>> OKAY, FOLKS, WELCOME TO THE THIRTY-SEVENTH MEETING OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH CITY COUNCIL. WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, ALL COUNCILMEMBERS ARE PRESENT. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, WE'RE ALL GOING TO STAND UP, HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY PRESIDENT DAVIS AND PLEDGE IN SPANISH BY COUNSELOR PENA. >> THANK YOU, WILL YOU JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE? 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. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DAVIS. >> THANK YOU, COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING NOTES, I SEE WE HAVE A DECENT CROWD TONIGHT. FOR THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, YOU MAY BE DISAPPOINTED. WE DON'T HAVE A VERY BIG AGENDA FOR ACTION ITEMS. WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THOSE ITEMS. WE HAVE A LAND USE APPEAL BUT IT IS OUR INTENT TO DEFER THAT UNTIL THE OCTOBER MEETING. TO BE SURE THAT ALL THE PARTIES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE DECISION AND PREPARE FOR THAT HEARING. THE SPONSOR FOR THE ONLY ITEM ALSO MAKES A MOTION TO DEFER THAT ITEM TO OUR NEXT MEETING. AND SO WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO, EXCEPT FOR OUR CONSENT AGENDA. BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF QA ADMINISTRATIVE TIME. BUT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION ON HOUSING AND THE CONSENT AGENDA. BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU LOOKING AT THE ITEMS ON THE BACK OF THE AGENDA, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A STACKED AGENDA THIS MEANING. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD TAKE ALL OF OUR TIME, BUT IT'S A GOOD EVENING TO HAVE EXTRA PROCLAMATIONS AND HONOR SOME OF THE THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. SO, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU. 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 MEDIA HAVE THE ABILITY TO VIEW THIS MEETING IN PERSON AND ON LIVESTREAMS THROUGH FOUR DIFFERENT PLATFORMS: GOVTV ON COMCAST CHANNEL 16, THE GOVTV WEBSITE, YOUTUBE, AND ZOOM WEBINAR. THE LIVESTREAMS CAN BE ACCESSED FROM MOST SMARTPHONES, TABLETS, AND COMPUTERS. ALSO THIS MEETING IS CLOSE CAPTIONED. AND YOU MAY ENABLE THE CLOSED CAPTIONING SERVICES ON YOUR TELEVISION OR DEVICE AT THIS TIME. THE VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS AND ALL PAST COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AT ANY TIME ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S WEBSITE. COUNCIL STAFF IS AVAILABLE VIA TELEPHONE IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NEED ASSISTANCE FINDING THE VIDEOS ONLINE, PLEASE CALL 505-768-3100 FOR ASSISTANCE BUSINESS HOURS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 8 TO 5 P.M. THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE A BREAK AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 P.M., IF NEEDED. WITH REGARD TO DECORUM, WE WANT TONIGHT'S PROCEEDINGS TO BE AS CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ANY PERSONAL ATTACKS AND PLEASE NO APPLAUSE OR OUTBURSTS DURING THE MEETING. THE MEETING WILL GO A LOT SMOOTHER IF WE ARE RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS, COUNSELOR BENTON. >> THANK YOU, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. TONIGHT WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF SENIOR AFFAIRS. AND IT'S RECREATION DIVISION. AND THEIR MANAGEMENT OF THE NORTH VALUE, AND MANZANO CENTER SENIOR CENTERS AND MULTI-GENERATIONAL CENTERS FOR ACHIEVING NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SENIOR CENTERS ON JUNE 21ST. THE NICS IS PART OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING AND HAS NINE STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE THAT SENIOR CENTERS MUST REACH IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A NATIONAL ACCREDITATION. THIS ACHIEVEMENT DEMONSTRATES THE COMMITMENT TOWARDS EXCELLENCE THAT IS ACHIEVED BY LESS THAN 2% OF ALL SENIOR CENTERS NATIONWIDE. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN WITHOUT ME. I DIDN'T READ MY SCRIPT AND I DIDN'T TELL YOU TO COME ON DOWN, SO THANKS FOR DOING THIS ANYWAY. IN ADDITION TO THIS NATIONAL ACCREDITATION IN JULY, THE DEPARTMENT WAS AWARDED AN NICS PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE AWARD IN TECHNOLOGY, VIRTUAL, AND HYBRID PROGRAMMING FOR THE 50-PLUS SENIORS TECH FAIR EVENT WHICH TEACHES TECHNOLOGY AND SKILLS TO OLDER ADULTS. WE COMMEND THIS DEPARTMENT. AND THEIR STAFF. FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE BY ENSURING THAT OUR SENIOR CENTERS ARE AMONGST THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR FAMILIES AS THEY AGE. IT DEMONSTRATES A HUGE COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF THE NICS OF ONLY 2% OF CENTERS NATIONWIDE HAVE GOTTEN THIS TYPE OF ACCREDITATION. SO, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. BEFORE I READ THE PROC, WE WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SENIOR CENTER MANAGER ANTOINETTE SEGALA, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] RECENTLY RETIRED. SO WE HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON. RECENTLY RETIRED AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE'RE GOING TO READ THE PROC AND THEN HEAR FROM YOURSELF. SO SEPTEMBER 18TH, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE WHEREAS THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING IS A RESPECTED LEADER AND TRUSTED PARTNER TO HELP THOSE 60-PLUS TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF AGES, WITH THE MISSION TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF OLDER ADULTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING, IT SUPPORTS A NETWORK OF SENIOR CENTERS DEDICATED TO HELPING OLDER ADULTS TO REMAIN ACTIVE, ENGAGED, AND INDEPENDENT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SENIOR CENTERS OFFERS THE NATION'S NATIONAL SENIOR CENTER STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAM TO ADVANCE THE QUALITY OF SENIOR CENTERS, THEY DEVELOPED STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE ACROSS NINE AREAS OF SENIOR CENTER OPERATIONS. AND WHEREAS THE BEST PRACTICE STANDARDS INCLUDE PURPOSE AND PLANNING GOVERNANCE ADMINISTRATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION, EVALUATION, FISCAL AND ASSET RESPONSIBILITY, RECORDS AND REPORTS, FACILITY AND OPERATIONS, AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS WHICH SERVE AS A QUALITY OF IMPROVEMENT PROCESS THAT STRENGTHENS OVERALL CENTER OPERATIONS AND POSITIONS THEM FOR THE FUTURE. AND WHEREAS ON DECEMBER OF 2021, THE DEPARTMENT OF SENIOR AFFAIRS APPLIED FOR CANDIDATE STATUS, UNDER THE NATIONAL ACCREDITATION SYSTEM, FOR MANZANO MESA, NORTH VALLEY SENIOR CENTER AND WHEREAS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2022 AND THROUGH APRIL 19TH, 2023, THESE FOUR CENTERS COMPLETED THEIR ACCREDITATION PROCESS. AND ON JUNE 21ST, THE CENTERS, PALO DURO, MANDANO MESA WERE CONFIRMED AND AWARDED NATIONAL ACCREDITATION. IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING THAT ACCREDITATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF SENIOR AFFAIRS WAS AWARDED A PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGY, VIRTUAL, AND HYBRID PROGRAMMING BY THE NCOA, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE, ON JULY 6, 2023. IT'LL BE CELEBRATED AT THE CONFERENCE. IT IS PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE HEREBY CONGRATULATES THE DEPARTMENT OF SENIOR AFFAIRS FOR BECOMING A NATIONALLY ACCREDITED -- BECOMING NATIONALLY ACCREDITED AND THE RECIPIENT OF A NATIONAL PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] DIRECTOR. >> WELL, CERTAINLIESS THIS IS A WONDERFUL HONOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT PROCLAMATION. THE STAFF DOES TREMENDOUS WORK. THIS IS NOT A SMALL ACHIEVEMENT AND WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE FIVE PEOPLE BECAUSE THE NEW MANAGER, BRITTANY TORREZ HAS STEPPED IN, AND -- TEN YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, NATASHA AND ANITA HAMEL. WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF SEVERING THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND THE SENIORS HERE. THAT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE. AND CERTAINLY WE CONTINUE TO DO GOOD WORK WITH CARE AND COMPASSION. ANTOINETTE HAS RECENTLY RETIRED AND WE MISS HER EVERY DAY. I THANK YOU, THE COUNCIL, FOR DOING THIS. >> WE SEE THE LOVE. EVERYBODY SEES THE LOVE WHEN WE GO TO THE CENTERS AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE STAFF AND EVERYTHING THEY DO. A LITTLE PERSONAL CONNECTION TO TWO OF THE FOUR CENTERS AS AN ARCHITECT, LONG BEFORE I WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL. SO THEY'RE NEAR TO MY HEART AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH THE ACCREDITATION. >> THANKS AGAIN. [ APPLAUSE ] CONGRATULATIONS. WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL SENIOR CENTER PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY. MANZANO MESA IS IN OUR DISTRIBUTION AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM. AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO HAVE COUNCIL BASSAN. >> I'D LIKE TO INVITE ELIZABETH KNIGHT AND HER GUESTS TO THE PODIUM. SHE'S A VOLUNTEER WITH CANINE COMPANIONS AND THEY ARE HERE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE BELIEVES IN THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CANINE BONDS AND THE INCLUSIVITY. ONLY 16,000 SERVICE DROGZ FROM ACCREDITED TRAINED PROGRAMS EXIST NATIONWIDE AND THE NEED IS GROWING. WHEREAS CANINE COMPANIONS IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT ENHANCES THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING EXPERTLY TRAINED SERVICE DOGS AND ONGOING SUPPORT TO ENSURE QUALITY PARTNERSHIP AND WHEREAS CANINE COMPANIONS AND THEIR SERVICE DOGS EMPOWER PEOPLE TO LEAD A LIFE WITH GREATER INDEPENDENCE BY PROGRAM TRAINING, FOLLOW-UP SERVICES AND A DEEPLY SUBMITTED COMMUNITY OF SERVICE AND WHEREAS NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH AIMS TO INFORM OUR COMMUNITY OF THE BENEFIT OF SERVICE DOGS AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE RIGHTS AFFORDED TO THE ADULTS, CHILDREN AND VETERANS WHO LEAD MORE INDEPENDENT LIVES BECAUSE OF THEIR ASSISTANCE. BE IT PRECLAIMED THAT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH. MS. KNIGHT, IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THE GUEST THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOU, BOTH HUMAN AND FURRY, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. >> CERTAINLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND COUNCILMAN BASSAN FOR SPONSORING THIS PROCLAMATION, WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS WITH CANINE COMPANIONS. KATRINA IS ONE OF OUR MEMBERS. SHE DOES SOCIAL MEDIA FOR US. KAY WITH PUPPY, I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEE HIM UP THERE, BUT WE HAVE A BLACK LAB HERE, BREEZE, LET'S SEE IF SHE'LL DO AN UP. WE HAVE BARBARA, WHO'S ONE OF OUR GRADUATES, WITH SERVICE DOG GRADUATE NASH. THEN WE HAVE SHARON WITH OUR YOUNGEST PUPPY HERE TONIGHT, TEX. THE DOGS -- I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEE THEM -- IN THE YELLOW VESTS ARE PUPPIES IN TRAINING. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 18 PICK UP HI- -- THE ONLY THING THAT -- WE TAKE THESE DOGS AT EIGHT WEEKS OF AGE AND SPEND 18-20 MONTHS SOCIALIZING THEM. THIS IS ALL PART OF THEIR TRAINING TONIGHT. SO THOSE DOGS IN THE YELLOW VEST ARE MORE WIGGLY THAN GRADUATES. IT TAKES TWO FULL YEARS TO TRAIN THESE DOGS AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO DO THAT AND BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM AWAY FOR FREE. ONCE THEY GRADUATE, LIKE BARBARA, WHO'S ONE OF OUR NINE GRADUATES IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO, THEY ALLOW THEM TO LIVE LIFE MORE INDEPENDENTLY THAN THEY WOULD OTHERWISE. I HAVE TWO GRADUATES AND ONE IN ADVANCED TRAINING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE AFTER WE FINISH WITH THEM AT PUPPY RAISERS THEY SPEND SIX MONTHS IN TRAINING. MY DOG -- I ASKED HIM, JAY, WHAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT HAVING BANKS AS A SERVICE DOG, I EXPECTED HIM TO TELL ME ABOUT THE TASKS THAT BANKS HELPS HIM WITH, AND HE GOES, HMM, I LIKE IT WHEN BANKS IS WITH ME BECAUSE NO ONE ASKS ME WHY I WALK FUNNY. SO, THESE DOGS DO MORE THAN WHAT THE TASKS ARE THAT THEY WERE TRAINED TO DO. I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER GRADUATE THAT'S WITH A 30-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. SHE TOLD ME UPON GRADUATION, IF IT WASN'T FOR HER SERVICE DOG, SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE AN APARTMENT OF HER OWN AND WOULD STILL BE LIVING WITH HER PARENTS. WE'D LIKE TO BRING AWARENESS TO SERVICE DOGS. I LEFT FLYERS WITH ALL THE COUNSELORS AND I'D LIKE TO TELL THE PUBLIC THAT YOU CAN CHECK OUT CANINE.ORG TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND VOLUNTEER. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT SERVICE DOGS DURING SERVICE DOG MONTH WHICH IS NATIONAL THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES THIS MONTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU ALL. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. COUNSELOR PENA. >> THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR, BEFORE I READ MY PROCLAMATION, I HAVE TO ASK IN THAT RULES BE SUSPENDED. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> LET'S SEE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES. EVERYBODY'S HERE. WILL YOU VOTE BY RAISING YOUR HAND AND SAYING YES. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION CARRIES. >> OKAY, THANK YOU, SO WITH THAT, I'LL ASK OUR GUEST TO COME UP WITH EVENING. WE HAVE WITH US THIS EVENING JENNIFER BURKE, MADISON McCOAL AND ELENA. AND SOMEBODY WE DON'T HAVE WITH US IS AZAYA AND HE CAME TO ME EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THIS PROCLAMATION FORWARD BECAUSE HE'S A RENOWNED ARTIST HERE IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. HE ALWAYS REMINDS US THAT HE WAS A RECOVERING ADDICT AND HE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL START WITH THE READING OF THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN I THINK WE'RE GOING TO START WITH COUNSELOR JONES. >> THANK YOU COUNSELOR PENA. WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, THE MISSION IS TO LEAVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SERVICE DELIVERY EFFORTS THAT PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH, PREVENT SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND PROVIDE TREATMENTS AND SUPPORT TO FOSTER RECOVERY WHILE ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS AND BETTER OUTCOMES. AND WHEREAS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH IS A NATIONAL OBSERVANCE HELD EVERY SEPTEMBER TO EDUCATE AMERICANS THAT SUBSTANCE USE, TREATMENT, AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT CAN ENABLE THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTHY AND/OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS TO LIVE A HEALTHY AND REWARDING LIFE AND -- >> WHEREAS THE NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH HONORS THE WORK OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROFESSIONALS FIELD. IN 1988, THE OBSERVATION WAS MOVED AS ADDICTION AND RECOVERY MONTH AND TO CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF INDIVIDUALITIES IN RECOVERY. THAT CHANGED ONCE MORE IN 2011 TO THE NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH, INCLUDING ALL ASPECTS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHY. >> WHEREAS THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION, MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS, THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY AND BERNALILLO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND THRIVING AND RECOVERING HAVE INITIATED A NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH EVENT ENTITLED ALBUQUERQUE CELEBRATES RECOVERY. >> -- WITH SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH DOFRDZ BY PROVIDING AN AVENUE TO ACHIEVE AND SUSTAIN LONG-TERM RECOVERY AND EENFORCE THE MESSAGE THAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS ESSENTIAL TO THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY. >> WHEREAS THE 8TH NULL ALBUQUERQUE CELEBRATES RECOVERY EVENT WILL BE CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS AND TO CELEBRATE THE GAINS OF THOSE IN RECOVERY. >> HERE PROCLAIMED THAT THE GOVERNING BODY HEREBY DECLARES SEPTEMBER 23RD AT NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS. I KNOW JENNIFER, YOU'RE DOING REALLY GREAT WORK. I'M SURE ALL THE COUNCIL IS FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK YOU DO AND THE CHILDREN THAT YOU SERVE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION OF SEPTEMBER BEING NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH. AS YOU KNOW, RECOVERY IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. I'VE BEEN IN THIS FIELD OVER TEN YEARS, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN AND JUST ALL OF THE IDEAS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT FORWARD OVER THE YEARS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION AND ALSO TO CELEBRATE THOSE WHO ARE IN RECOVERY. RECOVERY MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR EVERYBODY, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS MONTH IS ALL ABOUT. WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT EVENTS. WE HAD A POWWOW THIS LAST FRIDAY THAT MADISON HERE ORGANIZED. SHE DID A GREAT JOB. WE ARE ALL MEMBERS, WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS OF ALBUQUERQUE CELEBRATES RECOVERY, OF THIS COMMITTEE, AND WE ALSO HAVE A BIG EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 27TH. SO OUR NEXT BIG EVENT IS SEPTEMBER 27TH AT THE CIVIC PLAZA FROM 10 TO 2I. I INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND VISIT WITH ALL THE PROVIDERS. YOU WILL HEAR FIRSTHAND SOME OF THE STORIES WE HAVE TO TELL. YOU WILL MEET PEOPLE IN RECOVERY. KATRINA IS A SUPPORT WORKER. MY HUSBAND DAVID IS IN RECOVERY SWELT. AND WE APPRECIATE THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND EVERYTHING YOU DO TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. WE APPRECIATE IT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. PRESIDENT DAVIS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO, WE STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES TO TALK ABOUT THE MAYOR'S STRATEGY FOR HOUSING. WE ASKED THEM TO COME BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE HOUSING STRATEGY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS FUNDED OR IS THE ADMINISTRATION IS ASKING US TO MOVE FORWARD. SO I SEE MR. MONTOYA AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER FOLKS. WELCOME, GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION SO WE'LL LET YOU GET TO IT. THANKS FOR COMING BACK. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT DAVIS AND CITY COUNSELORS. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE'LL TAKE THE FIRST SLIDE. IS THAT THERE? I DON'T SEE IT. OH. IF YOU CAN GO BACK. OKAY. SO, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO SAY WE'VE GOT OUR KEY TEAM MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT FOR THIS PRESENTATION. WE'VE GOT JOSEPH MONTOYA, OUR NEW DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MONICA MONTOYA, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION MANAGER AND RICK GIRON, WHO IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND YOUR SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER. THIS IS THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT FOR THIS HOUSING PRESENTATION. SO, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. GO BACK, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THERE'S TWO KEY PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES HERE. ONE, WE REALLY WANT ALL OF YOU TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CITY HAS BEEN SPENDING THE MONEY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS FOR HOUSING. WHAT WE'VE DONE BOTH ON HOUSING PROGRAMS AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND THEY'RE TWO DISTINCT ARMS WHERE EVERYBODY'S TAX DOLLARS IN OUR BUDGET HAS GONE. THAT'S ONE OBJECTIVE FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION. THE SECOND ONE IS TO REALLY SEE THE PLAN TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING SHORTAGE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR FIVE KEY OBJECTIVES MOVING THAT FORWARD TO REALLY HELP CLOSE THAT GAP. AND SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE DEPUTY MONTOYA. >> THANK YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME? IS THAT GOOD? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT HERE TODAY. AGAIN, MY NAME'S JOSEPH MONTOYA. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHOM I HAVEN'T MET, I'LL PROBABLY TRY TO GET THE REST OF YOU TOGETHER ANOTHER TIME. TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE I START. FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. NOTHING I SAY HERE TODAY IN TERMS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAVE I HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH. MONICA, RICK, THE REST OF THE STAFF HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. SO IF JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB WITH THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE HEARD, BUT WE JUST RECEIVED NOTICE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT THAT WE RECEIVED A BRAND NEW PLANNING GRANT, $500,000 TO BE USED IN THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. PRIMARILY, WE WORKED WITH HOUSING AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT PLANNING FOR THAT AREA. AND IN ADDITION TO FUNDS, IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL ON THAT, WE'LL BE APPLYING FOR A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR GRANT. AGAIN, I WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND BEING SUCCESSFUL IN DEPARTMENT HOUSING. WE WERE ONE OF ONLY 14 IN THE NATION TO ACHIEVE THAT. I WANTED TO START, FIRST OF ALL, TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BECAUSE PEOPLE ASK, WELL, IS THERE A REALLY DEFINITION FOR THAT. IT IS ACTUALLY A DEFINED TERM. AS WE KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF APARTMENT UNITS GOING UP IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. MANY OF THEM ARE NOT CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE. SO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE MEAN WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING. CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE COMBINES IT WITH 80% OF NEEDED INCOME. A LOT OF THIS WILL BE GOBBLEDYGOOK AS WE GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS. THAT'S KIND OF THE DEFINITION USED. THAT'S A UNIVERSAL DEFINITION. SOME CITIES HAVE HIGHER INCOME LEVELS. NO CITY IN NEW MEXICO HAS A LOWER INCOME LEVEL THAN THAT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPLIES THE 30% THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE USED. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE TO DEFINE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS BECAUSE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN USE LOCAL MONEY FOR SPECIFIC STANDARDS. AND THESE ARE THE STANDARDS THAT WE USE. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE LOWEST INCOME, A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSEHOLD INCOME, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A RENT OF $420 A MONTH. SO THAT'S THE MAXIMUM, IF YOU DEFINE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT $420 A MONTH. THAT'S A HARD NUMBER WE TALKED ABOUT. THEN FOR FOUR PEOPLE, LET'S SAY 80%, WHICH IS THE LARGEST YOU WOULD HAVE, IT'S OVER $1,500 A MONTH. THAT'S THE RANGE. SO IT'S NOT $700 OR $600. SO BE AWARE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THESE CALCULATIONS IN UNDERWRITING AND WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THESE CALCULATIONS WHEN WE'RE SENDING PEOPLE IN AND USING VOUCHERS. SO IT'S NOT AN EASY DEFINITION. IN GENERAL, IT'S A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE'S INCOME, AND WHAT THEY CAN AFFORD TO PAY UNDER A CERTAIN BENCHMARK. IN ADDITION, I WANTED TO SAY THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU IS A CULMINATION OF DIFFERENT PLANS. I WOULDN'T CALL THIS A PLAN PER SE, WHEN WE GET TO HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, BUT THIS IS AN OUTLINE OF THE STRATEGIES WE'RE GOING TO USE. NOW, THEY HAVE LOTS OF CURRENT HOUSING PLANS. SEVERAL OF WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY APPROVED. ONE IS THE 27 CONSOLIDATED PLAN. THAT'S A FEDERALLY MANDATED FUN. TO PRODUCE THE PLANS TO SHOW HOW WE WILL USE THE FEDERAL FUNDS. IN ADDITION WE HAVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACT PLAN. THIS ALLOWS US TO USE GENERAL MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF HOUSING. AND WE INDICATE HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE RECENTLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGIES AND PROPOSALS THAT COME TO YOU. SO THERE'S BEEN A SERIES OF BOTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, STUDIES THAT WE'VE USED IN ORDER TO CONSOLIDATE THESE THINGS AND PUT THEM TOGETHER IN ONE FINAL, SMALL DOCUMENT FOR YOU. ONE OF THE STUDIES, OBVIOUSLY, IS BASED ON HOW WE GET TO THIS 30,000 UNIONS THAT WE NEED TO GET TO MARKET EQUILIBRIUM. THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT NUMBER. A NUMBER WITH 5,000 UNITS IS HOW MUCH THE CITY IN TERMS OF NON-PROFIT PARTNERS, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE COUNTY, BECAUSE WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY. LET'S GO TO FUNDING SOURCES. AND AM I TAKING TOO LONG OR TOO SHORT, LET ME KNOW. GENERALLY SPEAKING, THESE ARE THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE'VE USED RECENTLY IN ORDER TO PRODUCE THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION WE'VE RECEIVED. YOU WILL SEE A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS COMING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT, THOSE ARE CONTINUOUS. THEY'VE INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER THE YEARS, BUT GENERALLY, IT'S A TRICKLE AMOUNT OF MONEY. OF COURSE YOU HAVE BEEN GENEROUS AND HAVE PROVIDED $20,000. NATURALLY, THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE WAS CONSIDERED A LEADER IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THIS STATE WHEN YOU ALL PASSED -- THANK YOU COUNSELOR BASSAN, WHEN YOU PASSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A BOND. THAT PROVIDED $42 MILLION SINCE ITS EXISTENCE. SOUNDS LIKE A BIG AMOUNT, BUT THAT WOULD BUY YOU 120 UNITS OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. SO WE HAVE TO WORK ON OUR ABILITY TO INCREASE THAT. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE INFORMATION FOR YOU. WE DID COMBINE AFFORDABLE AND NON-AFFORDABLE UNITS. THIS ACTUALLY PROVIDED AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF FUNDS AND UNITS. NOW, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN AFFORDABLE. SO WE'RE WORKING TO COMBINE OUR RESOURCES SO WE CAN INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE HAVE AVAILABLE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. TYPES OF PROGRAMS. SO, THE FIRST IDEA IS, WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS WE'VE DEVELOPED HERE RECENTLY. A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE NEW PROGRAMS. THEY WERE DEVELOPED DURING THE COVID TIMES BECAUSE FEDERAL FUNDS, TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THEM. BUT THINGS LIKE HOME-BUYER ASSISTANCE, MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, EVICTION PREVENTION. WE PUT A LOT OF MONEY IN TERMS OF THE LOCAL AGENCY FOR LEGAL SERVICES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST RENTERS IN TERMS OF EVICTION PROCESSES. WE HAVE A NEW DEPOSIT INSURANCE AND ALSO SOME FUNDS AVAILABLE. FOR INSTANCE, WE CAN SECURE THAT. AND OF COURSE WE HAVE ONGOING HOMEOWNER RELOCATION PROGRAM AND WE'VE USE HOUSING VOUCHERS EXTENSIVELY. SO JUST SOME DETAILS ON LENGTHS AND TIMES AND PROGRAMS WE HAVE. WE'VE HAD A MORTGAGE REDUCTION PROGRAM AND WE HAD 65 PEOPLE ON THAT PROGRAM. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR A PROGRAM WE JUST STARTED RIGHT OFF AND HAD FEDERAL FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR. WE HAD 151 FOLKS IN THE TENANT-BASED RENTAL SYSTEM. THAT IS THE USE THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WE HAD -- WE HELPED ALMOST 3,000 PEOPLE WITH EVICTION PREVENTION. SO WE'RE HAPPY WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REACH WITH PARTICULAR PROGRAMS. SO THE BUILDING IS ONE THING. BUT WE NEED SERVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE BUILDINGS. AS A HIGHLIGHT FOR THAT -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2018, SO WE'RE USING FIVE-YEAR TIME PERIODS. FIVE-YEAR TIME PERIODS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR CONSOLIDATED POLLEN -- PLAN ALSO USES. OVER $36 MILLION CREATED 11 PROGRAMS, FIVE OF THEM BEING BRAND NEW. WE HELPED OVER 42,000 PEOPLE. SO IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE WITH A SMALL TEAM OF PEOPLE TO GET TO THIS LEVEL. THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO. BUT IT'S REMARKABLE WITH WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH OUR CITY FUNDS AND LEVERAGING FEDERAL FUNDS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. THE REAL HEART AND SOUL IS, HEY, WE GAVE YOU MONEY, WHERE'S THE PROJECT? THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE, WE CAN DO VOUCHERS AND EVICTION PREVENTION AND PROGRAMS, BUT THERE'S NOT A VALUE IF THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO GO. WE CAN HAVE ALL THE VOUCHERS BUT IF THERE'S NO WAY TO GO, IT DOESN'T MATTER. SO WE ARE IN NEED OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION. WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE TYPE OF UNITS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED AND ARE IN DEVELOPMENT STAGES NOW. ONE, WE HAVE NOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION. GROUND-UP CONSTRUCTION, NEW DESIGN, NEW DEVELOPMENT. HOUSING PRESERVATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HITTING US NOW IS THAT A LOT OF LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS ARE GETTING OUT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN AFFORDABLE FOR 15 OR 20 YEARS, DEPENDING ON THE TIME THEY CAME IN. WE COULD EASILY LOSE THOSE. AND FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING THERE ALL OF A SUDDEN CAN'T AFFORD A NEW RENT SCHEDULE BECAUSE THE RENT SCHEDULES CAN EASILY GO UP. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REINVEST IN THOSE. IN ADDITION, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO REINVEST IN UNITS THEY OPERATE BECAUSE THEY DON'T RECEIVE ENOUGH MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO OPERATE THE UNISON THEY HAVE. YOU STARTED THIS MOTEL AND HOTEL CONVERSION PROGRAM. WE'RE VERY HAPPY, OUR FIRST ACQUISITION IS ON SCHEDULE, ON BUDGET. WE'RE DOING IT IN PHASES. THE THIRD PHASE WILL BE FINALIZED BY DECEMBER. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, FOLKS WHO NEED A LITTLE EXTRA ASSISTANCE, JUST LOW RENT IS GOING TO HELP THEM. WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR POPULATION THAT HAS SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, THEY'VE COME FROM TRAGIC SITUATIONS AND NEED A LITTLE MORE ASSISTANCE TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE IN TODAY'S. THAT'S WHAT WE CALL SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. SO UNDER NEW CONSTRUCTION -- I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE. I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THEM. BUT HERE, THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WE'VE ASSISTED IN DEVELOPING, DESIGNING, AND FINANCING IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. ACTUALLY, I'VE HAD A HAND -- I USED TO BE THE DIRECTOR FOR THE NEW MEXICO FINANCIAL AUTHORITY. SEVERAL OF THESE AUTHORITIES I FINANCED ON THE BACK SIDE USING FEDERAL LOAN HOUSING TAX CREDITS AND STATE FUNDS THAT I HAD AVAILABLE TO ME. WE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. THIS IS WAY BACK. I'M REALLY OLD. IN THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT. SO A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. YOU DON'T KNOW THEM BY LOOKING AT THEM. THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL UNITS. WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHAT WANT TO LIVE IN CONVENIENT, NICE, BEAUTIFUL PLACES, BUT THEY'RE IN FACT INCOME RESTRICTED. SECOND ONE, PLEASE. PRESERVATION. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A UNIT THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON THAT EXISTED THAT THAT WERE EITHER LOSING THEIR INCOME QUALIFICATIONS OR THAT WE HAD BUILT AND PUT MORE MONEY IN. FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S A SAW MILL THERE THAT WE'VE ASSISTED WITH. UNITS THAT WERE BUILT UNDER THE HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT WE'VE ASSISTED AND JUST OPENED RECENTLY. AND A COMPLEX, A SINGLE-FAMILY COMPLEX THAT WAS IN REAL NEED OF ASSISTANCE. WE JUST TOOK OVER THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESSING AND NOW OWN IT AND OPERATE IT. AGAIN, I'VE SPOKEN PREVIOUSLY. HOPE VILLAGE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONCE YOU SEE COMING DOWN 4TH STREET, I BELIEVE, INTO DOWNTOWN. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT IN TERMS OF ITS CONSTRUCTION AND THE FOLKS THAT IT'S HOUSING. THESE ARE THE KIND OF UNITS THAT FOLKS ARE ON SITE PROVIDING A LOT MORE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, A LOT MORE SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO LIVE THERE. HERE'S A BIG PUSH HERE, THE BIG UGLINESS IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH WE'VE DONE. IN TOTAL, WE HAVE 31 NEW CONSTRUCTION UNITS. JUST TO BE CLEAR, THESE INCLUDE THE ONES THAT THE MRA HAS FUNDED. I WANT TO BE CALORIE ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE A SPREADSHEET IF YOU WANT TO SEE ALL THE UNITS THAT WE'VE DONE, WHERE ALL THE MONEY HAS COME FROM, WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF IT. WE'VE CREATED OVER 2,000 UNITS. OVER HALF OF THEM HAVE BEEN AFFORDABLE. THAT'S OVER $71 MILLION OF CITY INVESTMENT THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED. AGAIN, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS FOR THESE UNITS,$492 MILLION. SO AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF FUNDS. REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN'T OUTSOURCE HOUSING. THIS PROVIDES LOCAL CONSTRUCTION JOBS. THIS PROVIDES LOCAL FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO BUILD EQUITY AND TO HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE. AND THIS PROVIDES A STABLE ENVIRONMENT SO THAT HOUSEHOLDS CAN FORM AND GO ON AND BE MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY. HOUSING TRENDS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THESE STATS BEFORE, RIGHT? THEY'RE TERRIBLE, AWFUL STATS. I'VE BEEN DOING RESEARCH TO SEE -- PART OF THESE STATS ARE WHAT WE CALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING INDEXING. SO IT'S THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE EARN AND WHAT PEOPLE CAN EITHER RENT OR BUY. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL AS FAR BACK AS I'VE GONE, WE'RE IN THE LEAST AFFORDABLE PERIOD WE'VE BEEN IN OUR EXISTENCE. I CAN'T SAY THAT DEFINITIVELY YET, BUT AT LEAST FROM THE DATA THAT WE HOLD RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN A CRISIS SITUATION. RENTS HAVE INCREASED EXOORBITANTLY. RIGHT NOW, THE MEDIAN HOUSE PRICE IS ALMOST $360,000. ONLY 20% OF PEOPLE OF ALBUQUERQUE CAN AFFORD TO PAY THAT. SO SOME CITIZENS CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. IN ESSENCE, THEY HAVE TO START ALL OVER. THIS IS THE WORST FACT THAT I HAVE SEEN TO DATE IN TERMS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS WHAT'S HAPPENED IN SANTA FE, YOU LOSE YOUR HISTORY, CULTURE, ENVIRONMENT, AND EVERYTHING THAT ALBUQUERQUE STANDS FOR. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE ADDRESS THIS BEFORE WE GET OVER THAT HUMP. AGAIN, THIS HOUSING REPORT THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE QUESTION WAS, THE QUESTION TO ASK WAS, HOW DO YOU GET TO 5,000 UNITS? RIGHT NOW OUR TOTAL PRODUCTION -- AND IT'S IMPRESSIVE WITH WHAT'S DONE CURRENTLY, BUT WE NEED TO INCREASE PRODUCTION FROM 250 UNITS A YEAR, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE WITH THE NON-PROFITS AND HOUSING ASSISTANTS PROVIDES. WE NEED TO DO A THOUSAND UNITS A YEAR, TO GET TO 5,000 UNITS IN FIVE YEARS. REMEMBER, THAT'S 5,000 UNITS, WHICH IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL THAT WE NEED TO GET TO MARKET EQUILIBRIUM. SO THE CITY HAS ONLY TWO LEVERS TO PULL. WE CAN CHANGE THE LAND USE SYSTEM TO MAKE IT EASIER TO GET FROM A TO B QUICKER, FASTER, EASIER. AND ONCE WE GET THERE, TO ALLOW THINGS TO HAPPEN, THE GENERAL ISSUE IS IF YOU HAVE ONE ACRE PER UNIT AND ONLY ONE HOUSE ON THERE, YOU'RE PAYING FOR THAT WHOLE LAND. IF YOU HAVE SIX UNITS, YOU PAY 1/6 THE COST AND YOUR DEVELOPMENT COSTS GO DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY. THE OTHER THING IS SUBSIDIES. RIGHT NOW IT IS LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ACTUALLY BUILD UNITS FOR PEOPLE AT 80% OF THE INCOME WITHOUT SUBSIDY. MEANING YOU TAKE THE COST OF LAND, THE COST OF LABOR, THE COST OF MONEY, THE COST OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND YOU ADD THAT UP TOGETHER. ANY BUILDER, TOGETHER, FINANCER, THEY PUT THEM TOGETHER. THE COST OF DOING THAT IS FAR AND ABOVE WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER IS FORDABLE. -- AFFORDABLE. THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS PUSH THOSE TWO LEVERS. I'M HERE PRIMARILY TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THOSE LEVERS. WHAT WE WERE ASKED TO DO IN TERMS OF ATTEMPTING TO FIND HOW TO GET TO THOSE 5,000 UNITS. WE CAME UP WITH A PLAN PRETTY QUICKLY, PRETTY FAST BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD ALL THESE OTHER PLANS THAT YOU PROVED. YOU HAD THE DETAILED DATA, THE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS IN PLACE. YOU HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THIS, SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST THE CHERRY ON TOP. ONE, WE NEED TO LEVERAGE OUR FUNDS CONSIDERABLY. RIGHT NOW, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE MRA, ARE NOT AFFORDABLE. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMBINE OUR RESOURCES A LOT OF MORE EFFECTIVELY TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. I TALKED TO TERRY ABOUT THIS. HE'S ALL GO FOR THIS AND WE'RE WORKING ON A COUPLE PROJECTS ALREADY. WE CAN COMBINE OUR MONEY TO LEVERAGE EACH OTHER'S RESOURCES. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IS LEVERAGING TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES, RIGHT, IN TERMS OF CREATING TRANSPORTATION-RELATED DESIGN WORK. THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE LAND WHEN WE'RE DOING TRANSPORTATION CENTERS. THERE'S A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LAW THAT ALLOWS US TO USE LAND THAT WAS BOUGHT WITH TRANSPORTATION MONEY TO GO TOWARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEN BE ABLE TO DEFINE THAT BETTER BECAUSE WE PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND BUILDERS COME TO US AND SAY, HEY I'VE GOT THIS LAND, I THINK THIS IS CHEAP ENOUGH. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SAY THAT WE WANT HOUSING WHERE THERE'S TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES. SO PEOPLE MAY OR MAY NOT NEED A CAR. AND US DEFINING THAT AND PUTTING FUNDS INTO THAT ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY I THINK WILL ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO DO THINGS. AGAIN, THIS ALSO TALKS ABOUT LEVERAGING STATE LANDS. WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SORRY OKAY. LEVERAGING, FINDING OUT EXACTLY WHERE OUR LAND IS, WHAT IS AVAILABLE, WHAT CAN WE -- ARE THERE STRINGS ATTACHED TO IT? AND BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE PLACES MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY FOR US TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES, AGAIN WE'RE NOT GOOD AT ALIGNING OUR PROGRAM WELL WITH MORTGAGE FINANCE AUTHORITY RESOURCES. THEY HAVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES. THEY HAVE MORE THAN WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE'RE NOT GETTING OUR SHARE. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WORKING WITH NON-PROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO ALIGN OUR SYSTEMS AND GOALS WITH THEIRS. SO THEY'RE PUTTING OUT THEIR R & DS, WE KNOW WHAT THEY WANT AND NEED AND WE'RE ADDRESSING IT BEFORE THAT TIME, MAKING US MORE COMPETITIVE. AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PLANNING RESOURCES. DEVELOPING. IF IN FACT WE GET NEW FUNDS, WE WANT TO CREATE NEW PROGRAMS TO ASSIST WITH DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ONE OF THE THINGS IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADU'S. THEY WILL ADD IN THE OVERALL AMOUNT OF HOUSING THAT WE NEED, RIGHT, BUT IT WON'T NECESSARILY BE AFFORDABLE AT ALL UNLESS WE HAVE IN TERMS OF FINANCING THOSE ADU'S. SO WE WANT TO ASSIST IN DOING THAT. ANOTHER THING. RIGHT NOW JUST DEVELOPING SINGLE-FAMILY THREE-BEDROOM TWO-BATH HOUSES ARE EXORBITANTLY EXPENSIVE. YOU ARE SUBSIDIZING THAT BY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. ONE WAY WE CAN DO THIS IS TRANSFORMING APARTMENTS TO CONDOS AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO START BUILDING EQUITY. THAT'S THE MOST MAJOR THING TO ACCOMPLISH IN ORDER TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF STAFF. STAFF HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF IT, BUT WHEN WE'RE GOING FROM 250 UNITS A YEAR TO A THOUSAND UNITS A YEAR, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE INVESTMENT FROM THE STAFFING PERSPECTIVE. WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT WAYS TO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE OUR CURRENT HOUSING TRUST FUND. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE ONE BUT IT'S VERY LOW. WE'RE LOOKING AT A MINIMUM OF $20 MILLION PER YEAR EVERY SINGLE YEAR, RIGHT. IT'S A CONTINUOUS PROCESS. AND YOU HAVE PROVIDED $20 MILLION ALREADY. WE'VE SHOWN YOU WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH IT. AGAIN, $20 MILLION A YEAR, IF NOT LEVERAGED WILL ONLY BUY YOU ONE HALF OF ONE DEVELOPMENT. SO TO BE CLEAR, IT SOUNDS BIG, BUT IN TODAY'S DOLLARS, IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY. SPECIFICALLY, I WON'T GO IN TERMS -- HOW WE INTEND TO SPEND THAT MONEY IF WE GET IT IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THOSE ARE THE SPECIFICS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE THOUGHT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES, THE CAPACITY EXTERNALLY, HALF OF IT INTERNALLY, TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE THESE KINDS OF DEVELOPMENTS WITH THESE KINDS OF UNITS TO GET US TO 5,000 UNITS. THAT STARTS WHEN YOU SHOW ME THE MONEY. WE NEED THE MONEY TO START THIS PROCESS. WITH THAT, MY APOLOGIES FOR BEING LONG-WINDED. I WANTED TO MAKE IT A LONG ONE. WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, I'D BEEN HAPPY. IF AT ANY TIME YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO EXPLAIN THE ISSUES OF DESIGN, FINANCE, ENGINEERING TO SEE HOW WE WILL ACTUALLY GET THESE PROCESSES. >> THANK YOU, COUNSELORS, ANY QUESTIONS. COUNSELOR BENTON. >> THANK YOU, MS. MONTOYA. RIGHT NEAR THE END, YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT WAS A RED FLAG FOR ME. THAT WAS THE TERM INTERNAL CAPACITY. I'VE HEARD THAT A LOT OVER THE YEARS WHEN TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HEARING HOW WE JUST CAN'T DO MORE THAN THIS, THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING. THE NARRATIVE THAT I'VE HEARD FROM THAT DEPARTMENT AND ITS PREDECESSORS OVER THE YEARS, THAT'S INACCEPTABLE. INTERNAL CAPACITY, HERE'S THE OTHER SIDE OF MY COMMENT AND/OR QUESTION. WE'VE PASSED -- THIS COUNCIL HAS PASSED TWO BILLS NOW ABOUT COLLABORATING WITH THE COUNTY. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF -- YOU MAKE NO MENTION OF THAT IN YOUR PRESENTATION. NOW, I KNOW THAT THAT'S EMBRYONIC, WE'RE JUST BUILDING THAT, BUT IN TERMS OF CAPACITY, THAT'S HOW WE BUILD THAT, WORK WITH THE COUNTY. FURTHERMORE, THE FEDS HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT ALSO A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS. THEY DRAG THINGS OUT. THE STATE HAS A LOT OF MONEY, A LOT MONEY. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OF THAT FROM YOU OR FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION FOR THAT MATTER, TO BE REALLY HONEST WITH YOU, ABOUT THOSE KIND OF COLLABORATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS THAT WE IN OUR DIVISION AND PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS HOUSING AND PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THE HOUSING THAT YOU PRESENTED, AND THAT WAS A GOOD PRESENTATION, OF WHAT THEY EXPECT OF US ALL AS GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU WOULD ADDRESS THAT. >> COUNSELOR BENTON, THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT. FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE RIGHT. ONE OF OUR KEY PARTNERS, I HOPE I MENTIONED IT, I WROTE IT DOWN, IT IS THE COUNTY OF BERNALILLO. THE REASON IS BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION WE ARE. WE SERVE THE SAME FOLKS AND THEY HAVE THE SAME NEEDS. AS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ALREADY PASSED LEGISLATION ON THOSE AND THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER. WE HAVE A MEETING ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS. AS YOU KNOW, WE DID A WALK-AROUND THE OTHER DAY TO INVESTIGATE SOME POSSIBILITIES WITH LAND THAT THEY OWN. WORKING COLLECTIVELY, YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY IT'S GOING TO GET DONE. BECAUSE WE CAN LEVERAGE MORE RESOURCES. ONE THING THAT THEY'RE EXTREMELY GOOD AT, FOR INSTANCE IS ISSUING BONDS, ESPECIALLY AT 4%. THEY DO IT FAST, QUICKLY, EFFICIENTLY. AND THEY DO IT EASIER THAN THE MORTGAGE FINANCE AUTHORITY DOES. AND, SO, THAT IS ONE OF THE AVENUES BY WHICH COLLECTIVELY IF WE'RE PUTTING OUT OUR RSP'S AND TIMING THEM TO GET BOTH 9% AND 4% FUNDS, THAT'S A VERY SPECIFIC POSITION. SO I THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT IS THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY SPEAKING TO THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. ACTUALLY THIS THURSDAY AND TODAY, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE MONEY AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW THAT THEY MAY WISH TO BE ABLE TO PART WITH. AND WE'RE TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM THAT THE BEST PLACE TO PART WITH IT IS THE THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO COUNTY. WE'VE JUST GONE THROUGH AN RSP PROCESS. THEY'RE READY TO GO. THEY'VE ALREADY ACHIEVED SOME LEVEL OF FINANCING. ALL OF THEM -- THAT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GOVERNOR TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE CAN GET THIS MONEY OUT QUICKLY AND WE CAN HELP ASSIST IN FINANCING THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NOT ONLY ON THE BOARD BUT ARE ALREADY IN PRE-DEVELOPMENT. SO WE REALLY ARE COUNTING THAT RELATIONSHIP. IN ADDITION, LASTLY, IT'S ONLY COLLECTIVELY THAT WE GO WITH BERNALILLO COUNTY. WE GO TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE NEXT YEAR. WE'RE WORKING ON OUR PROGRAMMING AND ASSISTANCE FOR FUNDING AND HOW FAR WE CAN GO. ONE OF THE MAIN CRITERIA -- THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY SAID THIS AND BOTH YOURSELF AND THE MAYOR ARE FIRMLY BEHIND GETTING MORE STATE MONEY FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS. AS YOU WILL SEE, WE RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF STATE MONEY. WE'VE DONE FAIRLY WELL. WE CAN DO BETTER. >> THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP. TO BE REALLY CLEAR, I THINK THE TERM THAT WAS USED -- AND I DON'T WANT TO SADDLE THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE SOME OF THE LEADERS WERE HERE AT THAT TIME, BUT I THINK SOMEONE PREVIOUSLY MAY HAVE SAID THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE ELASTIC STRENGTH, THAT WAS THE TERM USED. MAYBE THAT'S AN INTERESTING TERM. THAT'S AN OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, FINALLY IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME FOR AN OPEN -- ANYBODY WITH A PROJECT, THE DOORS SHOULD BE OPEN. I HOPE THAT'S THE CASE IN THE FUTURE AND PEOPLE NOT FOLLOWING ARBITRARY TIMELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS TO DEVELOP PROJECTS. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DAVIS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR AND THANK YOU MR. MONTOYA FOR BEING HERE. THIS PRESENTATION CAME UP IN A CONVERSATION YOU HAD IN ONE OF YOUR FIRST DAYS ON THE JOB. COUNCILMAN BENTON AND I SAT DOWN TO GET AN ASSESSMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ASKED FOR IS A LIST OF STUFF WE'VE DONE. NOBODY SEEMED TO HAVE ONE. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT EXISTS AND WE CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER. IF YOU WOULD SEND THAT SPREADSHEET OVER, I THINK THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION WE STARTED WITH. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAY HAVE IT. IF OUR STAFF COULD HELP US, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR THE CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU ALL. DIRECTOR, I WANTED TO ASK YOU, YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THINGS, I WANTED TO PLANT A SEED HERE. WE TALK ABOUT THE WORKFORCE HOUSING TRUST FUND. COUNSELOR BENTON -- WHAT'S THE ACCOUNT BALANCE IN THE WORKFORCE HOUSING FUND? >> VIRTUALLY ZERO. ONE THING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IS WE'RE BEING ABLE TO GET THE MONEY OUT AS SOON AS WE GET IT. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE PREPARING THREE DIFFERENT RFPS FOR FUNDS THAT WE ARE CREATING BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE OF OF -- CLOSING OUT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. OR FUNDS THAT, FOR INSTANCE, THAT WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO WOULD BE PROVIDING. SO THANK YOU TO THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. THE IDEA IS TO GET THESE FUNDS OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE TIMELINES. SO THE IDEA OF OPEN TIMELINES FOR THINGS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR US. >> I APPRECIATE THAT AND I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I WANT TO POINT OUT, THOUGH, AND I APPRECIATE THIS. IN ORDER FOR US TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE, WE NEED $20 MILLION, SET ASIDE SOME OF THE FEDERAL DOLLARS TO GET THAT RAMPED UP. I GIVE CREDIT FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, BUT WHEN WE DO THE MATH FROM 2018-2023, THERE'S LESS THAN 600 UNITS, 538 BY MY COUNT. >> ACTUALLY A THOUSAND. >> 500 OF THOSE ARE ON THE 24, 25, 26, AND 26 LIST. >> EXCUSE ME. >> MANY OF THEM HAVEN'T BEEN STARTED. THAT'S KIND OF MY POINT, THOUGH. WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, WITH ALL THAT MONEY, WE'VE GOT LESS THAN 500 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. AT THIS PACE AND THIS SCALE, THIS HAS NOT BEEN A PRIORITY. WE PUT $80 MILLION INTO THE GIBSON HEALTH HUB AND GOT ZERO PEOPLE GETTING HOUSING OUT OF THAT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THAT'S FOUR YEARS THAT COULD HAVE BUILT 4,000 HOUSING UNITS BY YOUR MATH. I REALIZE THE MATH IS NOT EQUAL THERE, BUT THIS REALLY GOES BACK TO MY PERSONAL FRUSTRATION, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S 7.5 MILLION IN THE PACKAGE IN NOVEMBER. BUT AS I RECALL -- SORRY, I WANTED TO GET THE RIGHT NUMBER HERE. THE MAYOR'S INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS 4 MILLION, THE COUNCIL ALMOST DOUBLED IT TO 8. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE PLAN WAS 5,000 UNITS, BUT THE PROPOSAL IN THE GENERAL BUDGET PROGRAM WAS FAR LESS THAN THE NEED TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. AND SO I AGREE WITH COUNSELOR BENTON, IT'S IMPORTANT WE OPEN THE RFPS UP. I THINK WE JUST VOTED TO REMOVE THAT NON-PROFIT RESTRICTION. BUT IT IS FRUSTRATING TO HEAR THIS IS A PRIORITY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO WORK ON. WE'VE CREATED 500 UNITS IN FIVE YEARS AND THERE'S 15,000 THAT WE NEED. GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, THE ADMINISTRATION THAT'S NOT COME FORWARD WITH A PLAN TO FUND THE NEED. I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP. I'M GLAD WE HAVE THIS AND I'LL BE EXCITED TO PASS THIS ONTO THE NEXT COUNCIL. I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IS PAYING ATTENTION. I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE. DIRECTOR, YOU'VE DONE A FABULOUS JOB WITH THE ELIMINATE -- LIMITED TOOLS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ALLOCATE. HAD WE STARTED THAT FOUR YEARS AGO, TO HAVE ALL OF THESE UNITS IN THE 5,000 BUCKET BUILT. THAT'S FRUSTRATING TO ME. I REALIZE WE NEED IT. I'M A SUPPORTER OF THE PROJECT, THE GATEWAY, BUT THERE'S NO POINT OF BUILDING IT IF THERE'S NOWHERE TO PUT THEM. AT CURRENT CAPACITY, THIS DOES NOT GET US TO MEETING THE OUTFLOW NEED FROM THE PROJECT OF THE GATEWAY CENTER'S INTAKE, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE A NEW COHORT OF PEOPLE EVERY 60-90 DAYS. WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, THIS IS GOOD, I THINK THIS COUNCIL SHOULD SUPPORT IT, BUT WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THIS BASED ON THE CURRENT BUDGET. SO HOW DO WE GET TO 20 MILLION THIS YEAR TO MEET THIS GOAL FOR THIS YEAR AND WHAT'S THE ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO GET THE NEXT 20 MILLION FROM LOCAL FUNDS TO UNLOCK THE OTHER DOLLARS. AND THIS STILL DOES NOT MEET THE OUTPUT NEED FOR THE GATEWAY CENTER. SO WHAT IS REQUIRED TO MEET ALL THE PEOPLE WHO NEED HOUSING AND SERVICES FROM GATEWAY. THE MATH DOESN'T ADD UP. MONEY TODAY AND MONEY TOMORROW. IS THIS ENOUGH? AND WHAT IS THE NEXT FACE? >> THANK YOU. I CAN'T TELL YOU BECAUSE I HAVEN'T DONE THE ANALYSIS ON THE OUTPUT FOR THE GATEWAY CENTER. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD METRIC TO LOOK AT. >> I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT THAT'S MY POINT. THIS IS A GOOD STRATEGY. THESE ARE THE TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX AND IF WE HAD THE MONEY, WE COULD DO THAT. MY CONCERN IS THAT SOMEONE CREATED AN ARBITRARY NUMBER OF 5,000 UNITS IN SO MANY YEARS BUT WE COMMITTED $80 MILLION TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE THIS MANY PEOPLE WOULD WALK OUT THE BACK DOOR AND THIS DOES NOT CREATE THE HOUSING THOSE PEOPLE NEED. SO MY CONCERN IS WE THROW PEOPLE IN THE FRONT DOOR AND THEY'RE BACK OUT ON THE STREET. THIS IS A FIRST STEP, IT TELLS US ABOUT THE TOOLS BUT IT DOES NOT MEET THE OUTPUT. SO WHEN WE GET TO A THOUSAND UNITS IN 2027, THERE'S ENOUGH, BUT THE MATH DOESN'T MATCH FROM WHAT YOU'VE TOLD US SO FAR. >> I AGREE WITH YOU. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL AND I'VE DONE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF RESEARCH, I DIDN'T SEE A PLACE WHERE THERE WAS A MATCH BETWEEN WHAT RESOURCES WE NEED AND WHAT -- AND THE IDEA OF 5,000 UNITS, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. SO DOING THE NUMBERS BACKWARDS IN TERMS OF HERE'S THE COST OF UNITS, HERE ARE THE PROGRAMS, HERE'S WHAT WE CAN LEVERAGE, THAT'S WHY THE $20 MILLION FROM THE CITY IS IMPORTANT. THAT ALONE WON'T GET US THERE. WE STILL HAVE TO LEVERAGE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF FUNDS. CAPITAL ATTRACTS CAPITAL. WE HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THERE'S NO QUESTION NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH UNITS TO DEAL WITH THE CURRENT NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED GATEWAY. WE ARE AT SUCH A DEFICIT RIGHT NOW -- >> WE HAVE 800 PEOPLE ON A HOUSING WAITING LIST AND THIS DOESN'T CREATE ENOUGH UNITS. SO THIS WON'T SERVE PEOPLE ON THE LIST MUCH LESS PEOPLE ON THE STREET RIGHT? >> THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT. NOT ONLY THE COUCHERS THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS AND THAT WE HAVE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LOT MORE IMMEDIATELY IN ORDER TO GET THAT PRODUCTION LEVEL UP. AS MENTIONED, CURRENT LEVELS AIN'T GOING TO GET US THERE. WE NEED TO RAMP UP THAT AND GET THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. I'M CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC. THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ARGUMENT THAT WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T DO THIS. BUT LET'S RESEARCH WHERE WE GET THAT MONEY FROM. I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC RIGHT NOW ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STATE, AS IT MIGHT BE. AT LEAST RELATIVE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IN ORDER TO GET THE FUNDS. REMEMBER, THAT'S ALSO IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDS THAT COME DIRECTLY IN THE STATE. THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO IS PROVIDING 20 MILLION, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING LIKE $36 MILLION IN NEW FUNDS TO THE NEW MEXICO HOUSING TRUST FUND. WE ARE NOT GETTING OUR FAIR SHARE. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET HALF OR MORE OF THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO US. THAT'S OUR INTENTION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM PROCEDURES MORE ALIGNING WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING. >> MADAM CHAIR, I'LL CLOSE BY SAYING THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS AN ACCURATE FIRST STEP, GIVING US A PICTURE OF WHAT WE HAVE AND HAVE DONE IS IMPORTANT. COUNCIL CHAIR BACCA AND I MET DURING THE SESSION. SHE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT SHE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN MATCHING THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE DOLLARS OR THE COUNTY'S DOLLARS. WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO LEVERAGE THOSE SO WE CAN BE A THIRD, THIRD, AND THIRD PARTNER INSTEAD OF HALF. WE HAVE THOSE RFA TOOLS AND OTHERS. BUT MY OPTIMISM WITH THE STATE IS NOT QUITE THERE YET BECAUSE THERE NOT BEEN A LOT OF ACTION ON THE ONE THING SHE ASKED US TO DO AND WE'RE GOING INTO PREAPPROPRIATION INTERIM COMMITTEES AND I WAS IN LAS CRUCES WHO ASKED US HOW IT WAS GOING AND WE HAVEN'T HIRED ANYONE YET. SO WE'RE BEHIND. THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP. I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE, AND YOU KNOW THAT, BUT I THINK THERE'S MORE TO BE DONE. MY CONCERN IS WE NEED $20 MILLION AND EVEN IF THE BONDS PASS, WE'RE AT HALF OF THAT. SO SOMEHOW THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH $10 MILLION MORE OR WE WON'T MEET THE MINIMUM NEEDS TO HOW'S ANYONE ON THE WAITING LIST OR ANYONE ON THE STREETS. SO WE WILL NEED TO DECIDE WHAT CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT THIS YEAR AND WHAT OTHER THINGS ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT THIS YEAR. THIS IS IMPORTANT. AND IF WE CAN'T EVEN GET ENOUGH UNITS FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON OUR LIST, PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE PROGRESS WITH FOLKS GOING THROUGH GATEWAY UNTIL WE HAVE THAT HOUSING. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR FOR YOUR PATIENCE. >> MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, IF YOU ALL WILL KEEP UP WITH ME, I HAVE CHICKEN SCRATCH NOTES WITH RANDOM COMMENTS WITH NOTES AND QUESTIONS. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR EVICTION PREVENTION. I LOVE TO SEE THAT'S ON THERE. IF WE CAN MINIMIZE HOW MANY PEOPLE LOSE THE HOUSE THEY LIVE IN, THAT'S GREAT. I HAVE SOME BOUNDARIES ON THAT. I SUPPORT OPEN RFP. I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE OUR BUSINESS TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE READY AND CAN DO THE QUALITY AND THE QUANTITY. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRESENTATION, THOUGH. I GET TO THE POINT WHERE SOMETIMES WE GET ENOUGH DETAILS THAT THEY CONFLICT OR THEY CONFUSE I SAW THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION. IT WAS APPROXIMATELY SLIDE NUMBER THREE WHERE IT WAS ON THE CITY FUNDING SOURCES SLIDE. I WANT TO KNOW, WHAT ARE THE ASTERISKS FOR? THERE WASN'T A LEADING ASTERISK. I WANT TO CONFIRM THEY'RE NOT HIDING SOME OTHER MEANING SOMEWHERE. >> YES, I DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE THEM HIDE ANYTHING. THE ONE ASTERISK ON THE METROPOLITAN AGENCY, THAT MONEY DIDN'T GO TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE, THE FULL LIST THAT YOU HAVE, THAT IS AFFORDABLE AND NON-AFFORDABLE UNITS. SO THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, I WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE COUNCIL THAT THESE ARE NOT ALL AFFORDABLE UNITS. >> WITH THE METROPOLITAN REDEVELOPMENT, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE AFFORDABLE? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT IT OFF THE LIST. >> WE WERE ASKED TO INCLUDE ALL OF THEM AND THEN HIGHLIGHT THE AFFORDABLE ONES. >> VERY GLAD I CLARIFIED THAT. >> RIGHT. IT'S MONEY THAT THE CITY HAS USED, BUT IT DIDN'T GO TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. >> I HOPE THAT THE CITY MAKES SURE NOT TO CLAIM THEY'RE USING THAT MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE UNITS WHEN THEY PROVIDE THAT TO THE PUBLIC IN THE FUTURE. I WILL SAY, TOO, THERE WAS ANOTHER SLIDE WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CONSOLIDATED AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLANS AND STUDIES. I REALLY, REALLY HOPE THAT THE PLANS THAT ARE ON THAT SLIDE, THOSE TWO AT THE TOP, THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN ARE BASED OFF THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY. BECAUSE IF ANYONE HAS HEARD ME BEFORE, I HATE STUDIES BECAUSE ALMOST ALWAYS, WE DO NOTHING WITH THE RESULTS. THERE'S NO SENSE IN DOING ANY STUDY AND SPENDING MONEY ON IT. SO, CAN YOU TELL ME, ARE THOSE TWO PLANS LEVERAGING THE RESULTS FROM ALL OF THE OTHER STUDIES LISTED ON THAT SLIDE? >> COUNSELOR, IN SOME SENSES, YES AND NO, ONLY BECAUSE OF TIMING. SO THE PLANS START THEIR DEVELOPMENT A YEAR AHEAD. SOME OF THESE STUDIES CAME OUT ACTUALLY AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPROVAL OF THE PLANS. A LOT OF THESE PLANS ARE NEW. IN ESSENCE, THERE'S NO CONTRADICTORY, A LOT OF THE PLANS DETAIL, OH WE NEED THIS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING OR FOR PEOPLE UNDER 30% OF INCOME. OR WE NEED SO MANY UNITS FOR THIS SPECIFIC TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE JUST NEED A MORE -- NEED MORE HOUSING. AND WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. YOU CAN CUT IT AND DICE IT BUT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES UNLESS WE HAD MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE WE GOING TO MEET THE NEED AND DEVELOP ALL THE UNITS WE NEED. THERE'S NOTHING CONTRADICTORY, BUT IN TERMS OF THE TIME THAT THEY CAME OUT, SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY CAME OUT BEFORE THOSE PLANS WERE CREATED. >> YET ANOTHER REASON WHY I DISLIKE STUDIES. SEEMS THEY'RE IRRELEVANT BY THE TIME WE GET OUR RESULTS. ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE IS ON THE OTHER SLIDE, YOU INDICATED THAT ONE GROUP IN ONE STUDY, SOMEWHERE OUT THERE, SAYS THAT WE NEED 5,000 UNITS. THE OTHER ONE ON THE SAME SLIDE SAYS WE NEED 30,000 UNITS. WHICH ONE IS IT? THAT'S A BIG SPREAD. >> IT WAS THE SAME STUDY. WHAT THE STUDY INDICATED IS WE NEED MINIMALLY 30,000 UNITS TO COME TO THE MARKET EQUILIBRIUM. THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF UNITS NEEDED AND THE UNITS BEING PRODUCED. BUT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION HAS DECIDED THAT OF THAT 30,000, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE 5,000 UNITS THAT THE CITY COULD POSSIBLY DO IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER. NOW, THAT BEING SAID, I WANTED TO BE CLEAR. I COULDN'T FIND ANYBODY WHO COULD SAY HOW MUCH THAT WOULD COST, WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE HEARING EVERY DAY. >> IS THAT 5,000 EVERY YEAR, OR EVERY THREE YEARS. WHEN WE SEE IT ALL ON A SLIDE, THIS IS WHERE THE SKEPTICISM AND THE LACK OF TRUST FROM THE COMMUNITY, MYSELF INCLUDED, COMES FROM, WHEN YOU SEE A WHOLE BUNCH OF NUMBERS AND DOTS DON'T LINE UP IN CLARITY, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IN IT. SO 5,000 AND 30,000 FROM THE SAME STUDY IS PRETTY AMBIGUOUS, BUT IT'S STILL A BIG NEED. SO 5,000 UNIT BY WHEN? >> WHAT WE SAID IS 5,000 UNITS OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME. RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A LEVEL OF 250 A PRODUCTION YEAR, AND WE NEED TO GET TO 1,000 EACH PRODUCTION YEAR. ONE OF YOUR POINTS IS VERY GOOD. IN FIVE YEARS, LET'S SAY BY SOME MIRACLE WE HAVE THE STAFFING IN PLACE, WE HAVE THE MONEY IN PLACE, WE HAVE INTERESTS RATES THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE, BUILDS COSTS HAVE STABILIZED IN TERMS OF MATERIALS, LET'S JUST SAY THAT. THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT IN FIVE YEARS? YOU BET YOU IT WILL. >> IS IT GOING TO BE WORSE? >> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE IN TERMS OF PEOPLE LEAVING AND COMING. BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT NEW BUSINESSES TO COME TO ALBUQUERQUE. WE WANT NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL WHO ARE HERE DON'T GET DISPLACED BY HIGHER-INCOME PEOPLE. >> I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I AGREE. AND MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, THIS IS ANOTHER INTERVECTION BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT BRINGING BUSINESSES IN. KOHL'S IS LEAVING, THAT'S ANOTHER BUILDING, NOT COMING IN. THAT'S GOING TO POTENTIALLY MAKE THINGS WORSE IN FIVE YEARS. AND I HATE BEING THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS BUT I THINK IT'S TIME FOR REALISM. I THINK THAT ON THIS LIST, AND WHEN YOU SAY 5,000, WHEN YOU SAY 5,000 UNITS BUILT, BUILT BY WHOM? IS THAT BUILT BY THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE? >> WHEN WE SAY -- WE'RE SAYING NOT BUILT, ASSISTED BY. WE HAVE A HOST OF NON-PROFIT PARTNERS AND WE NEED TO OPEN UP TO FOR-PROFIT PARTNERS IF THIS IS MADE AVAILABLE. WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND MFA. ALL OF THOSE, WE CAN FORM, DEEPER E BETTER PARTNERSHIPS. IN ORDER TO ASSIST IN FINANCING AND BEING ABLE TO BUILD. NOW, JUST SO YOU KNOW, NONE OF THOSE FOLKS THAT I JUST MENTIONED, THEY DON'T ACTUALLY BUILD ANYTHING. IT'S THE CONTRACTOR THAT THEY HIRE TO BUILD. OUR ROLE IS TO ASSIST IN THE FINANCING OF IT. 100% OF THE MONIES WE WOULD USE WOULD ASSIST IN LEVERAGING OTHER FUNDS AND FINANCING UNITS. QUITE FRANKLY, SUBSIDIZING UNITS, TO BE HONEST. >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ALL HAD THE RIGHT VERBIAGE. ONLY A COUPLE MORE, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. SO, REALLY, THIS IS A COMMENT NOW. I'M DONE WITH QUESTIONS FOR THE MOST PART. BUT YOU SAID AT ONE POINT IN TIME THAT WE NEED TO LEVERAGE ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF FUNDS IN ORDER TO GET THIS DONE AND WE HAVE A $1.4 BILLION BUDGET. IF WE START SPENDING MONEY BETTER, THAT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. I DON'T WANT TO PUT MORE MONEY IN GATEWAY. I KNOW WE'RE ALREADY INTO IT. I'M -- WE'RE NOT DOING IT RIGHT. THAT'S $80-100 MILLION WE KNOW OF AND WE COULD BE USING THAT MONEY IN THE $1.4 MILLION BUDGET TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THIS WOULD BE MORE BERNALILLO. I KNOW -- BENEFICIA-L. I'M SAYING IT OUT LOUD. WE HAVE TO USE THOSE AND LEVERAGE THOSE ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF FUNDS BUT AS THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT IN A SMART WAY AND CHANGE THOSE PRIORITIES SO WE CAN GET IT DONE. COUNSELOR DAVIS, YOU SAID IT'S A GREAT FIRST STEP, AND I DO AGREE, BUT, WOW, IS THIS FIRST STEP TOO LATE. WHY DID IT TAKE UNTIL NOW TO FIND OUT THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF GETTING OUR DUCKS IN A ROW AND GETTING ALL OF IT? I'M HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE SO YOU CAN DO THIS. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED AND YOU'RE HIRED AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GETTING, THANK GOD. BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS A LONG TIME AGO AND WE HAVE TO GET BETTER AT BEING THE BIGGEST CITY IN ALBUQUERQUE AND DOING THINGS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THINGS WORKING IN A VERY SMART WAY AT THIS TIME. >> THANK YOU. LET'S SEE, COUNSELOR FIEBELKORN. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND GIVING US THIS INFORMATION. I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR AT THE ORIGINAL MEETING. I DIDN'T KNOW HALF OF THE THINGS ON THE SPREADSHEET. CAN YOU SEND ME IT ELECTRONICALLY SO MY OLD EYES CAN SEE IT? >> HAPPY TO. >> YOU MENTION IDENTIFYING CITY AND STATE LAND AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT. HAS THAT BEEN MAPPED? >> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW. WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE TWO INITIATIVES, ONE IS TO ASSEMBLE THE INFORMATION WE HAVE INHOUSE ALREADY. ONE THING THAT'S BEING WORKED ON NOW IS, OKAY, TELL ME WHERE THE ZONING IS, TELL ME EXACTLY WHERE OUR TRANSPORTATION NODES ARE, CENTERS AND CORRIDORS. IF I CAN OVERLAY THAT KIND OF INFORMATION ON VERY SPECIFIC AREAS, THEN I CAN START TARGETING AND SAY HERE ARE THE MOST OPPORTISTIC PLACES. THEN IF WE BRING LAND TO THE TABLE, THAT'S 1/8 THE COST, BAM, WE'RE DONE. THAT HELPS CONSIDERABLY. SO WHEN HE TALK ABOUT THIS IDEA WITH WORKING WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE COORDINATING THOSE EFFORTS, IT'S NOT ONLY DEFINING THOSE AREAS BUT IT'S PUTTING IN INVESTMENT WHERE IT'S NEEDED. SO IT HASN'T BEEN MAPPED. IN ADDITION, WE'RE WORKING WITH AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE SPECIALTY IS TO NOT ONLY FIND ANY PUBLIC LAND ANYWHERE WITHIN OUR AREA, BUT TO GIVE US DETAILED DATA ABOUT THAT LAND. BECAUSE LAND IS ONE THING, RIGHT. DOES IT HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE? ARE THERE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES? IS THERE A WAY TO GET THE RIGHT OF WAY? ONCE YOU GET THE LAND, THAT'S A FIRST STEP, BUT YOU NEED TO SEE IF IT'S DEVELOPABLE. WE DON'T WANT TO PUT PEOPLE IN PLACES WHERE IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO LIVE. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS RESOURCES, TO BE ABLE TO GET TO SHOPPING. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GO TO KOHL'S ANYMORE BUT THEY CAN GO TO OTHER PLACES. SO WE WANT TO IDENTIFY PLACES THAT ARE NOT ONLY GOOD FROM A FINANCIAL AND A REGULARITY STANDPOINT. THIS IS GOING TO BE THEIR HOME. >> ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS YOU MENTIONED WAS THAT THE NUMBERS YOU PRESENTED WERE NON-MR AND MR NUMBERS. WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HELP ME IS, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS DONE WITH MR FUNDS? I THINK I CAN PROBABLY PARSE THAT OUT FROM THIS SPREADSHEET, BUT IT'S NOT ALL -- >> COUNSELOR, TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND TO DATE, NONE. THAT'S WHY RIGHT OFF THE BAT IN TERMS OF WHEN WE SAY LEVERAGING CITY MONEY, INVESTMENT, CO-INVESTMENTS BY BOTH OUR DEVELOPMENT AND MRA WILL GAIN GREAT VALUE. >> MADAM VICE CHAIR, ON THE SPREADSHEET THERE IS, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE, THE TOP ONE ON THE SECOND PAGE THAT SAYS THERE'S MR FUNDS BEING USED TO DEVELOP 14 UNITS A YEAR WHICH ARE AFFORDABLE. IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT COMPLETED YET THAT YOU'RE SAYING NONE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED? >> MADAM CHAIR, SO THERE'S TWO UNITS THAT ARE NOT COMPLETED. TWO DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NOT COMPLETED TO DATE. >> GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE THESE MR FUNDS. THEY'RE VERY UNRESTRICTED. IT FEELS TO ME THAT THAT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR THE MR STAFF AND THE MR PROGRAM. AND SO I REALLY HOPE WE WILL SEE MORE MR FUNDS BEING USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. I'M SEEING HEADS SHAKING. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE THAT. THANK YOU. MADAM VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> I ONLY SEE AND PERHAPS I'M MISSING ONE, I SEE ONE MOTEL CONVERSION ON THE LIST. THIS IS A NEW TOOL THAT WE JUST PASSED. AND I SEE IT AS A REALLY AFOR THEABLE WAY TO CREATE SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING FAST. I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHY THERE'S ONE AND IF THERE'S PLANS FOR MORE AND WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO TO GET THOSE MOVING. AND SPECIFICALLY QUITE A FEW IN MY DISTRICT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CONVERTED IMMEDIATELY. >> WE ONLY HAVE ONE BECAUSE WE'VE ONLY PURCHASED ONE TO DATE. WE ARE ACTUALLY IN CONVERSATIONS TO PURCHASE ANOTHER ONE THAT WILL BE SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUTH. AND THEN OF COURSE WE'RE LOOKING FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE HAVE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED US FOR BOTH THE TAX CREDITS AND ALSO FOR THE CAN YOU REPEAT ONE THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF COMPLETING. WE INTEND TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE CHEAPER, FASTER, QUICKER, AND EASIER THAN EVEN THAT. BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WHEN THE CITY DOES SOMETHING, PRICES GO UP. AND YOU'RE NOT LETTING THE VALUE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR'S CAPACITY BENEFIT THE CITY. INSTEAD WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE WHERE WE'RE THE ONE PURCHASING. WE'RE THE ONE REHABBING, MANAGE, AND OWNING. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. WE DO THAT WELL. BUT IS THERE WAYS TO USE OUR FUNDS MORE EFFECTIVELY? ONE WAY IS, FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S HOTEL CONVERSIONS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. GENERALLY THEY'RE PRETTY INEXPENSIVE. HOWEVER, IF WE HELPED IN ASSISTING FINANCING THOSE, THEN WE CAN PUT THAT UNDER THE NOMENCLATURE OF WHAT WE DEFINE AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEN, QUITE FRANKLY, I CAN CLAIM ALL THE UNITS THAT WE ASSIST THE WITH. LET'S SAY THERE'S A HUNDRED-UNIT COMPLEX THAT NEEDS REHABBING, WE ASSIST IN THE FINANCING OF 30% OF THEM. I GET 30 UNITS OUT OF THAT QUICKLY. I STILL GOT THE OTHER UNITS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RELATIVELY AFFORDABLE. THEY'RE NOT ACCORDING TO OUR DEFINITION, BUT THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE THERE. QUICKER E CHEAPER, FASTER, EASIER FOR US. THAT CAN HELP IN SPECIFIC AREAS, SAY, FOR INSTANCE, AROUND MANAL. >> I MAY OR MAY NOT BE TALKING ABOUT MANAL, BUT I AM. LASTLY, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS THAT I'VE READ THAT WE SHOULD BE MOVING TOWARD MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENT. WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE ZERO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A BLEND. BUT I'M NOT NECESSARILY SEEING THAT BLEND IN THE SPREADSHEET. I SEE QUITE A FEW WHERE 42 UNITS AND ALL ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THEN I SEE SOME THAT ARE SHOCKINGLY 226 UNITS AND ZERO WERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND, SO, I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT THE STAFF USES TO DEVELOP THESE PROGRAMS? AND WHY ARE WE NOT SEEING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ALL OF THEM? AND THEN WHY DO WE SEE SOME THAT ARE JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING? AND IF THAT'S A PROBLEM, HOW DO WE FIX THAT? >> GREAT QUESTION, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S PRIMARILY A FUNCTION OF FINANCING, WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM. WHEN THE MONEY COMES FROM CERTAIN SOURCES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES, IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THAT. WHETHER YOU'RE A PUBLIC ENTITY OR NON-PROFIT OR FOR-PROFIT. WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THE LARGEST SOURCE OF SUBSIDIES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THROUGH TAX CREDITS. SO WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A PROJECT SUCH AS THAT, IT'S MANDATING THAT IT NEEDS TO BE AFFORDABLE, CAN'T BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE. THAT'S ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CONCENTRATE FOLKS, FOR INSTANCE, AT 30% INCOME IN A DEVELOPMENT. BECAUSE THAT LEADS, AS WE'VE SEEN AND HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW. THAT'S WHAT LEADS PEOPLE INTO BELIEVING THEY DON'T WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S TERRIBLE STUFF AND IT ATTRACTS THE WRONG ELEMENT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENTS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, YOU WILL SEE THEY'RE ATTRACTIVE, NICE PLACES TO LIVE IN. SO MAKING SURE THERE'S INCOME VARIATIONS WITHIN THAT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LOWEST INCOME UP TO AND SOMETIMES PERCENTAGE COULD GO ABOUT 80%. THAT DEPENDS ON THE FINANCING AND THE DEAL THAT'S MADE AT MFA. THAT GENERALLY DOESN'T GO FAR BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY TAX CREDITS AND YOU NEED THOSE TAX CREDITS. SO PART OF IT IS A MATTER OF FUNCTION. WHAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT, AND THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, IS LET US TRY TO -- IS THE WHOLE AREA CAN'T BE AFFORDABLE. THAT'S DESTRUCTIVE. WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS HAVE MIXED INCOME AND MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. MEANING YOU HAVE A LIVELY DENSE AREA WITH ALL KINDS OF FOLKS IN THE SAME AREA. SOME APARTMENTS MAY ACTUALLY BE 100% AFFORDABLE JUST BECAUSE OF THE FINANCING STRUCTURE. BUT YOU DON'T WANT TEN IN THE SAME AREA. YOU WANT ONE OUT OF FOUR TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT MIX FOR THE WHOLE AREA. BECAUSE IT'S NOT A DEVELOPMENT THAT CREATES THE ISSUE, IT'S THE AREA SURROUNDING IT. SO WE NEED TO BE GOOD ABOUT OUR URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE PUTTING OUR RESOURCES. >> MADAM VICE CHAIR, I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU SAID, I JUST HAVE A MORAL PROBLEM WITH THE CITY SPENDING CITY STAFF TIME, CITY FUNDING, MONEY THAT COMES INTO THE CITY COFFERS FROM OUR TAXPAYERS ON DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE ZERO AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. I'VE LOOKED AT THE LIST AND ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CRISIS WE'RE IN NOW, I BELIEVE THAT THE MARKET CAN DEVELOP ITS OWN HIGH-END LUXURY UNITS. WHAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON IS SOMETHING THAT HAS SOME AVAILABILITY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LITERALLY BEING PRICED OUT OF HOUSING RIGHT NOW AND THEIR CHOICES ARE THE ARROYO OR A HOMELESS SHELTER. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOT SEE ONES THAT HAVE A ZERO IN THAT SECOND PROBLEM. OR I'LL HAVE A PROBLEM. >> THAT'S WHERE THIS OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING WITH THE MRA GOES DIRECTLY TO WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT. THOSE FUNDS ARE MORE FLEXIBLE. AGAIN, THE MRA IS ON BOARD WITH COMBINING RESOURCES. I'M WORKING ON THE POSSIBILITY OF TWO DEALS RIGHT NOW. I'M TOLD THAT HADN'T HAPPENED IN THE PAST. AND SO THAT'S ONE THING I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT, OH, YOUR FUNDS ARE FLEXIBLE AND I CAN USE MINE FOR THESE. IS IT POSSIBLE TO COMBINE THEM. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNSELOR PENA. >> THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR. SO A FEW ADDED QUESTIONS. SO FIRST OF ALL, I DIDN'T SEE THE PRESENTATION IN OUR PACT. I WAS LOOKING FOR IT. SO IF YOU COULD SEND THAT, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE UNITS NEEDED, WHETHER THEY'RE ARBITRARY NUMBERS OR FIXED. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WE NEED AS A CITY AND THEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE COMBINING WHAT WE NEED IN TERMS OF HOUSING AND WHAT WE NEED IN TERMS OF AVAILABILITY. THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE THAT LEADS TO WHAT COUNCIL FIEBELKORN WAS SAYING IS WE'RE USING SOME MONEY AND THERE'S NO AFFORDABILITY. SO WHEN SOME OF THE COUNSELORS ARE ASKING, WHERE'S THIS MONEY AND WHY AREN'T WE HAVING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? YOU CAN SEE THAT LOTS OF TAX ABATEMENT IS GOING TO HOUSING. GOING TO MY OTHER POINTS, SEEMS MIXED WHEN WE USE MRA FUNDS. THAT'S USED FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF AREAS, WHETHER IT'S BUSINESSES, HOUSING, OR THE LIKE. SO AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE SHOULDN'T COMBINE IT WITH THE MRA OTHER THAN RESOURCES THAT CAN BE ALLOCATED BECAUSE I KNOW AS MYSELF AND OTHER COUNSELORS DON'T WANT ALL OUR MONEY USED ON HOUSING ON CENTRAL. WE HAVE A LOT OF AREAS THAT ARE IN DIRE NEED OF REDEVELOPMENT. THAT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING. AND THEN WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT MONEY BEING PUT INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I KNOW THAT WE NEED IT. THERE'S THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, THE HOUSING EVICTION PREVENTION PROGRAM, THE HOUSING REHAB PROGRAMS ARE ALSO REALLY IN NEED. WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO COME IN FRONT OF US -- WELL, NOT EVERY SINGLE IMMEDIATE, BUT LOTS OF INDIVIDUALS ARE ON THE CUSP OF LOSING THEIR HOMES, OR THEY DO LOSE THEIR HOMES. WE PUT IN A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT CAN BE BOLSTERED. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THESE OTHER EVICTION PROGRAMS AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE, THOSE SHOULD BE BOLSTERED AS WELL. AND THEN AN OPEN RP, I SEE THAT IF THEY HAVE A PROGRAM SHOVEL-READY THEY CAN TRY TO ACCESS DOLLARS WE HAVE AVAILABLE. BUT THEN THE OTHER ONE, OPENING IT IT UP FOR-PROFIT, WHO'S MAKING THAT DECISION? IS THAT A DECISION FOR THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE OR IS THAT A DECISION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO DECIDE? BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERN WITH THAT. I KNOW THAT NON-PROFITS HAVE BE DOING THIS. THEY WORK IN AND UNDERSTAND OW COMMUNITY AND THE NEED. AND THEN THEY'VE OPENED IT UP TO PARTNER WITH SOME OF THESE FOR-PROFITS TO HELP TO LEVERAGE MONEY AS YOU HAVE BEEN DESCRIBING THIS EVENING. BUT ONCE YOU OPEN IT UP FOR JUST FOR-PROFITS, I MEAN, THESE SMALL NON-PROFITS ARE GOING TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS AND THEY REALLY CAN'T COMPETE WITH LARGER OUT OF STATE BUSINESSES. SO I REALLY HAVE A LOT OF CONCERN WITH THAT. IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES, PERHAPS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE TO WHERE WE CAN GET PEOPLE FROM OUT OF STATE APPLYING, WE'RE GOING TO BE INVESTING THAT MONEY AND THEN THE MONEY THAT'S MADE AS A RESULT OF THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GOING TO GO OUT OF TOWN, JUST LIKE KOHL'S. AND THEN, AGAIN, WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOU HAVE SOME OF THAT MAPPING, I THINK YOU ALLUDED TO THIS, SOME OF THE MORE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES ARE INUNDATING WITH THESE PROJECTS, WHETHER THEY'RE MIXED USE OR NOT. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING, AND WHEN BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING FOR LAND, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR THE CHEAPEST LAND AND THAT TENDS TO BE IN DISTRICT 3 AND DISTRICT 6. SO THERE'S SOME CAUTIONARY STUFF WITHIN ALL OF THIS, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THERE'S A NEED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. YOU HAVE IT TITLED HERE PRESERVATION, 2018 TO CURRENT. I THINK I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OTHER COUNSELORS, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT TALKS ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I'D LIKE A SPREADSHEET OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THEN THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE PART OF MRA, ONE OF THESE, THIS TAX ABATEMENT FOR ANOTHER REALLY LARGE PROJECT IS ZERO HOUSING. I THINK IT'S STILL JUSTIFIES BECAUSE IT FALLS WITHIN THE MRA. SO I THINK IT'S CONVOLUTED IN HERE BECAUSE THESE ARE AREAS IN NEED OF REDEVELOPMENT. SOME OF THE THESE ARE FROM MRA FUNDS LIKE FRANKLIN PLAZA, THEN I THINK IT'S JUSTIFIED. SO I THINK IT'S GETTING A LITTLE CONVOLUTED. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. >> CHAIRMAN DAVIS, COUNSELORS, I DID WANT TO ADDRESS THEM BECAUSE I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE NON-PROFITS. IF IN FACT WE'RE GOING FROM 200 UNITS. THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. THEY'RE PARTNERS, THEY'RE FROM HERE AND WE'VE GOT A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE TIMES-ING THAT AMOUNT. THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY IN THEMSELVES TO DO THAT. SO IF WE DON'T RECEIVE THE MONEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING. BECAUSE THEY'RE AT CAPACITY AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY JUST FOR THEM. IF WE INCREASE THAT AMOUNT, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY. NOW, IF THEY KNEW THERE'S AMOUNTS OF MONEY, EVERY YEAR THAT THEY MIGHT GET ACCESS TO, THEY'RE GOING TO ALSO REINVEST. SO WE'RE ASSUMING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DOUBLE THEIR CAPACITY, AND WE HOPE THEY DOUBLE THEIR CAPACITY. WE'VE INVESTED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. MANY OF THESE NON-PROFITS ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB. WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM. IN ADDITION, AS YOU CAN SEE, BECAUSE OF THAT, THOUGH, WE DO RECOMMEND -- ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE IS KIND OF A COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM RELATIVE TO THE PRODUCTION OF THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. RIGHT NOW IT'S SECTION 4 MONEYS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. IF WE MATCH THOSE FUNDS WE CAN PROVIDE MONEYS TO GROW WITH THEM AND EXPAND THEIR CAPACITY SO THAT WE HAVE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE STABLE AND STRONG. WE DID THIS QUITE A BIT IN THE CIVIC SENSE. WE ACTUALLY CREATED THE NON-PROFITS, AND THEY WERE ARMS OF THE CITY. THAT SHOWED BECAUSE THEIR PRODUCTION WAS ENORMOUS. THEY'VE BEEN COMING TO ALBUQUERQUE. THAT KIND OF THING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. IN ADDITION, WE'D HAPPY TO THAT THING YOU HAVE INCLUDES THE MRA AND WE CAN SEPARATE THEM OUT. THE MRA FUNDS WERE JUST A DIFFERENT COLOR SO YOU COULD SEE. BUT IF YOU WOULD WISH, I'D BEEN HAPPY TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE PAGES, IF THAT MAKES IT EASIER. >> MADAM VICE CHAIR. YEAH, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY THE LIST IS THAT THE MRA IS NOT BEING USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO IF WE USE MRA FUNDS TO DO THESE PROJECTS THAT DON'T INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEY FALL WITHIN THE MRA OF WHAT A METROPOLITAN REDEVELOPMENT ZONE IS. BUT IN THE FUTURE IF WE CAN ACCESS SOME DOLLARS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE MRA, THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN HERE. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HIM? YES? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNSELORS, I FEEL THAT WE NEED JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS OF CLARIFICATION. I APOLOGIZE IF THE 30,000 AND 5,000 ARE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING. BUT THE STUDY SHOWS AN ESTIMATED 30,000 IN NEED. OUR COMMITMENT, WE WANT TO COMMIT THE 5,000 AS AN ADMINISTRATION, WE THINK THE MARKET WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REST. WE KNOW WE CAN'T DO IT ALL. SO SORRY, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT THAT'S OUR INTENT. OUR COMMITMENT IS 5,000. I ALSO HEARD COUNCIL PRESIDENT DAVIS SAY WE NEED TO WORK TOWARDS THAT. WITH YOUR HELP, I HOPE WE CAN GET THERE. WE TALK ABOUT THE GATEWAY. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME DISAGREEMENTS ON THE GATEWAY AND WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. BUT THE GATEWAY IS NOT GOING TO BE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. IT IS GOING TO BE SERVICES. THERE ARE NO BEDS NOW, WE'RE WORKING TO CREATE BEDS. WE HAVE OUR PARTNERS THERE. YOU HAVE A LEASE COMING BEFORE YOU TO KEEP PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS OR TO GET THEM INTO HOMES. BUT THE GATEWAY IS NOT APARTMENTS. THE GATEWAY IS IT A STEP TO PERMANENT HOUSING. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO NEED THE HELP AND THE SERVICES THAT ARE GOING ON THERE AND THAT WILL BE ADDED THERE. SO I JUST -- I'M FEELING OBLIGATED TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THAT GATEWAY IS IT A STEP TO GETTING FOLKS THERE AND, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT DAVIS, I DO UNDERSTAND ITS INPUT AND OUTPUT ARGUMENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION UNDERSTANDS THAT AS WELL. WE NEED EVERYONE'S HELP TO GET THERE. THANK YOU. >> COUNSELOR BASSAN. >> WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE 5,000 AND 30,000, PUT THAT ON THE SLIDE NEXT TIME. THAT'S CLEAR, RIGHT. THAT'S CLEAR IS THAT WE HAVE 30,000 THAT WE WERE TOLD WE NEEDED. WE ARE GOING TO COMMIT TO 5,000. THAT'S CLEAR TO ALL OF US. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I'M WELL AWARE THAT THE GATEWAY IS NOT GOING TO BE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. THAT IS ONE OF THE STORIES THAT HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD, BUT WHAT I'M STUGING WITH IS 80 TO $100 MILLION TO HELP 50 PEOPLE AND TO COUNSELOR DAVIS' POINTS THERE ARE OTHER NON-PROFITS WERE YOU ABLE TO ON LESS MONEY A YEAR AND THEY HELP 400 PEOPLE A DAY. I KNOW WHAT GATEWAY IS DONE, WE'RE TOLD IS THAT IT WILL HELP THAT MANY PEOPLE. BUT WHEN WILL IT BE DONE. THAT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION FOR RIGHT NOW, PLEASE. SO SINCE YOU'RE CLARIFYING, I'LL CLARIFY. IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T SUPPORT THE IDEA OF GATEWAY, IT'S THAT I DON'T SUPPORT PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO IT RIGHT NOW UNTIL I CAN SHOW IT HELPING OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM, BUT WE HAVE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. THIS, I HOPE, IS ROCK BOTTOM FOR ALBUQUERQUE TODAY. BECAUSE WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT. I KNOW IT'S NOT APARTMENT COMPLEXES. I'M VERY CLEAR, BUT IT'S GOT TO HELP PEOPLE IF WE'RE GOING TO FUNNEL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND WE NEED TO LEVERAGE FUNDS TO GET MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. >> THANK YOU. TO YOUR POINT, WE HAVE FIFTY BEDS THERE. THAT'S FIFTY PEOPLE TODAY BEING HELPED. BUT OVER A PERIOD OF A YEAR THAT'S, THAT'S MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE BECAUSE PEOPLE COME AND GO AND ENTER AND EXIT THE FACILITY. SO IT'S NOT JUST 50 PEOPLE. >> THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THIS WAS A MUCH-NEEDED PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME FOR SO LONG. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AND WORK WITH YOU ON ANY CONCERNS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ADMINISTRATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWER PERIOD. COUNSELORS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION? COUNSELOR PENA? >> I HAVE ONE, IT'S FOR DIRECTOR MONTOYA OR THE ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE THE LIGHTS ON CENTRAL, THE ARCH LIGHTS, THE HALF-ARCHES, THE LIGHTS OVER THE BRIDGE. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET AN ANSWER AS TO WHEN. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, CONSTITUENTS ARE ASKING. SOMEONE WAS ASSIGNED TO IT. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S NOT THERE ANYMORE. HE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. AS SOON AS WE CALLED HIM, HE ORDERED THE PARTS. WE MADE A HUGE INVESTMENT PUTTING THE ARCHES ALONG CENTRAL AND THEN THE FESTOON LIGHTS ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND FOR THEM TO BE OUT IT LOOKS SHABBY. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNSELOR PENA, WE'RE QUITE AWARE OF THE SITUATIONS. RACHEL REACHED OUT TO ME JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING. I CAN SAY THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM IS VANDALISM OF THE LIGHTS. SO WE HAVE WIRE TAKEN FROM THERE. WE REPLACE THEM. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A WAY TO IMPROVE THE WAY THAT THE WIRING WITHIN THE STRUCTURE IS THERE. AND HOW WE IMPROVE THOSE LIGHTS. WE'VE ORDERED PARTS. ANTHONY V. IS THE PROJECT MANAGER. HE BELIEVE HE HAS AN ANSWER FOR RACHEL TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL LIGHTING COMPANY TO MAKE THAT IMPROVEMENT. THIS IS ABOUT THE FOURTH TIME WE'VE HAD SO REPLACE THE LIGHTS WITHIN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. SOME HAVE GONE ON. THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCRETION WITH THE PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM. WE'RE AWARE OF IT. WE SHOULD HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER FOR RACHEL BY MIDDAY TOMORROW. >> MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, OR WHO TOOK OVER? YOU TOOK OVER? SO YOU'RE SAYING -- CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE LIGHTS -- ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE FESTOON LIGHTS? BECAUSE THE ONES ON CENTRAL HAVE BEEN -- IT'S THE SAME ONES THAT HAVE BEEN OUT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THE NEON SIGN OVER ROUTE 6. THE FESTOON LIGHTS OVER THE BRIDGE, I NOTICED THEM SATURDAY NIGHT COMING BACK FROM THE FOOTBALL GAME. THERE'S A STRING OF THE LIGHTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. SOME ON THE SOUTH END BUT MOST OF THE NORTH END FROM WHAT I CAN TELL. THEY'VE BEEN REPORTED TO JEFF GRAY, WHO IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER. HE'S REPORTED IT TO JOHNATHAN D. I WILL FOLLOW UP FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, BUT THE COMPANY THAT DOES THE LIGHTS FOR US IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION. >> I WANT TO SAY WITH THE VANDALISM ON THE ARCHES, I JUST FIND THAT A LITTLE BIT -- BECAUSE IT'S REALLY INTERESTING, WHEN WE FIRST PUT THE ARCHES UP MANY, MANY MOONS AGO, PEOPLE WERE LIKE, WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VANDALIZE THEM? AND PEOPLE HAVE NOT PUT GRAFFITI ON THEM, THEY APPRECIATE THEM. AND I GET CALLS FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE. I WAS AT WALGREEN'S AND SOME HOMELESS GUY SAID THE ALL OF THEM -- ARCHES ARE OUT, I KNOW WHAT ARE. LIKE I SAID, THE LIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT, ARE THE SAME ONES THAT HAVE BEEN OUT. WE'VE BEEN CALLING AND RACHEL'S BEEN E-MAILING. IT'S TAKEN QUITE A LONG TIME AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING FRUSTRATED. I DON'T MEAN TO HARP ON IT, BUT I REALLY, REALLY WANT THEM FIXED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. NOT RIGHT NOW. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE JOURNAL. I MOVE APPROVAL IN THE SEPTEMBER 6TH JOURNAL. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE JOURNAL RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE OR YES. OKAY APPROVED. ANY NO'S. OKAY, MOTION PASSES. MR. PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS AND QUESTIONS. MOVING ON TO THE CHANGES OF LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. COUNSELORS, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE LETTER? BEING NONE -- >> MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE APPROVAL TO THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTORY. >> ANY QUESTIONS, SEEING NONE OF ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE I REMEMBER HAND. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. REPORTS OF COMMITTEE. CHAIR COUNSELOR SANCHEZ. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, THE FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE OPERATION COMMITTEE REPORTS ON THE FOLLOWING ITEM IN THE MATTER OF EC-346 AND EC-347 IN THE MATTER OF R-160, R-161 AND R-162 THAT THEY PASS. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> A MOTION -- ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE SURE HAND. THAT MATTER CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE ONTO REFERRALS AND WITHDRAWALS. COUNSELOR BENTON. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WITH REGARD TO R163, RIO METRO TO CONDUCT A STUDY AND DEVELOP A CONSOLIDATION PLAN APPROPRIATING FUNDING, I MOVE TO DEFER UNTIL OCTOBER 2ND. >> MOTION IN SEVERAL SECONDS. MR. C I BELIEVE WE HAD FOLKS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE MAY HAVE THREE IN PERSON AND ONE ON ZOOM. AS IS OUR PRACTICE. WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THOSE FOLKS TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS BEFORE THEY DEFER IN CASE THEY HAVE A COMMENT ON THE DEFERRAL. THEY CAME ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE, WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. MR. CORNELIUS, WILL YOU CALL THE SPEAKERS. >> THANK YOU, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS CRYSTAL GARCIA AND FOLLOWED BY JOAN GARCIA. >> NOPE, I DON'T SEE MS. GARCIA. OH, THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE. >> SO, I ACTUALLY SIGNED UP ON THE WRONG ONE, I WANTED TO DO THE GENERAL COMMENT, BUT I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE APPEAL FOR FLORA GARCIA. >> IT IS OUR INTENT TO DO THAT THIS EVENING SO THE FOLKS THAT NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE HAVE THE OPTION TO REVIEW THE RECOMMENDATIONS BUT WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IN THE COUNCIL WILL APPROVE THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. THANKS. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> JOAN GARCIA. FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA MARTINEZ. >> NO PROBLEM. MOVING ON. ALTHEA ON ZOOM. >> OKAY, ALTHEA ATHERTON ON ZOOM. >> PRESIDENT DAVIS AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER WITH TOGETHER FOR BROTHERS AND THE BULK BUS RIDERS UNION. NOW THAT THAT HAS PASSED. WHILE I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THIS MERGER, THE TIME FEELS STRANGE. WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF MAJOR REDESIGN AND FACE TWO OF HAD YOU BEEN OUTREACH WAS JUST RECENTLY PUBLISHED. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT FOCUS GROUPS WERE ASKED ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL MERGER AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN EVALUATING THE RIO METRO LINES RIGHT NOW AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. I JUST HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THIS WOULD DELAY THE PROCESS UNTIL RIO METRO IS POTENTIALLY FOLDED UNTIL ADQI. WHAT HAPPENS IF JARED WALKER AND ASSOCIATES COMES BACK AND THEY MERGE THIS IN? THERE'S JUST A LOT OF DETAILS. I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THAT THE TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD WAS NOT CONSULTED PRIOR THIS. CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARDS SERVE AS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY. OUR TRANSIT ADVISOR BOARD HAS REALLY INCREDIBLE EXPERTS WHO SHARED THEIR CONCERNS AT THE RECENT MEETING THAT THEY WERE NOT CONSULTED FIRST. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NAMED THAT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAD BEEN CONSULTED ABOUT THIS. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET SOME OF THE MEETING NOTES ON RIO METRO'S BOARD. UNFORTUNATELY, THE LAST FRIDAY MEETING WAS CANCELED. THEY HAVEN'T POSTED THEIR MINUTES IN SEVERAL MONTHS. SO I HAVE AN E-MAIL OUT. I'M WAITING TO HEAR BACK ABOUT THAT, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHEN WE DO TALK ABOUT THIS ON OCTOBER 2ND WHAT SOME OF THE COUNSELORS -- SEVERAL OF THE COUNSELORS ARE ON THAT BOARD -- WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT THE OTHER COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT MEMBERS AND WHO HAVE THEY BEEN CONSULT ON THIS. SO I'M NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED, I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NOMINATIONS, WE'LL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE WEEKS AND THE TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD WILL GET TO WEIGH IN AS WELL. >> THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT ON THIS TOPIC. >> WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR DEFERRAL UNTIL OCTOBER 2ND. I GET NINE VOTES AND THAT MATTER PASSES. I'M GOING TO TAKE UP THE APPEAL REALLY QUICKLY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THE AZ 2312. SOME OF THE PARTIES MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE FULL AMOUNT OF TIME TO REVIEW THE LOOPHOLE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DEFER THIS FOR TWO WEEKS ON RECOMMENDATION OF LEGAL COUNSEL TO BE SURE ALL THE PARTIES HAVE HAD ADEQUATE NOTICE. I'LL -- WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNSELOR GROUT. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COUNSELOR BENTON. >> YEAH, I GUESS I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUDDENLY HEARING THIS NOW. THERE'S A NEED FOR DEFERRAL. WHAT IS THE LETTER TO NOTIFY? >> MR. T., CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCEDURAL PROCESS FOR GETTING THIS TO US TODAY? COUNSELOR, I THINK THIS IS SORT OF A LAST-MINUTE THING WE DISCOVERED A MINUTE AGO. >> THANK YOU. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT SOME OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THIS APPEAL WERE INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF OF THE E-MAIL THREAD THAT THE CITY USES TO TRANSIT MESSAGES TO ALL THE PARTIES, INCLUDING THE LUHO TRANSITING HEAD RECOMMENDATION AND OUR OFFICE SCHEDULING THE HEARING FOR THE ACCEPT OR REGARDING PROCEEDING. >> THANK YOU. >> SO WE KNOW THE PARTIES ARE HERE BUT TO GIVE THEM THE ADEQUATE TIME REQUIRED, WE THINK IT'S BEST TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS SO EVERYONE HAS THE FULL NOTICE TIME, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT, MR. PRESIDENT. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> MR. PRESIDENT, SO NOW EVERYONE'S BEEN NOTIFIED? OR WE'VE CORRECTED THE PROBLEM SO THAT IN TWO WEEKS WE'RE GOOD TO GO? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNSELOR BASSAN YES. >> WE KNOW BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR IT WOULDER A TWO-WEEK DEFERRAL, RAISE YOUR HAND. [ MULTIPLE AYES ] . FOR THE PARTIES INVOLVED, YOU WILL GET A NEW NOTICE. THAT'LL BE OUR OCTOBER 22ND MEETING. COUNSELORS, WE ARE BACK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, RIGHT? OH, WE SHOULD DO CONSENT. COUNSELORS, FOR CHANGES TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE FOLKS VOLUNTEERING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR SERVICE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. COUNSELOR GROUT, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. >> I PULL EC341, ITEM A OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA SPUSHG THAT'LL BE REMOVED AND DISCUSSED INDIVIDUALLY. NONE. SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT GETS NINE VOTES. THAT BRINGS US TO AC-341. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO THANK ROBERT MARTINEZ FOR AGREEING TO SERVE ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY TAX ADVISORY BOARD. I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COUNTRY AND ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS. THANK YOU, I KNOW YOU WILL BE A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. GETTING BACK TO EC-341, I THINK WE NEED TO SPEAK TO SOMEBODY IN THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITIES, OR HOUSING, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS. >> MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS. LET ME MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND FROM COUNCIL BASSINE. JUST TO BE SURE. >> THANK YOU. LOOKS LIKE THIS COMPANY HAS BEEN RENTING SPACE AT THE GATEWAY SINCE DECEMBER AND NOW WE'RE WAVING RENT IN EXCHANGE FOR PROVIDING SERVICES. SO I CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS, IS THIS COMPANY CURRENT ON THEIR RENT AS OUTLINED IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT? OR HAS THIS BEEN THEIR INFORMAL ARRANGEMENT SINCE DECEMBER? >> PRESIDENT DAVIS, COUNSELOR GROUT, THE BUSINESS IS NOT CURRENT ON THEIR RENT. WE'VE HAD THIS ARRANGEMENT WITH THEM SINCE SHORTLY AFTER THEY BEGAN LEASING THE SPACE AND OFFERING THEIR SERVICES. WE DETERMINED IN TIME THAT THE WRAP-AROUND SERVICES WERE MORE VALUABLE THAN ACTUALLY GETTING THE RENT. WE WANTED TO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION AND DO THIS DIFFERENTLY, DO IT IN CLIENT SERVICES. >> WAS THAT THE INTENT ALL ALONG? >> I WOULD SAY THAT IT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY THE INTENT, NO. >> IS THE 5% PENALTY BEING ASSESSED IN THE FEES? >> AT THIS TIME WE HAVEN'T BEEN ASSESSING THE 5% PENALTY. >> BECAUSE THAT WAS WRITTEN INTO THE LEASE. THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE OR THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE, THEY'RE VERY WELL OUTLINED IN THE EC. IS THIS NON-PROFIT FULLY STAFFED? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNSELOR GROUT, THE NON-PROFIT IS FULLY STAFFED AT THIS POINT IN TIME. >> AND WILL THEY BE PROVIDING THESE SERVICING IN THE GATEWAY OR AT ANOTHER LOCATION? >> THEY'RE PROVIDING THE SERVICES CURRENTLY AT GATEWAY IN A BUILDING THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY. AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING IN OUR ENGAGEMENT CENTER IN OUR -- IN THE GATEWAY PROPER ITSELF. >> THANK YOU, HAS AN RFP BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE SERVICES? >> PRESIDENT DAVIS, COUNSELOR GROUT, AN RP HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED AS WE ORIGINALLY ENTERED INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT AND THAT WAS NOT RECORDED. >> OKAY AND ARE YOU RECEIVING THE MONTHLY REPORTS THAT IS REQUIRED IN THIS AGREEMENT? >> PRESIDENT DAVIS, COUNSELOR GROUT, WE ARE NOT GETTING MONTHLY REPORTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME AS WE ARE AWAITING APPROVAL ON THIS AMENDMENT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN, IF THAT'S OKAY. >> YES. >> COUNSELOR PRESIDENT, COUNSELOR GROUT. SO THIS LEASE, THEY WERE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT COULD BE USED FOR THE RENT. THAT'S WHY THE INITIAL LEASE WAS DONE THE WAY IT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE RECEIVING THAT MONEY. ONCE THEY BEGAN TO OPERATE, THEY FOUND OUT THEY COULDN'T USE THAT MONEY FOR RENT. THAT'S WHEN THE CITY NEGOTIATED WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT WORK BECAUSE OF THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE AT THE GATEWAY AND THEY SEE AT LEAST A HUNDRED PEOPLE A MONTH. IN THE ORIGINAL LEASE, THEY WERE INTENDING TO PAY BECAUSE THEY DID GET FUNDING, BUT THEY JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE FUNDING. AND WE HELPED THEM UNDERSTAND THAT. THEY COULDN'T PAY RENT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMING BACK TODAY TO AMEND THE LEASE AND THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS DON'T KICK IN UNTIL THIS IS APPROVED. ORIGINALLY, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO REPORT ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY WERE PAYING RENT AND OFFERING AS MANY SERVICES AND TALKING TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS THEY NEEDED TO. BUT WITH THIS, WHAT IT DOES IS NOW IT REQUIRES THEM TO GIVE US THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE WE ARE LETTING THEM USE IN-KIND AND IT HAS A TIME FRAME AS TO WHEN THEY NEED TO GIVE US THOSE REPORTS ONCE THIS IS APPROVED. THAT'S WHY THIS AMENDMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT. THE COST TO THE CITY TO OFFER THOSE SERVICES WOULD BE FAR MAR. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. HOW MANY TENANTS IN THE GATEWAY PAY FOR SERVICES RENDERED INSTEAD OF MONETARY RENT? >> THERE ARE CURRENTLY TWO, GOOD THERE'S PROVED TOMATO, VISIONS AND COBALT AND NAMA RENT AS SMALL SPACE FOR US AS WELL. >> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THIS CLARITY. I UNDERSTAND IT MUCH BETTER NOW. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE CLEAR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR, OR MR. WEYLIN. AS I UNDERSTAND AND I THINK WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION TO BE SURE THAT IT WAS OKAY, THEY'VE DEDICATED SOME OF THAT COMPAT OUTLAY TO IMPROVE THE GATEWAY CENTER AS A VALUE, IS THAT CORRECT? >> PRESIDENT DAVIS AND COUNSELOR GROUT, WE DON'T HAVE THE GRANT, SO I DON'T THINK THEY'VE DEDICATED ANY YET BECAUSE THEIR INTENTION WAS TO PAY RENT. >> WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF THEY CAN ALLOCATE TOWARD THOSE SERVICES? >> WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM BECAUSE THE FUNDING IS THERE AND WE'D LIKE TO USE THAT IF POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY AS A NON-PROFIT DOING SUBSTANTIAL WORK IN THE AREA. >> I DON'T THINK THIS WON'T PASS, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK WITH THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND LOW INCOME FROM FOOD AND HOUSING PROGRAMS. DOZENS OF FOLKS I KNOW, THAT WE'VE MET IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE TRANSITIONED TO HOUSING OR WORK PROGRAMS, TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, THEY DO A GREAT JOB. AND I KNOW SEVERAL LEGISLATORS ARE ASSISTING THEM. GATEWAY IS A BETTER HOME FOR THEM BECAUSE THERE'S A SYNERGY THERE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT COMMUNITY ARE BETTER USED. THAT IS GREAT, AS A COUNCIL INITIATIVE THAT WE STARTED AND THE CITY HAS PICKED IT UP AS A RECURRING PIECE. I THINK IT'S UNDER OUR CONTRACT LIMIT EVERY YEAR. SO WE'LL BE FINE. >> VERY GOOD. THANKS FOR ALL THE CLARITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO APPROVE EC341. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT GETS NINE VOTES AND IS UNANIMOUS. THAT IS ALL OF OUR THINGS TO DO. BUT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. WE ARE UP TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN PROVIDE LIVE COMMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN PERSON. THE PUBLIC GROUND RULES ARE EACH PERSON HAS UP TO TWO MINUTES TO PRESENT, THOUGH YOU NEED NOT USE IT ALL. COMMENTS ARE TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNSELORS ONLY AND ANY DISRUPTIVE COMMENT IN VIOLATION OF THE RULES PROVIDED OUTSIDE IN SIGN-UP COULD RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING. THERE'S A TWO-MINUTE TIME LIMIT AND A DOUBLE RING WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. THE FOLKS ONLINE, I THINK I RECOGNIZED ALL BUT ONE OF THEM. MOST OF THEM KNOW HOW THAT WORKS. THEY'LL SEE A TIMER AS WELL. AND I SEE LOTS OF FOLKS ARE LEAVING. BUT MR. CORNELIUS, CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER. I'M SORRY, COUNSELOR BASSAN. >> I WANT TO CLARIFY IF PEOPLE ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ISSUES THAT WERE DEFERRED, HOW DOES THAT WORK? >> IF YOU WERE HEAR TO SPEAK ON A ZONING MATTER, YOU ARE NOT TO SPEAK TO US TONIGHT. WE HAVE TO TREAT THAT AS A COURT HEARING, MEANING WE HAVE TO SCHEDULE THAT AND YOU HAVE TO BE SWORN IN. YOU CAN SPEAK TO US ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T RELATE TO THAT PROCESS. PART OF THAT NOTICE EXPLAINS HOW THAT WORKS. THANKS FOR THAT REMINDER. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THAT AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO TALK TO US ABOUT, JUST TELL US IT'S OKAY. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, FIRST SPEAKER IS ANALEED. FOLLOWED BY JAMES FREEMAN. >> HI, COUNSELORS, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN, MY NAME'S ANALEE D. I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH THE PEOPLE'S HOUSING PROJECT. I'M SURE YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE, BUT THERE'S PLENTY MORE TO SPEAK ON. YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GREAT THAT WE GOT TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE HOUSING CRISIS AND WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON THE PAST FIVE YEARS. I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAST YEAR. I NOTICE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY UNITS ARE BECOMING -- THAT WERE AFFORDABLE THAT ARE NOT AFFORDABLE. AT THIS POINT, THEY'VE RUN OUT OF THAT TIME LIMIT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CONSISTENTLY TALKED ABOUT, HOW WE REALLY FEEL LIKE MONEY IS JUST KIND OF BEING FUNNELED DOWN THE DRAIN WHEN WE GIVE OUT MONEY FOR DEVELOPERS TO MAKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THEN IT'S ONLY AFFORDABLE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF YEARS. SO WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME TALL. WHY NOT MAKE PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, KNOWN AS RENT-CONTROLLED HOUSING. ONE YEAR TO THE DAY, TOMORROW, WE RALLIED OUTSIDE SAYING WE NEED RENT CONTROL. YOU JUST HEARD FROM THAT PRESENTATION IS THAT AFFORDABILITY IS THE WORST THAT IT'S BEEN EVER AND THAT HALF OF RENTERS ARE BURDENED BY THAT. SO, YEAH, I THINK THE ANSWER IS REALLY ABUNDANTLY CLEAR. AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ARE BEING APPEALED. THERE'S MANY OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE BEING DONE IN A WAY WHERE, YES, THERE'S AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT BUT IF WE'RE MAKING THE GENERAL AREA UNAFFORDABLE AND GENTRIFYING SOME OF OUR HISTORICALLY BLUE-COLLAR, WORKING-CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS, WE'RE AT A NET LOSS. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME AND WE'LL SEE YOU OCTOBER 2ND. >> JAMES FREEMAN. >> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT DAVIS AND COUNSELORS. I WILL REFER TO AN ARTICLE ENTITLED THE AND I OF AIR BNB AND NEW YORK. THOUSANDS OF AIR BNB AND SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE GOING TO DISAPPEAR. NEW YORK DID NOT PASS A WATER-DOWNED VERSION LIMIT STRS THAT GRANDFATHERED EVERYONE IN. THEY UNDERSTOOD WE ARE IN A NATIONAL HOUSING CRISIS AND NEED A HARD RESET. AS LOCAL LAW 18 COMES INTOESQUE. ALL SHORT TERM RENTALS MUST RENT WITH THE CITY. THE HOST MUST BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHEN SOMEONE IS RENTING AND ALL RENTALS ARE CAPPED AT TWO GUESTS. FOR THE SAKE OF NUMBERS, I'M GOING TO SAY THERE ARE 3,000 HERE AND THERE ARE ONLY 22,000 IN NEW YORK CITY. SO NEW YORK CITY HAS 14 TIMES THE POPULATION OF ALBUQUERQUE, BUT WE HAVE 20 TIMES PER CAPTAIN IN A THE AMOUNT OF STRS'S AS NEW YORK CITY AND THEY DECIDED THE SITUATION WAS SO DIRE THEY PASSED THIS LAW. I IMPLORE Y'ALL TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND RESET THE INDUSTRY IN OUR GREAT CITY BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. LOS ANGELES IS ACTUALLY TRYING TO BUILD THEIR WAY OUT. THEY HAVE 1.1 MILLION UNITS UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR UNDER DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW INSTEAD OF JUST FOCUSING ON AFFORDABLE, JUST BUILD HOUSING, JUST BUILD IT. THANK YOU. >> CRYSTAL GARCIA FOLLOWED BY CALVIN BRUCE. >> CALVIN BRUCE FOLLOWED BY BEATRICE B. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, PRESIDENT, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. QUICK INTRODUCTION -- >> COULD YOU SPEAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT? >> MY NAME'S CALVIN BRUCE AND MY COUNSELOR IS MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE VIOLENCE THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CITY AND I JUST WANT TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE WHEN THAT TIME COMES TO PUSH THIS INITIATIVE FORWARD. THE WEBSITE HAS SO MUCH INFORMATION ON IT. I HAVEN'T DELV, D INTO IT FULLY. I JUST HOPE WE'RE READY WHEN IT GOES FULL THROTTLE BECAUSE IT IS INSANE. IT'LL BE FOR US, OUR CHILDREN, FUTURE GENERATIONS, THANK YOU. >> OH, AND MR. PRESIDENT, BETWEEN A MUTUAL ACQUAINTANCE, SHE TOLD ME TO DO AN INTRODUCTION LATER, KAREN B. >> OH, YEAH. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME'S BEATRICE, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK. BY DAY I'M A SOCIAL WORKER AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO ABOUT WHAT I'VE NOTICED WHEN WORKING WITH FAMILIES USED FOR HOUSING. I'M DISAPPOINTED BY THE NUMBER OF AIR BNBS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN FAMILIES ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE. FAMILIES LIVE IN RVS WITH MULTIPLE CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO RENT OR RENT IS SO HIGH. I'M HOPING YOU GUYS CAN DO SOMETHING AND WORK TOWARDS MAYBE CONTROLLING THE AMOUNT OF AIR BNBS AVAILABLE. LANDLORDS AS WELL, MANY OF THEM ARE OUT OF STATE. SO TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THEM TO WORK WITH THEM TO WORK WITH OUR FAMILIES HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE DURING THE PRESENTATION ON HOUSING TODAY. SOMETHING THAT WAS A CONCERN TO ME WAS THAT THEY WANT TO OPEN RSP'S TO DEVELOPERS FOR PROFIT. THAT IS VERY CONCERNING TO ME. THE FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPERS THAT I'VE ENCOUNTERED HAVE DEFINITELY TRIED TO CHANGE THE RULES A LITTLE BIT SO THAT IT BECOMES FOR PROFIT AND NOT FOR THE PEOPLE. SO PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR THAT, AS A SOCIAL WORKER AND A COMMUNITY WORKER, I PROMISE TO TRY TO GIVE YOU ANY INFORMATION I FIND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> DOUG SANTON. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, EVERYBODY, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT A MONEY-HUNGRY DEVELOPER IN OUR CITY. THERE'S MANY OF THEM, BUT CHAD RENICER HAS DEVELOPED MANY, MANY PROPERTIES HERE, CHAD IS A MONEY-HUNGRY DEVELOPER TRYING TO SELL OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR PROFIT. IT'S IMPORTANT WE STAND UP AGAINST DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION. WE ALL KNOW, ACCORDING TO THIS PRESENTATION WE SAW, THERE'S A HOUSING CRISIS. WE'VE KNOWN THERE'S A HOUSING CRISIS. A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION WASN'T NEW. WE REALLY CAN'T RELY ON PEOPLE WHO ARE BUILDING HOUSING FOR PROFIT TO BUILD US OUT OF THIS. WE REALLY DEMAND THAT ALL HOUSING BUILT IS HIGH-QUALITY, PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE, RENT-CONTROLLED PUBLIC HOUSING, IF WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE OF OTHER HOUSING, WHAT WE NEED IS RENT CONTROL SO THE LANDLORDS CAN'T RAISE THE RENT BEYOND WHAT WE CAN AFFORD. DEVELOPERS, ESPECIALLY CHAD R. DOESN'T OFFER THIS TYPE OF HOUSING DESPITE CLAIMING TO BUILD IT. BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE ARTISANS' APARTMENTS BUILT BY PALINDROME, OWNED BY CHAD RENICER, THEY'RE SO TERRIBLE THAT TENANTS HAVE FORMED A UNION THERE. OVERALL WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK AND FIGHT GENTRIFICATION AND FIGHTING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE RESIDENTS OF ALBUQUERQUE STAND UNITED. OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT FOR SALE. WE WANT PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE RENT-PROBLEMED HOUSING. WE WANT RENT CONTROL. THANK YOU. >> LUNA G. FOLLOWED BY CAMERON M. >> HELLO, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT DIG ANIFIED HOUSING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF ALBUQUERQUE. THIS IS WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED, WHERE I LIVE. WE HAVE SO MANY EXAMPLES OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SAW MILL DEVELOPMENT IN PARTICULAR TODAY. THE SAW MILL THAT WE JUST HEARD BEING TALKED ABOUT, THEY'RE WITHIN BUILDINGS MANAGED -- LIVING AMONGST FIRE HAZARDS, OVERFLOWING TRASH CANS, UNSAFE ROOFS THAT LEAK WATER, THIS IS UNDIG ANIFIED HOUSING. THIS IS HIGHER THAN THE 450-DOLLAR A MONTH RENT THAT WAS DEFINED EARLIER TODAY. ALBUQUERQUE IS GROWING IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH RENT COSTS FASTER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE NATION. AND ANOTHER ISSUE WITH DEVELOPMENT. PLACES LIKE SAW MILL, THEY'RE UNAFFORDABLE TO MOST PEOPLE. IT WAS REPORTED LAST YEAR THAT SOME RESIDENTS WERE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD THE MARKET AND WHAT WE NEED IS A GROCERY STORE. THE WAY I SEE THAT AS A RESIDENT OF ALBUQUERQUE IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THE INTENTIONS OF A LOT OF PROJECTS ARE TO RAISE PROPERTY VALUE WHILE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND ARE FROM HERE CAN'T AFFORD THE RENT OR THEIR BASIC NEEDS EACH MONTH. I BELIEVE IN DEVELOPMENT AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE GREAT ALTERNATIVES TO DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN HELP THE PEOPLE INSTEAD OF BAD FAITH OUT OF STATE DEVELOPERS. THANK YOU. >> CAMERON MARTINEZ FOLLOWED BY TOMAS RODRIGUEZ. >> HELLO. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE HOUSING CRISIS WE ALL KNOW IS HAPPENING IN ALBUQUERQUE. I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT IN ALBUQUERQUE, THERE'S MANY, MANY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES WHERE PROFIT IS A PRIORITY OVER THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU LET A FEW OF THOSE COMPANIES IN, IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR MANY OTHERS. THEY SEEM LIKE THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. I'VE SPOKEN WITH MANY TENANTS AND SEEN THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY LIVE IN UNDER THESE SLUM LORDS, AND IT'S NOT RIGHT. THIS IS UNDIG ANIFIED HOUSING AND WE NEED PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE DIGNIFIED HOUSING HERE AND ALL OVER THE NATION. I'VE HEARD YOU SMEEK ABOUT DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY HERE. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO WHAT THE BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY, YOU NEED TO SPEAK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW. SO, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS YOU REALLY NEED TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY, LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE. WE NEED RENT CONTROL. WE NEED PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DIGNIFIED HOUSING IN ALBUQUERQUE. THANKS. >> TOMAS R. >> PRESIDENT DAVIS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WORK FOR THE MORTGAGE FINANCE AUTHORITY. THAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE TOY. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DOMINGO CENTER. I'M HERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF E COMMUNITY. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S CLOSE MY HEART, A I REALLY, REALLY HOPE THAT YOU MOVE FORWARD ON IT. WE ONLY HAVE ONE FACITY, ONE PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL THAT SUPPORTS OUR SWIM TEAMS AND OUR SWIMMING COMMUNY. IT'S 25 YEARS OLD AND IT PU US ANDUR SWIMMERS AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANGE. A NEW CILITYOULD HELP NOT ONLY OUR SWIING COMMUN WE HAVE A GRE AIRPORT. WE HAVE GREAT RESTAURANTS, HOTELS. AND IT'S JUST THE PLACE AND HAVE LIVED AND I WAS BORN. WAS THINK THIWOULD ATTRACT LARGE BODY OF PPLEOMING INTO OUR CITY AND SUPPORTING OUR CITY. THAT'S WHY I'M HERTODAY IS TO ADVOTE FOR THAT. PLEASE SEE THIS T THE END. OUR SWIMNG COMMUNITY NEEDS IT, AND I LIEVE ALBUQUERQUE NEEDS IT. OUR KIDS NEED SOMETNG ELSE TO DO BESIDES BEING IN FRONOF SCREENS. THEY NEESOMETHING ELSE TO DO BESIDES RUNNING THE STREET I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT THAT HELPS THEM DO THAT. THANK YOU. >> CHAD N. >> MY NAME'S CHAD N. EXCUSE ME. FORDABLE HOUSG, NON-PROFIT, YES, THAT IS IORTANT TO DEVELOPERS TOUILD IT AND BECOME MILLIONAIRES. THAT IS AFFORBLE TO THEM, NOT FORHE GENERAL PUBLIC. OF COURSE, MING MONEY FROM THE CITY, SOME O TM ONLY UP TO 30 SOME OFHEM NOT EVEN UO 30%, T REST E GOVERNMENT VE. UNDER WHO LEARSHIP? ON -- WHEN THEY -- DOND TRUMP? NO I DIDN'TEAR THAT. WHEN IT COMES TO THE TY STRES, NOT PRESENTO DR EN COPS NOT AROD. NOT HARDLY ANY PS. AND LIVE A DRIVE IN THE CITY, DVE ON CILIZ STRES. SO N THE CY CNCIL HAS TO CLEAN UP TIRWNCT. ANYWAY, TH'S ALL I GOTSAY. THANYO SOPHIA. >> OH, IT'S FINE, AUALLYOU DIGRT. I'M SOPHIA THANKS FO LISTENING TO ME TONIGHT. OWN PRTY IN KB HL AT MY DIRECT NGHBORO THE NORTH IS THE HIGAY HOUSE MOL. OVER FOUR Y AGO, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION THERE WHI NOT ONLY BW UP MOST OF THE MOTE OR SOME THE MOTELVERYBALY, BUTLSO BLEW UP PART OFY ILDI, WHICH HAD T COMPLETELY REBUD, WHICH I TH MOTE HAS YET TO DO ANY REPAIRS. AND TREAVE BEENEVERAL FIRES. THERE WASNE JT LAST WEEK TH TIREDEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO. THERE'S EN SMALLER ONESHEY HAVEOT RESPDED TO. AND I ME, I CLD GO ON WH GUYS AUT HOW PROBLEMATIC THIS IS F KNOB HILL. I AMHE MOTEL'S ONLY DIRT NEIGHBOR. T E WHOLE IGHBHOOD IS AFCTEDY THIS. HAVEY NEIGHRS W ARE BUSINESSES AIDENTSOMIN TO M TO ASK WHAT'SOING ON WI THE MOTE I'COMING TO YU GUY TO SEE WHAT GOI ON WH TH MOTEL, BECAUSE NY WOU DOORKON MY BUIINNTIL STEEL SUPPORT WE PUTN TH MOTEL. THOSARE GON AND THERE 2Y 4S THAT AR THERE NOW. I'MAING FORHE DAY TOALL ON ME. I DON'HAVE TENANTS, EVE OUGH MUILDING IT BEAUTIFUL. I T UNDERSTAND W IT H BEEN MARKED AS CONMNE OR- BUT THE'S PEOE LIVING THE STL. >> WHERE? THERE? I D A NEWS STORY LAST WEEK WITHHAEL 4 ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WEOULDN'T GET THE PLANNG DEPARTMENT TO GIV UPS, BUT THIS PROPERTYS E MOTEL THAT EXPLOD IN 20 BEFORE COVID. IT WAS RED TAG AND HAS BEEN NOMINATE AT LEAST SIXIMES B MY OFFICE. THEYE WORKING WITH SOMEBY TO GET PERMITS. W SOLD A THEN GOT N BUILDING PERMITS THAT WAS NER PICK UP ACCORDING TOHE PLANNG DEPARTMENT. THE FOOW-UP THIS TY GAVE, THE NEW PERN G PERMITS BUT NO ONE ER PICKED THEM UP. THEY JUST FILEDEM. IT'S HFIRES. IT HAD CODE ENFORME AND NO ONE SEEMS TO FOLLOW UP ON ANY OF THIS. IT HAS VIOLATIONS A WE DON'T ENFORCE THEM IT WASUPPOSED TO HAVE BN RN DOWN TWOEARS AGO, WHY IS THIS CONTINUING TO CU >> CNCIL PRESIDENT, COCIL. >> CAN YORK ON THEIR MIC? RIGHT ON TOP OF THE MIC. I DO HAVE TO COMMENT DROVE BY IT THE OTHER D AND THERE WERE FIRE TRUCKS OUT FRONT AND I WONDERED WHAT WAS GOING ON TT PARTICAR DAY, BUT I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH THAT PROGRAM, AFR D PLANNING, AND HAPPY TO GET AN ANSWER FOR COUIL AND -- >> ALASTARIA. >> LET ME GET YOUR CONTACT FORMATION AND WE'LL LK INTO IT IS WEEK. >> WE CAN FOLLOW UP. M SORRY YOU DIDN'TET TO OPEN UP YOURCE CREAM SHOP. I MEAN IT'S DEFINITEL HAD AN IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT DELED THE OPENING OF A RESTAURANT ACROSS TH STREET. BUT MOVIES HAVE BEEN FILMED THERE. >> YEAH, IT'S BEEN AN EYESORE, I APPRECIATE IT THEY GAVE US PERMIT NUMBERS THAT WERE APPLIED TO FI EVERYTHING, THEN THEY EXPIRED BECAUSE NOBODY PICKED THEM UP. THEY KEEPETTING RED TAGS. IT'S SOMETHING WEEK PRIORIZE. I KNOW WE HAD THREE FIRES IN THREE DAYS, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED,T'S A DAILY THING NOW AT THAT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S UNINHABITABLE IS CONCERNING BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE REST OF THE MOTEL WHILE THEY'RE REHABBING AND SELLING IT. MAYBE WOULD HE SHOULD BUY IT AND DO IT OURSELVES. >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WAS JUST GOING TO DO THE EXACT SAME THING. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY CONNECTED TO MAKE SURE SHE HAD SOME ANSWERS MOVING FORWARD. >> NEXT SPEAKER IS JOAN GARCIA FOLLOWED BY SARAH A. >> I THINK MS. GARCIA LEFT. SHE WAS HERE ON THE APPEAL. >> SARAH A. FOLLOWED BY GEORGE SLAB. >> SARAH'S GONE. >> GEORGE SLAB FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA MARTINEZ. >> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT DAVIS AND COUNSELORS. THE NAME IS GEORGE SLAB. I'M A LOCAL PILOT. I VOLUNTEER TO SERVE ON THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD NOT TOO LONG AGO. I WAS GRACIOUSLY INTERVIEWED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT. I PASSED ALONG MY PAPERWORK TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SIGNED OFF ON MY APPLICATION. I LEARNED VIA MR. MAZANO IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THE 6TH OF SEPTEMBER THAT COUNSELOR SANCHEZ REMOVED MY NAME FROM CONSIDERATION. I'VE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT YOU BY E-MAIL, COUNSELOR SANCHEZ, AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A APPLY AS TO WHY I WAS NOT ACCEPTED. I'M HERE TO ASK FOR AN ANSWER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. SLAB, I'LL BE SETTING UP A MEETING WITH YOU SOON. >> EXCUSE ME? >> I'LL BE SETTING UP A MEETING WITH YOU SOON. YOU CAN SPEAK WITH BRANDON OVER HERE AND HE'LL GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP IS PATRICIA MARTINEZ FOLLOWED BY JOHN ROBERT. >> JOHN ROBERTS FOLLOWED BY HEDDY AND NICK DECKER ON ZOOM. >> MR. ROBERTS, GOOD TO SEE YOU, LAST TIME I SAW, WE WERE ALL IN THE WILD. >> YES, PRESIDENT DAVIS, THANK YOU, I'M PRESIDENT OF THE HERITAGE RAIL, OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF FORMER SANTA FE STEAM LOCATE LOCATO MOTIVE. WE'RE HERE TO INVITE YOU TO OUR FIRST NEW MEXICO RAILWAY DAY EVENT. WE HAVE HANDOUTS FOR ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED. >> GIVE THOSE TO OUR STAFF AND THEY'LL GET THOSE TO US. >> THANK YOU. WE PLAN ON HAVING ALL LOCOMOTIVE FROM AMTRAK AND RURAL METRO, ALONG WITH DISPLAYS IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE NORTH ALBUQUERQUE RAIL YARDS. WE'RE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING A HOLD OF ANYBODY IN THE CITY TO ALLOW US ACCESS INTO THAT AREA, ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR US AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR SOME TIME NOW AND WE CAN'T GET A RESPONSE FROM ANYBODY. THOSE ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED FOR THIS EVENT, AND IT'S AT THE END OF THE MONTH. >> IS THAT MRA UNDER YOU? >> WE CAN OFFER ASSISTANCE, COUNSELOR. >> Y'ALL CONNECTED? ALL RIGHT. >> THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE NEXT HAVE TEDDY AND NICK DECKER ON ZOOM FOLLOWED BY HAROLD A. >> MR. PRESIDENT AND ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME IS TEDDY DECKER AND THIS IS MY HUSBAND NICK DECKER. SWIMMING HAS HALLS HELD AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR LIVES. WE MOVED INTO THE NORTHEAST HEIGHTS WITH OUR FAMILY AND WERE EXCITED TO HEAR RUMORS OF A POOL NEARBY. WE DREAMED THAT OUR KIDS WOULD SWIM THERE WHEN WE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL. FIFTEEN LATER, WE WERE STILL DREAMING AND OUR KIDS WERE FORCED TO DRIVE 30 MINUTES TO GET TO HIGHLAND POOL TO EVEN PARTICIPATE WITH THE SWIM TEAM. OTHER KIDS WHO COULDN'T DRIVE OR AFFORD GAS WERE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SPORT THEY LOVE. FAST FORWARD SIX MORE YEARS AND NOW THERE'S A GLIMMER OF HOPE THAT THE AQUATIC FACILITY WILL BE BUILT. MY HUSBAND AND I AND OUR KIDS ARE STILL ACTIVE MEMBERS OF SWIMMING AND CONTINUE TO SWIM AND COMMITTEE AND ARE INTERESTED IN STARTING ADULT LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAMS USING GRANTS THROUGH USMS BUT WE STRUGGLE TO FIND GOOD, SAFE FACILITIES IN NORTH ALBUQUERQUE. WE URGE YOU TO SECURE THE FINAL DOLLARS FOR THE POOL THAT IS SO DEARLY NEEDED FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE PEOPLE LINED UP AROUND THE CITY READY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW POOL, NOT TO MENTION THE TOURISM AND PEOPLE IT WILL BRING FROM OUR STATES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> HAROLD H. FOLLOWED BY ANGELINA C. >> WELL -- OH, HERE WE GO. THANK YOU. I'M AWARE OF THAT THERE ARE VERY MANY PROBLEMS AFFLICTING ALBUQUERQUE NOWADAYS AND I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT 911 POLICE RESPONSE. I SPOKE ABOUT THIS TWO YEARS AGO, AND I KNOW THAT THE ISSUES ARE RECOGNIZED AND THERE'S EFFORTS TO ALLEVIATE THE RESPONSE ISSUES. I'VE SEEN SOME IMPROVEMENT WHEN I'VE CALLED THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO JUST TO ILLUSTRATE THAT WE STILL HAVE ISSUES. IT'S THE FOLLOWING. AT APPROXIMATELY 10 P.M. ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH, I ENCOUNTERED A PICKUP TRUCK GOING BACKWARDS IN MY LANE. I DID VIGOROUS BRAKING AND DROVE BACKWARDS FOR A FEW FEET. THE VEHICLE HIT THE CURB AND CAME TO A STOP WITH THE FRONT PORTION IN MY LANE. I CALLED 911 IMMEDIATELY. THE WINDOWS WERE TINTED BLACK. I COULDN'T DETECT ANY ACTIVITY IN THE VEHICLE. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, I CAME CONCERNED ABOUT A POSSIBLE MEDICAL CONDITION SUCH AS -- I KNOCKED ON THE WINDOW AND FOUND OUT THEY HAD RUN OUT OF GAS. THE MALE PASSENGER SEEMED TO BE TRYING TO GET HELP. LATER WHEN I WAS SHOPPING AT THE NEARBY SMITH'S STORE, THE 911 OPERATOR RESPONDED. I EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT NOT GETTING ADVICE IN A TIME THAT WAS REALLY URGENT. IN CLOSING, I READ AN ARTICLE -- >> PLEASE FINISH YOUR THOUGHT. >> OKAY, A FEW DAYS AGO, ABOUT A PERSON AIDING A DEER WHO WAS CROSSING THE STREET. HE WAS GIVING INSTRUCTORS TO DRIVERS WHO WERE COOPERATING. ONE PERSON THOUGHT HIS ACTIONS WERE THREATENING. HE HAD A GUN AND USED IT TO FIRE A WARNING SHOT, HOWEVER HE HIT AND KILLED THE PERSON DOING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TASK. I KNOW IT'S JUST AN ANECDOTE, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE ISSUES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS ANGELINA C. >> HELLO, YES, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE HOUSING CRISIS AND THE HOUSING PRESENTATION. I THINK THE NARRATIVE OF DEVELOPERS IS THE NARRATIVE THE CITY HAS TAKEN ABOUT THE VOUCHERS AND TAX CREDITS AND GIVING MONEY TO DEVELOPERS TO MAKE THE SO-CALLED AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT. BUT LIKE Y'ALL SAID, THE CITY AND THE STATE HAS MONEY, AND Y'ALL SHOULD DEVELOP HIGH-QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT, NO MATTER WHAT THESE PEOPLE'S CONDITIONS ARE, AND THE HOUSING CRISIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND IT AFFECTS EVERYONE WHETHER YOU'RE HOMELESS OR NOT, WHETHER YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO'S HOMELESS OR NOT. URGENT ACTION IS NEEDED AND IT'S NOT JUST GIVING MONEY TO DEVELOPERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WANT TO GENTRIFY HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS OF ALBUQUERQUE. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THIS KAN CONCLUDES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU, WE WANT TO WELCOME ISAAC PADILLA AND THANK YOU MR. MOYA FOR YOUR SERVICE TO US. THIS IS THE LAST AGENDA YOU HELPED TO LEAD AND PUT TOGETHER. I THINK YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. FOLKS, THERE BEING NO OTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.