW MEMORIAL. WE HAVE TWO SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE ALBUQUERQUE INDIAN SCHOOL. AND WE HAVE 73 BURIAL PLOTS. WE'RE NOT SURE -- WE KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE BURIED THERE, BUT NOT ALL. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I GO TO THE MEMORIAL WHERE THEY PUT THE RED ROSES ON THE HEADSTONES. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO KEEP IT PRESERVED AND LOOKING NICE. >> IT'S AN IMPORTANT RESEARCH PLACE FOR BOTH YOUNG CHILDREN TO COME AND LEARN ABOUT ALBUQUERQUE HISTORY AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WALK THERE. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT RUN THERE BECAUSE IT'S A SAFE PLACE TO EXERCISE. WE ARE VERY OPEN TO PEOPLE COMING AND LOVING OUR CEMETERY. LOTS OF LITTLE PROJECTS TO GET PEOPLE COME IN. >> WE HAVE A BUFFALO SOLDIER ABSOLUTE -- SALUTE DAY WHICH IS ON BUFFALO SOLDIER DAY. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I URGE DO PASS. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU FOR STAYING LATE THROUGH THE MEETING. [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BACA: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THIS IS R-81. THIS IS FLOOR SUBSTITUTE DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WORKING GROUP REQUIRING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY PROVIDING APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION. I MOVE A DO PASS. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOVED AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS IS THE FLOOR SUB WE MOVED LAST TIME. WE WANTED TO EVERYBODY TO LOOK THROUGH IT. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAFT. WE DID MEET WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION AND HE HAD A COUPLE OF CHANGES THAT CLARIFIED. HE DID ASK FOR MORE ON THE APPROPRIATION. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GIVE HIM WHAT HE ASKED FOR. WEPT TO 50K. HE'S HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BEING IMPLEMENTED. THIS IS DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO PUT TOGETHER EXPERTS FROM INSIDE THE CITY AND OUTSIDE THE CITY TO HELP US THINK THROUGH HOW WE SHOULD EMPLOY THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE CITY TO SAY THERE ARE SOME USESS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT ARE VERY BENEFICIAL. THERE'S SOME THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS. WE JUST NEED POLICIES IN PLACE TO GOVERN THAT. THAT'S ALL THIS BILL IS. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL FUND? >> COUNCILOR BASSAN, WHEN WE CREATED THE FISCAL 25 BUDGET, WE SENT DOWN PROSED BUDGET WITH $5.3 MILLION IN AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE. BEYOND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR APPROPRIATIONS. IF I RECALL, THE BUDGET WE GOT BACK HAD 3.9 -- OR $2.9 MILLION AVAILABLE. WE'VE HAD -- WITH THIS APPROPRIATION WE'VE HAD ANOTHER SMALL APPROPRIATION OF LESS THAN $100,000. WE'VE CAPPED THAT $2.9 MILLION AND ANOTHER $100,000. BASED ON ESTIMATES OF WHERE WE WERE WHEN WE CREATED THE BUDGET, WE'RE DOWN $100,000. >>COUN. BASSAN: I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO KNOW MORE ACCURATELY WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL FUND? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN, WE DON'T CALCULATE GENERAL FUND BALANCE, WEEKLY, DAILY MONTHLY. IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU DO AN INVENTORY. WHEN YOU HAVE YEAR-END STOPPING POINT. WE CLOSE OUR BOOKS. WE KNOW OUR EXPENDITURES IN THE PRIOR YEAR, AND WE ESTIMATE REVENUES GOING FORWARD. AT THAT POINT WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT OUR STARTING POINT IS, WE'VE ESTIMATED OUR REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND WE KNOW WHAT THE REMANENCE OF THAT BUDGET ARE AFTER ALL OF THOSE CALCULATIONS. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU. SO, IT SOUNDS LIKE, MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE PROBABLY $50,000 TO DO FOR THIS. THE PROBLEM IS IT'S A STUDY. A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP SOMETHING, NOT QUITE THE SAME CONCEPT AS ANOTHER STUDY. I REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME WITH TOO MANY COOKS IN THE KITCHEN CATEGORY ON THIS. IN THE WORKING GROUP AND WHAT I BELIEVE IS LISTED IN HERE, BETWEEN STAKEHOLDER AND CITY DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS, THERE'S 31 ENTITIES OR PEOPLE INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THIS. AND THAT'S -- WHILE IT MAY BE A GOOD THING, OR NOT BE A GOOD THING TO DEVELOP AN AI POLICY, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME TO PAY 5 50$,000 PEOPLE THAT 30 PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO AGREE ON. I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILORS, ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. BACK TO THE SPONSORS. WE'LL CLOSE DISCUSSION AND GO TO THE CLOSE. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I DEFINITELY HEAR THE CONCERN AROUND ANOTHER STUDY. I WILL SAY THIS IS NOT ANOTHER STUDY. THIS IS A WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS IN A REALLY FAST-MOVING, INCREDIBLY TECHNICAL AREA THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE ON THIS COUNCIL TO SET THAT POLICY. AND I DO THINK IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT JUST HAVE CITY EMPLOYEES DEVELOP THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE'S ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY HAVE THEIR SAY BECAUSE THIS IS A POLICY THAT'S GOING TO BE IN PLACE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AI IS CHANGING LITERALLY DAILY. I LEARN SOMETHING NEW ABOUT IT EVERY DAY. THIS IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO REALLY PUT GUARDRAILS FROM THE PROPER USE OF AI. I BELIEVE WHILE $50,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY, IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY WHEN YOU THINK OF THE AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE AND IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY WHEN YOU THINK OF DOWNFALLS OF INAPPROPRIATE AI USE THAT CAN HAPPEN. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR WORLD, WE NEED TO BE ON TOP OF IT. I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE PROBLEMS AND WE SAY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD IF WE HAD A POLICY. I THINK WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF THIS, HAVE A POLICY, WORK THROUGH DIRECTOR LEECH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION AND MAKE SURE WE GET A HANDLE ON THE BENEFICIAL USE AND THE USES WE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERING FOR AI IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. >> WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS. ANAMI, FOLLOWED BY ADEO FOLLOWED BY REDAUFL. -- RUDOLPH. >> I SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THIS DURING THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. I CORRECTED NOAH AT THE JOURNAL SAYING I INITIALLY OPPOSED. I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILOR BASSAN, AS USUAL. AND I WOULD SAY THAT SOFTWARE VENDORS DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE ON THAT LIST OF VOTES. I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO REGULATE OUT THEIR COMPETITION FROM THE MARKET. IF SOMEONE IS SELLING AN AI SOFTWARE THEY SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO RULE THAT COMPETING SOFTWARE OUT OF THE MARKET FOR ANY CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY. IN GENERAL, I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. >> ADELE FOLLOWED BY RUDOLPH. >> CITY COUNCILORS, PRESIDENT LEWIS, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS REPRESENTS MORE OF A USE DANGER THAT WE'RE SEEING. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT OUR -- WHAT ARE THE GOOD USES FOR THIS TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE THE BAD USES ARE NOT WORTH MENTIONING. THEY'RE PRETTY HORRIFIC. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M SO WORRIED ABOUT AND I THINK WE NEED TO NAIL DOWN IS HOPEFULLY NO PRECISION OF LANGUAGE. WHEN WE SAY THAT AI HAS NOW CAPABILITIES EVERY DAY, WHAT ARE THOSE CAPABILITIES? AND SHOULD WE BE WITH -- SHOULD WE BE WORRIED? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> RUDOLPH ON ZOOM. >> PRESIDENT LEWIS, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, TO TALK TO -- IN THE BIBLE WE TALK ABOUT INTELLIGENCE AND WISDOM. AND MAN IS GIFTED WITH WISDOM, AND WOMAN IS GIFTED WITH INTELLIGENCE. I CANNOT PROVE THAT WE MEN WITH GIFTED WITH WISDOM, BUT I CAN PROVE THAT WOMEN IS MORE INTELLIGENT THAN MAN TEN TO ONE. THEY CAN PROCESS INFORMATION TEN TO ONE BETTER THAN MEN. AND THEY CAN COMMUNICATE TEN TIMES FASTER EVERYTHING WE MAN CANNOT. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS THE SAME THING BUT TO THE HUNDRED. ALL WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS WHAT WOMAN IS ALREADY DOING. COMMUNICATING AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS UNDER CONTROL AND EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE. THERE'S NOTHING TO FEAR IF YOU PUT WISDOM TO HELP INTELLIGENCE. WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING, BUT PRETTY MUCH IT'S HOW YOU WORK THE INTELLIGENCE FOR GOOD OR FOR EVIL. FOR GOOD OF THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE MORE CLEARLY WHAT EVERYBODY IS DOING. WHO IS GETTING THE MONEY, HOW TO DO A BETTER BUDGET, WHO IS COMMITTING THAT CRIME, WHO IS NOT COMMITTING THAT CRIME BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO UNSCRAMBLE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION NOT IN A MONTH OR A YEAR, BUT IMMEDIATELY. AND THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR THIS. THE PEOPLE THAT OPPOSE THIS BILL USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO SPEAK TO THIS MEETING. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. WE'RE THE ONLY NATION THAT HAS QUANTUM COMPUTER AT THE LEVEL THAT IT IS. AND WE HAVE TO USE IT. AND GOD BLESS US, WHATEVER HAPPENS, BUT THAT'S THE WAY TO GO. THANK YOU. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT ON R-81. >>COUN. LEWIS: OKAY. R-81. WE'LL GO BACK TO -- COUNCILORS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THE BILL? BACK TO THE SPONSOR. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'LL QUICKLY -- JUST WANTED TO COUPLE OF THINGS WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE FIRST ONE ON THE SOFTWARE VENDORS, THIS IS A POLICY WORKING DEVELOPMENT GROUP. IT'S NOT A WORKING GROUP WITH WE'RE GOING TO BUY X, Y, OR -Z. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS ON THERE BECAUSE THE FUTURE IS A LOT OF SOFTWARE WILL HAVE AN AI COMPONENT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAVE THAT VOICE ON HERE. AGAIN, IT IS JUST A POLICY THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED. NOT IS WHAT WHO IS GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CONTRACT FOR DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION. I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. I HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT ARE THE GOOD USES, AND I HAVE TO SAY I'M NOT AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EXPERT, BUT I DO KNOW THERE ARE REALLY SOME GOOD USES OF AI THAT CAN COME ABOUT. THERE ARE WAYS OF HAVING MACHINE LEARNING THAT IS -- THAT YOU'RE MAIN TAPING -- MAINTAINING THE DATA THAT CREATE EFFICIENCIES AND DO GOOD THINGS AROUND ALL KIND OF FUNCTIONS WIP THE CITY. I'M NOT SAYING AI IS BAD. I'M SAYING THERE ARE REALLY BAD USES OF AI THAT WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS AGAINST, AND WE WANT TO THINK THROUGH THE GOOD USES AND SEE WHERE THEY ARE USEFUL TO THE CITY. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THAT. I AM NOT A COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY -- IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM. WE NEED TO HAVE THE SMART PEOPLE LISTED IN THIS BILL COMING TOGETHER AND SHARING THAT KNOWLEDGE SO WE HAVE THAT POLICY IN PLACE. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. LEWIS: [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BACA: [ INAUDIBLE ]. >>COUN. BASSAN: NO. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: NO. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> PASSES ON A 7-2 VOTE. >>COUN. LEWIS: ITEM 15 IS OTHER BUSINESS. EC-253. THE MAYOR'S VETO OF AMENDMENT OF CODE OF RESOLUTION. IF COUNCIL WISHES TO ATTEMPT AN OVERRIDE THEY MAKE A MOTION TO OVERRIDE. IF NO MOTION IS MADE OR A SECOND IS NOT RECEIVED THE VETO STANDS. ALSO IF A MOTION IS MADE AND SECOND MADE AND SIX VOTES ARE NOT MAINTAINED THE VETO STANDS. IS THERE A MOTION TO OVERRIDE? >>COUN. CHAMPINE: MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: SECOND. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOVED AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. COUNCILOR, ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THE MOVE TO OVERRIDE? I'LL SUPPORT THAT. I KNOW THAT -- I'LL SAY THIS, I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO -- IF WE WERE TO LET THIS BE SUSTAINED, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A RESOLUTION IF WE MADE ANY CHANGES TO THE CHARTER REVIEW TASK FORCE. WE WOULD HAVE TO. BUT IF WE DO OVERRIDE THIS TONIGHT, I THINK IF WE WERE OPEN TO MAKING CHANGES TO IT, WE'D HAVE TO DO ANOTHER RESOLUTION ANYWAY. AND I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO DO THAT AS WELL. BOTH ACTIONS WOULD REQUIRE A NEW RESOLUTION OR SOME AMENDMENTS. I'M -- I IF ONE AM OPEN TO LOOK AT THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE SPONSOR WOULD LIKE TO DO AS WELL WELL. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE WISH OF THE COUNCIL. OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE OVERRIDE? COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO PIGGY BACK OFF THAT SENTIMENT. JUST HAVING SPONSORED A SIMILAR BILL THAT DID NOT PASS THIS BODY, I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH THIS SPONSOR TO COME UP WITH A VERSION THAT WOULD MIRROR -- COMBINE BOTH. I'M OPEN TO THAT AS WELL. >>COUN. LEWIS: ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO -- WE HAVE SPEAKERS TONIGHT? GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> I'M SORRY, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE HAS HIS HAND UP. >>COUN. LEWIS: IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE'S NOT. COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, YOU CAN CLOSE IF YOU LIKE. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH THIS RESOLUTION THAT WE VOTED ON 7-2 LAST MEETING. AND THE FEEDBACK AND INFORMATION I GOT BACK FROM A LOT OF PARTS MAINLY SAID IT DIDN'T PROPERLY REPRESENT THE GEOGRAPHICAL MAKE UP OF THE CITY. IT WAS LEGISLATIVE HEAVY AND NOT REPRESENTATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. IT PITTED A US VERSUS THEM APPROACH TO THEM AND NOT NECESSARILY A ONE GOVERNMENT OF NINE DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. ONE PERSON FROM THE ADMINISTRATION GIVING THEIR INPUT. I FELT IT WAS A WELL-ROUNDED APPROACH TO THIS COMMITTEE. FROM DIFFERENT FROM THE PAST OF 15 OR 14 PEOPLE FOR -- FOUR BEING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND 11 FROM THE COUNCIL OR NINE FROM THE COUNCIL. IT REALLY -- I WAS REALLY SADDENED WHEN IT TURNED INTO AN US VERSUS THEM THING AND NOT A COHESIVE GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD WITH, AGAIN, A COMMITTEE TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS, NOT NECESSARILY TO PASS LAWS. PASSING LAWS IS THIS LEGISLATIVE'S JOB. IT'S SUGGESTIONS OF IDEAS TO CHANGE THE CHARTER MOVING FORWARD AS ONE GROUP. EACH REPRESENTATIVE OF A CITY DISTRICT AND ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATION, A VOICE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TO GIVE GUIDANCE OF HOW THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD APPROACH A PROBLEM OR A CHARTER AMENDMENT. REALLY WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE WE DID VOTE ON THIS 7-2. IT DOES SHOW A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF EACH DISTRICT AND EACH AS A WHOLE. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT WITH THIS. >>COUN. LEWIS: ALL RIGHT. THIS IS EC-253. THIS IS THE OVERRIDE MOTION. IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED. [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BACA: [ INAUDIBLE ]. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: NO. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: NO. >>COUN. ROGERS: NO. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >> IT FAILS ON A 5-4 VOTE. >>COUN. LEWIS: THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.