>>COUN. LEWIS: THE SIXTH MEETING OF THE 26th COUNCIL WILL TO WHICH ORDER. WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I ASK US TO KEEP YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND DEDICATE THIS MOMENT OF SILENCE TO JUSTIN HARRIS, STATE POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED ON SATURDAY. AND REMEMBER HIS FAMILY AND KEEP THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS DURING THIS TIME. AND WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE OUT OF LIEGEANCE AND LET THE COUNCILORS LEAD IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. >> 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. >>COUN. GROUT: CIVIC PLAZA PARKING PAZES ARE PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. YOU CAN OBTAIN ONE FROM COUNCIL STAFF AT THE ENABLE NEAR THE ENTRANCE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CITY STAFF AND THE MEDIA HAVE THE ABILITY TO VIEW THIS THROUGH FOUR DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. THE GOVTV WEBSITE, YOU TO BE AND ZOOM WEBINAR. THE LIVE STREAMS CAN BE ACCESSED FROM MOST SMART PHONES, TABLETS OR COMPUTERS. ALSO, THIS MEETING IS CLOSED CAPTIONED AND YOU CAN ENABLE THE CLOSED CAPTION SERVICES ON YOUR TELEVISION OR DEVICE AT THIS TIME. THE VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS AND ALL PAST COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON ANY TIME AT THE WEBSITE. COUNCIL STAFF IS AVAILABLE VIA TELEPHONES IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NEED ASSISTANCE FINDING VIDEOS ONLINE. PLEASE CALL 505-768-3100 FOR ASSISTANCE DURING BUSINESS HOURS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 8 TO 5. THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE A BREAK AT APPROXIMATELY 7 P.M. THIS EVENING IF NEEDED. WITH REGARD TO DECORUM AND CHAMBERS WE WANT TONIGHT'S PROCEEDING TO BE AS CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE DON'T MAKE PERSONAL ATTACKS OR APPLAUSE OR OUTBURS DURING THE MEETING. THE MEETING WILL GO SMOOTHER IF WE'RE RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE HAVE SEVERAL PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. WE'LL START FIRST WITH COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. ACTUALLY, THIS EVENING WE HAVE SOME WOMEN FROM THE BARRETT FOUNDATION. CORY LEE AND HOLLY, SHE'S THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR HERE. I WELCOME THEM. IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM WE'LL GET STARTED READING THE PROCLAMATION. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED WITH COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: WHEREAS, NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1987 AS WAY TO CELEBRATE WOMEN ACROSS THE NATION AND EFFORTS TO MAKE THE COUNTRY AND WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR WOMEN OF ALL AGES AND RACES. WHEREAS WOMEN OF EVERY RACE, CLASS AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND HAVE MADE HISTORIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GROWTH AND STRENGTH OF -- >>COUN. GROUT: WHEREAS WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN LEADERS NOT ONLY IN SECURING THEIR OWN RIGHTS OF SUFFRAGE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BUT ALSO INABOLITIONIST AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND PEACE MOVEMENTS. IN 2018 THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE CREATED THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION ADDRESSING RACIAL DISPARITIES AND ACHIEVING EQUITY INCLUDING GENDER EQUALITY. >>COUN. ROGERS: WHEREAS WOMEN PLAY CRITICAL SOCIAL ROLES IN EVERY SPHERE OF LIFE AND CONSTITUTE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF LABOR FORCE BY WORKING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE HOME AND WHEREAS WOMEN FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE SERVED AS EARLY LEADERS AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERY MAJOR PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL CHANGE MOVEMENT. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: WHEREAS THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE PARTNERS WITH LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS LIKE THE BARRETT FOUNDATION THAT HAVE A MISSION TO END THE EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS FOR THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING SHELTER AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. IN 2020 THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL ENACTED AN ORDNANCE ENSURING PAY EQUITY AS PART OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. >>COUN. PEÑA: THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE NOT ONLY TAKEN A VARIETY OF INITIATIVES AIMED AT SUPPORTING WOMEN BUT THE COMMUNITY HAS A RICH HISTORY OF REMARKABLE WOMEN LEADERS, AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATORS AND MANY MORE WHO MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENSURINGING THE HEALTH, SAFETY WITH AND WELFARE WITH OF WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY. BE IT PROCLAIMED THE COUNCIL THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE DECLARES MARCH 24 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND MARCH 18, 2024 AS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. THANK YOU, LADIES. I APPRECIATE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS. BEFORE YOU DO, I THINK THIS IS THE MOST WOMEN THAT SERVED IN CITY COUNCIL IN ITS HISTORY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION. SOME TREMENDOUS LEADERS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR HONORING BEBARRETT. THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN THANK SO MUCH. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVING WOMEN IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR ANOTHER 40 YEARS. >>COUN. PEÑA: THAT'S IT? OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU OVER HERE. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE'LL STAND UP AND SAY ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>COUN. PEÑA: NO WORRIED. THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. WE'RE LAGGING TONIGHT. >>COUN. LEWIS: NEXT PRESENTATION. SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING JUSTICE FOR NEW MEXICO'S DOWN WINDERS. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE TULAROSA CONSORTIUM TO COME DOWN WHILE I READ THE PROCLAMATION. SO, WHEREAS, THE WORLD'S FIRST ATOMIC BOMB WAS TESTED ON JULY 16 1945. AND THE U.S. CONDUCTED 1,038 IN THE TEST SIDE. 100 WERE ABOVE GROUND. AND WHEREAS IN 1990 THE U.S. PASSED THE RADIATION COMPENSATION ACT TO PAY RESTITUTION AND MEDICAL CARE FOR PEOPLE EXPOSED TO RADIATION FROM THE TESTS. WHEREAS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS COMPENSATED THE DOWN WINDERS IN OTHER STATES BUT THOSE IN NEW MEXICO HAVE NEVER BEEN INCLUDED. ALTHOUGH THEY WERE THE FIRST TO BE EXPOSED TO NUCLEAR RADIO ACTIVITY DURING THE ATOMIC TESTS. WHEREAS THERE IS 500,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN 150 MILE RADIUS AND AS CLOSE AS 12 MILES FROM THE TEST. AND THE FALLOUT CAUSED CANCER, AND LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA. AND THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 7, 2024. CURRENT BILLS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED INCLUDING SENATE BILL 3853 THAT WAS PASSED THE SENATE AND HOUSE RESOLUTION 4426 THAT INCLUDE THE DOWN WINDERS OF NEW MEXICO FOR THE FIRST TIME. WHEREAS THE U.S. APPROVED A $50 BILLION BUDGET PER YEAR FOR THE LAST 33 YEARS, TOTAL OF 1,650 BILLION TO MAINTAIN CURRENT NUCLEAR ARSENALS. IN THE SAME PERIOD, LESS THAN 1% OF THAT AMOUNT HAS BEEN PAID TO THOSE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY RADIO ATOMIC TESTS. BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE COUNCIL THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE PROCLAIMS SUPPORT OF THE EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT TO INCLUDE THE PEOPLE OF NEW MEXICO. AND WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT, AGAIN, FROM THE TULAROSA BASIN CONSORTIUM, HOLLY, PAUL, AND TINA. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU SAY A FEW WORDS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M TINA CORDOVA. THOSE OF US WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT ARE OUR STEERING COMMUNITY MEMBER FOR THE DOWN WINDERS. WE'RE AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FOUNDED 19 YEARS AGO TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE NEGATIVE HEALTH EFFECTS SUFFERED BY THE PEOPLE OF NEW MEXICO AS A RESULT OF BEING OVER EXPOSED TO RADIATION. EVERYBODY IN NEW MEXICO IS A DOWN WINDER AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SIGNED ON TO OUR WORK BECAUSE PEOPLE ALL OVER ALBUQUERQUE HAVE SUFFERED FROM DANCERS, AND LIKELY MANY OF THEM HAVE GOTTEN CANCER BECAUSE THEY WERE OVER EXPOSED TO RADIATION FROM THE TRINITY TEST. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE VERY CLOSE NOW, WE JUST RECEIVED A VOTE IN THE U.S. SENATE OF 69-30 IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL THAT NEVER HAPPENS IN THE U.S. SENATE THESE DAYS. ITES A BIPARTISAN ISSUE AND WE NEED EVERYBODY TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN, WE NEEDED THIS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU THE FOUR OF YOU FOR RAISING AWARENESS OF THE ISSUE. I WAS PLEASED IN PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS HERE AND HE MENTIONED IN THE SPEECH. IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE RECOGNITION YOU DESERVE COMING FROM THE HIGHEST POST IN OUR GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. THANK YOU FOR THIS. AND CAN COME ON AROUND AND SHAKE OUR HANDS AND WE'LL GET YOU THE PROCLAMATION. [ APPLAUSE ] >>COUN. LEWIS: ONE MORE PRESENTATION. COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THAT YOU KNOW, MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE THAT WE HAVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING TWO PROCLAMATIONS. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: SECOND. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND. DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED NO. MOTION PASSES. COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION TO OUR MEMBERS OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COMMISSION. I ASK THAT THOSE MEMBERS COME UP WHILE WE READ THE PROCLAMATION. WE HAVE THE CHAIR GARCIA, JODY JARAMILLO, FROM THE RAPE CRISIS CENTER. WE HAVE BONNY ESCOB APR. AND JOLENE FROM STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST NATIVE WOMEN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE HAS BEEN STEADFAST IN ITS COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL ISSUES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. >>COUN. LEWIS: WHEREAS MARCH 13 MARKS THE FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE DVSA COMMISSION SIGNIFYING A MILESTONE FOR SERVICE FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. >>COUN. BASSAN: THE COMMISSION COMPRISING SEVEN VOTING MEMBERS HAS WORKED TOWARD FOSTERING EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY WIDE SYSTEM OF PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION RESPONSE TOOFB THE NEEDS OF SURVIVORS. >>COUN. GROUT: WHEREAS THE DVS COMMISSION IS DEDICATED TO ADDRESSING SEXUAL VIOLENCE OCCURRING THE COMMUNITY. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: ACCORD TO THE 2021 REPORT BY THE NATIONAL INTIMATE AREN'T AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE SURVEY THE NEW MEXICO LIFETIME RATE OF PARTNER VIOLENCE AMONG WOMEN WAS 37.6% AND 33.3% AMONG MEN. >>COUN. PEÑA: WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AFFECTS EVERY COMMUNITY IN NEW MEXICO, A 2021 REPORT BY THE NEW MEXICO COALITION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT FOUND THERE WERE 18,657 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, BERNALILLO COUNTY, ACCORDING TO 14,000 OF THE REPORTS. >>COUN. BACA: WHEREAS THE COMMISSION ACTEDED A FORUM FOR COMMUNICATION, EDUCATION, AND DIALOGUE WITH ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENT AND INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT ISSUES PROMOTING CLEAR UNDERSTANDING, CURRENT LAWS, AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: WHEREAS, IN THE INAUGURAL YEAR THE COMMISSION HAS ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT START TEAM, CORRECTING LANGUAGE AND RETRAINING ORDERS TO IMPROVE SERVICES FOR SURVIVE MFRPZ AND ADVOCATED FOR LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE, FUND-RAISING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAMS AND PIONEERED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ESTABLISH A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURT. THESE EFFORTS UNDERSCORE THE COMMISSION COMMITMENT TO FOR SURVIVOR ADVOCACY AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: BE IT PROCLAIMED THE COUNCIL, RECOGNIZES THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COMMISSION COMMITMENT TO SURVIVORS. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MS. VALENCIA WHO IS ON THE STAFF OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION THAT SERVES ON THE TASK FORCE. THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. TODAY MARK AS SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE ARE THE COMMISSION. WE CELEBRATE ONE YEAR OF DEDICATED SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ADDRESSING ISSUES. I'M HUMBLED TO STAND NEXT THE INDIVIDUALS REFLECTING THE JOURNEY WE'VE HAD. I WANT TO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH ONE OF THE MEMBERS AND YOU AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR THE COMMITMENT AND EFFORTS AND INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CAUSE. IT IS THROUGH THE DEDICATION AND COLLABORATION WE HAVE ACHIEVED A REMARKABLE PROGRESS AND OUR MISSION TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF OUR WORK HAS BEEN COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE AND COLLABORATION AMONG AGENCIES. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION OF OUR ADVISORS AND MEMBERS AND CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR'S OFFICE WHOSE EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR SUCCESS. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE JODY FROM THE RAPE CRISIS CENTER OF NEW MEXICO. AND SHERISE FROM NEW MEXICO ASIAN FAMILIES. AND WE ALSO HAVE BEATRICE AND ELEN FROM THE CITY. AND ALSO OUR NEW MEMBERS AND VARIOUS MEMBERS THAT JOINED OUR COMMISSION. WE JUST FINISHED OUR MEETING A LITTLE WHILE AGO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. IT'S SUPER INSTRUMENTAL. JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>COUN. ROGERS: ALSO HAVE TO MENTION ISIS ROYBAL WHO IS A STAFF MEMBER THAT COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY. >>COUN. LEWIS: THAT'S OUR PROCLAMATIONS. I WANT TO MENTION CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM FOR THEIR WIN. BIG WIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIP AND WE'LL SEE THEM IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. CONGRATULATE THEM. WE'LL MOVE TO A FEW BRIEF PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. STARTING FIRST WITH COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE RECENTLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH SHAUNA WHO IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF GOODWILL INDUSTRIES. MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM. AND I KNOW THAT I BELIEVE ORIGINALLY THE PLAN WAS TEN MINUTES AND IT WENT DOWN TO FIVE. SHE HAS IT DOWN TO EIGHT. I THOUGHT GOODWILL WAS SOMEWHERE YOU DONATE ITEMS AND THEY SELL THEM. I ALWAYS THOUGHT I'M NOT GOING TO DONATE MY ITEMS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO SELL THEM. I LEARNED OTHERWISE. I WAS EDUCATED GREATLY ON THAT. I THINK IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL AND IMPORTANT IF MORE PEOPLE TO LEARN WHAT GOODWILL IS UP TO WHETHER IT BE HERE LOCALLY IN ALBUQUERQUE BUT ALSO THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. SO, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INNOVATE HER TO SHARE WHAT GOODWILL REALLY IS ALL ABOUT. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING. LIKE COUNCILOR BASSAN SAID, EVERYONE KNOWS GOODWILL FOR THE STORES. BUT VERY FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF WORK WE DO AND THE IMPACTS WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY. FOR 83 YEARS WE HAVE DEDICATED OURSELVES TO TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF WORK. AND AT GOODWILL WE'RE ON A MISSION TO PROVIDE TRAINING, JOB DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO NEW MEXICANS. WE'RE A LOCAL NON-PROFIT AND THE REVENUE GENERATED IN OUR STORES FROM THE ITEMS GENEROUSLY DONATED IS WHAT FUNDS SERVICES WHICH WE PROVIDE FREE OF CHARGE. I WANT TO START BY HIGHLIGHTING A FEW FACTS. THE FIRST IS WE'RE A LARGE NON-PROFIT EMPLOYER. WE HAVE OVER 430 EMPLOYEE AND ANTICIPATE HAVING 470 EMPLOYEES BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. WE SPEND IS 1.5 MILLION ON PAYROLL. IN ADDITION THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT WE WE'RE PROUD OF THE IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY. LAST YEAR THROUGH OUR RECYCLING EFFORTS WE KEPT OVER 9 MILLION POUNDS OUT OF THE LANDFILL. THAT NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE WHAT WE SOLD IN STORES. IN ADDITION THIS YEAR WITH THE HELP OF THE STATE AND GRANT WE'RE ABLE TO INTRODUCE TWO ELECTRIC ZERO EMISSION TRACTORS THAT REDUCES OUR CARBON EMISSIONS AND ENHANCES SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS IN PLACE. WE HAVE 18 PLACES ACROSS THE STATE AND PROVIDE SERVICES IN ALL 33 COUNTIES. THE REVENUE DONATED STAYS IN NEW MEXICO SUPPORTING NEW MEXICANS. LET'S GET TO THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO. LAST YEAR WE SERVED 21,000 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, WE REPLACED 1,566 -- PLACED THEM IN THE COMMUNITY. MEANING THEY WERE EMPLOYED BY LOCAL BUSINESSES NOT GOODWILL. IF YOU CALCULATE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS GOODWILL SERVED OVER 51,000 INDIVIDUALS AND PLACED 4,300 INTO COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT. OUR PROGRAMS ARE TAILORED TO MEET THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY FOCUSING ON MEETIC OUR CLIENTS WHERE OUR THEY'RE AT. EVERY PROGRAM WE HAVE HAS THE EVENTUALLY OUTCOME OF HELPING THE INDIVIDUAL FIND EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE WE SEE THE DIGNITY AND HOPE IT GIVES. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO COVER ALL TEN PROGRAMS. WHERE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW I'LL KEEP IT SHORT. NEXT STEP IS RE-ENTRY PROGRAM, WE PROVIDE CONTINUOUS SERVICE FROM 90 DAYS RELEASED OF INCARCERATION. PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT, JOB DEVELOPMENT AND SPECIFIC ASSISTANCE AND ENSURE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED WHEN THEY'RE RELEASED. THIS WAY THEY HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM PROVIDING THEM FOR -- WE ALSO HAVE GOOD JOBS PROGRAM WHICH IS OUR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAM WITH THE GOAL OF FINDING COMMUNITY BASED EMPLOYMENT. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT FOR TRAINED CAREER SPECIALISTS INCLUDING RESUME SUPPORT, INTERVIEW TRAINING AND THE CAREER NAVIGATION. THIS GOES HAND AND HAND WITH THE GOOD SKILLS PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES TRAINING IN A VARIETY OF COMPETENIES INCLUDING DIGITAL LITERACY, LIFE SKILLS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOFT SKILLS. AND WE HAVE THREE VETERANS PROGRAMS. OUR PROGRAM WORKS TO PROVIDE RAPID REHOUSES AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION. WE MAKE SURE VETERANS HAVE STABLE HOUSING AND WRAP AROUND SAYS MANAGEMENT SERVICES. OUR HBRP PROGRAM PROVIDES EMPLOYMENT FOR VETERANS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK. OUR OTHER PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES WRAPAROUND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR VETERANS AND FAMILY MEMBERS PROVIDING A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO ENSURE THE ENTIRE FAMILY IS TAKEN CARE OF. I WANT TO SHARE A VERY QUICKSTORY FROM ONE OF THE CLIENTS THAT EXEMPLIFIED OUR MISSION AND ITS IN THEIR WORDS. WHERE TO START, MINE HAS BEEN A JOURNEY THAT MOST WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED. I GREW UP IN SANTA FE AND GOT MY BACHELORS IN COMMUNICATION FROM NEW MEXICO STATE. I WORKED VARIOUS JOBS INCLUDING RETAIL AND WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY AND VARIOUS OFFICE POSITIONS. WHEN I WAS 36 I DECIDED TO JOIN THE ARMY. FOUR YEARS LATER I WAS DISCHARGED AND I STRUGGLED TO INGANL -- ENGAGE WITH SOCIETY. I BECAME HOMELESS AND LOST MY FAMILY IN 2012. I EVENTUALLY GOT STABLE HOUSING. I WAS STABLY HOUSED FOR FIVE YEARS BUT LOST THAT HOUSING. I WAS CONNECTED WITH THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICE FOR VETERANS FAMILY WITH GOODWILL. I OVERCAME ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ADDICTION AND CANCER. I'M GROUNDED AND FEEL MUCH SAFER BEING PART OF THE GOODWILL PROGRAM THEY HELPED WITH HOUSING AND GETTING WORK. MY LIFE SO MUCH BETTER. I FEEL LIKE THE PROGRAM AT GOODWILL SAVED MY LIFE. LIKE MANY ORGANIZATIONS WE FACE CHALLENGES. THE REVENUE GENERATED IN THE THRIFT STORE IS NOT ENOUGH. WITH INCREASED WAGES, BENEFITS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS REPAIR AND THE COST OF RUNNING AN ORGANIZATION DAY TO DAY IS BECOMING HARDER AND HARDER AND ONLY IS FOR SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, THE COUNCIL, AND THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE ROBUST SERVICES THAT OUR COMMUNITY SO GREATLY NEEDS. WE'RE ROLLING OUT A MOBILE UNIT EQUIPPED WITH TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES TO MEET OUR CLIENTS WHERE THEY'RE AT. WHETHER THAT'S UNDER A BRIDGE, IN A PARKING LOT IN THE WEST SIDE SHELTER OR IN A RURAL AREA WE'LL BE THERE. WE'RE LOOKING AT TURNING OUR FACILITY INTO A STATE OF THE ART TRAINING CENTER FOR ANYONE TO ACCESS IT. IT WILL HAVE FREE CLASSES, COMPUTERS, SOURCES AND SERVICES WILL BE OFFERED AND WE HOPE TO HAVE EXPUNGEMENT SERVICES. AND IN OUR CONTINUOUS EFFORTS TO INOVATE AND LEAD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AREA I'M EXCITED TO SHARE OUR LATEST INITIATIVE WHICH IS THE CLEAN TECH TRAINING PROGRAM. THIS WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO COMPLETE AN EIGHT-WEEK ACCELERATED PAID TRAINING COURSE IN SOLAR INSTALLATION AND TROUBLESHOOTING WITH NO MORE EDUCATION THAN A GED. THIS INITIATIVE NOT ONLY ALIGNS WITH OUR MISSION BUT ALSO SUPPORTS THE CITY'S GOAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND GROWTH. IT'S ABOUT CREATE AG -- A FUTURE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND THRIVEING. AS ONE OF THE CLIENTS SAID THIS COMPLETELY CHANGED OUR LIFE. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE GIVEN UP COMPLETELY WITHOUT GOODWILL. I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY DID FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE AMAZING WORK THAT HAPPENED EACH AND EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF OUR REMARKABLE STAFF. WITH YOUR SUPPORT WE CAN EMPOWER INDIVIDUAL FOR EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, TRAIN AND BUILDING A STRONGER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IT IS A LOT TO HEAR IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. I REALLY HOPE THAT THE COUNCILORS WILL REACH OUT TO MS. CASTLE AND THE ADMINISTRATION. GOODWILL IS ONE OF MANY NON-PROFITS. IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE, I'M NOT PICKING FAVORITES. THIS IS WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW. I THINK I'M HOPING THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE CAN LEAN ON SOME OF THE NON-PROFITS THAT ACTUALLY ARE WALKING THE WALK RATHER THAN US TRYING TO REINVENT THE WHEEL OR TRYING TO PIVOT ON OUR OWN. THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS AND NON-PROFITS DOING THE JOB. AND SO I REALLY HOPE WE REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE THEM AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE WITH THE PROBLEMS OF ADDICTION AND HOMELESSNESS WITH EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND I THINK IT'S IN LIGHTENING AND I'M EXCITED TO LEARN MORE. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST HAD A QUICK COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND SHARING ALL THAT YOU DO WITH OUR COUNCIL. AND ALSO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE. AND THE CITY. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS WHERE DO WE GO TO MAKE SURE WE SEND PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT PLACE? WHAT'S YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE TO YOU? >> I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT GOODWILLNM FOR ALL OF THE OUR LOCATIONS. AT ALL OF OUR STORES WE PROVIDE SERVICES. AT OUR NEWEST LOCATION IS COPPER. YOU CAN WALK IN AND ASK FOR HELP AND WE'LL DIRECT YOU WHETHER IT'S AT THE SPECIFIC STORE OR AT THAT LOCATION. WE TRY TO MEET CLIENTS WHERE THEY'RE AT. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYBODY CAUGHT THAT. YOU CAN WALK INTO ANY GOODWILL STORE AND THE PEOPLE THERE WILL HELP YOU OUT. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >>COUN. GROUT: COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE. I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH VETERANS. YOU USED TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED COMMUNITY. WHAT SHIFTED FROM THE MISSION? WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO GO ON THAT ROUTE? >> PART OF THE REASON WE SHIFTED IS BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE THAT SERVICE BETTER FOR THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY. IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE YOU'RE PROVIDING THE RIGHT SOURCES TO INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED THEM. AND THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERTS IN THAT SPACE INCLUDING ARCA. WE DON'T WANT TO DUPLICATE SERVICES. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE EXPERTS IN WITH EMPLOYMENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: SO, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. DO YOU HIRE LOTS OF VETERANS THAT YOU PROVIDE THE SERVICES FOR? >> ABSOLUTELY. WE HIRE VETERANS. WE'RE ALSO SECOND-CHANCE EMPLOYER. WE'LL HIRE INDIVIDUALS OUT OF THE PRISON SYSTEM. WE'RE SOMETIMES THE FIRST PLACE THEY CAN START BEFORE SOMEBODY WILL GIVE THEM A START. >>COUN. PEÑA: BASED ON YOUR 430 EMPLOYEES, HOW MANY ARE VETERANS? >> I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC COUNT. BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GET THAT FOR YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: IF YOU CAN GET THAT FOR US. WHAT'S YOUR INDIRECT COST? >> AGAIN, I WILL HAVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. I DID HAVE THE PLEASURE OF TOURING YOUR MOST RECENT OPENING. I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE ORGANIZATION. THE STAFF, WHAT YOU DO THERE, IT'S VERY COMFORTABLE, VERY INVITING. AND YOU ARE REALLY FILLING THE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF. I APPRECIATE YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>COUN. GROUT: LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION. COUNCILOR BACA. >>COUN. BACA: MADAM VICE-PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. THIS PRESENTATION FROM RALPH GONZALEZ, TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT ACE LEADERSHIP CHARTER. AND STUDENTS PUBLIC COMMENT. FOR THE FOLKS, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THEY REQUESTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL. I'M A BELIEVER ANY TIME WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE YOUTH IN DISCOURSE WE'RE REALLY DOING A GOOD THING. I WANT TO THANK MS. SERANO FOR HER TIME AND EFFORT. I THINK HOW MUCH WORK IT TAKES TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. AND JUST CREATE INRACHING EXPERIENCE FOR THEM. IF WE CAN KEEP THIS TO THE KIPTLE -- TWO MINUTE COMMENT PERIOD. >> I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT AT ACE LEADERSHIP. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK. WE'RE A SCHOOL THAT FOCUSES ON ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING. WE FOCUS ON THE TRADES AND HANDS ON EDUCATION FOR THE STUDENTS. AFTER THAT, I WILL PASS IT ON TO THE SPECIALIST. MS. SERRANO. >> HELLO, PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO SPEAK THEIR MINDS. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR BACA FOR COMING TO OUR FINAL EXHIBITION AND OFFERING THIS TIME TO SPEAK. HE LISTENED, JUDGED AND ASKED QUESTIONS TO OUR STUDENTS REGARDING THE FLOOR PLANS THAT AIM TO REDUCE REVITISM IN PRISON, YOU'LL HEAR STUDENTS ABOUT THAT. PUBLIC COMMENT AND RUN LATE, AND IT IS INSPIRING TO SEE DIRECT ACTION FROM COUNCILOR BACA TO REQUEST PUBLIC COMMENT TO AN EARLIER TIME TO ALLOW MORE PEOPLE INCLUDING THE YOUNGER PEOPLE TO SHARE THOUGHTS. I ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ABOUT TO SPEAK. WE HAVE SPENT TIME LEARNING ABOUT ACTIVISTS IN CLASS AND HOW TO USE THEIR VOICE. YOU GUYS ARE INSPIRING. I HOPE TO HEAR OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MOTIVATED TO SPEAK THEIR VOICE AND IDEAS AND CONCERNS TO HITTY HALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLPG THANK YOU FOR IT CAN BE DAUNTING TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF A PANEL AND PEOPLE. I HOPE YOU FEEL EMPOWERED AS YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE. YOUR VOICE MATTERS. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. EVERYBODY IS UNDER TWO MINUTES. THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. LET'S HAVE TOBY COME ON UP. >> HELLO, COUNCILORS. I'M WITH ACE LEADERSHIP. I'M A FRESHMAN. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF JUVENILES IN THE DETENTION CENTER HERE IN NEW MEXICO. OUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO HELP THEM RECENTER SOCIETY AND REDUCE REVIDIVISM AS THEY GROW OLDER. ONE OF THE MAIN CAUSES OF BEING INCARCERATED IS LACK OF EDUCATION, AND THAT IS SADLY A BIG ISSUE HERE IN NEW MEXICO. WE ARE ONE OF THE LEAST EDUCATED STATES. AND WE NEED BETTER EDUCATION NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE IN JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS AND PRISONS AND JAILS BUT IN GENERAL. WITHIN JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER WE NEED BETTER MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT SERVICES. I HAVE BEEN SOMEONE WHO HAS GONE THROUGH HAD MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM IN NEW MEXICO AND IT IS NOT GREAT. THERE ISN'T ENOUGH DOCTORS AND PSYCHIATRISTS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. AND THOSE WHO DO GET IN, IT TAKES MONTH. IT REALLY DOES TAKE WAITING ON A LIST AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THE HELP YOU NEED. I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE WE CAN SEE MORE PROGRESS WITH MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND WHAT WE DO TO HELP TEENS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER AND HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY TO HELP THEM. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HI, I'M CARLOS. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT ACE LEADERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN REDUCE RECIDIVISM IN NOT ONLY ALBUQUERQUE BUT THE UNITED STATES ALONE. A BIG PROBLEM WITH OUR MAINLY JUVENILE INCARCERATION SYSTEM IS LACK OF EDUCATION. A BIG THING IS A LOT OF US GO IN AT YOUNG AGES SEQUENCE WE GET OUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO LIVE IN THE NORMAL SOCIETY. AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WE'RE JUST USED TO THAT. AND INCARCERATIONS. SO ONCE WE COME OUT WE'RE NOT USED TO IT AND WE THINK IT'S EASIER TO GO BACK IN. MOST OF US DO. THAT'S ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF RECIDIVISM. I THINK THE BIG THING THAT WOULD HELP IS BETTER EDUCATION ESPECIALLY IN THE JUVENILE INCARCERATION SYSTEMS. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT AND I KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH IT TO THIS DAY. AND I THINK IT'S A PRETTY BIG TOUCHING TOPIC THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE LOOKED INTO. I FEEL LIKE FOR PRISON, PRISON SOMETHING WE THOUGHT ABOUT FOR THE REDESIGN IS TO MAKE IT MORE OF A COLLEGE CAMPUS TO MIMIC SOCIETY. THAT WAY ONCE THEY GET OUT THEY'RE USED TO IT AND THEY DON'T FEEL FORCED TO GO BACK IN AND THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT WANTED. AND TEACH THEM JOBS THAT THEY CARE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HI, I'M ALEXIS, I'M A JUNIOR AT ACE LEADERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT REHAB. I BELIEVE WE NEED MORE FUNDING GOING TOWARD REHAB. I SPOKEN WITH A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS AROUND NEW MEXICO OF DIFFERENT REHABS AND MOST OF THE RECOVERY RATES WERE ONLY 4%. I BELIEVE THAT MORE RESOURCES IN OUR REHABILITATION CENTERS AND AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH HELP FOR THE PATIENTS. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU CANNOT HELP SOMEBODY THAT DOES NOT WANT TO BE HELPED, BUT SOMETIMES I BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS SOME EXTRA HELP AND SUPPORT FROM LOVED ONES, ESPECIALLY TO DO BETTER THINGS AND MAKE BETTER CHOICES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT THE PERSON UNDER THE INFLUENCE, IT AFFECTS THE FAMILY MEMBERS. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THEM AND CARE ABOUT THEM THE MOST. AND I THINK ANOTHER THING YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, A LOT OF THE TIMES THE DRUG USERS START A VERY YOUNG AGE AND AS WE ALL KNOW THAT MESSES WITH YOUR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT CAN KEEP YOU FROM MAKING GOOD CHOICE AND SOME PEOPLE CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES. THERE'S AT LEAST ONE PERSON IN AN ADDICTS LIFE THAT WANTS TO HELP THEIR LOVED ONES BUT THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD MAKE IT TO WHERE IF A FAMILY MEMBER WANTS TO HELP A FAMILY MEMBER GET INTO REHAB OR RESOURCE FOR HELP THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO. BEFORE IT LEADS TO YOU LOSING YOUR FAMILY MEMBER OR THEM GOING INTO PSYCHOSIS. IT'S A VERY SCARY THING. I THINK WE NEED TO STOP TREATING PEOPLE WHO HAVE A SICKNESS, A DISEASE, LIKE AS IF THEY'RE CRIMINALS AND SENDING THEM TO JAIL OR ACTING LIKE THEIR LIVES DON'T MATTER AS MUCH AS OURS DO. I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE TO GET THEM THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M DAN AND I'M A JUNIOR AT HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE POLICE OFFICERS. THE HISTOR -- THERE'S SOME REALLY BAD STUFF. LIKE TREATING PEOPLE REALLY BAD. LIKE FORTING THEM TO DO LIKE AND CALL THEM OUT -- FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS WE HAVE RUS -- AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO THINGS. AND FOR ANOTHER ONE, FOR THE PERSON THEY'RE BEGGING TO HELP AND THEY'RE IN REALLY HARD DANGER, POLICE SOMETIMES THEY JUST DON'T BE LIKE SOMETIMES HOPELESS OR CARELESS. IF THEY HAVE ISSUES TO DO THAT, SOMETIMES THE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE THEIR HEALTH CARE TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS. AND SOMETIMES THEY LET A PERSON DIE OF HORRIBLE THINGS. AND ANOTHER ONE, SOMETIMES POLICE USE THE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL TO MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER BECAUSE THEIR LIFE IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER. IT CAUSED THEM TO BE DIZZY OR REALLY FORGOT ALL THE THINGS. YOU DID NOT EVEN KNOW HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO REACT OR SUPPOSED TO KNOW. ALL WE COULD DO IN THE FUTURE TO HELP THEM TO NOT USE THE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AGAI -- THERE'S THINGS TO HELP THEM AND SUPPORT THEM. AND TRULY CARE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK A FEW COUNCILORS WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THESE FINE YOUNG MEP -- MEN AND WOMEN TO COUNCIL. I ENJOYED LISTENING TO THEM AND I HAVE LISTENED TO THEM. THEIR THOUGHTS ARE VERY VALID. WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THEM. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE TEACHING THEM AND LETTING THEM -- ALLOWING THEM TO BE CREATIVE AND THINK AND TRY TO SOLVE SOME PROBLEMS. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ]. >>COUN. LEWIS: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY GREAT TO HAVE YOU ALL TONIGHT. YOU HAVE GREAT LEADERSHIP. NOT ONLY GREAT STUDENTS, BUT GREAT LEADERSHIP. THAT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE THANK YOU. THAT'S OUR PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. WE'LL MOVE TO ADMINISTRATION Q AND A PERIOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION? COUNCILOR ROGERS AND COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST HAVE A PROCESS QUESTION. I KNOW SEVERAL COUNCILOR AND MYSELF ARE GETTING CALLS FROM PROVIDERS WHO RECEIVED LETTERS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. IT LOOKS LIKE A NEW PROCESS WE'RE THAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT OUR BUDGET. IT'S CAUSING CONFUSION AROUND THE COMMUNITY ABOUT PROVIDERS THINKING THEIR FUNDING IS GETTING CUT. I HAVE PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE SENDING THESE LETTERS. REALLY, THE THING IS THAT IS MY QUESTION IS IN EVERY SINGLE LETTER THERE'S THIS PARAGRAPH. IF YOU FEEL YOUR ORGANIZATION CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS FUNDING, OR HAVE AGENCY SPECIFICATION FOR RECURRENCE, PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS LETTER NO LATER THAN DIFFERENT DATES AND DIFFERENT DART DEPARTMENTS. WE'RE HAPPY TO REVIEW THE REQUEST TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE AVAILABLE FUNDS TO ALLOCATE IN THE FY25 BUDGET. WE ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHARE YOUR AGENCY JUSTIFICATION IN NEED TO THE SPONSOR OR COUNCIL MEMBER WHO ALLOCATED THE FY24 FUNDING. WHAT THIS IS CAUSING IS WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE SAYING THE CITY IS CUTTING THE FUNDING. WHAT'S HAPPENING? CAN YOU SPONSOR THIS FUNDING AGAIN WHEN BEFORE -- I UNDERSTAND, I WASN'T HERE, THIS WAS NOT A COMMON PRACTICE. FOR ME, IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE WE'RE SAYING TO OUR PROVIDERS WE MAY NOT FUND YOU AGAIN. CALL YOUR CITY COUNCILLOR BECAUSE THEY CAN PUT IT BACK IN THE BUDGET. I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE PROCESS. WHAT'S THE PROCESS CHANGE THAT HAD THESE LETTERS GO OUT? AND IS THAT THE MESSAGE WE'RE GIVING TO OUR PROVIDERS? WE MAY NOT FUND THAT BUT CHECK WITH CITY COUNCILLORS TO SPONSOR THE FUNDING. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THIS YEAR WE SENT OUT LETTERS TO ALL OF THE NON-PROFIT PARTNERS WE WORKED WITH THAT HAD NON-RECURRING FUNDING LAST YEAR. IT'S A WAY TO OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH ALL OF THEM AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY TELL US ABOUT WHAT THE FUNDING DOES INTEREST THEM THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED BUT IF THERE ARE OTHER NEEDS OR OTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SUPPORT THEM. IT ACTUALLY RESULTED IN GREAT SUCCESS WITH OUR DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK WITH SEVERAL OF THE COUNCILORS WHO HAVE HAD VERY GOOD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE FUNDING HAD POTENTIALLY ROLLED OVER IN PAST YEARS AND NOBODY REALIZED WHO WAS THE SPONSORING COUNCILOR. SO WE HAVE HAD FUNDS -- BECAUSE THE COMMUNICATION HAD NOT BEEN THERE IN THE PAST. OUR GOAL IS TO BE PROACTIVE AND GIVE FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE NOT ONLY AN OPEN DOOR TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH MANY -- EACH ONE OF THEM COMES WITH A DEPARTMENT ATTACHED TO IT. BUT ALSO WITH THE COUNCILORS, KNOWING THERE ARE NEW COUNCILORS ON THE BOARD THIS YEAR. FROM MY OPINION IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO OPEN DOORS. IT WAS NOT BY ANY MEANS A THREAT TO ANYONE. IT IS NON-RECURRING IN THE BUDGET IS HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED. SOME ARE NON-RECURRING PORTION OF THE BUDGET BUT IMPORTANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEED AND OPPORTUNITY. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR BASSAN, SAME ISSUE? >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, I JUST WANTED TO -- WHEN I WAS COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CHAIR FOR A COUPLE YEARS I KNOW THE FIRST YEAR I ADMITTEDLY TRY TO WIPE OUT EVERY SPONSORSHIP. BECAUSE THE CITY SHOULD NOT BE A BLANK CHECKBOOK FOR NON-PROFITS, GRANTED WE TRY TO HELP NON-PROFITS. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SERVE THE NEEDS OF ACTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE NEEDS WE HAVE AND THE PRIORITIES WE SET AS A CITY. I REMEMBER ASKING SEVERAL COUNCILORS WHAT IS THE SPONSORSHIP AND WHO DOES IT SERVE AND WHO WANTS IT IN HERE. EVERY YEAR, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD COUNT ON ZERO DOLLARS FROM THE CITY. AND FOR SOME REASON, TRADITIONALLY, I THINK SO MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DECIDED THE CITY ALWAYS GIVES US THIS SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GETTING IT. TO ME, THAT'S NOT HOW IT SHOULD WORK. THEY SHOULD ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES. THEY SHOULD STILL WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY, WORK WITH THE CITY AND REQUEST FOR THE CITY AND WE SHOULDRIDE THAT FUNDING FOR THEM. IN MY OPINION, IT DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE IT BECAME SOMETHING THAT SEVERAL, NOT ALL, DIFFERENT NON-PROFITS WOULD TAKE FOR GRANTED AND JUST THINK THEY GOT ACCUSTOMED TO GETTING IT. WHEN THEY ARE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK THEY COME RUNNING. IT'S NOT A WAY TO GIVE EVERY NON-PROFIT SOMETHING. TO ME, IT'S ABOUT ADVOCACY, COOPERATION AND COORDINATION. AND IN ALL FAIRNESS, I WILL ADVOCATE FOR CERTAIN NON-PROFIT AND GET THEM IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE THEY FEEL A CERTAIN NEED. I HOPE ALL OF THE SPONSORSHIPS THAT DO RECEIVE MONEY FROM THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED AND DON'T EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCILOR BASSAN, I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS HAVE GOTTEN IN THE CROSS HAIRS. LIKE OUR 768-HELP PROVIDER THAT DOES THE SIGNS POSTED EVERYWHERE. THEY'RE ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED THIS LETTER. AND THAT POTENTIALLY THE 768-HELP LINE COULD NOT BE REFUNDED. SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE RELY ON LIKE THAT WERE IN THIS GROUP OF LETTERS, AS WELL. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE WERE DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY VALID, BUT ALSO ONE THAT WE RELY ON FOR THE 768-HELP LINE ALSO RECEIVED ONE OF THE LETTERS. I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS ALL THE NON-PROFITS REGARDALIZE OF THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE TO US. ESPECIALLY KEY SERVICES LIKE THE 768-HELP LINE. >>COUN. LEWIS: ON THIS ISSUE, COUNCILOR PEÑA, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, AND THEN WE GOT ANOTHER ISSUE COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. FOR SOME HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, PRIOR TO THIS, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE BERRY. BUT THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD ALWAYS -- THERE'S PROBABLY LIKE 40 OR 50 COUNCIL SPONSORSHIP, PRIOR ADMINISTRATIONS WOULD SEND IT DOWN INCLUDING THIS ADMINISTRATION, THEY SEND IT DOWN AND WE HAVE TO GRAPPLE OVER WHAT WE FUND AT THE COUNCIL. TO THE CREDIT OF THIS ADMINISTRATION OVER SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN SENDING IT DOWN AS PART OF THE BUDGET SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT DIALOGUE AMONG OURSELVES WHEN THERE'S LIMITED RESOURCES AND OTHER PRIORITIES IN THE BUDGET. GREAT JOB. AND I DID AS COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CHAIR HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH PHONE CALLS. I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA EFFORT THEY DID THIS YEAR AS TO WHAT COUNCILOR BASSAN IS TALKING ABOUT, THEY REALLY JUST TRY TO FIND OUT WHETHER THESE NON-PROFITS WERE ACTIVE OR ARE INTERESTED IN RECEIVING THESE DOLLARS AND IF THEY WERE, TO REACH OUT TO US. I CAN SEE WHERE YOU SEE THAT. THAT MIX UP. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE HAD HEALTHY CONVERSATIONS. I HAVE TOO WITH PEOPLE YOU DON'T REALIZE, I DIDN'T REALIZE SOME OF THEM WERE STILL GETTING MONEY. I THINK THEY CREATED AN APPLICATION WHERE THEY SAID ARE YOU USING THE MONEY, ARE YOU FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION, HERE HERE ARE THE NECESSARY TOOLS YOU NEED TO DO. AND WHEN THEY COME BACK TO US -- AND LIKE YOU'RE MENTIONING WITH THE 768 NUMBER I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MEASURES IN PLACE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, THEN IT WILL ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY 768 SHOULD ACTUALLY BE PART OF THE BUDGET AND NOT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF NON-RECURRING FUNDS. THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO ADD TO THAT. I HOPE THAT WAS HELPFUL. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: HOW MANY LETTERS WENT OUT? DO WE KNOW? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, I WOULD BE SHOOTING IN THE DARK. SOMEWHERE NORTH OF 90. I THINK. IT'S QUITE A BIT. IT'S NON-PROFITS ACROSS DIFFERENT SIZE AND SCALES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. LAST WEEK, I ASKED MS. KEEF TO PROVIDE REFERENCE TO IPRA REQUEST. NOW THAT I HAVE IT, AND I KNOW YOU RECENTLY SENT ME A NOTE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NOTE YOU SENT ME. I'LL GIVE YOU TIME TO WORK ON THAT. I'LL JUST LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE. WHAT I'M WANTING TO KNOW IS THE CONTENT OF THE INRA REQUESTS ARE. WE HAVE 1.2, ALMOST $1.3 MILLION OF IPRA REQUESTS PAID OUT. AND WHEN WE SEE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY AS COUNCILORS, WE NEED TO BE ASKING WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THE CITY ENDS UP PROVIDING AN ANSWER WHY THESE REQUESTS ARE DENIED OR SLOW WALKED OR AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS COUNCILORS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE PAYOUTS. WE NEED TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS SOME INCOMPETENCE IN REFERENCE TO SOME OF THE DIRECTORS OR WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE. THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY IS WHICH DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY ARE HAVING CHALLENGES RESPONDING TO IPRA? >> COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, I THINK, AS YOU KNOW IPRA IS HANDLED BY THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. IT'S CENTRALIZED. ALL RESPONSES GO THROUGH CITY CLERK. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RECORDS THAT CAN BE GOTTEN FROM SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: IS THE CITY CLERK HERE? >> I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS HERE. I CAN GET YOU MORE INFORMATION TO EACH CLAIM SHORTLY. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: OKAY. WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU GET THESE IPRA REQUESTS OUT. FROM WHAT I'M SEEING THIS AMOUNT OF IPRA REQUESTS WE'RE SEEING AND THIS LONG LIST IS FROM JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, WHICH THANK YOU FOR GETTING TO ME. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIST YOU SIT HERE WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON. LIKE I SAID, IS THERE ANY DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU'RE HAVING CHALLENGES THAT ARE RESPONDING TO THE IPRA REQUESTS, IF SO WHY? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. I WOULD SAY THE REALITY OF IPRA TODAY IS WE HAVE MORE MATERIAL AT OUR FINGERTIPS THAN WE CAN PROCESS THE TIME THAT THE PUBLIC PERCEIVES IS REASONABLE. SINCE THE BODY CAMERA WENT INTO EFFECT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE'RE ROUTINELY PROCESSING MORE THAN 100 LAPEL VIDEOS. EVERY MEMBER OUR STAFF IS WORKING ON 120IPRA AT A TIME. WE'VE PRODUCED FIVE PER WEEK, 40 PER MONTH. AT THAT RATE THAT IS PRODUCING THEM EVERY 90 DAYS. IF THERE'S 100 VIDEO REQUEST, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT FOR AN AN EXTREMELY LONG TIME. NEW MEXICO HAS AN EXPENSIVE PUBLIC RECORDS LAW. IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON. AS I TOLD THE COUNCIL LAST MEETING, THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY FOUR COMPONENTS TO OUR BACKLOG REDUCTION PLAN. FIRST IS -- UNTIL THE LAW CHANGES WE'RE GOING TO FACE EXTENSIVE IPRA COMPLAINTS. THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO US. ALL CITIES ACROSS THE STATE ARE FACING LITIGATION. IT'S A MATTER OF CONCERN ADD THE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, IT'S A STATE RISK. WE'RE NOT ALONE, WE'RE NOT UNIQUE. STAFFING, THE COUNCIL PROVIDED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING IN THE MID-YEAR CLEAN UP FOR MY OFFICE. WE HAVE IN THE LAST SIX WEEK INTERVIEWED AND HIRED MORE PEOPLE THAN I CAN COUNT. BUT THEY'VE ALL STARTED. THEY'RE NOW WORKING. I WILL SAY, FOR THOSE OF YOU, SINCE THERE'S A NUMBER OF YOU THAT ARE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS ARE COMPLICATED. THAT'S THE MOST COMPLICATED PROCESS WE PROCESS. WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO GET THE NEW PEOPLE WE HAVE HIRED TRAINED. IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE I THINK WE START SEEING REDUCTIONS IN THE NUMBERS. AND PROCESS. I AM ALWAYS FOCUSED ON EVERY ASPECT OF OUR PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PROCESS AND RECORDS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE. THE STRUGGLE AT THE END OF THE DAY IS WE RUN INTO THIS WALL OF REDACTION. REDACTING RECORDS TAKES A LOT OF TIME. IF YOU HAVE AN EIGHT-HOUR LAPEL VIDEO IT TAKES EIGHT HOURS TO WATCH THAT VIDEO. AT LEAST. REDACTING VIDEO CAN TAKE THREE TIMES AS LONG AS THE LENGTH OF THE VIDEO. IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE OFFICERS ON SCENE, FOR EIGHT HOURS, THAT CAN BE AS MUCH AS HUNDREDS OF HOURS VIDEO. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD PROCESS. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME REEXAMINING EVERY ASPECT OF OUR PROCESS. THERE ARE LIMITATIONS, GIVEN THE STATE OF THE LAW TO HOW MUCH USE WE CAN SQUEEZE OUT OF THAT. SO, WE ARE WORKING ON ALL ELEMENTS OF THIS. IT IS A REALLY COMPLEX PROBLEM. I THINK IT'S EASY, LESS THAN ONE 1% OF OUR IPRA RESULTED IN CLAIMS. WE HAD OVER 12,000 REQUESTS. WE HAD PROBABLY 15 OR 16 LAWSUITS. I WILL ALSO SAY LITIGATION IS PART OF PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS. THAT IS HOW THE LAWS WORK. PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO REQUEST RECORDS FROM GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. THE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES HAVE SPECIFIED THINGS THEY CAN REDACT AND WITHHOLD AND PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHALLENGE WITHHOLDING AND SEEK COURT REVIEW. THAT THE WAY IT WORK AND PEOPLE DO IT ALL THE TIME. SO, THE STRUGGLE IS WE BECAUSE OF OUR VOLUME THAT IS INCREASING 10 TO 30% A YEAR, WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF CLAIMS OPEN FOR A WHILE. FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF IPRA CASES. OUR IPRA TAKES LONGER TO PROCESS. I WILL ALSO SAY THE CITY IS UNIQUE IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL WE HAVE TO PROCESS. WHEN I TALK TO OTHER ENTITIES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. ONE OF THEM IS DO YOU HAVE A JAIL. IF YOU HAVE A JAIL YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A LOT OF JAIL AND CORRECTIONS RELATED RECORDS WHICH ARE TIME-CONSUMING TO PROCESS. FORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE A JAIL, BUT WE HAVE A 911 CENTER. THERE'S SOME THAT DON'T HAVE A 9 11 CENTER AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO PROCESS THOSE. BUT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THOSE WE HAVE TO PROCESS THOSE AND IT TAKES TIME FOR MORE RECORDS TO PROCESS. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THERE'S NO PROCESS IN PLACE THAT'S BROKEN DOWN. DO YOU HAVE AN ACTUAL PROCESS THAT STATES THIS CAME AND THIS IS WHAT LEVEL OR VALUE THIS EPTRY CAME IN AND HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT. IS THERE A TIME LIMIT ON EACH SECTION OF THE PROCESSES? HOW DO YOU BREAK THE PROCESSES DOWN, WHAT ARE THE EXACT PROCESSES TO DEAL WITH IT? AND HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU GIVING IT? WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS IF YOU AN INDIVIDUAL, WREN WAS WORKING AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT YOU HAD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. YOU HAD TO GET IT OUT. IF YOU DON'T GET IT OUT, YOU'RE RESPONDING BACK. WHAT KIND OF PROCESS DO YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY MAKE SURE YOU'RE RESPONDING TO THE PUBLIC TO THE REQUEST AND GETTING THINGS OUT ON A TIMELY MANNER? >> SO, WE DO HAVE EXTENSIVE WRITTEN POLICIES. WE HAVE A LOT OF POLICIES. I WILL SAY IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO PROJECT WHEN WE WILL COMPLETE REQUESTS. WE DO NOT -- THE LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE US TO PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE AFTER A REQUEST HAS BEEN DECLARED. AND I APOLOGIZE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, SO WE WORK REALLY HARD TO PROVIDE RECORDS IN A TIMELY FASHION. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PROJECT HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE. WE ENCOUNTER THINGS -- I THINK AS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ARRIVING ON SCENE AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU GET THERE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER WHEN WE START WATCHING LAPEL VIDEO. IT COULD BE AT HOUR SIX A VICTIM SHOWS UP AND WE HAVE TO SPEND THE NEXT TWO ASK A HALF HOURS TRACKING THAT PERSON ALL OVER THE VIDEO. THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND IT CAN UPEND THE PRELIMINARY WE HAD FOR GETTING THE MATERIAL OUT. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THE ISSUE I'M LOOKING AT, ARE ANY IPRA REQUESTS SITTING ON SOMEBODY'S DESK NOT BEING WORKED? IF THEY ARE, WHAT PROCESS DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT? AND HOW ARE YOU HANDLING MAKING SURE THESE THINGS GET DONE AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU SEND THESE IPRA REQUESTS TO? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, A COUPLE CLARIFICATIONS. THERE ARE REALISTIC LIMITATIONS ON HOW MUCH LAPEL AND POLICE RECORDS ONE PERSON CAN PROCESS IN A GIVEN DAY. FOR TRAFFIC REQUESTS, PEOPLE CAN CRANK OUT A LOT OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTS. IF THAT'S ALL THEY'RE WORKING ON GREAT. WE CAN REALLY HAMMER THOSE OUT. WITH LAPEL VIDEO FOR MORE COMPLICATED ACCIDENTS WHERE SWAT IS ON SCENE, THEY MAY ONLY GET ONE VIDEO OUT. AS I SAID EARLIER, EVERY MEMBER OURSELF TEAM HAS BETWEEN 100 AND 120IPRA TO WORK ON. THIS NUMBER WILL GO DOWN. THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT FUNDING TO GET MORE STAFF. AS WE GET MORE STAFF WE'LL DISTRIBUTE MORE BROADLY WHICH WILL INCREASE OUR PRODUCTION RATE. WHEN SOMEONE IS WORKING ON 120 DIFFERENT IPRAs, THEY COME TO WORK EACH DAY AND REALISTICALLY THEY'RE GOING TO, IN ANY GIVEN WEEK, PRODUCE ON PROBABLY FIVE TO TEN REQUESTS. THEY'RE ONLY PRODUCING ON 40 REQUESTS A MONTH. THAT SAID, WE DO -- I DO REQUIRE MY STAFF CONTACT ALL THE REQUESTERS EVERY 30 DAYS. WE WORK EXTREMELY HARD TO DO IT. WE ARE NOT GOING TO PROVIDE PRODUCTION EVERY 30 DAYS. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF STAFF WE HAVE. WHEN WE CAN'T GIVE THEM SOMETHING, WE ALERT THEM THAT WE HAVE A HIGH VOLUME OF REQUESTS. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE REQUESTS AND WE'LL BE IN CONTACT WHEN WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE YOU'RE DOING ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY STOP THE DELAYS SO THE PEOPLE HAVE THE STATUTORY RIGHTS TO GET THEM. IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE MORE DELAYS THAN WE CAN BE DEALING WITH. I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THESE DELAYS IN THE FUTURE. AND YOU SAID EVERY 30 DAYS. IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN ACTUALLY UP THAT TO EVEN MORE? A QUICKER RESPONSE THAN 30 DAYS. IN MY OPINION WE'RE GETTING IPRA REQUESTS AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THERE'S ALWAYS AN EXCUSE FOR DELAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING WITH THIS. WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS A GOOD, SOLID PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU AND HELP THE CITIZENS OF ALBUQUERQUE AND NOT ONLY THAT, HERE'S THE BIG THING ABOUT IPRA, IF YOU DELAY OR YOU DON'T PROVIDE THESE OR PROVIDE EXCUSES FOR THEM, THEN IT PRESENTS AN IMAGE OF MISTRUST. AND THE MORE PROJECT THAT IMAGE THE MORE REQUESTS YOU GET. IF YOU END UP CHANGING THAT CYCLE, I THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PROBABLY LOWER THE AMOUNT OF IPRA YOU GET IN. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, I APPRECIATE THAT IDEA. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE DEBATED MYSELF. SHOULD WE FOR EXAMPLE BE CONTACTING REQUESTERS EVERY 15 DAYS. I THINK THE STRUGGLE IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE -- WE'RE STILL NOT GOING TO BE PRODUCING EVERY 15 DAYS. THESE MESSAGES DO TAKE TIME. AND TAKE TIME AWAY FROM PROCESSING. SO, IN MY MIND IT'S BETTER 30 DAYS SEEMS TO BE A GOOD BALANCE. IN THAT IT'S A MANAGEABLE NUMBER. IT'S REGULAR ENOUGH AND IT ALLOWS US TO FOCUS ON GETTING THIS STUFF OUT THE DOOR. WHICH IS MY FOCUS WHICH IS CLOSING THINGS. GIVEN THE BALANCE OF STAFFING AND PARTIAL PRODUCTION, WE FOCUS ON 30 DAYS. WE ENDEAVOR TO COMMUNICATE WITH EVERYONE EVERY 30 DAYS. WE ALSO TRY TO RESPOND. IF A REQUESTER MESSAGES US AND SAYS I KNOW YOU'RE SWAMPED BUT IF YOU CAN GET ME JUST THE DISPATCH OR 911 CALLS, WE TRY TO HONOR THAT. WE TRY TO BE VERY RESPONSIVE TO PEOPLE'S NEEDS. BUT WE TRY TO REALISTICALLY INFORM THE PUBLIC OF OUR SIGNIFICANT VOLUME OF REQUESTS THE CITY HAS. WE'RE NOT UNIQUE IN THIS REQUEST. PUBLIC ENTITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE BEING FLOODED WITH PUBLIC RECORDS. IT'S A NATION WIDE EXPLOSION OF PUBLIC RECORDS. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR PEÑA AND WRAP THIS UP. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I APPRECIATE COUNCILOR SANCHEZ'S CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS. I THINK I MENTIONED LAST TIME AT THE NEW MEXICO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS JUST EXPLODING. I THINK PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH INFORMATION AND NOT IN A TIMELY MANNER. IT'S REALLY CREATING A PROBLEM. WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE LOOK AT THAT PROCESS IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING. I KNOW I GOT AN IPRA FROM LARRY BARKER AND I HAVE TO COMMEND A STAFF BECAUSE THEY PUT TOGETHER A FOUR-INCH BINDER OF INFORMATION. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE TIME IT TAKES ON ONE IPRA TO HAVE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF IPRA. I JUST APPRECIATE IT. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE REQUESTS YOU HAVE WITHIN THE BUDGET OR ISSUE PAPERS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR PEÑA, WE DO APPRECIATE TAT. I WILL SAY THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN LUCKY. THE COUNCIL REQUEST VOLUME IS ABOUT 40 A YEAR FOREVER. IT'S VERY STABLE, WHICH IS GREAT. IN CONTRAST THE CITY VOLUME, THE REST OF THE CITY VOLUME HAS BEEN INCREASING AT 10% TO 30% A YEAR. IT DOES RELATE TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY. THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF FIRMS THAT WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. AND LAND USE IS THE OTHER AREA. HUGE DEMAND FOR LAND USE RECORDS. THE GREAT THING IS THERE'S NO REDACTION AT ALL. WE GET LAND USE RECORDS OUT EXTREMELY QUICKLY. WE ALSO RESPOND ON LAND USE WITHIN 15 DAYS. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE JOURNAL. >>COUN. GROUT: MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 4th JOURNAL. MOTION AND SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO COMMUNICATIONS AND INTRODUCTIONS. ANY CHANGES TO THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION? COUNCILOR BACA. >>COUN. BACA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLACING EC86 ON THE APRIL 3rd COUNCIL AGENDA INSTEAD OF REFERRING IT TO THE LAND USE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. IT'S THE MAYORS APPOINTMENT OF MR. ADRIAN CARVER TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING COMMISSION. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE SUS SPENSION OF THE RULES. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU WHERE MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR PLACING EC87 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR ACTION. IT'S THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATION OF AWARD OF RFP2024-522-EFA-MIGRANT ASSISTIVE SERVICES. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR BASSAN. RULES SUSPENSION. ANY DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS? THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPEND FOR PLACING EC90 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. IT'S THE UPTOWN TRANSIT CENTER JOINT DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT REIMBURSEMENT THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL. NEED A SECOND. >>COUN. GROUT: SECOND. >>COUN. LEWIS: SECOND BY VICE-PRESIDENT GROUT. NEED AS TWO-THIRDS VOTE. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES. OPPOSED NO. MOTION PASSES. I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR PLACING EC91 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR FINAL ACTION. IT'S THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATION OF AWARD FOR RFP2023-458. MEDICAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. >>COUN. GROUT: SECOND. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR BASSAN. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I NEED A TWO-THIRDS VOTE. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED NO. MOTION PASSES. WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I MAKE A MOTION TO AINTEND LETTER OF INTRODUCTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLACING R-29 ON THE APRIL 3 COUNCIL AGENDA INSTEAD OF THE FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. IT'S THE APPROPRIATION OF OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR BASSAN. ANY QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? THIS IS R-29. GOING TO THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED NO. MOTION PASSES. COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR ROGERS. FOR APPROVAL. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES. OPPOSED NO. MOTION PASSES. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MET ON MONDAY, MARCH 11, AND REPORTS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. IN THE MATTER OF EC-41, EC-43, AND EC-72, THEY BE APPROVED. IN THE MATTER OF EC-46 AND EC-61, RECEIPT BE NOTED. IN THE MATTER OF OC-7, THAT IT WOULD BE WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. IN THE MATTER OF O-4, R-17, R-HAD 21 DO PASS. AND IN THE MATTER OF R-15 DO PASS AND BE ACTED UPON AT THE MEETING IN WHICH IT WAS REPORTED. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE REPORTS. >>COUN. LEWIS: SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN TO ACCEPT THE FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES. OPPOSED NO. MOTION PASSES. COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, THE LAND USE PLANNING AND ZONING MET ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 13. IN THE OF EC55 BE CONFIFRMED. R-16, R-18 DO PASS. O-3 AND O-22 DO PASS. IN THE MATTER OF O-6 DO PASS AS SUBSTITUTED. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE REPORTS. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. QUESTION DISCUSSION? I ASSUME NO. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED NO. MOTION PASSES. WE GO TO THE DEFERRAL AND WITHDRAWALS. ANY TONIGHT? COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES, I MAKE A MOTION TO PULL EC68 FROM TONIGHT'S -- >>COUN. LEWIS: THAT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. NO DEFERRALS. WE'LL GO TO CONSEN AGENDA. COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES, I MAKE A MOTION TO PULL EC-68 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. >>COUN. LEWIS: IT'S OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANYBODY ELSE? I NEED A MOTION TO -- GO AHEAD AND HEADACHE THE MOTION, COUNCILOR GROUT MRNG. >>COUN. GROUT: I MR. >>COUN. GROUT: I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. >>COUN. LEWIS: THAT'S MOVED AND SECONDED. THIS IS THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH ITEM 68 PULLED OFF OF IT. ANY DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS? ANY OTHERS, COUNCILOR ROGERS? >>COUN. ROGERS: JUST THE THING IS A QUESTION OF WHY WE'RE PULLING THAT ONE? >>COUN. LEWIS: LET'S GET TO IT. WE JUST PULLED IT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON THE CONSENT AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES, THOSE OPPOSED NO. MOTION PASSES. WE'LL GO TO ITEM 68. COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YES, EC2468 IS MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF MS. PARSONS TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD. I RECEIVED SEVERAL PHONE CALLS ON THIS FROM CONSTITUENTS GIVING ME A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME REVIEWING THE APPOINTMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER IT FOR TWO WEEKS. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION IS TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS. SECOND BY COUNCILOR BASSAN. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I THINK YOU JUST ANSWERED WHY. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER? THE MOTION IS FOR DEFERRAL. EC2468. ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? THOSE -- DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NO. MOTION PASSES. WE'LL GO TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. THERE ARE NONE. NO FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS. NOW WE'LL GO TO GENERAL COMMENT. YOU CAN PROVIDE COMMENT IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY. GROUND RULES EACH PARTICIPANT HAS TWO MINUTES TO PRESENT. COMMENTS ARE TO BE ADDRESSED ONLY THROUGH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. ANY DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT WILL RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING. THERE'S A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT THE BELL WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. PLEASE NAME THE FIRST SPEAKER. >> THANK YOU. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ELLIS FOLLOWED BY THERESA. >> HIGH, >> HI, CITY COUNCIL. I'M NOT FROM HERE. I'M FROM A COUNTRY TOWN IN GEORGIA. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS. I WAS RAISED IN THE COUNTRY ON A FARM. AND BEING HERE IS REALLY TAKING A TOLL ON MY HEART. I ALWAYS FELT CALLED TO HELP THE PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY THE KIDS. BECAUSE NO ONE DREAMS ANYMORE. IT'S REALLY, REALLY SAD THAT YOU GROW UP IN A HOME AND NO ONE DREAMS. I'M A DREAMER. I WAS RAISED BY MY FATHER AND MOTHER. SEVEN BOYS. AND COMING TO THIS CITY HAS REALLY OPENED MY EYES. I ALWAYS FELT CALLED TO DO SOMETHING GREAT. I'M STARTING A FOUNDATION HERE. NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. IT'S CALLED -- WE WILL BE JOINING THE FIGHT HERE. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS THE IMPOSSIBLE. BECAUSE THE POSSIBLE IS NOT WORKING. THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN JOIN THE FIGHT TOO. >> THERESA FOLLOWED BY STEVE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. AS YOU'RE AWARE WE HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE IT GOES TO SHOW THE DEDICATION FROM THOSE ON THE COMMISSION. HOWEVER I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH THE HUMBLE REQUEST FOR YOUR SUPPORT REGARDING THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COMMISSION HAS UNDERGONE. IT'S COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THE ADMINISTRATION MADE A DECISION TO MOVE THE COMMISSION UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE DESIGNATED LIAISON. IT HAS INDICATED FOR THE ADMINISTRATION ORGANIZATIONALLY NOTHING WOULD CHANGE. THIS DECISION, WHILE PERHAPS GOOD WITH INTINATIONS. IT'S NOT A LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH CREATESES THAT REQUIRES MULTIFASED APPROACH. IT MAY SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE AND LIMIT THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS DECISION IS MADE IS DISHEARTENING. THE COMMISSION WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONVERSATION THAT LED TO THIS. THE LACK OF INCLUSION NEGIGATES THE EFFORT WE'VE HAD WITH APD IN THE PAST. AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY SURVIVOR AND CONSTITUENT I FEEL IT'S MY DUTY TO ADSFRKT THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMISSION AND SURVIVORS WE SERVE. IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE IMPORTANT WORK IT'S CRUCIAL FOR IT TO BE PLACES UNDER THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. AND WE ENSURE THE LIAISON IS AN EXPERT MAINTAINING THE SAME STANDARD OF EXPERTISE. ALTERNATIVIVELY IT IS DEEMED MORE APPROPRIATE THAT WE SEEK YOUR SUPPORT IN FINDING A SUITABLE ENTITY WHICH WE CAN OPERATE EFFECTUALLY. WE PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THOSE SURVIVORS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. I IMPLORE YOU TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST AND SUPPORT ENSURING THE COMMISSION CONTINUE FOR BETTER WORK FOR THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD OF SURVIVORS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> STEVE FOLLOWED BY CLAYTON. >> GOOD EVENING, I'M A -- SPEAKING TO FUND THE MIGERANT SHELTER. I VOLUNTEERED HELPING ASYLUM SEEKERS WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND ALBUQUERQUE ASYLUM SEEKER WELCOME. WHAT MIGHT MAKE MY VIEW IMPORTANT UNIQUE IS I'M A REGISTERED REPUBLIC CONSERVATIVE AND DEVOUT CHRISTIAN. I'M SPEAKING TO THOSE THAT SHARE MY VIEWS. ISSUES ABOUT THIS TURNS INTO A BROADER DEBATE ABOUT THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. MY POINT IS THE FOLLOWING. WE CAN BE A PROPONENT OF A SECURE BORDER. WE CAN BE DISGUSTED AT THE SITUATION CAUSED BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. WE CAN BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT ASYLUM SYSTEM IS BROKEN AND ABUSED BY THOUSANDS. AND WE CAN ALSO HAVE COMPASSION FOR THOSE WHO ARE COMING INTO OUR COUNTRY DESTUTE AND BROKEN. THOSE BELIEFS ARE NOT A CONTRADICTION. I HAVE WORKED WITH HUPPED -- HUNDREDS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS. THEY'RE NOT TO BLAME FOR A BROKEN SYSTEM. NOR SHOULD THEY BE THE ONES PUNISHED. AS I LISTEN TO THEIR STORIES AND UNDERSTAND THE VIOLENCE AND POVERTY THEY FLEE, I WOULD DO THE EXACT SAME THING. I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS A POLITICAL ISSUE. THIS IS SIMPLY A HUMANITARIAN ISSUE. I HOPE WE CAN BE DECENT HUMAN BEINGS AND FOLLOWING THE SECOND GREAT COMMANDMENT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF-. >> CLAYTON FOLLOWED BY RUDOLPH. RUDOLPH FOLLOWED BY ANTOINETTE. >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, BEING A PROUD FART START OUR FATHER TEACHES IN GENESIS 3-1, HE SAID LET THERE BE LIGHT. AND LIGHT WAS CREATED IN DARKNESS. AND MY RESEARCH IS IN THAT. IT INCLUDES THE BLIND AND DEAF. HE TELLS US THAT BEFORE ANYTHING IS YOU HAVE A SUN. WE'RE USING -- WE'RE STARTING A NEW MOVEMENT AND A NEW MOVEMENT IN RESEARCH TO HELP WITH SEEING AND HEARING THINGS BETTER. AND ONE DAY HOPEFULLY WE CAN SAY, LIKE JESUS SAYS TO THE BLIND, YOU CAN SEE AND TO THE DEAF, YOU CAN HEAR BY USING THIS NEW RESEARCH. I'M HERE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD OF BIOLOGY AND POLITICS. AND GEOPOLITICS. AND WE'RE TRYING TO APPLY THESE PUTTING EVERYTHING INTO THE SCOPE. I'M STARTING WITH THE HOMELESS. BECAUSE THAT'S MY PROJECT TOO. [ INAUDIBLE ] -- ARE THE ONLY ONES YOU'RE GOING TO GET BACK. THAT MEANS WE PUT $36 MILLION WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GET $50 MILLION BACK. WHERE DO WE PUT THOSE $30 MILLION THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US MORE? WE HAVE SIX THINGS, I'M WORKING IN RUMINATION WHICH IS JUST WALKING AROUND LIKE THE HOMELESS DO. THAT'S WHERE I GET THIS. THIS IS MY TIME. >> ANTOINETTE FOLLOWED BY ARIANA. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE AGAIN. I AM GOING TO START BEFORE MY TIME RUNS OUT. CHIEF'S EMPHASIS ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND INTEGRITY UPON ASSUMING HIS POSITION SOUNDED GOOD. HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE HE FAILED TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS AND STARTED AROUND ISSUES DEFINISHING TRANSPARENCY. THIS RAISES CONCERNS IN CURRENT LEADERSHIP. SUCH ACTIONS DO NOT FOSTER PUBLIC TRUST WHICH IS EFFECTIVE FOR GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THREE MAJOR POINTS. THIS QUESTION IS FOR COUNCILOR BASSAN, I LIVE IN YOUR DISTRICT. CHIEF MEDINA -- I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. HAVING AN OUTSIDE ENTITY INVESTIGATE THE CHIEF'S ACCIDENT APPROPRIATE AND SUPPORTS THE HARDWORKING RANK AND FILE POLICE OFFICERS. THIS IS IMPERATIVE BECAUSE JAMES ORTIZ IS DOING THE INVESTIGATION AND HAVING A RANKING OFFICER CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS UNACCEPTABLE. WHY WOULD YOU VOTE AGAINST HAVING AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION. NUMBER TWO, I HAVE ZERO FAITH IN ERIC GARCIA OVERSEEING THE INVESTIGATION OF MEDINA. AS HE WAS THE ONE WHO FAILED TO TAKE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS ON THE OFFICER THAT CAUSED MY SON'S DEATH. THE SYSTEM FAILED US. WE DIDN'T SEE CHANGE FROM OUR FAMILY UNTIL CHIEF GIRE TOOK OFFICE. IT WASN'T UNTIL AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION TOOK PLACE BY BCSO, MY CASE STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD. NUMBER THREE, WHAT IF IT WAS YOUR 6-YEAR-OLD SON THAT YOU'RE PLANNING A FUNERAL FOR? WHAT IF IT WAS YOUR 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER LAYING IN A COMA IN CRITICAL CONDITION, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE IN MY POSITION? >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> ARIANA FOLLOWED BY JUSTIN. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE A QUESTION THAT BROUGHT SOMETHING UP. I ASKED A QUESTION LAST YEAR AND I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY THAT CAN ANSWER IT. I'LL ASK THE ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE NONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE HERE. I ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THESE FOLKS ACTUALLY PROVIDED AS PART OF THEIR SETTLEMENT SIMULATOR AND IT TURNS OUT WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND IT TURNS OUT THAT IT WAS AT THE ACADEMY, AND IT'S NOT AT HAD ACADEMY. IT'S AT THE REALITY-BASED TRAINING CENTER. AND I ASKED ACTUALLY TO SEE WHAT THE TRAINING LOGS WERE AND ANY SIGN-IN SHEETS IN REFERENCE TO THAT SIMULATOR. AND ALSO TO SEE IF CHIEF MEDINA HAD ACTUALLY USED THE SIMULATOR PRIOR TO HIS ACCIDENT. THAT CAUSED GREAT BODILY HARM OR GREAT BODILY INJURY. AND I STILL DO NOT HAVE THAT RESPONSE. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, I WILL FOLLOW UP PERSONALLY ON ALL OF THOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THROUGH ON THOSE FOR YOU. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU. >> HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE TOPIC OF CHANGE NEEDING TO TAKE PLACE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING GOOD LEADERSHIP. MY QUESTION IS HOW MANY INNOCENT LIVES NEED TO BE TAKEN AND HOW MANY MORE CRITICAL CONDITIONS NEED TO BE SEEN DUE TO THE RECKLESSNESS AND CARELESSNESS OF THOSE THAT SERVE AND PROTECT. -- INCLUDING THE CHIEF OF APD. I'M HERE TO SAID LIGHT ON THE FACT THAT MANY TYPES OF ACCIDENTS ARE REOCCURRING AND SHOULD STOP. WHEN SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING, CHANGE NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE. WHEN OFFICERS MAKE THE DECISION TO TAKE ROLE THEY'RE HELD AT A HIGHER STANDARD BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING THE ROLE AS A LEADER. WHO IS LEADING THEM? WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A PERSON IN COMMAND LEADING BY GOOD EXAMPLE THAT'S WHEN PROTOCOLS GET BROKEN IN THESE TYPES OF INCIDENT. IN OUR ACCIDENT WE WANTED TO HELP THINGS LIKE THIS TO STOP HAPPENING BY DONATING A DRIVING SIMULATOR WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO HELP OFFICERS TRAIN AND PREVENT THESE TYPES OF TRAGIC ACCIDENTS. WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING TRAINING AND PRECAUTION IF THEY'RE NOT BEING UTILIZED OR TAKEN SERIOUSLY. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE THE CORRECTION LAST TIME WE WERE HERE AN OFFICER WAS ASKED LOCATION OF THE DRIVING SIMULATOR, WHERE HE ANSWERED IT WAS AT THE ACADEMY. THIS STATEMENT WAS INCORRECT. IT IS LOCATED AT THE REALITY BASED TRAINING CENTER. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO MY MOM AND I THAT CHIEF MEDINA HAS NOT USED OUR DRIVING SIMULATOR THAT WE DONATED. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE NEED A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT THE CHIEF OF APD HAS ACCESS TO TRAININGS THAT HE HASN'T BEEN UTILIZING. THANK YOU. >> JUSTIN FOLLOWED BY ANADI. >>COUN. LEWIS: I WANT TO MENTION THAT RULE OF DECORUM IN THE COUNCIL IS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WE DON'T ALLOW CLAPPING IN THE CHAMBERS. I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT. GO AHEAD, SIR. >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JUSTIN, I'M A RESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO IMPLORE THE COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SOLID WASTE. SINCE THE INJUNCTION WENT INTO PLACE ON NOVEMBER 1, 2023. I HAVE WITNESSED OUR UNHOUSED BE TERRORIZED BY THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE VIDEO FOOTAGE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF OUR TAX MONEY BEING WASTED. SOLID WASTE WORKERS STANDING AROUND JOKING, EATING PIZZA AND DEHUMANIZING OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION. LAST MONTH I SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND ONE OF THE SOLID WASTE WORKERS CONSULTED POLICE AND GAVE OUT MY PERSONAL ADDRESS TO UNHOUSED PEOPLE. POLICE RESOURCES SHOULD NOT BE USED TO INTAMEIDATE OR DOX US. I ASK THIS CITY COUNCIL LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH 311 SEVERAL DAYS LATER I GOT A CALL BACK FROM A WOMAN WHO REFUSED TO IDENTIFY HERSELF AND CLAIMED TO BE FROM THE CITY. HE CALLED FROM A PRIVATE NUMBER AND DID NOT ADDRESS BEING DOXED. I FILED ANOTHER COMPLAINT AND PROCEEDED WITH A POLICE REPORT. I IMPLORE THIS COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. WE SHOULD NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY POLICE. POLICE SHOULD NOT USE RESOURCES TO INTIMIDATE AND DOX US. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE IS THE ONE WHO IS GIVING OUT MY PERSONAL INFORMATION. THE GUY ON THE POSTER. >> >>COUN. ROGERS: I ASK THE ADMINISTRATION TO LOOK INTO MR. ALAN'S CASE AND FIND OUT WHY OUR SOLID WASTE IS GIVING OUT HIS PERSONAL INFORMATION. THANK YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANKS. >> ANINDA FOLLOWED BY MARLA. >> I HAVE SOMETHING ALONG THE SAME LINES. WHERE WAS FOLLOWED HOME BY CITY PLANNING VEHICLE ONCE AFTER FILMING A SIMILAR ENCAMPMENT CLEARING. I DIDN'T FILE A COMPLAINT. I SHOULD HAVE. I WILL. IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE. I PUT AN IPRA TO SEE HOW MUCH THE CITY SPENT ON CLEARING PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS SINCE THE INJUNCTION HAS GONE THROUGH. IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS THE CITY HAS SPENT A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS ON THAT. I THINK IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO HOUSE PEOPLE WITH THAT MONEY. TO PUT PUBLIC BATHROOMS OR SOMETHING. WARMING STATION, COOLING STATION. ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN THROWING AWAY EVERYTHING THAT SOMEONE HAS. THANK YOU. >> MARLA FOLLOWED BY JAMES. >> MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I ACTUALLY WISH TO COMMENT ON 24-12. WHEN I SIGNED UP I DIDN'T HAVE THE NUMBER. WOULD YOU LIKE ME COMMENT ON 24-12 OR NOT? >>COUN. LEWIS: YOU'RE WELCOME TO USE THE TIME AS YOU LIKE. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR PEÑA WAS KIND ENOUGH TO MEET WITH THE TWO NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS. WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION. HOWEVER, WE TOOK THAT DISCUSSION BACK TO NEIGHBORHOOD MEMBERS AND WE'RE REALLY CONFUSED ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION. WE'RE HOPING THAT IT IS NOT JUST PUBLIC RELATIONS TO SHOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REALLY DOES CARE ABOUT PEOPLE IN MOUNTAIN VIEW. AND THAT IS HAS SOME CONCRETE INTENTIONS THAT YOU CAN EXPLAIN. IT'S VERY VAGUE. AS MUCH AS WE'LL TAKE ANY MONEY THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE COUNTY TO HELP US WITH OUR PROBLEMS DOWN THERE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE CITY TO LISTEN TO US BEFORE ALLOCATING ANY OF THE MONEY TO ANY PARTICULAR PROJECT. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY KNOWS MUCH AT ALL ABOUT MOUNTAIN VIEW. WHILE WE APPRECIATE THIS, AND HOWEVER YOU CHOOSE TO VOTE FOR IT, JUST PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT WE WANT TO SEE SOMETHING REAL AND NOT JUST PUBLIC RELATIONS. TO SHOW THAT AFTER -- EXCUSE ME, SCREWING US, IN THE HEARING ON THE HEY I, YOU REALLY DO INTEND TO DO GOOD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. >> JAMES FOLLOWED BY TAD. >> I AM JAMES FROM DISTRICT FOUR. AT THE LAST MEETING THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCUSSION WAS HELD INTO THE VERY END. THE LIVE FEED DIED RIGHT BEFORE THE BILL WAS DISCUSSED ABOUT THE MULTIAGENCY INVESTIGATION INTO THE POLICE CHIEF. I TEXTED MY BUDDIES ASKING FOR UPDATES BUT THEY HAD TO LEAVE EARLY ALSO. THANK YOU TO THE DISTRICT ANALYST FOR HELPING ME ACCESS THE ARCHIVE FEED THE FOLLOWING DAY. THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY ANYONE COULD SEE HOW THE VOTE WENT. WITH RESPECT, I ALSO URGE COUNCILOR BASSAN TO RECONSIDER HER VOTE REGARDING THE MULTIAGENCY TASK FORCE. I DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE THE CITY CAN ADEQUATELY INVESTIGATE THE POLICE CHIEF BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE TIES BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND THE POLICE CHIEF. WE'VE SEEN TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN THEM. WE KNOW HOW CLOSE THEY ARE. I THINK AN OUTSIDE MULTIAGENCY INVESTIGATION IS MOST APPROPRIATE. >> TAD FOLLOWED BY NICHOLAS. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TAD. WELL, OVER THE LAST WEEK, THE OTHER DAY I WAS WITH MY PICK UP. I NOTICED CITY COUNCIL TWO-SIDE PAGE. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT. WELL INTERESTING. ALL THE WAY UP TO THE REPORT. HIGHEST, I SEEN I -- AND MANY, MANY ORDERS. WHAT IS SOLUTION? SLAP ON THE HAND. THEY WON'T HAVE ANY ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE BIG CITY GOVERNMENT. CORRUPTION IS EVERYWHERE. INCLUDING IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. MONEY COMES FROM CITY AND THEN PAY BACK. NOW THE PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY IN THE CITY HALL. METRO COURT JUDGES. WELL, I CALLED ONE JUDGE. >> NICHOLAS FOLLOWED BY ERIC. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS NICHOLAS. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I'M HERE BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO BRING INTO THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE THAT WE HAVE A SEVERE LACK OF PUBLIC RESROOMS. THE ACCESS TO BASIC HUMAN NEED IS ABSENT AND DEGRADES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITY AND COMMUNITY. THIS IS A HEALTH CRISIS AND HUMAN DIGNITY CRISIS. IT'S A TOPIC THAT WE AS RESIDENTS CANNOT AVOID. I LIKE TO REQUEST FUNDING FOR MOBILE BATHROOMS AND SHOWER UNITS. I CAN USE THE REST OF THE TIME TO GO INTO HORROR STORIES ABOUT THAT. I THINK IT'S UNNECESSARILY CRASS. I'M A UNM STUDENT. I'M IN THAT PART OF TOWN A LOT AS WELL AS I GO DOWNTOWN. I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE AS WELL MANY TIMES PASSED BY THERE. THERE'S NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS. AND THERE'S DEFINITELY HUMAN WASTE AS YOU'RE PASSING. I THINK IT'S A REASONABLE STARTING POINT. IT'S A REASONABLE REQUEST. THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A SOCIETY SHOULD WORK ON. THANK YOU. >> ERIC. >> MY NAME IS ERIC. I'VE LIVED IN ALBUQUERQUE SINCE JUNE 25, 2015. I JUST WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE THAT -- NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO REFUSE TO USE THE RESTROOM. I WAS IN WALLGREENS AND I HAD ITEMS. I ASKED THE USE THE RESTROOM. HE SAID NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS. I SAID I'M NOT THE PUBLIC, I'M A PAYING PERSON. HE SAID I COULDN'T USE IT. I LEFT THAT WAL-MART. THE DOCTOR SAID IF YOU GO ANYWHERE IN ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, TEXAS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE THE RESTROOM. IT'S INHUMANE. I BEG THIS COUNCIL TO TO FOLLOW YOUR MORAL COMPASS AND NOT ALLOW BUSINESSES TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE. BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT -- THAT SUN JUST. THE OTHER THING IS THEY DETERMINE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS WHO WILL ALLOW USE THE RESTROOM. THE WALL GREENS, SMITHS. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE IF THEY ARE A DIABETIC? AND THEY CAN'T HOLD IT? THEY GET EMBARRASSED BY THIS CONDITION. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. PEOPLE NEED TO REACH DEEP INSIDE AND STOP BLAMING PEOPLE FOR THEIR CONDITION. THANK YOU. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IS DIRECTOR VARELA HERE? I THOUGHT I SEEN HIM EARLIER. NO? OKAY. WELL, TO THE ADMINISTRATION, I HAD TALKED TO DIRECTOR VARELA. AT FIRST I WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE I THOUGHT WHEN WE WENT THROUGH COVID THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS WERE CLOSED. AND SINCE THEN, LOTS OF RESTAURANTS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE KIDNEY DISEASE, WHICH I DO AND DIABETES LIKE THIS GENTLEMAN SAID AND NOT TO MENTION, THE HOMELESS. LOT OF PUBLIC RESTROOMS ARE LOCKED. I ASKED DIRECTOR VARELA TO LOOK INTO THAT. I DON'T REMEMBER IF I HAD RECEIVED A RESPONSE OR NOT. IF WE CAN DO THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE, OR MAYBE OUR CITY ATTORNEY KNOWS THE POLICY ON PUBLIC FACILITIES. IF WE CAN GET THAT ANSWER INTEREST THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE TO APPROVALS. ITEM 13. EC-35. EMERGENCY PURCHASE OF MIGRANT SHELTERING SERVICE TO AVOID INTERRUPT SERVICES WHILE FEMA GRANT FUNDS ARE BEING PROCURED. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? WE'LL SEE WHAT MOTION PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE ON THIS. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS TO THE STAFF. MAYBE START WITH OUR STAFF ON THIS. MR. MOSCO. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, POINT OF ORDER. I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION IN ORDER TO DISCUSS IT. >>COUN. LEWIS: I MOVE MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL. DISCUSSION. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THIS IS THE EMERGENCY PURCHASE OF MIGRANT SHELTERING SERVICES TO AVOID INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE WHILE THE FUNDS ARE BEING PROCURED. THAT IS EC87. ORIGINALLY THIS CONTRACT WITH UNITED VOICES WAS SIGNED AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF OEI BACK IN APRIL OF 2023. EVEN THOUGH CONTRACT WAS PROCESSED OUT OF FUND 265 FOR THE COUNCIL'S INFORMATION IT'S THE FUND THAT HANDLES STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS WHERE THEY'RE TRACKED, PROCESSED, PAID OUT AND REIMBURSED BACK. HOWEVER DURING THE RESEARCH WE NOTICED ON THE REQUISITION IT DID SAY NO FEDERAL FUNDS ARE TO BE USED FOR THE CONTRACT. JUST FOR FEDERAL STANDARDS WERE GOING TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE ANTICIPATION OF A POSSIBLE FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT. CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T DICTATE HOW THE DEPARTMENTS SIGN THEIR -- SET UP THEIR FISCAL OPERATIONS. WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS WHY THIS WASN'T PART OF OEI OPERATING BUDGET AND REIMBURSED BACK. >>COUN. LEWIS: HOW MUCH WAS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT FOR? >> THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WAS $100,000 UNDER A PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL CONTRACT. THIS EC35, THE ADMINISTRATION CAME BACK WITH A $50,000 SUPPLEMENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH THE CONTRACTOR WAS PAID SO FAR? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, MY STAFF HAVE DETERMINED THROUGH OUR SOFTWARE THAT ABOUT $131,900 HAS BEEN REIMBURSED TO THE CONTRACTOR. >>COUN. LEWIS: AS FAR AS WE SEE 132,000 PAID TO THE CONTRACTOR SO FAR? >> YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: WHERE EXACTLY WOULD THE CONTRACTOR PAY FROM? >> IN THE SOFTWARE, WE SAW THAT THERE'S AN ACTIVITY NUMBER, KIND OF LIKE A CHECKING ACCOUNT NUMBER THAT THE DEPARTMENT PAID FROM UNDER FUND 265. THIS ACTIVITY WAS A SUBACCOUNT TO THE FUND 265 FEMA GRANT. HOWEVER THAT ACTIVITY WAS MORE OF CATCH-ALL TO SEGREGATE THE UNITED VOICES INVOICES FROM THE FEMA GRANT. IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING FUNDS WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF OEI OPERATING BUDGET. I ASK YOU TO ASK ADMINISTRATION FOR CLARIFICATION ON THAT. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. THE FEDERAL FUNDS ARE NOT GOING TO BE USED BUT ONLY ANTICIPATED TO BE USED WITH POSSIBLE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT. WHY WAS THE SUB ACCOUNT SET UP IN 265? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS IN AN EFFORT TO CAPTURE ALL OF THE COSTS THAT WE MIGHT EXPEND FOR SERVICES THAT WE WERE USING FOR MIGRANTS AND HELPING THEM FIND THEIR WAY FROM ALBUQUERQUE TO FUTURE LOCATIONS, WHERE THEY HAVE SUPPORT, WE COLLECTED EXPENSES IN FUND 265. WE USE IT FOR FEDERAL GRANTS AND STATE GRANTS. IT'S ALSO A HOLDING POINT FOR ANY OTHER EXPENSES THAT MAY BE REIMBURSED. IN AN EFFORT TO JUST BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THOSE EXPENSES, NOT LOSE TRACK OF EXPENSES WE COLLECTED THEM IN FUND 265. THERE'S NOT A REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE SERVICES, SO WE'LL JOURNAL ENTRY THOSE OUT WITH A SIMPLE ACCOUNTING JOURNAL ENTRY. WE'LL MOVE THEM INTO THE OEI BUDGET. >>COUN. LEWIS: THAT ACCOUNT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR, YOU KNOW, CHARGES OR MONEY THAT WE KNOW WILL BE REIMBURSED? RIGHT? IN THIS SPECIFIC SITUATION, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S STATEMENTS THAT SAID WE KNOW THIS WILL NOT BE REIMBURSED AND YET WE USED THAT ACCOUNT. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WHEN WE SET UP THAT ACTIVITY IN THAT REIMBURSABLE FUND, WE WERE UNCERTAIN WHETHER WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE COSTS. REIMBURSEMENT DON'T ALWAYS COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IT MAY COME FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT OR NON-PROFITS. WHEN YOU PUT THOSE EXPENSES THERE HOPING THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO PAY BACK TAX DOLLARS. AT THIS POINT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THOSE EXPENSES INTO THE OEI BUDGET WHERE THERE'S APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR CONTRACT SERVICES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THOSE EXPENSES THERE NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THOSE EXPENSES TO BE REIMBURSED AT THIS POINT BY ANY ENTITY, BE IT FEDERAL, STATE OR NON-PROFIT ENTITIES. >>COUN. LEWIS: DID THE CITY REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA? >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, BECAUSE ONDR WAS PROCURED QUICKLY WITHOUT FOLLOWING THE STRINGENT AND FEDERAL PROCUREMENT RULES WE COULD NOT SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: YOU DIDN'T TRY? WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE ANY -- AND ACTUALLY MAKE ANY KIND OF REQUEST? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO REIMBURSE UNLESS WE HAVE A CONTRACT PROCURED FOLLOWING THEIR STRINGENT FEDERAL PROCUREMENT RULES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YOU SAID WE HAD HOPES, WHY DID WE HOPE AND THEN NOT FOLLOW THROUGH AND REQUEST IT? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WE'RE LOOKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM ANY ENTITY. WE WERE SIMPLY TRYING TO HELP MIGRANT FOLKS BEING DROPPED OFF HERE FROM ICE. WE'VE HEARD A GENTLEMAN SPEAK ABOUT THE NATURE OF THESE -- THE PLIGHT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS BEING RELEASED FROM ICE. WE'RE SIMPLY COLLECTING THESE EXPENSES, TRYING TO HELP THOSE FOLKS MOVE TO FINAL DESTINATION. AND AT THE TIME, WE HOPED THERE MIGHT BE SIMILAR OPPORTUNITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT. AND BETTER TO PUT THE EXPENSES IN THE FUND THAT CAN CROSS FISCAL YEAR SO IF WE GET REIMBURSEMENT WE CAN GO BACK AND CLEAR OUT THOSE EXPENSES WITH WITH WHATEVER REIMBURSEMENT WE'VE RECEIVED. >>COUN. LEWIS: WHAT'S THE STATUS OF UNITED VOICES? ARE THEY STILL PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE MIGRANT FAMILIES? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, NO. THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING SERVICES. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE WE HAVE 87 ON THE AGENDA TODAY. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE NEED IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THAT CONTRACT IS BECAUSE UNITED VOICES IS NO LONGER PROVIDING SERVICES TO MIGRANT. >>COUN. LEWIS: IS CITY STAFF PROVIDING SERVICES? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YES. CITY STAFF IS TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THAT. >>COUN. LEWIS: WHERE IS THAT BUDGET? WHERE ARE THOSE EXPENSES BUDGETED OUT OF? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THOSE EXPENSES WILL BE PAID EITHER OUT OF OEI OR SEEK REIMBURSEMENT OUT OF THE FEDERAL GRANT YOU APPROVED BACK IN NOVEMBER. THAT WAS 700-SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT THAT YOU DID APPROVE AND APPROPRIATE. ANY EXPENSES THE CITY INCURS FOR MEALS OR CONTRACTORS THAT ARE FEDERALLY PROCURED WE CAN CHARGE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD REIMBURSEMENT RATES. 90 TO 95% FEMA REIMBURSEMENT RATE HISTORY THAT GOES BACK MANY, MANY YEARS. >>COUN. LEWIS: ANY SERVICES BEING PROVIDED RIGHT NOW THAT ARE NOT COVERED UNDER REIMBURSEMENT? >> WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICES. WE EXPECT THAT WE CAN GET REIMBURSEMENT. WE'VE GOT A GOOD TRACK HISTORY WITH FEMA. AND OUR PERCENTAGE OF REIMBURSEMENT. I COULDN'T TELL YOU THAT 100% OF THOSE EXPENSES WILL BE REIMBURSED BY FEMA. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR BASSAN AND COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, WHY WOULD WE NOT PUT THE FUNDING COMING FROM THE OEI BUDGET LINE, INSTEAD OF FROM THE 265. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN, IF WE CHARGE IT IMMEDIATELY TO THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND THEN WE GOT REIMBURSEMENT IT BECOMES MORE COMPLICATED. IF WE PUT THEM UNDER THAT ACTIVITY THEY'RE IN A FUND THAT CAN CROSS FISCAL YEARS. WE CAN EASILY GO BACK AND OFFSET THE EXPENSE IN THAT FUND WITH ANY REIMBURSEMENT WE MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED. AND WE CAN DO THAT ACROSS FISCAL YEARS. IF WE PUT THOSE EXPENSES IN THE OEI BUDGET IN A PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR, THE FISCAL YEAR CLOSES AND WE GET IT A MONTH OR TWO AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR CLOSES, WE CAN'T OFFSET THEM BECAUSE THE FISCAL YEAR IS CLOSED. >>COUN. BASSAN: YOU SAID A COUPLE TIMES, THIS TIME YOU SAID IT WOULD BE MORE COMPLICATED IF WE WOULD HAVE PUT IT IN OEI BUDGET. BUT YOU SAID IT WAS A SIMPLE ACCOUNTING CHANGE. THERE'S NOTHING SIMPLE ABOUT WHAT YOU RATTLED OFF. AT THE SAME TIME, I HOPE YOUR -- COUNCILOR PEÑA AND COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN AND I HAVE A GRANT ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. AND I'M REALLY HOPING IT STREAMLINES A LOT OF THIS. THIS WHOLE APPLY FOR A GRANT ASK FORGIVENESS LATER JUGGLE FUNDS FOR EMERGENCY WHATEVER IS REALLY COMPLICATED. AND I'M NOT POINTING FINGERS AT ANY PERSON -- I LITERALLY JUST DID THAT, BUT I DIDN'T MEAN TO. WE HAVE TO GET A HOLD OF THIS. YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT WE HOPE THAT WE GET REIMBURSEMENT FROM SOMEWHERE. THAT'S NOT HOW A CITY RUNS. WE CAN RUN ON A LOT OF HOPE. WE HEARD FROM A CONSTITUENT THAT THERE'S NO HOPE LEFT. THAT'S HOW THE PEOPLE OF ALBUQUERQUE ARE FEELING. WE CAN'T HOPE THAT AFTER WE SPENT ALL THE MONEY WE CAN FIND IT SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT'S GOING TO RAIN FROM THE SKY. WE CAN'T KEEP DOING THAT. I HOPE WE START APPLYING FOR THE GRANTS MORE AND MORE AND THE CITY GETS MORE FEDERAL FUNDING, PRIVATE FUNDING, ANY FUNDING. WE CAN'T SPEND IT BEFORE WE HAVE IT. I REALLY DO HOPE THAT WE GET THAT UNDER CONTROL. >>COUN. LEWIS: BACK TO OUR FINANCE STAFF, THE COUNCIL IS TASKED WITH APPROVING OUR BUDGET EACH YEAR. A LOT OF GUIDELINES IN HERE. WE HAVE GRANTS THAT COME BEFORE US OR EXPENDITURES THAT ARE DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO PROVE OR NOT BECAUSE OUR THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY. IN YOUR OPINION, THIS IS A PRAC -- PRACTICE AS FAR AS HOW THESE DOLLARS ARE SPENT? IS IT COMMON? IS IT SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY? IS THERE A BETTER WAY THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED AND DONE? AGAIN, I'M NOT ASKING YOUR OPINION AS MUCH AS WHAT'S BEEN DONE AND WHAT ARE THE PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE ACCORDING TO RULES? >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS. I THINK IN THIS SITUATION BECAUSE IT DID HAPPEN IN APRIL OF 2023, AND I WASN'T HERE, I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION IS COMING BACK WITH EC87 WITH TH AWARD USING THE FEMA GRANT MONEY GRANTED TO THE CITY AND APPROPRIATED IN NOVEMBER. I DON'T THINK EC35 EMERGENCY -- IT ALREADY HAPPENED. THE VENDOR HAS BEEN PAID. THIS IS AN EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION. I THINK THEY'RE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY WITH EC37. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. DURING MY TIME IN OEI AND HEARD CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OEI AND OEM FOR THIS WORK. DID WE LOOK IN OEM'S BUDGET TO SEE IF THERE'S THINGS BEING PAID OUT OF OEM? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, THIS FUNDING OR THE MONEY WE'VE MADE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE WE'RE MOVING IT TO OEM -- OEI. THEY HAVE A LARGER BUDGET THAN OEM SO WE'RE MOVING IT TO OEI. >>COUN. ROGERS: THERE HAVE NOT BEEN HISTORICALLY CHARGES FOR ASYLUM SEEKER WORK OUT OF OEM? >> I BELIEVE THAT TO BE A TRUE STATEMENT. THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WORKS A LOT WITH OEI. AND THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TWO. >>COUN. ROGERS: CAN WE DOUBLE CHECK THERE ARE NO CHARGES FOR ASYLUM SEEKER WORK IN OEM? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, I DON'T THINK WE'RE STATING THERE ARE NO CHARGES IN OEM, I THINK THE UMBR CONTRACT IS NOT GOING TO BE CHARGED FROM OEM. IF YOU'RE ASKING A DIFFERENT QUESTION ABOUT ALL CHARGES RELATED TO MIGRANT SHELTERING, WE CAN DO AN ACCOUNTING AND SHOW WHERE THAT HAS BEEN CHARGED. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ANSWERING THE QUESTION. THIS IS ABOUT ONE CONTRACT. IT WILL BE CHARGED TO OEI. >>COUN. ROGERS: RIGHT. MR. PRESIDENT, MY POINT IS I THINK OUR BODY IS TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON THIS TYPE OF WORK, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T SPEND IT, PLEASE DON'T GET THAT WRONG. WE NEED TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE. PUT TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE SPENDING, I KNOW IT'S NOT ONLY AN OEI BUDGET. CAN WE DOUBLE CHECK WHAT IS COMING OUT OF OEM? >> ABSOLUTELY. WE DID NOT DO ACCOUNTING OF ALL EXPENSES. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. LET'S GO TO COUNCILOR PEÑA AND WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I THINK THIS LEADS TO A QUESTION OR A COMMENT THAT HAS BEEN MAKING THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND I THINK WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION SEVERAL TIMES. I KNOW WITH THE FEMA DOLLARS, OBVIOUSLY IT'S DIFFICULT WHEN WE'RE APPLYING FOR GRANT AND WE HAVE A MULTITUDE OF GRANTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND HOW WE ADMINISTER THEM. MAYBE BEFORE THE ADMINISTRATION SENDS DOWN THE BUDGET THEY SHOULD LOOK AT I KNOW WITHIN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, WE NEED TO APPLY FOR MORE GRANTS. WE NEED MORE MONEY. WE HAVE THREE TO ONE IN TERMS OF DOLLAR REIMBURSEMENT. I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION IN THE PAST AND WE NEED TO DIVE INTO IT THIS GO ROUND IS TO LOOK AT CREATING A DEPARTMENT OF GRANT MANAGEMENT SO WE LOOK AT FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND HOW WE ADMINISTER IT AND HOW WE MAKE SURE WE'RE MEETING THE GUIDELINES OF THE GRANTS. BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THIS HAPPENS MORE OFTEN THAN WE CARE. AS ALL KNOW, WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE WITHOUT HOUSE RELATED TO THIS. AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE USING THE MONEY AS WELL. >>COUN. ROGERS: I JUST WANT TO ECHO COUNCILOR PEÑA'S COMMENTS. I JUST CAME BACK FROM WASHINGTON D.C. AND HEARD FROM SEVERAL FEDERAL AGENCIES HOW WE DON'T -- I THINK THEY GAVE A CALCULATION OF $130 PER CAPITA PER PERSON IS ALL WE'RE BRINGING IN FOR FEDERAL FUNDING WHICH IS ASTONISHING. EVERY SESSION I WENT TO ABOUT FEDERAL FUNDING THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS IS A ONCE IN A GENERATION LANDFALL OF MONEY AVAILABLE. I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR THREE MONTHS, BUT EVERY TIME I SEND A GRANT APPLICATION, I HEAR IT'S TOO HARD, WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO FEDERAL GRANTS. I ECHO THAT 100%. WE LEAVE A LOT OF MONEY ON THE TABLE. IF WE HAD A DEPARTMENT THAT JUST ASKED FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS. WE'RE LEAVING A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT ON THE TABLE. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR PEÑA, COUNCILOR ROGERS, THANK YOU. AS YOU ALL KNOW WE RECENTLY WENT THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO ACQUIRE CONTRACTS FOR SPECIALIZED GRANT WRITERS THAT HAVE VARIATIONS OF SKILLS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PASS ON SOMETHING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE IN-HOUSE SKILL. IT GIVES US OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE FEDERAL, AND STATE, AND PRIVATE DOLLARS WE MAYBE NOT HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. BASED UPON CAPACITY AND SKILL. I THINK YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB MAKING SURE WE HAVE A VARIETY OF OPTIONS. IF YOU HIRE A GRANT WRITER, I HAVE WRITTEN MANY GRANTS IN MY PREVIOUS ROLES, I COULD NOT HAVE WRITTEN EVERY TYPE OF GRANT. I HAD AREAS OF SPECIALTY. FEDERAL IS JUST -- JUST WITHIN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THERE'S SPECIALIZATIONS WITHIN IT THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT VARIETY. I APPRECIATE YOU ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. AND I THINK YOU HAVE THE SAME VIEW OF INTEREST. >>COUN. PEÑA: JUST TO FOLLOW UP. I THINK WE NEED TO APPLY FOR GRANTS. BUT GRANTS MANAGEMENT IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT. THANK YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE HAVE -- FOLLOWED BY JADE. >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, COUNCILORS, GOOD EVENING. I'LL ELANOR. AND A CO-DIRECTOR OF ALBUQUERQUE ASYLUM SEEKER WELCOME. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF MIGRANT SHELTERING SERVICES. ALBUQUERQUE ASYLUM SEEKER WELCOME RECEIVES ASYLUM SEEKERS SENT BY ICE OR THE BORDER PATROL TO ALBUQUERQUE. WE'RE FAITH-BASED VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS THE CITY WHO TAKE THE LESSON TO WELCOME THE STRANGERS SERIOUSLY. THE ASYLUM SEEKERS ARRIVE WITH NOTHING BUT THE ICE PROVIDED CLOTHES AND PREC -- EVERYTHING THEY BROUGHT FROM HOME IS THROWN AWAY AT THE BORDER. OUR JOB IS GET THEM CLOTHING, MEDICAL ATTENTION, FOOD AND HELP THEM WITH TRAVEL PLANS AND GET THEM TO THE AIRPORT OR BUS STATION. THEIR STORIES ARE HEART BREAKING. THEIR SPIRIT AND DETERMINATION IS UPLIFTING. ONE WOMAN ARRIVED WITH HER 14-YEAR-OLD TWIN DAUGHTERS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA. HER SON WAS TOLD TO PAY AN EXTORTION FEE WHICH HE COULD NOT AFFORD OR HIS TWIN SISTERS WOULD BE FORCED INTO PROSTITUTION. MOM BEGAN HER TRIP THE NEXT DAY WITH TWIN DAUGHTERS. A 9-YEAR-OLD WAS WITNESS TO HIS GRANDMOTHER'S MURDER. IN OUR HOTEL IN ALBUQUERQUE HE FELT SAFE AND WAS ABLE TO COME OUT A LITTLE BIT. OUR FAMILIES HAVE CAME THROUGH THE GAP AND HAVE BEEN ROBBED, RAPED, BEATEN AND EXTORTED. THEY DESERVE TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO BE AS THEY MOVE TO THEIR SPONSORS. THAT IS WHAT THE $400,000 ALLOWS. A 24-7 SAFE SHELTER THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE WITH ONLY VOLUNTEERS. I'M PROUD AND GRATEFUL FOR THIS CITY TO SUPPORT MIGRANTS. >> GOOD EVENING, I'M JARED. I'M THE CHIEF PROGRAM AT CATHOLIC CHARITIES. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON EC87. EXPRESSING OUR SUPPORT AS CATHOLIC CHARITIES. AS YOU KNOW, WE DO TRUST AND COMMIT TO THE CITY'S PLAN FOR THIS WELCOME AND TRANSITIONAL SHELTER FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE NEWLY ARRIVED. CATHOLIC CHARITY IS COMMITTED TO HONORING HUMAN DIGNITY. WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN PARTNERING WITH THE WORK OF SERVING THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CITY AS THEY OPEN THE SHELTEDER AND WILL SUPPORT PEOPLE THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. WE BELIEVE THIS IS A GOOD PLAN THAT'S ON THE TABLE. PLEASE CONSIDER APPROVING THIS FUNDING TO MOVE FORWARD. SO WE CAN SUPPORT THOSE NEWLY ARRIVING TO OUR CITY. >> MIKE FOLLOWED BY GLEN. >> MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I AM THE DIRECTOR AND HEAD PASTOR AT ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION, MANY OF US ARE ACTUALLY HERE TO COMMENT IN FAVOR OF THE SECOND OF THESE BILLS RATHER THAN 35. THERE'S CONFUSION OVER WHICH ONE. I HOPE IT'S OKAY IF I GAVE MY COMMENT IN FAVOR OF 87. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WE'VE HOUSED ASYLUM SEEKERS. HOUSING THOSE THE CITY COULD NOT. AND IN RECENT MONTHS WE HAD A COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY. HOUSING THOSE THE CITY COULDN'T TAKE. WE HOUSED OVER 100 MIGRANTS LAST YEAR. OVER 20 OF THEM THE WEEK OF CHRISTMAS AS WE'RE BUSY PREPARING. WE'VE DONE THIS WORK BECAUSE WE BELIEVE OUR FAITH COMPELS TO CARE FOR OUR NEIGHBOR AND STRAFBER. WE'RE ASKING THE CITY FOR HELP. YOU'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH A BIDDING PROCESS, YOU'VE BEEN AWARDED A FEDERAL GRANT THAT FOLLOWS ALL OF THE GUIDELINES. IT WOULDN'T BE CITY TAX DOLLARS TO DO THIS. THE AREA IDENTIFIED IS MORE SPACIOUS AND APPROPRIATE FOR THEM THAN THE CHURCH OFFICES. WE'RE EAGER TO CONTINUE SENDING VOLUNTEERS TO WORK WITH THE ASYLUM SEEKERS. WE URGE YOU TO WORK WITH US. YOU'RE LIKELY TO HEAR TALKING POINTS DOWN LOADED FROM OUR NATIONAL DEBATE. WHAT'S AT STAKE IS WHETHER MORE MIGRANTS WILL END UP AT MY CHURCH AND THOSE WHO DON'T FIT WILL END UP ON ALBUQUERQUE'S STREET HUSBAND. WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CONTINUE THE WORK TO HOUSE ASYLUM SEEKERS ON OUR OWN. WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CARE FOR EVERYONE NEEDING CARE. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE CITY FOR PUTTING FORWARD THIS CONTRACT. PLEASE VOTE TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. >> GLEN FOLLOWED BY STEVE. >>COUN. LEWIS: I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE COMMENTING ON EC-487 WHICH IS FINE PAUSE WE'LL SEE THAT IN A MOMENT. THIS IS EC-35. YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK ON EITHER ONE. JUST KNOW THAT'S GOING TO COME UP NEXT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILORS, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. LIKE MOST OF YOU I AM DESCENDED FROM IMMIGRANTS. MY JEWISH GRAND PAINTS IMMIGRATED. AFTER PASSING THROUGH ELLIS ISLAND COMMUNITIES TOOK HIM IN. MY GRANDFATHER RAKED OUT OF JUNKYARD AND SAVED HIS WAGES TO BECOME A PETLER. HE START ADSCRAP YARD TAKING IN WHAT NOBODY WANTED. MY MATERNAL GRANDFATHER WAS A PEDDLER SELLING GROCERIES DOOR TO DOOR. THESE STORIES ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THOSE WHO ARE IMMIGRANTS TODAY. WHO LEAVE BECAUSE OF POVERTY AND PERSECUTION. BECAUSE OF WHAT MY FAMILY EXPERIENCED I FEEL A DEEP NEED TO WELCOME AND ASSIST THOSE ARRIVING TODAY. I'VE BEEN A PHYSICIAN FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS. SINCE 2019 I VOLUNTEERED ALONG WITH MANY AGENCIES TO HELP CARE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS. I VOLUNTEER WITH THE NEW MEXICO RESERVE CORE WHO OFFERS HEALTH AND HEADICAL SERVICES DURING DISASTERS LIKE FIRES, PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES LIKE COVID, AND COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH EVENTS WITH OVER 2,000 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH VOLUNTEERS. MEDICAL STAFF CANNOT DO IT ALONE. THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED THE SUPPORT STAFF TO MAINTAIN THE FUNCTIONING AND SAFETY OF THE SHELTER. PLEASE SUPPORT AND FUND ALBUQUERQUE'S NEWEST SHELTER AND ITS SUPPORT STAFF TO HELP US CARRY ON THE WELCOMING TRADITION OF OUR COUNTRY WITH COMPASSION, RESPECT, AND DECENCY. THANK YOU. >> STEVE FOLLOWED BY CATHERINE. CATHERINE FOLLOWED BY FRANK. FRANK FOLLOWED BY CLARRA ON ZOOM. CLAR, PLEASE ACCEPT PROMOTION TO PANELIST. WOULD YOU LIKE TO UNMUTE AND SPEAK? MR. PRESIDENT, THERE APPEARS TO BE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. >>COUN. LEWIS: OKAY. IF SHE'S BACK ON WHILE WE'RE DISCUSSING. THIS IS EC-35. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. COUNCILORS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO COMMENT. IN THESE BILLS, I HAVE HEARD CONVERSATIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ANY NATIONAL TALKING POINTS OR SOME OF THE ISSUES RELATED TO IMMIGRATION AND THING LIKE THAT. THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING. WE'VE BEEN SPECIFICALLY USING THE -- DISCUSSING THE USE OF FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS AND THE WAY TO DO GRANT AND OFFER SERVICES. THAT'S WHAT THE DISCUSSION IS. ALTHOUGH THAT DISCUSSION COULD GO ANYWHERE YOU LIKE. BUT THAT'S REALLY THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD. AND EVERYTHING LEADING UP TO THIS BILL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES ON AN 8-1. WE'LL GO TO EC87. MAYORS RECOMMENDATION AWARD FOR RFP. MIGRANT ASSISTANT SERVICES. I MOVE APPROVAL. MOTION AND SECOND. ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? >> YES, MR. PRESIDENT. MR. STEVE -- WE'LL GO TO ANDRES AND ALONDRA. >> HELLO, GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. WITHOUT REPEATING MUCH OF WHAT OTHER FOLKS HAVE SAID I HOPE YOU APPROVE THE FUNDING FOR THE MIGRANT SHELTER. WITH IT BEING CONTRACTED THROUGH AN OUT OF STATE COMPANY I WOULD LIKE A LOT OF OVERSIGHT TO MAKE SURE NOTHING GOES WRONG. THANK YOU. >> WE'LL MOVE TO ALONZO ON ZOOM. >> HI, I AM AN ASPIRING PARALEGAL AT THE NEW MEXICO IMMIGRANT LAW CENTER. IT'S CRITICAL THAT THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE DEMONSTRATES SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. AND THAT WE SUPPORT EC24-87. TO AID ASYLUM SEEKERS THROUGH A SAFE IMMIGRATION PROCESS. THROUGH MY WORK AND OFTEN ENCOUNTER PEOPLE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR ASYLUM. THEY'RE NOT LEGALLY TO APPLY FOR A WORK PERMIT UNTIL AFTER 150 DAYS OF APPLYING FOR ASYLUM. THIS PERIOD OF NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS LAWFUL EMPLOYMENT LEADS TO HOUSING IN STABILITY. A SITUATION THAT HARMS ALL WORKERS. A CURRENT CLIENT COMES TO MIND, HE HAS APPLIED FOR ASYLUM AND WAITING THE 150 DAYS SHE'S UNEMPLOYED AND SUFFERED ROBBERY NEW MEXICO IMMIGRANT LAW CENTER URGES THE CITY COUNCIL TO PASS THE REQUEST TO FURTHER HUMANIZE AND SUPPORT THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY FROM -- THAT MAKES A HUGE PORTION OF OUR POPULATION. THANK YOU. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. THIS IS EC87. MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? WE'LL VOTE. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR BREAK. WE'LL BE BACK HERE -- >> COUNCILOR PEÑA, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND. DID YOU VOTE FOR OR AGAINST? >>COUN. LEWIS: IT WAS 9-0. WE'LL TAKE OUR 30-MINUTE BREAK. WE'LL COME BACK A LITTLE BEFORE 8 O'CLOCK. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE'RE BACK ON ITEM B. THIS IS E-79. APPOINTMENT OF KEVIN TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION? ADMINISTRATION, KEVIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT? >> MR. PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE KEVIN. >> COUNCILORS, I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. AND I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION -- EVERYTHING I LEARNED OVER THE LAST 31 YEARS TO WORK FOR THE CITY. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? WE'LL VOTE. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES, AND RAISE YOUR HOND. THOSE OPPOSED, NO. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. >>COUN. BASSAN: FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILOR ROGERS AND COUNCILOR BACA ARE EXCUSED. >>COUN. LEWIS: THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY. EC-80 APPOINTMENT OF PATRICK MONTOYA. I MOVE CONFIRMATION. MOTION AND SECOND BY VICE-PRESIDENT GROUT. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? IS MR. MONTOYA HERE? >> HE IS HERE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, HE'S HAD A VERY LONG CAREER IN THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATION ACROSS -- I THINK I COUNTED THREE DIFFERENT OR FOUR DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS. >> FOUR. AND VERY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE CITY. I'M ACTUALLY VERY HONORED I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE HIM WORK ALONGSIDE OUR TEAM AND WOULD LOVE FOR HIM TO SHARE A FEW WORDS. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL, LET ME THANK THE MAYOR AND THE C.A.O. FOR CONFIDENCE IN ME IN APPOINTING ME TO THIS POSITION. I WANT TO ENSURE THE FELLOW DIRECTORS AND SITO EMPLOYEES I PLEDGE MY SUPPORT IN OBTAINING OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IN THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF. I WORKED WITH ALL OF YOU OVER THE YEARS, AGAIN A COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH YOU DIRECTLY AND YOUR STAFF IN ORDER THAT YOU MEET YOUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. WITH THAT, I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE AGAIN. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILORS? ALL RIGHT. THIS IS EC-80. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, AGAIN, SIR. EC-90. UPTOWN TRANSIT CENTER JOINT DELIMIT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. I MOVE APPROVAL. MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR BASSAN. ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? ANY QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION, ADMINISTRATION? >> MR. PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR KEENER IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROJECT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. I BET YOU CAN ANSWER THEM. THE CONTRACT WAS BID AT $100,000. NOW IT'S INCREASED TO $575,000. WHY WAS IT UNDERBID? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND COUNCILOR GROU -- THIS IS BASICALLY TAKING THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED GRANT DOLLARS AND FORMING A COMMITTEE AND ACCEPT THE CAP FOR THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. IT'S GOING TO MOVE THE DESIGN FROM CONCEPTUAL TO 30%. THE 2019 DIDN'T SPECIFY MAXIMAL MISDEMEANOR VALUE. AND THAT BY INCREASING THE AMOUNT TO THE $575,000 WE'RE FULFILL OUR RFP THAT CALLED FOR GRANT DOLLARS TO GO TO THIS PROJECT. AND EXPANDING THIS PROJECT UNTIL 12-25. THAT APPLIES ALL GRANT MONIES TO THIS PROJECT AND GETTING TO 30% OF BUYING AND ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT AS PART OF THE JOINT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION WHICH WILL GIVE US NECESSARY APPLICATION TO GET OUR FUNDING THE GRANT AS WELL. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. ARE WE GOING TO EXPECT ANOTHER SUPPLEMENT REQUEST? >> NO. THERE WILL BE NO OTHER SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT. THIS WILL ALLOCATE ALL OF THE FUNDS WE HAVE FOR THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECT. >>COUN. GROUT: I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY OTHER QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. I MOVE TO VOTE. THIS IS EC-90. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES. EC-91. MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATION FOR RF HAD 2023-MEDICAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. I MOVE APPROVAL. MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR BASSAN. ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? ANY DISCUSSION? QUESTION? COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, I'M SORRY I HAVE QUESTIONS. >>COUN. LEWIS: OKAY. >>COUN. GROUT: HOW OFTEN DOES THE CITY CHANGE INSURANCE PROVIDERS? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, I'M SORRY. I WAS ABOUT TO ANSWER AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE SOMEONE ANSWERS AS ACCURATELY. IT'S EVERY FIVE YEARS. WE CAN EXTEND IF WE SO CHOOSE. THIS IS THE PERIOD WHERE WE REACHED THE END OF THE PERIOD. >>COUN. GROUT: OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS. OKAY. WHY ARE WE CHANGING PROVIDERS? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE PROCURE OUR SERVICES. WE ISSUED AN RFP. AND WE HAD A PROCUREMENT TEAM THAT EVALUATED ALL OF THE RESPONSES AND WE WENT THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND EVALUATED THEM. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE OUR DECISION AND OUR GOALTUSE TO ENSURE WE EXPANDED THE OFFERINGS FOR EMPLOYEES THAT RECEIVE OUR BENEFIT. SO THAT WAS A BIG PIECE OF THIS WAS ENSURING WE GAVE THEM AN OPTION. AT THIS TIME THEY'LL HAVE AN OPTION AS A RESULT OF THE RFP. >>COUN. GROUT: MR. PRESIDENT I HAVE A COUPLE MORE. I HAD ASKED ABOUT THIS. WHAT IF YOU WANT TO STAY WITH WHO YOU HAVE NOW? WILL THERE BE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? WILL IT COST MORE? WILL WE BE WITH WORK PROVIDERS? CAN YOU GO OVER THAT FOR ME? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, I'M GOING TO ASK DIRECTOR OF HR TO TALK TO SOME OF THE DETAILS. AS YOU GET INTO THE DETAILS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ACCURATE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, THANK YOU. I'M PATRICIA HARRIS, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. I HAVE THE TEAM WITH ME. I HAVE THE DIVISION OF MANAGER OF INSURANCE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR YOU. OUR INTENT IS TO HAVE AS ENHANCED OF A PRODUCT BENEFIT OFFERING AS WE CAN FOR THE EMPLOYED POPULATION. THIS PROCESS WILL ALLOW US -- [ INAUDIBLE ] IN THE VENDOR NEGOTIATION. THAT WILL HELP US WITH DETERMINING THE FINALIZED RATES WE CHARGE OUR EMPLOYEE POPULATION. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS IT'S GOING TO BE ENHANCING THE NETWORK WE HAVE OUR EMPLOY POPULATION. WE'LL BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE THE NETWORK THROUGH PRESBYTERIAN HEALTH CARE SERVICES BUT WE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO INCREASE OUR PROVIDER NETWORK BY UTILIZING THE BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD NETWORK WHICH WILL GIVE US ACCESS TO LOVELACE FACILITIES AND UNMH. IN ADDITION TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY PROVIDERS WE'LL HAVE AN ENHANCED BENEFIT OFFERING THROUGH THE TWO NATIONAL CARRIERS. THE UNITED HEALTH CARE AND THE BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD THAT WILL GIVE US OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DEPENDENTS COVERED. EMPLOYEES HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE THE NETWORK THEY FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE WITH AND THAT WILL GIVE THEM CHOICE OF UTILIZING ANY PROVIDER WITHIN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. I ALSO HAVE MR. PRIMAVERA TALK ABOUT A SURVEY WE CONDUCTED TO HELP WITH THE DETERMINATION. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO WE ISSUED AN EMPLOYEE SURVEY ASKING EMPLOYEES TO TELL US SATISFACTION WITH BENEFIT OFFERING AND THE NETWORKS WE OFFER. WE GOT A 33% RESPONSE RATE. OF THOSE 33%, OVER 45% SAID THEY WANT ACCESS TO A BROADER NETWORK. WE BORE THAT IN MIND AS WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT, I APPRECIATE THAT. 33% RESPONDING TO A SURVEY IS ACTUALLY VERY GOOD. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT. GLAD TO HEAR THAT. ALSO, IF I UNDERSTAND YOU RIGHT THERE'S AN ICREASE IN AVAILABILITY OF PROVIDERS. WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT SOMETIMES IS A PROBLEM THESE DAYS. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER, I WAS STRUCK BY THE STUDENTS FROM ACE. ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS TALKED ABOUT ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE AND HOW LIMITED IT IS. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE CASE IN ALL OF NEW MEXICO FOR ALL SERVICES. WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE RESPONDING TO EMPLOYEES AND GET THEM MORE HEALTH CARE. WITH RESPECT TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT COST, IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY, COST NEVER GOES DOWN. IT ALWAYS GOES UP. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW FAR UP THEY GO. ON THE CALL TODAY WITH US IS OUR CONSULTANT FROM GRIFFE CONSULTING. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE COST, WE WILL SEE A PREMIUM INCREASE THIS COMING YEAR BUT IT WILL BE A LOT LESS THAN WHAT IT COULD HAVE. IF YOU LIKE, I CAN ASK OUR CONSULTANT TO SPEAK TO THAT. >>COUN. GROUT: I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO USE PRESBYTERIAN HEALTH CARE. >> ABSOLUTELY. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU BOTH. CHANGING PROVIDERS IS A BIG DEAL. I'M GLAD THERE'S OPPORTUNITY AND CHOICE, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND MAYBE WE CAN FOLLOW UP, YOU CAN SEND ME AN EMAIL WITH THE OPTIONS. I APPRECIATE THAT. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE ARE GLAD TO DO THAT. >>COUN. LEWIS: IS THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE PRESBYTERIAN COVERAGE? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER, THESE ARE OUR PLANS. THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO OUR PLANS AT THIS POINT. PRESBYTERIAN IS OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATOR. AND WE ASKED UNITED AND BLUE CROSS TO ADMINISTER THE SAME PLANS AS IS. THERE'S ENOUGH OF A CHANGE COMING WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR. WE DIDN'T WANT THE PLANS TO CHANGE AND IMPACT EMPLOYEES FROM THAT ANGLE. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR BASSAN. OKAY. COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, YOU SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE -- SO I'D LIKE THE SAME INFORMATION. ARE WE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, THE INCREASE, ARE WE GOING TO HELP OUR STAFF WITH INCREASE IT MATCH THIS? >> AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO DETERMINE OUR PREMIUM INCREASE FOR THE YEAR. WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET. OUR CONSULTANT STILL HAS A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO AND WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO GO OVER THOSE POTENTIAL INCREASES. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILORS, ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK. ADMINISTRATION, ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES, EC-91. SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES. OC-8 IS APPOINTMENT OF ANDREA CALDERON TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I MOVE CONFIRMATION. MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR ROGERS. ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS? ADMINISTRATION? COUNCILORS, ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? >>COUN. GROUT: MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE DIVERSITY OF ALL KINDS. FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. AND FOR THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT THINGS. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME TO SEE SOME OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AREN'T FUNCTIONAL. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FINDING OUT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT THOUGHT PROCESS. THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO THANK MS. CALDERON FOR BEING WILLING TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE SHE'S THE SENIOR ADVISOR AT THE JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR GOVERNMENT EXLPS. I THINK THAT RIGHT THERE SAYS IT ALL. SHE'S QUALIFIED FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT. I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY SHE'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL TO MY OFFICE ON A COUPLE THINGS THAT ALL THE COUNCILORS, I ASSUME, ALL THE COUNCILORS SUPPORT. THINGS LIKE HELPING US FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET AMENDMENTS IN CONTEXT AVAILABLE AS WE MOVE BILLS THROUGH OUR COMMITTEE PROCESS SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE AMENDING. AND THAT IS HUGELY IMPORTANT AND IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HELPFUL AND THAT CAME FROM A MEETING WITH MS. CALDERON. SHE'S THE ONE PUTTING TOGETHER THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT EVENING FOR THE PEOPLE OF ALBUQUERQUE TO COME AND LEARN ABOUT OUR BUDGETING SYSTEM AND WHAT IS BUDGETING AND HOW IT WORKS. THIS IS JUST SEEMING LIKE THE PERSON TO SERVE OUR CITY AND SHARE HER EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC. I THANK HER FOR HER WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND I HOPE WE WILL APPROVE HER. >>COUN. LEWIS: ALONG WITH HER ROLE AND POSITION -- >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: SHE AND I MET AND THIS IS A WHILE AGO AND I ASKED HER WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS MISSING WITH HER EXPERTISE AT THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE AND WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR COUNCIL. ONE OF THE THINGS SHE POINTED OUT WAS WE DON'T HAVE AMENDMENTS TO PEOPLE. WHEN WE SAY WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT THOSE ARE NOT AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING EVER SINCE THEN WITH COUNCIL STAFF TO BE ABLE TO POST THOSE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR LUPZ AND FGO. I THINK THAT'S HUGELY IMPORTANT. I KNOW I GET LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. THAT'S ONE OF MANY IDEAS THAT SHE'S SHARED WITH US. AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO START THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS HAD ON. ALL BASED ON HER WORK FOR CENTER OF GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE. >>COUN. LEWIS: OTHER DISCUSSION? THIS IS OC-8. THOSE IN FAVORER SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. MOTION FAILS ON A 5-4. OC-9 IS ROBERT ARAGON TO OVERSIGHT. MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. ALL RIGHT. DISCUSSION? WE'LL GET A VOTE. OC9. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES. OPPOSED? NO. MOTION PASSES ON A 6-3. NOW WE'RE ON FINAL ACTIONS. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS IS R-20. APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION FOR AND USE OF GRAPT FUND FOR PHASE TWO FUNDING UNDER THE CLIMATE CHANGE REDISCUSSION PLAN. THE GRANT AND AUTHORIZING THE GRANT TO THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. I MOVE A DO PASS. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SEEK -- SPEAK. COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: FIRST OF ALL, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR KEEPING YOUR COMMITMENT TO GETTING THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS APPROVED BEFORE YOU SUBMIT THEM. I APPRECIATE THAT. YAY. THANK YOU. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE THESE PRIORITY AND THE PROJECTS CITY STAFF ARE WORKING ON. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD PROJECTS AROUND HERE. AND SUCH AS THE TRANSIT REDEVELOPMENT, THE RAIL TRAIL, ELECTRIFYING OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM AND OTHER CITY VEHICLES. INCREASING THE NUMBER OF FAST CHARGERS, AND GREEN STORM WATER PROJECTS. AND TREE PLANTING. OUR COMMUNITY REALLY LIKES THAT. THERE'S A LOT MORE. THIS IS A MASSIVE EFFORT. AND I LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT WORKED ON IT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. GOOD LUCK GETTING IT. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? BACK TO SPONSOR. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: NO NEED FOR A CLOSE AFTER THAT. URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. LEWIS: THAT IS R-20. MOVED AND SECONDED. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THERE BEING NO OTHER BUSINESS, THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED.