MEETING. >> THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING TO THE PUBLIC. AND TO OUR COUNCILORS. TONIGHT WE ARE CALLING THE 25TH MEETING OF THE 24TH COUNCIL COME TO ORDER. TODAY IS INAUGURATION DAY. WE HAD A VERY SMOOTH TRANSITION. ALL OF OUR COUNCILORS ARE PRESENT THIS EVENING VIA ZOOM. I WOULD LIKE TO START THIS MEETING WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO COUNCILOR DAVIS. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. I AM GET BEING USED TO IT ON THIS SIDE. I WAS TRYING TO SAY THANK YOU AS WE TAKE THIS MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE JOIN US TO SEND BLESSINGS FOR SUCCESS FOR OUR NEW PRESIDENT AND FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE FOR THE FAMILIES OF THOSE TWO CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS, WHO LOST THEIR LIVES FOLLOWING THE VIOLENT UP RISING AGAINST CONGRESS. (MOMENT OF SILENCE) >> Coun. Borrego: COUNCILOR SENA WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE IN ENGLISH AND COUNCILOR PENA WILL LEAD US IN SPANISH. (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE) (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN SPANISH). >> Coun. Borrego: I AM GOING TO READ INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC INTO THE RECORD. AS NOTICED IN A PRESS RELEASE FROM OUR OFFICE ON FRIDAY, POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND NOTED ON OUR PUBLISHED COUNCIL AGENDA, THIS MEETING HAS SPECIAL PROCEDURES GIVEN THE GOVERNOR'S DECLARATION OF A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND RESTRICTIONS ON GATHERINGS. THIS MEETING IS HELD VIA ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, CITY STAFF AND MEDIA HAVE ABILITY TO VIEW THE MEETING THROUGH FOUR DIFFERENT PLATFORMS, GOV-TV, COMCAST CHANNEL 16, GOV-TV WEBSITE, YOUTUBE AND ZOOM WEBINAR. LIVE STREAMS CAN BE ACCESSED FROM MOST SMARTPHONES, TABLETS OR COMPUTERS. ON THE LIVE STREAM THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS AND ALL PAST COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL ALSO REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AT ANY TIME ON THE CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE, CITY COUNCIL STAFF IS AVAILABLE VIA PHONE IF MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC NEED ASSISTANCE FINDING VIDEOS ON LINE. CALL 768-3100 FOR ASSISTANCE DURING BUSINESS HOURS, MONDAY THROUGH FRY, 8:00 TO 5:00 P.M. COUNCIL IS ACCEPTING LIVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY AS WELL AS ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS. WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED BY 1:00 P.M. WERE DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCILORS IN ADVANCE. I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO COUNCILOR PENA WHO HAS JUST A REALLY BRIEF COMMENT. >> Coun. Pena: THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY WANTED TO INTRODUCE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO A JUNK LADY WHO ATTENDS EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL AND WILL ATTEND UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO WITH FOCUS ON JOURNALISM AND POLITICAL SCIENCE. SHE REACHED OUT ASKING IF SHE CAN INTERN WITH ME AND I AM HAPPY TO HAVE HER AND INTRODUCE HER TO THIS JOURNEY WE ARE ALL ON IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENT AND HER NAME IS SERENITY. DID YOU WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS. >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SIT IN ON THIS. I AM INTERESTED IN POLITICS AND I WANTED TO LEARN ABOUT GOVERNMENT. >> Coun. Borrego: WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ONTO PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. AND THIS AFTERNOON WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING ANGLO RECOGNIZE AN G LO LEO. WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION FIRST AND THEN WE'LL SHARE THE VIDEO. >> Coun. Pena: LET ME FIND IT. >> WHEREAS ON AUGUST 1, 2020 ALBUQUERQUE NATIVE MR. LEO CAPTURED THE WORLD BOXES WEIGHT JUNIOR FEATHER WEIGHT WITH UNANIMOUS DECISION VICTORY WITH UNDEFEATED PROFESSIONAL ROLLED OF 20 VICTORIES, ZERO DEFEAT WITH NINE KNOCK OUTS. HE IS FOURTH NATIVE NEW MEXICAN TO WIN A WORLD BOXES CHAMPIONSHIP. HE IS ALSO A FORMER WORLD BOXES ORGANIZATION JUNIOR FEATHER WEIGHT CHAMPION AND AS AMATEUR BOXER FIGHT BEING OUT OF THE SOUTH VALLEY, HE WON THE JUNIOR GOLDEN GLOVES, NEW MEXICO SILVER GLOVES FIVE TIMES AND LEO WAS NAMED 2019, 2020 NEW MEXICO BOXER OF THE YEAR BY THE CAGE COMBAT SPORT AND SOUTHWEST FIGHT NEWS AND HE OVER CAME HOMELESSNESS AND HELPS IN HIS CURRENT HOME TIME OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE JUNIOR FEATHER WEIGHT WORLD CHAMP. JULIANNE WAS GOING TO PLAY A SHORT VIDEO FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU. >> ALBUQUERQUE, HERE, HAPPY TO DECLARE JANUARY 20 AS LEO DAY. I WANT TO THANK MY SUPPORTERS AND CITY COUNCILORS, COUNCILOR PENA FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER. I AM EXTREMELY HONORED AND BLESSED TO BE A PART OF THIS CITY AND HISTORY IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND YOU GUYS ARE THE REASON WHY I AM WHERE I AM TODAY. THIS IS A CITY THAT MADE ME WHO I AM AND JANUARY 23, I WILL BRING ANOTHER WIN BACK TO ALBUQUERQUE. THANK YOU GUYS. >> Coun. Pena: THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU MR. LEO AND COULD BE GATT LACINGS TO YOU. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ONTO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION AND I THINK I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU JUST A MOMENT TO MOVE SOME FOLKS INTO THE ZOOM MEETING. ARE THEY HERE? THEY ARE NOT HERE YET. OKAY. >> WE HAD LEONARD WAITES FROM THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR COMMISSION TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION. HE IS NOT WITH US YET. SHALL WE WAIT? I AM BEING ADVISED THAT WE CAN WAIT JUST A LITTLE BIT TO SEE IF HE JOINS AND WE'LL MOVE ONTO OTHER FORM OF BUSINESS. ON THE AGENDA AT THE VERY END WE HAVE, LET'S SEE, BEFORE THAT WE HAVE, ON PAGE 4, WE ADMINISTRATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND WITH US TODAY, WE HAVE THE ALBUQUERQUE FIRE AND RESCUE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE JOINING US AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE PART OF THE ZOOM MEETING. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THOSE FOLKS. AND ACTUALLY, WE IOWA IOWA >> CAN YOU HEAR US? TOP TOP. >> YES. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >> YES. >> OKAY. I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING US ALL TOGETHER TODAY TO RECOGNIZE US FOR SAVING HER LIFE. THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN THE GREATEST HONOR OF MY CAREER, SAVING A BABY SO SMALL. SHE WAS ONLY 25 WEEKS OLD. AND ABOUT TEN INCHES LONG. AND JUST OVER A POUND. >> WOW. >> SHE LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE BABY DOLL WHEN WE ARRIVED. SHE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A REAL BABY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, AGAIN, BRINGING US ALL TOGETHER. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY, AND WE ARE PROUD TO SERVE ALBUQUERQUE THE WAY WE DO. >> COUNSELORS? ANY COMMENTS? TOP TOP. >> YES. >> LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. WE ARE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH OUR AUDIO. WE WILL BE BACK AT APPROXIMATELY 3:26. >> OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE ALL OF OUR COUNSELORS ARE BACK. COUNCILLOR HARRIS, WE ARE WAITING ON YOU. IF YOU COULD COME BACK ON. WE ARE, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. WE WERE HAVING SOME COMPUTER ISSUES. I SEE THAT WE HAVE LEONARD WAITS WITH US, SO WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF AFR HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BE HEARD, BUT IF THEY WANTED TO COME BACK ON, THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY , OR THEIR SPOKESPERSON. FLUSH IF NOT, THEN WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR PROCLAMATION REGARDING THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR, DAY, WHICH WAS ON MONDAY. THE HOLIDAY. AND RECOGNIZING THAT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION. WITH US, WE HAVE LEONARD WAITES. WELCOME, MR. WAITES. MR. WAITES IS WITH THE STATE MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMISSION, AND HE REPRESENTS THEM, AND HE IS HERE TODAY TO ACCEPT THAT PROCLAMATION. SO WE ARE GOING TO START WITH COUNCILLOR SENA. >> Coun. Sena: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WHEREAS, MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR, BORN JANUARY 19, 19, LED THE UNITED STATES CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE 1950S, AND BY PROCLAMATION, IN 1968, AND -- >> WHEREAS, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S LEADERSHIP WAS FUNDAMENTAL TO CIVIL RIGHT MOVEMENT SUCCESS, IN ENDING LEGAL SEGREGATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE SOUTH AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND. >> WHEREAS, DR. KING ROSE TO NATIONAL PROMINENCE TO HEAD THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, WHICH PROMOTED NONVIOLENT TACTICS TO ACHIEVE CIVIL RIGHTS, AND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR WAS AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRICE IN 1964, AND. >> AND WHEREAS, TWO MAJOR INFLUENCES INSPIRED DR. KING'S PIVOTAL MINISTRY. GANDI WHO HAD NONVIOLENCE PROTESTS AND THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER AND PASS FIST, HENRY DAVID THOREAU, WHO'S ESSAY ON CIVIL DAYS OWE MEED ANSWER EX-SPOUSES A THEME OF REFUSING TO COOPERATE WITH AN EVIL SYSTEM. AND. >> WHEREAS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. LED THE 1955 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, BUSBOY COT, AND HE LED THE UNSUCCESSFUL ALBANY MOVEMENT IN ALBANY, SCWHRORNL GEORGE, AND ADDITIONALLY, DR. KING HELPED ORGANIZE IN 1963 SOME OF THE NONVIOLENT PROTESTS IN BIRMING HAM, ALABAMA, AND IN 1965, TWO OF THE THREE, SELMA TO MONTGOMERY ALABAMA MARCHS. AND. >> WHEREAS IN THE LATE 1950S, DR. KING ASSISTED NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN ATTEMPTING TO COMPLETELY DESEGREGATE OUR SCHOOLS. AND AT THAT TIME, THEY WERE BARD FROM RIDING BUS WAS WHITE STUDENTS, AND HE HELPED THE PROBLEM TO BE RESOLVED. >> AND WHEREAS, IN 1963, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR, HELPED ORGANIZE THE 1963 MARCH ON WASHINGTON, WHERE HE DELIVERED HIS FAMOUS "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH ON THE STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. AND. >> WHEREAS, ONE OF THE COUNTLESS INSPIRATION STATEMENTS ISSUED BY DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING AS PUBLISHED IN THE TESTAMENT OF HOPE DECLARES, THERE COMES A TIME WHEN ONE MUST TAKE A POSITIONS THAT EITHER SAFE, POLITICS OR POPULAR, BUT HE MUST TAKE IT BECAUSE HIS CONSCIOUS TELLS HIM TO. AND. >> AND, WHEREAS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS POST HUSBANDLY AWAIFEDDED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF AGREE DO AND THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, HEREBY RECOGNIZES DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILORS, FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT READING. MR. WAITES, WE ARE GOING TO SEND THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT? >> YES. BRIEFLY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COUNCILORS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION. I HATE THAT WE ALL COULDN'T BE TOGETHER AGAIN DURING THE MARCH. I KNOW COUNCILLOR BENTON AND COUNCILLOR DAVIS AND COUNCILLOR BORREGO, ALL OF YOU ALL HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PAST, SINCE I'VE BECOME THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HERE SINCE 2016. AND I MISS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU ALL AGAIN, YOU KNOW. AND ALSO, I MISS THE POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL, AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, MR. WAITES. I KNOW YOU ALL RECOGNIZED DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ON MONDAY, AND A LOT OF THAT WAS HELD VIA ZOOM, OUR NEW NORMAL, BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE, IT WAS WELL RECEIVED. >> IT WAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING. >> THANK YOU. >> Coun. Borrego: SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO -- WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK, BECAUSE WE JUMPED AROUND A LITTLE BIT WITH THE BABY MELANIA CHAVEZ HE'S RECOGNITION. SO WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT APPROVING OUR COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. I HAVE ONE LITTLE MINOR CHANGE TO WHAT WAS SENT OUT TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE COUNCILORS, BECAUSE I HAD REQUESTED LAST FRIDAY THAT EVERYONE RESPOND TO ME BY FRIDAY, AND I WAS STILL RECEIVING RESPONSES OVER THE WEEKEND, AND QUESTIONS, AND, YOU KNOW, AREAS THAT COUNCILORS WERE INTERESTED IN, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE TRYING TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER TO ACHIEVE MY GOAL, WHICH IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAD AT LEAST THREE COMMITTEES. AND THAT YOUR COMMITTEES WERE RECOGNIZED. ONE MINOR LITTLE CHANGE ON WHAT YOU RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON IS, I'M GOING TO BE TAKING COUNCILLOR BENTON OFF THE ALBUQUERQUE/BERNALILLO COUNTY ABGC, AND PLACING COUNCILLOR BASSAN ON THERE. HOW IT ENDED UP IS EVERYONE HAD ABOUT FIVE OR SIX COMMITTEES THAT YOU'RE APPOINTED TO SERVE ON, AND WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. >> SO MOVED. >> Coun. Borrego: OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I HAD COUNCILLOR BASSAN, THANK YOU. WE HAD SEVERAL SECONDS. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY YES. I'M SORRY, WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: COUNCILLOR BENTON SHALL I'M SORRY, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> Coun. Benton: I DID QUICKLY. NOT A QUO, BUT A STATEMENT. I'LL SUPPORT THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE COMMITTEES. I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE COMMITTEE GUIDELINES ON NEGOTIATIONS IS A COMMITTEE THAT WAS KIND OF -- AND I TOOK ON AN EFFORT TO BRING THAT BACK AND REINVOLVE THE COUNCIL IN THAT COMMITTEE, AND I'M CURRENTLY THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE. SO I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THIS DURING OUR MEETING HERE, BUT IF THERE IS ANY INTEREST IN SWAPPING, OR SHARING, AMONGST THOSE WHO ARE ON COMMITTEE, ON THIS NOMINATION, I'D APPRECIATE A CONSIDERATION OF THAT. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A COUPLE OF NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR KEEPING SOME CONTINUITY ON THAT COMMITTEE. AND I APOLOGIZE, MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR NOT MAKING THAT CLEAR TO YOU EARLIER. BUT I THINK IN THE INTERESTS OF EVERYONE'S TIME AND SO FORTH, I SUPPORT APPROVING THE LIST AS IS, AND THE CHANGE THAT YOU MADE, THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH MY, MADAM PRESIDENT, ON THE ABGBC. BUT MAYBE WE CAN KEEP THAT IN MIND, AND CONSIDER IT, AND IF NOT, THEN I'M HAPPY TO MAYBE ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS AS A NONVOTING MEMBER. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR BENTON. WE APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT. I THINK WITH THE NEW APPOINTMENTS, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD TO HAVE THAT LITTLE BIT OF CONTINUITY. SO IF YOU WOULD CONTINUE ATTENDING THAT WHILE WE MAKE THAT TRANSITION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, DID YOU FINISH THE ROLL CALL? THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES. >> NO, I NEED TO CONTINUE THE VOTE. >> Coun. Borrego: I'M SORRY, WE ARE CONTINUING THE VOTE ON THAT. >> COUNCILLOR BASSAN, YOU VOTED YES, THAT IS CORRECT? >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Peña: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> PASSES 9-0. THANK YOU. >> OF. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, COUNCILORS, FOR WORKING ON THAT. I THINK THAT SHOWS TRUE UNIT WITH OUR COUNSEL. WE WILL MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. I NEED TO READ THE STATEMENT INTO THE RECORD. AS WAS STATED EARLIER, LIVE PUBLIC COMMENT IS BEING TAKEN TODAY, AND WE HAVE FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. BUT AGAIN, WE ALSO RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCILORS IN ADVANCE OF TODAY'S MEETING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL ABLE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IF THEY HAVE SIGNED UP FOR LIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, PER THE RULES PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA, AND ON OTHER WEBSITE FRIDAY. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE MOVED FROM THE ZOOM WAITING ROOM INTO THE MEETING ROOM ONCE WE BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT. THEY WILL REMAIN MUTED UNTIL THEY ARE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK, AT WHICH POINT THEY HAVE ONE AND A HALF MINUTES TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL. AFTER THAT, THEY WILL BE AGAIN MUTED. WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRANSLATE INTO SPANISH. WILL OUR ZOOM MODERATOR MOVE IN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. IT APPEARS THAT WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS ALREADY MOVED INTO THE ZOOM WAITING ROOM. AND HELLO TO THOSE JOINING US TO PROVIDE LIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE LIVE FEED FOR THIS MEETING, PLEASE MUTE OR TURN OFF AT THIS TIME. HERE ARE THE PUBLIC GROUND RULES. WHICH PARTICIPANT HAS ONE AND A HALF MINUTES TO PRESENT. COMMENTS ARE TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCILORS ONLY THROUGH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT: AND ANY DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT WILL RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM THE ZOOM MEETING ROOM. THERE WILL BE A ONE AND A HALF MINUTE TIME LIMIT. THE TIMER WILL START ONCE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. THEN THE ZOOM MODERATOR, MR. MOYA, WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU, MR. MOYA. WE WILL MOVE ON TO YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. OUR FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE MR. DAN MAYFIELD, FOLLOWED BY PAUL. MR. MAYFIELD, UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOUR ONE AND A HALF MINUTES WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU START SPEAKING. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSELORS. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF MEMORIAL M-20-6, NEW MEXICO'S ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF A BANKING REVOLUTION AS A NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO ESTABLISH STATE OWNED BANKS FROM COAST TO COAST, AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE NEW MEXICO'S FINANCES FOR THE BETTER. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THE PUBLIC BANKING ACT WITH THIS MEMORIAL, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY LEDGE TO HAVES FROM ACROSS NEW MEXICO, IN A STATE WIDE COALITION BUSINESSES COMMUNITY GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS. WE HAVE LEARNED FROM OTHER STATES THAT CRAFTED THE PUBLIC BANKING ACT, IN NEW MEXICO, AND CREDIT UNITS AS PART NERTS, NOT ADVERSARIES AND COMPETITORS. THE GOAL IS IT TO HELP COMMUTE BANKS AND CREDIT UNITS GROW THE BASE, PROVIDE MORE LIENS, AND HELP NEW MEXICANS THINK REALLY BIG ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE PUBLIC BANK WILL BE A SAVING BILKER NOT A SPENDING BILL, THAT WILL PROVE NEW MEXICO'S RESILIENCY FOR YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, MR. MAYFIELD. IT'S AWLSD GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. >> Coun. Borrego: OUR NEXT SPEAKER, MR. MOYA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. PAUL, FOLLOWED BY PETER. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOUR ONE AND A HALF MINUTES WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU START SPEAKING. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND HONORED COUNCILORS. I'M PAUL STOLE. I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE CREDIT UNIONS OF NEW MEXICO AND A PROUD RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON THE ESTABLISHMENT BEFORE A MEMORIAL ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY. IT IS MEMORIAL 20-6. AND IT DEALS WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC BANK FOR THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. A PUBLIC BANK WILL DO MANY THINGS FOR NEW MEXICO. THE BIGGEST WOULD BE TO BRING MONEY BACK TO NEW MEXICO THAT CURRENTLY IS INVESTED WITH LARGE MULTI-NATIONAL BANKS. THE MONEY WOULD COME BACK HERE AND BE INVESTED IN OUR CITIES AND OUR STATE TO GROW JOBS, TO CREATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TO HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN NEW MEXICO. I CAN'T THINK OF ANY BETTER WAY TOO GROW NEW MEXICO THAN TO USE OUR OUR VERY OWN DEPOSITS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND A PUBLIC BANK IS WHAT'S ABLE TO DO THAT. A PUBLIC BANK WILL SUPPORT CREDIT UNIONS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY BANKS IN MAKING LOANS AVAILABLE FOR NEW BUSINESSES, IT WILL GROW JOBS, THOSE JOBS WILL GROW LOANS AND DEPOSITS, AND BENEFIT THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT MEMORIAL 20-6, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC BANK FOR NEW MEXICO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, MR. STOLE. IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU, ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PETER. FEEL FREE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU YOUR ONE AND A HALF MINUTES WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU START SPEAKING. >> YOU ARE MUTED. YOU NEED TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT SHOULD DO IT. I AM PETE REEZER. I'M A MEMBER OF THE RESIDENT COMMITTEE, AND I WOULD URGE THE COUNCIL TO PASS R-20-124. THAT'S TO CONTINUE THE MOVE TORE YOU ON IRVING -- MORATORIUM ON IRVING. AND MY COMMENTS GO LIKE THIS. WE FIND OURSELVES PAINTED INTO A CORNER IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD PART OF IRVING, AND THE MULTIPLE AGENCIES THAT SIGNED OFF ON SUBDIVISION, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROAD PROJECTS OVER TIME. I COULD EXPLAIN THAT SOME OTHER TIME. BUT NOW, WITH THE EASIER OPTION BLOCKED BY THE PREVIOUS DECISION, IT IS GOING TO TAKE A SERIOUS, WELL RESEARCHED AND FUNDED EFFORT TO FIX IT. WE HAVEN'T SEEN EVIDENCE OF THAT HAVING BEGUN BY THOSE AGENCIES. NONETHELESS, I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE ORIGINAL MORATORIUM, THE SECOND MONTH, AND I PRESUME I READ IT BUT I FORGOT ONE OF THE CLAUSES IN THERE. IT REQUIRES THE AGENCIES, OR AT LEAST ONE OF THEM, PRINCIPALLY MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT, TO ACTUALLY CONSULT WITH US. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, MR. RISER, FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE TWO OTHER SPEAKERS SIGNED UP, BUT I DO NOT SEE THEM IN ATTENDANCE, SO IS THAT WILL COMPLETE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Coun. Borrego: ALL RIGHT, THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAD THREE OTHER SPEAKERS SIGNED UP, BUT THEY ARE NOT IN THE ZOOM WAITING ROOM, SO WE WILL MOVE ON. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION, AND THERE IS NONE THIS EVENING. I JUST WANT TO GIVE COUNCILORS THE OPPORTUNITY, SINCE WE HAD CHANGED THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT, REGARDING BABY M ELANIA, WE HAD THAT UNDER ADMINISTRATION QUESTION AND ANSWER, AND I WANTED TO GIVE COUNCILORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, IF THEY HAD ANY. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT TONIGHT. GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. THANK YOU ALL. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR JOURNAL. COUNCILLOR GIBSON. >> Coun. Gibson: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE JANUARY 4TH JOURNAL. >> Coun. Borrego: WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL JANUAR. DO I HAVE A SECOND IN I HAVE TWO SECONDS, COUNCILLOR SENA AND COUNCILLOR DAVIS. WE WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Peña: -- >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 8-0, WITH COUNCILLOR PEÑA EXCUSED. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, THAT PASSES. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS AND INTRODUCTIONS. COUNCILORS, ANY CHANGES TO THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION? COUNCILLOR PEÑA? I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS MOTION FOR COUNCILLOR PEÑA, SINCE SHE SEEMS TO HAVE SENDS AWAY FOR A -- STEPPED AWAY FOR A MINUTE. I MOVE THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTRODUCING R-128 AND REFERRING IT TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. R-128 IS APPROVING THE PROGRAMMING OF FUNDS AND PROJECTS FOR THE 2021-2030 DECADE PLAN FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING THE 2021 TWO YEAR CAPITAL BUDGET. AND I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR JONES. THIS REQUIRES A TWO-THIRDS OF COUNCILORS PRESENT. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> COUNCILLOR PEÑA IS EXCUSED. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 8-0. >> Coun. Borrego: OKAY. THAT PASSES ON AN 8-0 VOTE. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO COUNCILLOR DAVIS. CID THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE THAT THE RULES OF UB SUSPENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTRODUCING O-48 AND PLACING IT ON THE FEBRUARY 1ST COUNCIL AGENDA FOR ACTION. O-48 INVOLVING SOUTHWEST PATTERN WORKS INCORPORATED, PURSUANT TO LEADA AND SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF THAT COMPANY, AND A PROJECT AND THE DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH. >> Coun. Borrego: OKAY, COUNCILLOR DAVIS, WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILLOR BASSAN. AND THIS IS ALSO REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE COUNCILORS WHO ARE PRESENT. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> COUNCILLOR PEÑA IS EXCUSED. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 8-0. >> Coun. Borrego: THAT PASSES ON AN 8-0 VOTE, COUNCILORS. SO OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS, I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTRODUCING EC-243 AND PLACING IT ON THE FEBRUARY 1ST COUNCIL AGENDA FOR ACTION. EC-243 IS THE ALBUQUERQUE ENERGY COUNCIL FY-19, AND FY-20 BIANNUAL REPORT, AND THIS WILL ALSO REQUIRE A TWO-THIRDS VOTE BY COUNCILORS. AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILLOR SENA. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR SENA. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> COUNCILLOR PEÑA IS EXCUSED. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 8-0. >> Coun. Borrego: OKAY, THAT MOTION PASSES ON AN L-0 VOTE. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF R-124 OUT OF THE LAND USE PLANNING & ZONING COMMITTEE AND PLACING IT ON TODAY'S AGENDA FOR ACTION. THAT IS A MORATORIUM ESTABLISHED FOR THE SECTION OF IRVING BOULEVARD FROM CAYENTA PLACE, AND THIS REQUIRES A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE COUNCILORS. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR SENA, FOR THE SECOND. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. COUNCILLOR PEÑA IS EXCUSED. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> 8-0. >> Coun. Borrego: THAT PASSES ON AN 8-0 VOTE. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. AND OUR LAST ITEM, I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLACING M-8 ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S FINAL ACTION. THIS IS URGING THE LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT THE 2021 HEALTH SECURITY DESIGN BOARD ACT. I NEED A SECOND FOR THIS. COUNCILLOR SENA, THANK YOU. AND THIS ALSO WOULD REQUIRE A TWO-THIRDS VOTE FROM OUR COUNCILORS PRESENT. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 8-0 COIFERG THAT MASSES ON AN 8-0 VOTE. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. I'LL REFER BACK TO OUR MADAM VICE-PRESIDENT COUNCILLOR GIBSON. >> Coun. Gibson: THANK YOU, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. >> Coun. Borrego: AND I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILLOR SENA, AND COUNCILLOR BASSAN. THIS WOULD REQUIRE A ROLL CALL VOTE. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 8-0. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, THAT TAKES CARE OF THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. AND WE WILL MOVE TO OUR REPORTS OF COMMITTEE. OUR FIRST REPORT OF COMMITTEE IS OUR MADAM VICE-PRESIDENT, COUNCILLOR GIBSON. >> Coun. Gibson: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE FINANCE & GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MET ON MONDAY, JANUARY 11TH, AND REPORTS OUT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. IN THE MATTER OF EC-217, EC-218, EC-2 30, AND EC-231, THAT THEY BE APPROVED. IN THE MATTER OF R 2, THAT IT BE WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND BE ACTED ON AT THE MEETING AT WHICH IT IS REPORTED. IN THE MATTER OF R-125, THAT IT DO PASS. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> Coun. Borrego: THERE IS A MOTION AND THERE IS A SECOND BY COUNCILLOR BASSAN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THE VOTE? >> YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 8-0. >> Coun. Borrego: THAT MOTION PASSES ON AN 8-0 VOTE, THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR GIBSON. WE WILL MOVE ON TO COUNCILLOR SENA, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. >> Coun. Sena: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MET ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, AND REPORTS OUT THE FOLLOWING ITEM. IN THE MATTER OF R-123, THAT IT BE WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU FOR THAT MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILLOR BASSAN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT VOTE? >> COUNCILLOR BASSAN YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 8-0. >> Coun. Borrego: THAT PASSES. WE MOVE ON TO DEFERRALS AND WITHDRAWALS. COUNCILORS, DO WE HAVE ANY DEFENSOR OR WITHDRAWALS AT THIS TIME? -- DEFERRALS OR WITHDRAWALS FIT? NO? THEN I GUESS WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM N, THAT'S THE DESIGN FOR THE UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD AND LOMAS INTERSECTION. THE DESIGN CONTRACT. >> Coun. Borrego: DO I NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? OKAY, COUNCILOR, THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS? REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA, FOR TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA, FOR INDIVIDUALS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA WHO ARE BEING APPOINTED TO SERVE ON BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS, OR WHO MAY BE WATCHING FROM HOME, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. AND COUNCILLOR GIBSON, I WOULD MOVE TO YOU FOR A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THOSE CHANGES. >> Coun. Gibson: I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> Coun. Borrego: DO I HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILLOR BASSAN, GIVING US OUR SECOND THIS EVENING, THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR DAVIS, ALSO. LET'S SEE, CRYSTAL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THE VOTE? >> YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES, AND I DID, MADAM PRESIDENT, I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO DENISHA JONES, WHO IS GOING TO BE SERVING ON OUR ARTS BOARD. MR. NEVAREZ ENCINIAS IS GOING TO BE ON OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND SUSAN IS GOING TO BE ON THE CAMPAIGN PRACTICES, ALL DISTRICT 2 RESIDENTS. A GREAT BENCH OF VOLUNTEERS IN DISTRICT 2. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> MASSES ON AN 8--- PASSES ON AN 8-0 VOTE, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, CRYSTAL. WE ARE MOVING TO ITEM N. >> Coun. Benton: MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE RECEIPT BE NOTED. >> Coun. Borrego: CRYSTAL TOLD ME YOU NEED TO MOVE APPROVAL. >> Coun. Benton: I MOVE APPROVAL FOR THIS CONTRACT, WHICH IS TO LEAD ENGINEERING. AND I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION ON THIS. I DON'T THINK IT EFFECTS OUR APPROVAL OF THE EC. BUT THIS IS FOR THE INTERSECTION. WE PUT THIS ITEM ON OUR TRANSPORTATION TAX THIS LAST YEAR AS ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROJECTS. >> Coun. Borrego: COUNCILLOR BENTON, WE WILL ASK FOR A SECOND AND THEN YOU CAN GO TO THE ADMINISTRATION. >> Coun. Benton: SURE. >> Coun. Borrego: DO I HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILLOR DAVIS THANK YOU FOR THAT SECOND. OKAY, COUNCILLOR BENTON, YOU'D LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION TO ADDRESS THIS? >> Coun. Benton: YES. I DID WANT, A SPECIFIC QUESTION FOR OUR COO, MR. RAEL, I HAD A QUESTION FROM A CONSTITUENT ON THIS, ASKING WHETHER THIS CONSULTANT WOULD BE REACHING OUT AND CONSULTING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. AS WE KNOW, I THINK THEY PROBABLY ARE IN CONTROL, THEY OR THE SANDIA FOUNDATION, IS IN CONTROL OF ALL FOUR CORNERS OF THAT INTERSECTION. AND THEY HAVE GOT SIGNIFICANT OBVIOUSLY REAL ESTATE INTERESTS IN THAT IMMEDIATE AREA. I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WOULD BE THE SCOPE OF THE WORK. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AND COUNCILLOR BENTON, YES, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE DO A THOROUGH REVIEW WITH BOTH THE SANDIA FOUNDATION AND THE UNIVERSITY TO INCLUDE THE SCIENCE CENTER, AS WELL, SINCE THAT INTERSECTION IS REALLY A CRITICAL INTERSECTION FOR ALL THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS. AND I MIGHT ENSURE WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. THE RECOMMENDED ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FIRM IS HUITT SELLER. >> YES. WE WILL KEEP YOU UP TO SPEED ON THAT INTERSECTION. WE WILL KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP. >> Coun. Benton: I'M SURE IT IS GOING TO COME AS A BIG RELIEF TO A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WANT TO GET BACK TO NORMAL LIFE, AND WE ARE COMMUTING TO AND FROM UNM, THAT IS A TROUBLESOME PART OF THE DAY, AND OBVIOUSLY IT IS PRETTY WORN OUT. SO I'M GLAD WE ARE DOING IT. I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. SO, THANK YOU. AND MADAM PRESIDENT, I URGE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR BENTON. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR VOTE. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 8-0. >> Coun. Borrego: THAT MOTIONS PASSES ON AN 8-0 VOTE. SO THAT IS ALL WE HAVE ON THAT PARTICULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. BEING THAT COUNCILLOR PEÑA IS STILL OFF LINE, I WILL MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR HER. THERE WILL BE AN ALBUQUERQUE/BERNALILLO COUNTY GOVERNMENT COMMISSION MEETING ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 28TH, AT 5:00 P.M., VIA ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCING. ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND THERE ARE NONE. OUR ORDER OF BUSINESS AFTER THAT IS APPROVALS, AND THERE ARE NONE. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 14, WHICH IS FINAL ACTIONS. UNDER FINAL ACTIONS, WE HAVE COUNCILLOR PEÑA AND COUNCILLOR SENA. >> Coun. Peña: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND READ IT, COUNCILLOR SENA? >> Coun. Sena: YES, THANK YOU. I MOVE RE 5, THE PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE FOR RACIAL EQUITY CRITERION TO BE USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN. >> Coun. Borrego: DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON R-85? COUNCILLOR PEÑA? I NEED A SECOND. COUNCILLOR BENTON. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I'M GOING TO GO IN THE ORDER OF HANDS I SAW UP FIRST. COUNCILLOR BENTON. >> Coun. Benton: MADAM PRESIDENT, MY HAND WAS UP TO SECOND. BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE SPONSORS. AND THAT WAS, BECAUSE IN THE WRITE UP, IT DISCUSSES THE THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS APPOINTED A DEPUTY DIRECTOR WORKING ON CIP, AND IT'S DEVELOPING AN OPPORTUNITY INDEX MAP, AND I WONDERED, WHAT'S DESCRIBED IN THE WRITE UP IS DISCUSSING HIGH LEVELS OF POVERTY, LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT BY CENSUS TRACKS, AND I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DOES THE CIP COMMITTEE HAVE THE DATA ON RACIAL MAKEUP OF EACH OF THESE TRACTS THAT THEY HAVE CREATED? THAT'S JUST A QUESTION FOR THE SPONSOR. >> Coun. Peña: WE DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON MAPS. I DON'T KNOW IF JULIAN HAS A MAP FOR EACH OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS WITH THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO HIM THAT HE CAN PUT UP. DO YOU KNOW? I HATE TO PUT THEM ON THE SPOT. >> Coun. Borrego: I'M BEING TOLD THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT AVAILABLE. >> AND MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, JUST CHIME IN, SO I SIT ON THE CIP COMMITTEE AS THE DIRECTOR OF COUNCIL SERVICES. THAT INFORMATION IS NOT PRESENTED TO US IN ANY KIND OF FORMAT IN THAT WAY. BUT THERE ARE CONSIDERATIONS MADE. ACTUALLY, THE STAFF DO SOME OF THE EQUITY CRITERION TOOLS PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION. PERHAPS THEY CAN SPEAK MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS TIME, WE ARE NOT PRESENTED WITH THAT DETAILED INFORMATION WHEN MAKING OUR RECOMMENDATION. >> Coun. Benton: AND MADAM PRESIDENT, I AM SUPPORTIVE, CERTAINLY VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE INTENTION OF THIS IT, AND IN THE PAST HAVE PASSED SIMILAR BILLS WITH REGARD TO THE CIP WITH REGARD TO EQUITY, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THERE WAS -- THAT THE DATA WAS SOMEWHAT LACKING IN TERMS OF RACIAL -- YOU KNOW, JUST IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THESE UNDER PRIVILEGED NEIGHBORHOODS, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THEY HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF MINORITY PERSONS IN THOSE AREAS. BUT SINCE THIS IS SPECIFICALLY A RACIAL EQUITY QUESTION, THAT WAS MY -- THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S REMAINED A QUESTION AS FAR AS I COULD SEE. AND I WONDERED WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE THAT DATA ADDRESSED BEFORE WE PASS SUCH A CRITERION. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THIS IS DURITA, AND I CAN ADDRESS THAT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILLOR BENTON. OF COURSE, YOU ARE CORRECT, THE CIP COMMITTEE HAS NOT HISTORICALLY LOOKED AT IT. HOWEVER, THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICE HAS DEVELOPED WHAT THEY CALL AN OPPORTUNITY INDEX THAT OVERLAYS RACIAL DATA, I KNOW COMB DATA, AS WELL AS -- INTERCOM DATA, AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL DATA AND WE HAVE THAT MAPPED OVER WITH THINGS LIKE WHERE OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE, WHERE OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE, AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION, WE WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF DATA TO SHARE. >> Coun. Borrego: I SAW THAT MS. MELENDREZ HAD HAD HER HAND UP, AND I THOUGHT MAYBE SHE, IF SHE WANTED TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL BEFORE WE GO -- WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNCILORS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCILLOR BENTON. I THINK DURITA SAID EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HIS GOING TO OFFER. WE HAVE ALL OF THAT DATA AVAILABLE BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, AND CAN PROVIDE IT, AND THE NEW CENSUS DATA WILL GIVE US THE LATEST, AS SOON AS THAT'S RELEASED. BLUE WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE -- BUT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE THAT READY AND CAN PROVIDE THAT IN ANY FORMAT THAT YOU WANT. >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU. JUST TO FOLLOW-UP WITH MICHELLE, AND THIS IS BY CENSUS TRACT, RIGHT? >> YES, WE CAN GO TO THE SMALL AREA CENSUS TRACT LEVEL, AND SHOW YOU YOUR COUNCIL BOUNDARIES, AS WELL. >> Coun. Benton: OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR BENTON. WE WILL GO TO COUNCILLOR BASSAN. >> Coun. Bassan: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND I THINK THEY REALLY ECHO WHAT COUNCILLOR BENTON IS ASKING. BUT FOR MY OWN BENEFIT, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO RE-ASK, THE WAY I HAD IT IN MY HEAD. BUT IN THE ESSENCE OF RACIAL EQUITY CRITERION, WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT? AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WITH WHAT COUNCILLOR BENTON WAS SAYING, AND REFERENCING, AND THEN I THINK WHAT MS. NIARE WAS SAYING, WE HAVE THE QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY ZONES, USING THE QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY INDEX MAP, WHICH HAVE THE DIFFERENT LAYERS TO IT, THAT WE ALREADY ARE UTILIZING THAT WAS IN SECTION 7 OF R-19-219 THAT WE APPROVED I BELIEVE IN FEBRUARY OF 2020. SO I'M WONDERING IF WE ARE ADDING IN NOW RACIAL EQUITY CRITERION, WHAT WILL BE THE MEASURE FOR THAT, AND HOW WILL IT BE DIFFERENT FROM THESE OPPORTUNITY ZONES WE ARE ALREADY UTILIZING? >> Coun. Borrego: I'M WONDERING IF STAFF WOULD LIKE TO ANSWERTHAT QUESTION. COUNCILLOR SENA, ARE YOU WANTING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION? >> Coun. Sena: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO SPEAK. AS THE CO-SPONSOR OF THIS, I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS MERELY A GUIDE, AND SOME OF THE OTHER LANGUAGE WE UTILIZED BEFORE, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, THEY HAVE OFTEN UTILIZED THESE SAME CRITERIA AND GUIDES. IT IS JUST A TOOL IN THE TOOL KIT TO REEVOLUME WAIT WHERE OUR PRIORITIES SHOULD BE, WHERE CERTAIN AREAS OF OUR CITY HAVE BEEN UNDER SERVED AND MARGINALIZED. SO THIS IS A GUIDE. IT DOESN'T COMPEL US TO, BUT IT IS SO WE CAN LOOK AT THE DATA, AND AS MICHELLE AND DURITA ALSO NOTED, THE DATA IS THERE. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE, THAT WHILE WE ARE DOING A STUDY FOR THIS INFORMATION, THAT AGENTS ALSO GOT US A LOT OF MAPS, CRITICAL FOR COLLECTING DATA AND INFORMATION. SO I CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE COLLECTED AND JUST THINKING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE UNDER SERVED, AND LOOKING AT ALSO THE IMPACT OF COVID, AND HOW IT IS IMPACTING SOME OF THOSE AREAS, AND WHERE THIS LEGISLATION AND RESOLUTION IS COMING FROM, AND THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE SHOULD BE PLACING INVESTMENTS. THE DATA IS THERE, AND WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT IT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I FOLLOW-UP? >> Coun. Borrego: GO AHEAD. >> I'M STUCK, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WE ARE USING WHAT DATA WE HAVE, AND THIS SAYS, IT SHALL BE THE PRIORITY, NOT THAT IT SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY, AND I THINK THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LEGISLATION. I'M A BIG SUPPORT SUPPORTER, AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD, WITHIN OUR OWN DISTRICTS, PARTICULARLY START PRIORITIZING THOSE THAT ARE UNDER SERVED AND THE UNDER SERVED AREAS, AND YOU KNOW, FIND BEING THESE METRICS WITH -- FINDING THESE METRICS WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR AND ALL THE OTHER DIFFERENT LAY HERS THAT HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED TO US IN THIS OPPORTUNITY ZONE CREATED BY THE CENSUS, INCLUDING BELOW POVERTY LEVELS, THOSE WITH OTHER LOW INCOME, AND ALL OF THESE VARIOUS DETAILS FOR AN ACTUAL METRIC. MY CONCERN IS, I WAS ELECTED TO REPRESENT A DISTRICT OF ALBUQUERQUE, IF THIS WERE TO PASS AND I WERE TO VOTE FOR IT ON BEHALF OF THIS DISTRICT, THIS IS WRITTEN, THE LEGISLATION IS WRITTEN TO NOT SAY, PER DISTRICT. IT IS TO SAY THAT WE SHALL PRIORITIZE USING OUR RACIAL EQUITY CRITERION ANY OF THOSE AREAS BASED OFF OF PRIORITY. SO MY CONCERN IS, HOW IS IT GOING TO -- HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GO BACK TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND SAY, I VOTED FOR SOMETHING THAT VERY LIKELY COULD BE THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE COMING BACK INTO OUR OWN PARTICULAR DISTRICT, WHETHER IT BE DISTRICT 4 OR SOMEONE ELSE'S. SO BECAUSE OF THE "SHALL" VERSUS "SHOULD," AND BECAUSE I DON'T SEE WHAT RACIAL EQUITY CRITERION WILL BE. I HEAR ALL OF THE OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT IT. I SEE, AND I'VE DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL STAFF. I'VE DISCUSSED WITH SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATION. AND I DON'T SEE HOW THEY CAN IMPLEMENT A RACIAL EQUITY CRITERION THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THIS THEY ARE ALREADY UTILIZING. AND THEREFORE, FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS, I BELIEVE IT IS WITH GOOD INTENTION, BUT THE LEGISLATION IS NOT WRITTEN I THINK TO MIRROR THE INTENTION, AND THEREFORE, I CANNOT SUPPORT IT. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. WE WILL MOVE ON TO COUNCILOR JONES. >> Coun. Jones: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I ALSO HAVE MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION. NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH, IT DOESN'T TELL US EXACTLY WHAT THE PARAMETERS AND REQUIREMENTS ARE TO HAVE THE MONEY MOVED TO DIFFERENT AREAS FOR SPECIFIC THINGS. I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO VOTE ON SOMETHING, MAKE A DECISION ON SOMETHING, AND VOTE ON IT, WHEN I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS YET. THIS IS A VERY BROAD STATEMENT OF HOW THE MONEY WILL BE USED. AND WE HAVE MANY AREAS OF THE CITY WHO NEED HELP. WE ALL, EVERY AREA OF THE CITY HAS ISSUES, AND WE NEED HELP. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I CAN'T POSSIBLY SUPPORT THIS UNTIL I SEE THE TRUE CRITERIA THAT WE ARE USING TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS GO TO JUST ONE AREA OF THE CITY, WHEN WE NEED IT ALL OVER. AND WITHOUT THOSE GUIDELINES, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN BE ASKED TO VOTE FOR THIS HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT, AND A USE THAT WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT IT IS. SO I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION EITHER. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR JONES. AS I SAID, WE ARE GOING TO GO IN THE ORDER OF THE HANDS THAT I SAW. COUNCILLOR DAVIS. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'LL MAKE THIS VERY QUICK. I DO APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILLOR PEÑA FOR BRINGING THIS. WE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY. (INAUDIBLE). CIRCUMSTANCE AROUND THE PRODUCTION OF THIS LEGISLATION. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR COUNCILLOR BENTON, WHO BROUGHT THIS LEGISLATION TO US LAST CYCLE, TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING THROUGH THIS AS A GUIDELINE, WE WERE ABLE TO NAVIGATE IT SUCCESSFULLY, AND COUNCILLOR PEÑA BROUGHT THAT UP AT OUR PRESS CONFERENCE. BUT I DO THINK THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THE REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT TO COUNCILLOR SENA'S POINT, I THINK WE HAVE SOME OF THE DATA AND INFORMATION WE NEED, BUT THE CENSUS DATA HASN'T BEEN COMPILED YET IN THE SINGLE PLACE. SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO PASS THIS TONIGHT. I DON'T THINK WE NEED NESTLY NEED TO SCRIPT OUTLINE FOR LINE EXACTLY THE METRIC WE NEED, WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE. I THINK THAT'S THE POLICY MAKERS, TO ENSURE WE ARE LOOKING AT POINTS, BALANCING THOSE INTERESTS, QUITE FRANKLY THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES, BUT I THINK WE HAVE THIS IN PLACE AND I WILL BE VOTE BEING YES. WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT THAT DATA, VISUALIZE IT, WHETHER IT IS LOCAL COMPANIES, NEW MEXICO TECH, THINGS LIKE THE DAOFFICE VISUALIZING CRIME DATAT DATA,FOR EXAMPLE, WE COULD GET A CONTRACT IN PLACE QUICKLY TO HELP US VISUALIZE THOSE DATA POINTS. SO FOR THE REASON I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A FRAMEWORK TO START MAKING THOSE DECISIONS I'LL BE VOTING YES. I'LL LOOK AT THAT DATA AS WE GO FORWARD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR DAVIS. I SEE THAT THERE IS ONE COUNCILOR, COUNCILLOR PEÑA, AND COUNCILLOR BASSAN, THAT HASN'T SPOKEN, AND THAT'S COUNCILLOR HARRIS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR HIM SPEAK FIRST, AND THEN WE WILL GO BACK TO OUR SPONSOR AND COUNCILORS THAT HAVE ALREADY HER AN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY? COUNCILLOR HARRIS? >> Coun. Harris: YES, THANK YOU. I THINK THAT THIS LEGISLATION COULD LEAD TO PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF REVERSE DISCRIMINATION AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND ACTUALLY PERHAPS CREATING CONFLICTS WHERE THERE OUGHT NOT TO BE. FOR EXAMPLE, JUST NOW, I LOOKED ON THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE WEBSITE THAT LOOKED AT THE MAP OF COMMUNITY CENTERS. AND THERE'S A MUCH -- I MEAN, THE COMMUNITY CENTERS IN THE CITY TEND TO BE CLUSTERED IN POORER NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. WHAT I'M SAYING IS, THE CITY ALREADY DOES THAT. THE LAST BUMPING CYCLE, WE SPENT -- BUDGET CYCLE, WE SPENT MILLIONS ANIMALS OF DOLLARS ON DRAINAGE TO PROTECT SOME OF THE POORER NEIGHBORHOODS IN COUNCILLOR BENTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS DISTRICT. WE ALL VOTED FOR THAT, AND WERE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT PROTECTION. BUT I THINK THIS IS A LEGISLATION THAT IS SOLVING A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST, AND COULD CREATE MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES, AND PERHAPS IF WE MAKE THE AMENDMENTS THAT COUNCILLOR BASSAN TALKED ABOUT, SHOULD INSTEAD OF SHALL, THAT CREATES A REQUIREMENT THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY STANDARDS, AND IF YOU WORK WITH THAT, YOU COULD HAVE LEGAL CHALLENGES. SO I'LL BE VOTE BEING AGAINST IT. >> Coun. Bassan: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR HARRIS, I WILL COUNCILLOR PEÑA, BUT I ALSO HAVE COUNCILOR JONES AND COUNCILLOR BASSAN. >> Coun. Peña: I WAS JUST GOING TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING SO FAR, SO I'LL WAIT. >> Coun. Bassan: I'LL GO BACK TO. >> Coun. Borrego: I'LL GO BACK TO COUNCILLOR BASSAN. >> Coun. Bassan: I FORGOT ONE MORE THING WHEN I WAS SPEAKING EARLIER, SO THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK. BEING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY, OR NEARLY, VERY NEARLY, FINISHED THE 2021 GO BOND PROGRAM, AND ALMOST SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL, I'M HOPING -- I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE OR SEE IF THE RESPONSE SORES WOULD BE WILLING TO CONSIDER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, TO SAY IT SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY OF THE CITY, AND THEN CHANGE 2021 TO 2023, SO THAT WAY WE DON'T POTENTIALLY PASS SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN FOR SOMETHING THEY ARE ALMOST NEARLY COMPLETE WITH AT THIS TIME. >> Coun. Peña: WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RESPOND TO THAT, MADAM PRESIDENT? I CAN SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT THAT IT IS NOT TO THE NEXT BOND CYCLE, BECAUSE THIS BOND CYCLE IS PRETTY MUCH -- THE BUDGET IS ALREADY ON ITS WAY DOWN, IF IT IS NOT ALREADY HERE. BUT I COULDN'T SUPPORT THE "SHOULD," AND THE REASON BEING, I CAN TALK ABOUT IT NOW, OR I CAN TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE CLOSE, BUT JUST TO SAY THAT BASICALLY, WHAT COUNCILLOR DAVIS WAS TALKING ABOUT, AND THIS LEGISLATION HAS PASSED THIS COUNCIL, I THINK IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCILLOR BENTON, AND WHAT HE DID WAS HE DID IT FOR THAT ONE PARTICULAR BOND CYCLE, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT FOOL, A TOOL THAT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR ALL OF US. THERE IS THIS PERCEPTION, I THINK THAT, IS ABOUT SOME RESPECTED DISTRICTS, OTHER THAN DISTRICTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR MINDS THAT CAN USE IT MORE, WHICH WE CAN, BUT THE TOOLS JUST GIVE US A GUIDE IN ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS, AND AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE TIEBILITY IT LOOK AT AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FROM EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL DISTRICT SHALL THERE IS A MAP, AND I WISH I KNEW HOW TO SHARE A SCREEN, BUT THERE IS A MAP THAT WAS DEVELOPED THAT SHOWS THE AREAS THAT HAVE POVERTY IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THIS IS IN EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT. SO I LOOK AT IT AS IF I WAS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE THAT HAS ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION, TO MAKE DECISION STHAT ARE MOSTLY GOING TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITIES OF NEED, IT IS AN AWESOME TOOL, AND IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT THE TOOL IS ACTUALLY USED, IT IS SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS, AS YOU'RE PREPARING YOUR CIP BUDGET, AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS, I THINK IT IS VERY HANDY FOR ME, EVEN FINANCE YOU CAN SEE MY DISTRICT, IN THE DARK COLOR SHOWS THAT IT IS THE HIGHER POVERTY RATE, BUT IT CORRELATES WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR. AND THAT'S THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. IF YOU LOOK AT COUNCILLOR BASSAN HE'S DISTRICT, SHE HAS SOME AREAS THAT ARE A LOT HIGHER THAN MY DISTRICT IN A COUPLE OF INSTANCES. SO I WOULD SAY THAT WHEN I'M PLANNING FOR MY CAPITAL SET ASIDE, I WILL USE THIS TOOL TO BE ABLE TO AIDENTIFY THESE AREAS JUST MORE IN NEED FOR OUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS. AND WHEN COUNCILLOR BENTON ACTUALLY INTRODUCED THIS LEGISLATION, IT WAS, AGAIN, FOR THAT PARTICULAR BOND CYCLE. AND I JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL, AGAIN, THIS IS A TOOL IN OUR TOOL BOX, TO BE ABLE TO USE, MOVING FORWARD, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT FOLLOW THE MAYOR THAT WE HAVE NOW, WHO HAS MADE A PRIORITY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT HIM, BUT YOU KNOW, HE IS NOT GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER, AND THIS WILL SET AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE ARE AS A CITY AND THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO COMMUNITIES OF NEED, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AND LOOKING AT IT IN THE CITY AS A WHOLE. AND MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE GOOD DECISIONS WHEN WE ARE MAKING POLICIES, BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER SERVED, WHICH H WE ALL KNOW IT'S A REALITY, IN MANY OF OUR DICK, DISTRICTS, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS HISTORICALLY, , HOW DO WE CHANGE THAT, T TO SHOW USS WHERE WE ARE MISSING. >>>> Coun. Bassan: MAM PRESIDT, MAY I FOLLOW-UPUP? THK YOU, MADAM P PRESIDENT. COUNCILLOR PEÑA,A, WOULD YOU AND UNCILLOR SENA, A A SPONSORS, ULD YOU CONSIDER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO JUST CHANGE 2121 TO 2023? >>oun. Peña: YES. >> Coun. Bsan: OKAY, THANK YOUOU FOR AT.. ANDHEN MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKIKE TO MOVE A AN AMENDT TO SAY " "SHOULD" INSTEAD OF "SHALL" R R A VOTE. >> Cououn. Borrego: OKAY COUNCIOR B BASSAN, WE HAVE T OTHER SPEAKERS, S WOW WOULD Y LILIKE TO LISTEN T TO THEM FIRSD TH MOVE T THHAT AMENDMENT? >> Coun. Bassan: WE E CAN VOTE N TH THAT WAY WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE H HDED. >> Coun. Brego: GO AHEAD AND VE YOUR AMENDMENT, AND WILL HOLDOUNCILOR JONON AND COCOUNCILLOR SENA IN WAITING. IS THERE A SECOND T TCOUNCILLOR BASS A ANDMENT? >> I'LL SECOND HERER AMEMENTNT. >> C Coun. Borrego: COCOCILOR JONES IS SECONDINGOUR AMENDMEN C CNCNCILLOR BASSAN,, O WE W WLAKEE AOTE ON THAHAT PAICAR ANDMEMENT. THEHERE MORE DISCUCUION? >> CAN YOU CLAFYFY MADAM PRIDENEN W WHICH EVENT WEE ARE TALKINBOUTUT? >> Coun. Borregogo UNDERSTANDING G COUNCILLOR BASS'S AMENDMENT WOULD ILUDEDE CHAN THE LANGUAG FROM 2021 TO 2 2023, ANDND- >> Coun. Basn: MADAM PRPRIDIDENT, I THIHAWAS GOINING TO BE A FRND E ENT, AND THEN I WOULD L LIKE TO MOTIN FOR A SEPEPATEE AMEMEMENT TO SA, ITITHOULD BE THE P PORORITY OFHE CICITY,. >> Coun. Basn:ATHEHER THAN >>>> Coun. Bor: : THER THAN SHALL,IGHT? >> Coun. BassasaES, M MAM. >> C Cn.n.orrego: SOE ARARE VONGNGTHE ANDMEMENT TO CHANGE T T LANGUAGAG FROMHALL, IS THEREHIHINK? M MRE DISCSIONON ISHERERENYMORE DISSSIOION?N? Coun. Benton:n:ADAMAM PRESESENT,ES I WOUOULD POIOI O OUT THAT IN TE REREING LANGUAG I CASE ITT WASN'TOTICED, OESS SAY T GUIDE, I DOON'N'TAY TO DERMININ ORR TO -- YOU KNOW, IT DOES SAYHAT T SHAHALL BEE CREANG A PRIRIITITY TO VOOHE CRION,N,UT THE THATT NTNTEN C CONNUNUES TOSAY, TOO IDID SOSO T THINK FOR TTTEASON,N, I L ING OPPOSING THEHE AMENDMENT O SHALL,ERSUSUHOHOD. oun. Borrego THEHE ANANORE E DISCUSSIONONN THTH AMENENDMENENT? IFIFOT, , WE WLL TAKEE AAOTOT ON THATAT PARARCULARNDMENT. COUNCICIOR PEÑA,O YOYO HE OTHEHER C CMENTNT >> Coun.eña:a:USUST T TO ROWT'S RATETE WHAT - --EITERATE W WAT UNCICILLORORENTOTONAID,D, T THAT THIS W WLE THINGNG I ISS A G GD, ATATTETENDASAS THAT IHE LEGIGIATIOION, TITS A AUIDEDE THESES WHAT IAS TRYININ TO COMMUNICATAT AF F II DIDT, THANK K U, C COUOUILLORENTOTO FOR REIEINFORNG T TT. >>>>n. Borrego: OKOK, TOTOE CRYSTA CLELE, T THE ANDMEME ANGIGING T L LGUGUE FROM "S"SLL"" TOO "SHOULD."." CRYSYSTATA DO YOU WANTNTO T TE THATAT VOTE I Couou Bassan:ES.. >>>> Cou Benenn:n: >> Couou Davav: NONO. >> C Coun. G Gson:n: NO.O. >> C Cn. H Hriris: YESES Couou Jonones: YEYES. >> C Cn.n. Peñ NO. Couou Senena:a: NO. Cououn.n.ororgo: YES.S. HAT T FAILILON A-5 VOTOT Couou BororregoOKAYAYTHATAT MOTITIAILELE I'I' G GOINGNGO GO BABACK T T COCOCILOLO J JES, , OO I IS WTIG ANAND COUNUNLLOROR S SENA. >>>>AD P PSIDEDE, MAY I I INTETR JOJOT REAL Q QCKCK? >>>>oun.n. Borgo: R A AORNENEY, CHRIS MELENDRDR.. >>>> PURURPOSESES O OAKAKG SUR WEWE ARE H HONORORGTHEE FORMAMAS THE E NEEDS S TO B B A A M MOTOD VOVOTE T THAHAEHE YRO 2 2 IIECECNIZEZE IT ISISRIENENDLDLYT HOHOWEVEVER, OE THTHEEOTEESOVED ANAN S SECECONDEDE A A IT ONN T FL ITT B BONGSGSO T T ASASSEMBMBLYLYNDNDNY C CNGESES O BE B BHE ASSSSBL IT D DOES NENE TO O BE VOTOTED . >>>> C Cn. B Borrere: OKOK, UNCICIORASSASAOU YOUOU KEO KE T THAHAMOTITION,, S SININ ATASOU AMEMENDMEMENTNT >>>>oun.n. B Bsan:n: Y. I I MOVEVEOHANGNGE T THE C CIT IMIMEMTAON FRORO202121O 2023. >> C Cn.n.orrere: DODO HE AA SECOCO? HARRRR.. COND F FM UNCICILLOROR YME DIDISCSCSIONON ON N THATAT RTRTULULTE IFOTHEN N WEIL ME TOTO A TE >> Couassasa YESES >> C Cn.n.entoto YESES >> C Couou Davav: YEYE >>oun.n.ibsoson: Y YESES. >>>>oun. Harar YESES. Cououn. Jones: : S. >> C Cn. P P Y YES.. >>>>oun. S Sa:ES. >>>>ouou Bororgo: : S. >>>>ASASS UNANAMOUSLY.. >> C Cn. B BororgogoOKAY THAHA VOVO PAPAEDED U UNIMOMO, S STHT WAS S FRIENENYYMEMENDNT.. MOMOON M MANY WEWE H H C CNCNCOR JOS W WTINDND C CNCILILLORR SENANANNAITITI. >>>> Couou J JonesesDAMMREDENTNT I I WILL PSNNYPPORORTUTUTY T TO EAK.K. THANANK Y. >>>>oun.n.ororgoANK K U, UNCICIR JES COUNUNCILLOROR SESENA. >>>>ouou Senen THANKOUOU, MAMAM PRENT.T. IF T TRE IS OTHERMEME, I I ULULLILI TOO T TAK T TIS OPPORTITYY T T (ININAUDIBLE)E) I DODON'T WAO B BABHISS DIDISCUSSISI FURUR, B BTT TT'T' REALALA GUIUI F SUSS L LKINGNG FORWRW TAKG A A STEPP FWARD, D B BRIININQUITIT E EECIAIAY M MGI L LYSYSOMOMMUNITITIESESIN OU---- C COMNIES OOROR ESPEPECICILYLYHINK A ABOBO M MTN LUTHTH KINING,NDNDOWW T BRIRI EQEQLITYTY A A EY INTNTOO POLOL, ANAND I I THINKNKHIHISS T TES P CLCLER METHININGGHATOLICICAKAKSS OURERELYLY R RLE O E EEN DIRECTG G RR M MAY, AS W WL, THTH T THIS SHSHLD B BEE P PRIT IT I ISOTOTUSUST I I O P PARARCR AREAEA OF THEE CIT I IT IS LTLTLE ANECSE I INHE GREATATY Y ALQUQUE,E,HIHICHS VERER DIDIRSE,E,SS IACTS A A OF O O DISTRIRIS. MPMPAC A ALL O OF A ALBLBUQUEUE. WIT THATAT I I''MUSTTOIOI T T US T THISIME TO URGRGEEOUOUR SUSUPPORT.T. THTHANK Y YOU >>ouou Borrere: : FOFORE YOUOU OSOSE HAT, HAHA A ACTUALLYY EPEPEDN AMEMENT, ANDNDIVIV E F FT THTHATAT THEHE " "SHALALN D D TASS,S,HIHINK ITTS SO C C I I REAEATHATAT INTHEHE RERECORDRD? 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AND D I'DIKIKE T T MEHAHAT AMENENT.T. AND D TH W WOU B B AMEME NUMBMBER. M SRYRY..R. >>>>ECOND. >>ououn. B Borre: I I HE E A SESECOROROM COCILL HARRIS. YY D DCUCUSSN?N? C Couarars:ESES, ANANK YOU.U. ASE E AREOIOING TOUOUGH TISIS II IZE E W D DFICUCU T THISS ISS INING EE TDMDMININISTE PAPAICICULARNENE OFHEHE T THISSI T T YEARSTITI TETHE ANAND IS ALMLMOMOMETET, , AA SISINGINARARWW COMNIENENTER. Y L LOOATAT IITIT I IS AOSOS A POPOCK O O PERERTY, B BUTTT IS SMSMALENOUGHHAHAT I I NOT COCONSEDED PKEKET, B BECSE ERERE ARARE C COUEEF SEEEETS WIWI MAMAKEKE I IT T THE S SECDD T TT ONOMIC CTETERIAAOTOT T WEWESTF THEEOW.. BUBUT I I S STI VERY POOOO AR P PREREST A ARENN M M DTRTRIC ANAN AUAY,Y, T I I A A P POCKEKT WIWITH S SINGINGRRRROWOW WCHCH S ALLUBUBSISIZEZE HNGNG ANPSPSN TIRIRISISDORR ATATEV, , THEYEY D DISTRDD T THO ARARTMTSTS IOO A SOOL ATAT ISS OUOUFOFOURR FI M MILWAWAY, AN T THA S SCHOOSS C CLELEDANANT HNCHCHOOL IEGRATED A AR.. ANAND CAEEOSOST TIDIDSRE BUBUSSS T THI O OTHEREROOOO A TSESE PE A ARE AARENENT D DWELLLLERER, WOWORK BCHCH O OF JOBOB A AND RN BLBL TNSNSPOATATIO T KSS REREAL D AFR R SCHOHOOL OTUTUNIES,, A AND SO F.. DNN T TAL T T THEHE TCHCHER AT TH SOO TEEVEVERARAGE TNN OVERER RE IN C CLALA IS AUTUT 70 PCECENT FM M THBEGIGINNG G OF THTHE T TO THTH ENDF F TH YEAE. ATAT'S'S ONENE OTHTHE R REANS TT WEWEUI T SINGIGI A ARWW MMMMUNITCEEROUOU W WHERERE W E,ECECAU I NDEDDO S SVE THTHATERERY I IOMOMEA,A, O ONEF THE L LOWOWES I INCOMOM AASASN E CI. D D IN LOOKINGT THISIS DMDMEN E EVENNITCOCOUNCIOR RRRREGS AMAMENDMT,T,TOEOESN TAKEKE ITOTO CONSISITITION THATE VEVE A AEAEADYONE TISIS. I M MEAHER H HAVE S SPE 7 7 MILLLLIO THE MREREES PTT OFISICICT, , DODOES T THA PLEA INCLUDUDEDPENGD D MOY NO TT FFFFT DISISTRT, B BECSE W HAVE I T TO PORORITE TOOR AREA A AGA. SOHIHINKHIS IS AIAIN KD O OF SOING A PROBLBLEM THHAT DOEOESNT EXT. THTHK K ALLL COUNCNCIL I IORORKD WI I INHE L LAST 1515 YEARSAVAV N ININK I IS NECESSASARYND I COULACALALLYIEIE O O HANDS.. I'LLLLUPUPRTRTHEHEMEMENDNT FOR THE NETETEP. C Coun. BorreregoTHTHANU, COCOUNUNCILLOR HARS.S. Y Y OTRROMNTNTS? COCOUNLLOR B BASASSA >> Coun.n. Bsasan:n:O, MADAM ESIDENENT,USUSWAWANTED T SEE A AGAGAIN, AN I I R RECVEVED IN HE M L LEFT MAIL. >> Couou B Borre: WE HAVE E A MOTIONNDND AECECOND ON THE FLR. WE W WILMOMOVE TO OUR VOTE. >> Coun. B Basassa Y Y.. >>LOOR AMEMENDNTNTUMBER 3 3. >>>> Cn. Benton:n: N NO. >>ououavav: NO.. >> C Coun. Gibsoson: N >> Coun.n. Hs:s: YES. >>ououn.ones: YES. >> Coun. Peñeña:OO.. >>>> Cn.n. Sena: N >> Cououn.ororrego: YES. >> THAHAT SSSSESN 5-44 V >> Cn. Borrego: M MOTN SSSSESES ONAA 5-4OTE. SO W WEO O CKCK T TO O ORIGINALL BILL A ANDOUNCILLOR P PEÑ OR COUNCILLORA, WOULD YOU L LIKE TO --- AN FURTHER CMEMENT IF NOT, WE W WILLL TAK VOTE. COCILLOR PA.A. >>>>oun. Peña: I I W WOULDLD LIO ASK THE STAFF IF WE JUST THDRAWHIHI I'M J JUST R REAYY KIND OF DAYS H HEAENENED TO SEE TH IT'S GOINGOO BE,OUOU KNOW RKRKS S WHERE IT ISS AT. THERE WASEALLY I INTT, IN TERMS S OF PROVINGNG AUIDE FOR THE CITY,ND I ITOTOT F FOR ONE PAPARTULISISTRICT,NND YOU KNKNOW, JUST BEING A A P PERSONF COLOLOR, IT JUSTT RLLLLY MAKAKES SENSE THAT SUPRTG THIS GISLATION AS A G GUIDE, IT'T'S NOTHING MORE TNNHAT, WOULD REREALLY BE KIN OF, YOU KNOW,W, IMPORTRTANSPECIALLY AS UNUNCILLOR SENA IDID IN GHGHT OF, Y KNOW, WHATT WE JTT CELEBRATED T TODODAY, AND THIS T WEWEEK I JUST CAN EVEN V VOTE. I F FEEL LE I C CAN'T EN VOTE ON ISIS >> Coun. B Borgo: COUNCILLOR DAVIS ANAND EN COUNCILLOR GIGIBSON. MADAM PSISIDENT.: THANK YOU HAD UNUNLLOR PEÑA, I AGREE WHH YOU,U, IHINK THERE AREOMOME PAGEHEHERE THAT AREIRCLED, AND I DON'T THIN WE SHOULD THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BAT WATER.R. I'D LIKEKE T MAKE A MIOION T DEDEFEFER IT FORWO WEEKS, A ING IT BACK TO T THE FUL COUNCIL,O WE HAVE CHANCE TOO LOOKOK. WE CORK WITH THE ADMINISTSTRAON TO SEE WHAT THE METRICS MIGH B B THE TOOLS THAT THE COUNCILORORS MENTIONED, AND THEN WE WILL ABABLE TO K KEEP TS ALIVE.E. AND I'IKE TO REVIVE THE CONVERSATION ABO KEEPING IT FOR THE CURRERENT CLE, B BECAUSI THINK -- SO THATT MOTION WOULD E FOR DEFERRAL FOR TWO WEEKS, IF WE HAVE AA SOND. >> Coun.n. Borrego: DO WE HA A A SECOND? COCOUNCILLOR HARRIS, ILOOKS LIKK YOU SECOND IT. >> Coun. Hararri I'D LIKE TO PUT SOMETHING IN THERE. I THINK THE C CY ALREADY HAAS NE THIS, IF YOU LOOK AT T COMMUNITY CENTERSS ARE LOCOCATE, IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE COMMUNITCENTERS ARE B BEING BUILTT IN DISTRICT 9 AND LOCATED, AND I'D LIKE TO BEBE AE TO CONFER, ALLSO LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THERE ALREADY HAS BEEN A LOT OF INVESTMENT IN THE CAPITAL, IN N THE CERTAIN AREAS, BEFOFORE WE ARE REQUIRED TO APPY OR ADVTISE IT AGAIN IN THAT AREA --RIORITIZE IT A AGAIN IN THAT AA. SO I THINK WE SHOUL LOOK BACKWARDS, AS WELL AS FORWARD MANY SO I LIKE T SPONSORS TO CONSIDER THAT. >> Coun. Borrego: BEFORE WE GO ON, COUNCILLOR GIBSON WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. >> Cn. Gibson: YES, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'LL JUST REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING. JUST BEFORE HE PASSED, BEFORE HE WAS KILLED, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WAS BEFORE THAT, A YEAR OR SEVERAL MONTHS, MAYBE, HE REALLY WAS WORKING ON ECONOMIC EQUITY ISSUES. THAT'S WHAT THE STRIKE WAS, AND OTHER THINGS, AS WELL. SO I'VE BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET ON THIS, AND REALLY TRYING TO TAKE IT ALL IN, AND I THINK WE ARE ALL ALIKE IN ONE THING, AT LEAST. THINKING ABOUT OUR OWN DISTRICTS. HOW IS THIS GOING TO EFFECT OUR OWN DISTRICTS. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING OF. I DOVE KNITLY HAVE NEIGHBOR -- I DEFINITELY HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER SERVED FOR A LONG TIME. AND I LOOK FOR HER OPPORTUNITY I CAN TO -- I LOOK FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY I CAN TO, YOU KNOW, INVEST IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RACIAL MAKEUP IS, I REALLY DON'T. I GUESS I SHOULD KNOW THESE THINGS. BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS IN PARTICULAR, BUT I DO KNOW THEY HAVE GOTTEN THE SHORTENED OF THE STICK FOR A LONG TIME -- THE SHORT, END OF THE STICK, FOR A LONG TIME, FOR A LOT OF YEARS. SO WHAT I LIKE ABOUT COUNCILLOR BORREGO'S AMENDMENT THAT I VOTED FOR, I VOTED IN FAVOR OF, WAS IT DID TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DISPARITY AND DIDN'T TAKE OUT THE RACIAL ASPECT AT ALL, AND I GET IT. I UNDERSTAND. THEY ARE TIED TOGETHER. I JUST CAN'T MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT BECAUSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE I AM THAT THERE ARE MORE HISPANICS OR MORE BLACK OR MORE ASIAN, ANY OTHER NONWHITE RACE, BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT THEY NEED MORE INVESTMENT OVER THERE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE I CAN GET THAT FOR THEM. SO OVERALL, USING THIS AS A GUIDE TO PRIORITIZE, SO IS THAT NONWHITE NEIGHBORHOODS, POPULATIONS THAT ARE TECHILY UNDER SERVED, ARE PRIORITIZED, I'M FINE WITH THAT, BUT I GUESS I JUST, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE ALL ABOUT THAT. I REALLY WOULD PREFER TO SEE THE EMPHASIS GO ON, AND THE ECONOMIC EQUITY PORTION. THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR GIBSON. WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING TO SPEAK. COUNCILLOR SENA, COUNCILLOR BENTON, AND COUNCILLOR PEÑA. AND WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR A DEFERRAL AND A SECOND. SO COUNCILLOR SENA. COUNCILLOR BENTON. AND THEN COUNCILLOR PEÑA. AND THEN WE WILL WRAP UP WITH OUR MOTION TO DEFER. >> Coun. Sena: YOU KNOW, I AM VERY DAYS HEART ENDED AS WELL. I'M GLAD THAT THERE WILL BE A DEFERRAL. IT GIVES US TIME TO SPEAK WITH OUR COUNSELORS AND HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS ISSUE DOES EXISSMENTS THERE IS NOT -- THE ENTIRE WEST SIDE HAS ONLY ONE CENTER, AND THINKING ABOUT A RECENT STUDY, AND ACCESS TO OPEN SPACE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT 76% OF ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN HALF A MILE OF 170 ACRES OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, AND YET ONLY 14% OF THAT POPULATION CAN GET TO OPEN SPACE OR PARKS VIA TRANSIT IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. NOW THAT WE HAVE COVID IMPACTING, NO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE SPEAKING OF. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE NOTING, THAT SOME OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURES, AND THIS IS PERSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IT IS NOT JUST ONE AREA, AND WE SAY THE WEST SIDE, THE ENTIRE WEST SIDE, WE LOOK AT OTHER AREAS OF OUR CITY, AND ABOUT WHAT INVESTMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INEQUITY, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT RACIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY. THEY ARE HAND-IN-HAND. AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS DIALOGUE BETWEEN US, BECAUSE AT LEAST WE ARE (INAUDIBLE) IT IS IMPORTANT, AND THE SAME SENTIMENT THAT WE SHARED IN HONORING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, AND I BELIEVE THAT, TOO. BUT FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE RESOLUTION 75 REAFFIRMING THIS SENTIMENTS IN OUR CITY, SO WE CAN START COLLECTORRING DATA, SO WE CAN THINK ABOUT THIS, ESPECIALLY MAKING INVESTMENTS AND ESPECIALLY IN PASSING POLICIES. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF OUR COUNCILORS. BUT I AM DAYS HEARTENED BY THE LANGUAGE. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO COUNCILLOR BENTON AND THEN COUNCILLOR PEÑA. >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST REALLY QUICK, AND FOR THE RECORD, IT'S TRUE THAT PER CAPITA, DISTRICT 2 HAS THE MOST, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF COMMUNITY CENTERS. JUST TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT, MOST OF THESE CENTERS BEGAN WHEN WE HAD A PROGRAM THAT DID RECOGNIZE, I THINK, EQUITY AT THE TIME. THIS GOES BACK TO THE 1970S AND 198 OS. AND WHEN SMALL RECREATION CENTERS WERE BUILT THROUGHOUT LARGELY IN WHAT IS NOW OUR DISTRICT 2, AND THE OLD DISTRICT 3. THEY WERE BUILT AS NEIGHBORHOOD, SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. THEY WERE BASICALLY A GYMNASIUM, AND ONE MEETING ROOM, AND SOME SMALL OFFICE AND RESTROOMS AND SHOWER ROOMS. AND THAT MODEL WAS REPEATED. THEY WERE FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE BUILDINGS USING PREMANUFACTURED METAL CONSTRUCTION FOR THE GYM, AND BASIC CONCRETE BLOCK FOR THE REST OF THE BUILDING, AND IT IS TRUE THAT THOSE WERE BUILT THROUGHOUT PRESENT DISTRICT 2 BACK IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES, SO IT WAS BASICALLY A COOKIE CUTTER MODEL. AND I THINK MY GUESS IS THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYORS BACK IN THOSE DAYS RECOGNIZE THE VERY THING THAT WE ARE DISUSING RIGHT NOW, THAT -- DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, THAT SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS NEED A PLACE WHERE KIDS CAN WALK, AS COUNCILLOR HARRIS WAS DESCRIBING, TO SOMETHING IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY CAN ACCESS RECREATION, AND MAYBE EDUCATIONAL POLICEMAN'S. AND I REMEMBER THE OLD -- EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. AND I REMEMBER THE OLD WELLS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, AND I LIVED CLOSE TO THAT BACK IN THE EIGHTIES, AND IT WAS EXACTLY THAT MODEL. AND THE LITTLE CLASSROOM, IF YOU WILL, OR MEETING ROOM, THEY ALSO HAD THE SENIOR MEALS IN THAT ROOM. SO IN A SENSE AT THAT TIME, IT WAS A MULTI-GENERATIONAL CENTER, WHAT WE CALL THEM NOW. WHAT WE CALL A MULTI-GENERATIONAL CENTER TODAY IS MUCH DIFFERENT, AND THEY ARE ALMOST REGIONAL THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO IT IS NOT AN APPLES TO APPLES THING, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHERE THAT. AND IN FACT, JUST THIS MORNING I WAS MEETING WITH THE FOLKS FROM SANTA BARBARA, AND MARTINEZ TOWN, AN AREA THAT'S ENCLOSED BYTHE RAILROAD TRACKS,E COMMENT WAS, THERE ARE ALREADY TOO MANY COMMUNITY CENTERS AND WE WILL NOT BUILD ONE THERE. BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL CONDITIONS, JUST AS COUNCILLOR HARRIS WAS DESCRIBING, AND MAKING SURE THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE SANTA BARBARA/MARTINEZ TOWN HAS OPTIONS, AT LEAST. AND IF I LIVED THERE AND MY CHILD LIVED THERE WITH ME, I WOULD NOT WANT THOM GOING ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND GOING THROUGH THE NORTH DOWNTOWN AREA, WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF HOMELESS FOLKS, AND EVERYTHING, TO TRY TO GET TO THE WELLS PARK COMMUNITY CENTER. SO I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THE REQUEST. IT IS TRYING TO REINVENT KIND OF THAT OLD MODEL AGAIN. IN A HUMBLE WAY. BUT TO PROVIDE SERVICES HE IS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS THAT KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE OF THE OLDEST ONES IN THE CITY, AND ALSO ONE OF THE LEAST INVESTED IN AREAS OF THE CITY. SO THERE IS NO MAGIC BULLET HERE. AND I THINK THE ORIGINAL INTENTION BY THE SPONSORS WAS TO GET THIS OUT THERE AGAIN AS A GUIDE. SO LET'S KEEP THAT DISCUSSION GOING. I'LL SUPPORT THE MOTION FOR DEFERRAL. I URGE THE SPONSORS TO KEEP IT ALIVE. >> Coun. Borrego: WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO COUNCILLOR PEÑA AND I HAVE ONE LAST COMMENT BEFORE WE AGREE TO THE MOTION FOR DEFERRAL. >> Coun. Peña: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR BENTON, AND I AAPPROXIMATELY DEVICE, I'M A LITTLE OFF RIGHT NOW. WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT A DEAR FRIEND OF OURS PASSED AWAY FROM COVID. THAT'S WHERE I WAS. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I GUESS I WANTED TO BE MORE FOCUSED WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THIS BILL. I'M TRYING TO GET BACK ON TRACK TO SAY, I SUPPORT THE DEFERRAL. I FEEL LIKE THIS AIMENT ACTUALLY CHANGES THE -- THIS AMENDMENT CHANGES THE ENTIRE BILL. AS A WOMAN OF COLOR AND KNOWING THE NEED IN THE ENTIRE CITY IS JUST, IF YOU LOOK AT THE -- NEXT TIME I'M GOING TO HAVE THIS SO WE CAN DO A SMALL PRESENTATION, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT IT, NOTICING THE AREAS, THERE ARE MANY AREAS THAT IN PARTICULAR, MY DISTRICT, IT IS BROWN, AND THERE IS A LOT OF POVERTY, BUT IT IS REALLY EVIDENT EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE TESTIMONY AS COUNCILLOR GIBSON WAS DESCRIBING, IF YOU LOOK AT HER DISTRICT, SHE HAS SOME HIGH AREAS OF POVERTY. AND IT IS IN THE AREA THAT CORRELATES TO PEOPLE OF COLOR. AND WHEN SHE WAS SAYING THAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MAKE UP IS, THIS IS EXACTLY THAT TOOL THAT WOULD HIP HER TO KNOW -- HELP HER TO KNOW WHAT HER DISTRICT NEEDS, MAKING THAT THOSE DECISIONS ABOUT CAPITAL. AND I WANT TO SAY, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THE WEBSITE, IN PARTICULAR, I THINK COUNCILLOR SENA WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING EQUITY, THERE ARE AREAS IN OUR CITY, IF YOU'RE TALKING THE ENTIRE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, WELL, MY DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR, THERE ARE 8 SENIOR CENTERS IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, THERE IS NOT ANY IN MY DISTRICT. THERE ARE 23 COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND ONLY THREE ON THE WEST SIDE. THERE ARE MUSEUM ITS, AND ON THE WEST SIDE OF ALBUQUERQUE, ZERO. WE DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR EVENT CENTERS. MOST OF THE MILLENNIALS IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE LIVE IN DISTRICT 3. WHEN YOU LOOK AT LANE MILES IN COMPANY, THE ROADS ON THE WEST SIDE SHOW THAT THEY LACK -- AND COUNCILLOR BENTON, AND I SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY CENTER, COUNCILLOR BENTON. BECAUSE YOUR DISTRICT, IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE OF THE LINEAR MAKEUP FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. YOU KNOW, YOURS ACTUALLY HAS SOME MUCH HIGHER AREAS OF POVERTY THAN MINE DOES, YOU KNOW. SO IT IS REALLY A VERY LITERAL, AND VERY GOOD INFORMATION. SO WITHOUT JUST BELABOR BEING THE POINT, -- BELABORING THE POINT, I WILL SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT, I MEAN, THE DEFERRAL, WITHOUT GOING INTO ALL THE STATISTICS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR PEÑA. WE ARE SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR FRIEND. I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE AMENDMENT THAT I CAME UP WITH, AND THINKING ABOUT MY DISTRICT, I HAVE NO COMMUNITY CENTERS. I HAVE NO SENIOR CENTERS. IF YOU LOOK AT MY AREA, IT IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER INCOME, BUT THERE ARE POCKETS OF POVERTY WITHIN HIGH DENSITY APARTMENTS AREAS, AND SO THE PROBLEM, AND THAT'S WHY I LOOKED TO THIS AMENDMENT THAT WE DID PASS, IF WE CHANGE THAT IN 2021, THEN I WOULDN'T GET ANY MONEY FOR ANY SENIOR CENTERS, OR ANY COMMUNITY CENTERS IT, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY TO START WITH. SO I'M TRYING -- WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE MEAN BY EQUITY. I THINK IT'S NOT ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, EQUITY ACROSS THE CITY IS AN ISSUE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. AND I'M JUST GOING TO POINT OUT THAT OUR DEFERRAL IS TO FEBRUAR. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANTED, COUNCILLOR DAVIS? I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT MOTION, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THAT MOTION ON THE FLOOR. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO THAT MOTION. >> Coun. Davis: YES, MA'AM, AT OUR NEXT SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING. >> Coun. Borrego: SO THAT'S CLARIFIED TO THE FEBRUARY 1ST MEETING. WITH THAT, I'M TAKE THAT -- COUNCILLOR PEÑA, GO AHEAD. >> Coun. Peña: I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING IN THE RESOLUTION. COUNCILLOR BORREGO, BECAUSE MAYBE CHRIS MELENDREZ CAN EXPLAIN THE LEGISLATION. I WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK WHAT YOU JUST NOW SAID REGARDING YOUR DISTRICT IS INCORRECT. YES, YOU DO HAVE AREAS THAT ARE HIGHER INCOME, BUT USING THIS AS A GUIDE, YOU WOULD ABLE TO -- IT WOULDN'T PROHIBIT YOU FROM GETTING A SENIOR CENTER IN YOUR DISTRICT, THIS IS A GUIDE TO WHERE YOU PUT THAT SENIOR CENTER IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND WHERE THE NEED IS. SO IF MR. MELENDREZ CAN KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT. BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS THINKING IT IS ONLY FOR -- YES, YOU'RE SAYING YOU CAN. THANK YOU, CHRIS. >> YES, MADAM PRESIDENT AND COUNCILLOR PEÑA. I THINK THE POINT THAT YOU'RE GETTING TO IS THAT THE ROWS SOLUTION GIVES GENERAL GUIDANCE FOR FUTURE CIP PLANNING, BUT IT DOES NOT REQUIRE DIRECTIVE -- IT DOES IN THE REQUIRE THE EXPENDITURES BE LIMITED TO CERTAIN COUNCIL DISTRICTS, I THINK RELATED TO THE MAP THAT COUNCILLOR PEÑA WAS HOLDING UP, KIND OF INFORMALLY EARLIER. IT DOES DEPICT THAT THE ENTIRE CITY STILL HAS AREAS REGARDLESS OF COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT WOULD FALL WITHIN THE GUIDANCE THAT IS PROPOSED BY THIS RESOLUTION. SO IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT ANY DISTRICT FROM GETTING A RESOURCE. >> Coun. Borrego: COUNCILLOR BASSAN, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK AND CLOSE ON THIS ITEM, BECAUSE WE ARE DEFERRING IT, AND I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE THE COUNCILORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME RESEARCH DONE, AND HAVE SOME NEW INFORMATION MAYBE OBTAINED BY THEIR OFFICES. >> Coun. Bassan: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO GIVEN WHAT MR. MELENDREZ JUST SAID, I STILL AM GOING TO NEED MORE CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I KNOW COUNCILLOR PEÑA AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATION ABOUTS IT, I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO THE OFFICE, AND NOW WITH WHAT WE ARE HEARING, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS GIVING GUIDANCE, I SEE AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LEGISLATION READS. WHAT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME IS HOW EVERYBODY SEEMS TO IMPLY THAT PER DISTRICT, THIS CAN ALSO BE BROKEN DOWN. THE WAY THAT I READ THE LEGISLATION, AND I WOULD HOPE, IF MR. MELENDREZ CAN SET ME STRAIGHT, I WOULD BE GRATEFUL, BECAUSE THE WAY I READ THIS LEGISLATION, IT IS STATING THAT THE PRIORITY IS GOING TO BE, USE WITH A RACIAL EQUITY CRITERION, WHICH COULD VERY WELL MEAN THAT COUNCILLOR BORREGO DOESN'T GET THE FUNDING IN ONE YEAR, OR I DON'T GET FUNDING ONE YEAR, BECAUSE OF USING THIS CRITERION. SO I THINK THAT PER DISTRICT IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND IT IS NOT IN THERE. THIS IS SAYING, CITY WIDE. AND THAT IS GOING TO WHAT COUNCILLOR GIBSON WAS BRINGING UP EARLIER, WHERE WE WERE ELECTED TO SERVE SPECIFICALLY IN OUR DISTRICTS. AND I KNOW THAT WE ALL HAVE REALLY GOOD INTENTIONS FOR THIS CITY, BUT THAT IS INDEED THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE MAYOR'S JOB. SO THE FACT THAT THIS IS READING TO WHERE IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY CRITERION CITY WIDE, AM I INCORRECT, MR. MELENDREZ, ORAL I READING IT WRONG? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILLOR BASSAN, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE READING IT WRONG. THE POINT I WAS ASKED TO CLARIFY IS WHETHER OR NOT THIS REQUIRES CAPITAL FUNDS TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS SPECIFIC DISTRICTS, AND THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE. I READ COUNCILLOR BORREGO'S AMENDMENT TO REALLY CLARIFY THAT PARTICULAR COMPONENT THAT IT WOULD BE THE EXPECTATION WOULD STILL BE THAT VARIOUS DISTRICTS ARE AFFORDED RESOURCES IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM. SO MY INTENT WAS NOT TO SAY THAT LANGUAGE IS THERE THAT IS NOT THERE, ONLY THAT IT DOES NOT REQUIRE, OR SPECIFICALLY LEAVE OUT ANY PARTICULAR DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE DATA THAT COUNCILLOR PEÑA WAS HIGHLIGHTING WITH RESPECT TO THE FACTS THAT THIS SCENARIO, IS IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. >> Coun. Borrego: COUNCILLOR BASSAN, VERY QUICKLY AND COUNCILLOR HARRIS, VERY QUICKLY. AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE DEFERRAL. >> Coun. Bassan: MR. MELENDREZ, I WAS SPECIFYING ON THE ORIGINAL BHIL, NOT ON THE AMENDMENT. HOWEVER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO CLARIFY, AS WE GO BACK EVENTUALLY, BEFORE STUFF COMES IN NEXT TIME, IF I'M READING THE ORIGINAL BILL TO SAY THAT ALTHOUGH IT COULD GO TO VARIOUS DISTRICTS, IT ALSO MIGHT NOT GO TO VARIOUS DISTRICTS, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS A LITTLE BIT, TOO BIG OF A RISK WHEN I WAS ELECTED TO SERVE IN MY DISTRICT. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILLOR BASSAN, I THINK WHEN YOU VOTE ON THIS, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR WITH RESPECT TO THE INTENT, AND IF THE BILL AS WRITTEN IS NOT CLEAR ENOUGH, IT INDICATES THAT IT IS NOT TO BE GEARED TOWARD SPECIFIC DISTRICTS, THEN YOU SHOULD CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO CLARIFY THAT. >> Coun. Borrego: WE ARE GOING TO COUNCILLOR HARRIS AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO OUR MOTION FOR DEFERRAL. >> Coun. Harris: YES, YOU REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED FOR YEARS NOW, WHICH IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN -- THERE IS A THERAPY POOL, AND THAT COSTS $7 MILLION, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I'M NOT SURE, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD SERVE CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AS I READ THIS RESOLUTION, THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO BUILD. ONE OF THE MORA FLUENT -- MORE, AFFLUENT PARTS OF TOWN, BUT A PLACE THAT HAS THE LAND AND SPACE. I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE VIEWED AS SORT OF A LEVER, OR A PROP, OR SOMETHING, TO KEEP THINGS THAT WE NEED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY HAPPEN TO BE BUILT BASED ON SOCIOECONOMICS OF THE LAND, AND I'M CONCERNED THAT COUNCILLOR BORREGO'S AMENDMENT, I THINK I WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED IT BUT THEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EVEN MAKING IT MORE LIKELY TO BE USED AS A VEHICLE TO KEEP THINGS FROM GETTING BUILT, WHICH COULD SERVE EVERYONE IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAPPEN TO BE LOCATED IN A PLACE WHERE IT IS A MORE, AFFLUENT ZIP CODE. I WANT TO SAY THAT AS PEOPLE THINK THE LANGUAGE. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR HARRIS. WE JUST HAVE -- STAFF WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION ON THE AMENDMENT. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR DEFERRAL. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO FLOAT FOR THE COUNCILORS THAT THE BILL IN FRONT OF YOU IS ACTUALLY CREATING A CRITERION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPITAL IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM. OF COURSE, THE FULL COUNCIL HAS THE FINAL SAY WHAT GOES INTO THAT PROGRAM. THIS IS GETTING AT THE FRONT END OF THAT PROCESS. AS YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH HAD THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETINGS AND YOU GUYS DELIBERATE ON WHAT GOES NOWTD OF THAT PROGRAM, AND -- IN AND OUT OF THAT PROGRAM, AND THEN OF COURSE IT IS VOTED ON BY OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO I WANT TO CLARIFY THIS IS GEARED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Borrego: OKAY. COUNCILORS, WE ARE GOING TO GO ON TO OUR DEFERRAL AND WE WILL BE REVISITING THIS BILL IN A WEEK AND A HALF. WE HAVE A SHORTER TIME PERIOD THAN USUAL BEFORE OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION FOR DEFERRAL BY COUNCILLOR DAVIS, AND THE SECOND BY COUNCILLOR HARRIS. >> Coun. Bassan: NO. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Peña: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> PASSES ON AN 8-1 VOTE. >> Coun. Borrego: R-85 IS DEFERRED UNTIL FEBRUARY 1ST. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS COUNCILLOR PEÑA R-121. >> Coun. Peña: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. R-121 IS REQUESTING THAT THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE APARTMENT NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ESTABLISH DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY 45, COORS ROAD BETWEEN CENTRAL AVENUE AND THE INTERSECTION OF OLD COORS ROAD, TO UPGRADE TO URBAN ARTERIAL STANDARDS. I MOVE A DO PASS. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR PEÑA. I SECOND THE MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING R-121? COUNCILLOR PEÑA, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A FLOOR SUB. >> Coun. Peña: I DO, AND I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID WITH IT. >> Coun. Borrego: IT IS IN YOUR iPAD COUNCILORS, IF YOU NEED TO PULL IT UP. >> Coun. Peña: I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE FLOOR SUB, BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY CHANGES THE -- THERE WAS AN ERROR FROM CENTRAL, ON COORS, TO BRIDGE, AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO READ FROM CENTRAL TO GUN CLUB. SO THE AMENDMENT, THE FLOOR SUB, WOULD ACTUALLY CHANGE THE TITLE AND IT WILL JUST CHANGE SOME INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFICS THAT WERE PROVIDED IN THERE. SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE FLOOR SUB. >> Coun. Borrego: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE A FLOOR SUB, AND WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, A SECOND BY COUNCILLOR BASSAN. ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FLOOR SUB? IF NOT, THEN WE WILL GO TO A VOTE ON THE FLOOR SUB. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Peña: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 9-0 ON THE FLOOR SUB. >> Coun. Borrego: THE FLOOR SUB PASSES ON A 9-0 VOTE, SO WE WILL GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL BILL. COUNCILLOR PEÑA. >> Coun. Peña: I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Coun. Borrego: EXCUSE ME, COUNCILLOR PEÑA, THERE IS A QUESTION FROM COUNCILLOR HARRIS, I THINK. >> Coun. Harris: YES, WE NEED TO SUSPEND THE RULES BECAUSE OF THE FLOOR SUB. IF WE ARE GOING TO PASS IT TONIGHT, WE NEED TO SUSPEND THE RULES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES, WE NEED TO MOVE THAT WE SUSPEND THE RULES. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? >> Coun. Harris: I MOVE THAT WE SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW THE BILL TO PASS TONIGHT. -- THE FLOOR SUB TO PASS TONIGHT. >> Coun. Borrego: IS THERE A SECOND? COUNCILLOR BASSAN SECONDED THAT FLOOR SUB. SO WE WILL TAKE A VOTE. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Peña: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 9-0. >> Coun. Borrego: SO THEN WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO R-121, WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL BILL. AND WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON THAT, UNLESS THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION. COUNCILLOR PEÑA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? >> Coun. Peña: I THINK COUNCILLOR BENTON DOES. >> Coun. Borrego: COUNCILLOR BENTON, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND. >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. THIS MIGHT BE FOR THE SPONSOR, IT MIGHT BE FOR MR. MENICHUCHI, AND IT MIGHT BE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. SO, THE URBAN ARTERIAL STANDARDS, WHAT IT BRINGS TO MIND IS PARTS OF THE OLDER PARTS OF THE CITY, WHICH I'M SURE HAVE MANY MAJOR ARTERIALS THAT ARE NOT BUILT TO MODERN ARTERIAL STANDARDS. SO I WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION. AND I COULD PICK ONE THAT'S NOT IN MY DISTRICT, SO I DON'T SEEM TO BE SELF-SERVING. LET'S JUST SAY, I DON'T KNOW, WYOMING BOULEVARD. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THOSE ROADWAYS LIKE THAT, BUILT IN THE 1970S, WHICH IS THE LAST TIME THEY WERE REALLY UPGRADED IN ANY WAY, SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES, WERE NOT BUILT TO MODERN ARTERIAL STANDARDS OF TODAY. AND I'M WONDERING WHERE WE ARE GOING IF WE START IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL ROADWAYS THAT SHOULD BECOME A PRIORITY FOR SUCH STANDARDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I'M SURE EAST CENTRAL, YOU NAME IT, THERE ARE MANY CORRIDORS THAT ARE NOT BUILT TO THOSE MODERN STANDARDS. WHERE DO WE STOP IF WE START IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL ROADWAYS THAT MUST BE DONE? >> Coun. Borrego: I'M GOING TO ASK, MR. MENICHUCHI IS ON THE LINE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR BACK FROM HIM IN. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> THE QUESTION HERE IS PROBABLY A MATTER OF, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION QUITE OFF, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE, THEY HAVE A ROADWAY SYSTEM HERE THAT WAS BUILT TO STANDARDS, THE LAST MAJOR WORK ON IT. AND NOW (INAUDIBLE) LIKE LOUISIANA, IT LACKS CURBS, GUTTERS, SIDEWALKS IN PLACES, LACKS STRELTS, IT LACKS -- STREETLIGHTS, IT LACKS ALL OF THOSE BASIC NECESSARY IT'S. I THINK WHAT THE COUNCILOR IS TRYING TO SAY, WE HAVE A LARGE POPULATION IN THIS AREA, AND IT IS A MAJOR ROADWAY, IT IS STILL OPERATING LIKE IT IS A SMALL RURAL, AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. SO I THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER, AND START TO COME TOGETHER AND FIND FUNDS IN THE TO TO BRING US UP TO A BASIC STANDARD. NOW, IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE STANDARD WOULD BE (INAUDIBLE) BUT I THINK THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ABOUT AREAS LIKE LOUISIANA. I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT COUNCILLOR SENA, SHE (INAUDIBLE) CURB AND GUTTER AND SIDEWALK AND STREETLIGHT. HERE WE HAVE A LARGE POPULATION. ALSO, THERE IS A LARGE GROUP IN THIS AREA, AS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, THAT HAVE POCKETS OF POVERTY WHERE YOU HAVE HIGHER PEDESTRIANS AND LARGER GROUP THAT WALK TO WORK AND SHOP. THE BEST WAY I CAN SAY IT SHE HAS A GREAT NEED IN HER AREA, THIS GOES TO AN UNDER SERVED NEED. >> Coun. Borrego: DOES THAT SATISFY YOUR QUESTION? >> Coun. Harris: YES, THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. >> Coun. Borrego: WE HAVE TWO COUNCILORS KNIT WAITING ROOM. COUNCILLOR HARRIS AND THEN COUNCILLOR PEÑA. >> Coun. Harris: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WAS INVOLVED IN A COUNTY WIDE ELECTION AND I WAS DRIVING ALL OVER THE CITY, AND I FOUND THAT GOING EAST TO WEST, OR WEST TO EAST, DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF DAY, IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT ON ALAMEDA, THE WHOLE TRAFFIC WOULD STOP, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WOULD GO TO PASEO OR MONTANO, AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CAPACITY. ON THE NORTHEAST PART OF TOWN, THERE IS ENOUGH CAPACITY, EVEN IF THE STANDARDS AREN'T WHAT THEY NEED TO BE. AND COUNCILLOR BENTON BROUGHT UP EAST CENTRAL. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT A CENTRAL ROAD DIET ON EAST CENTRAL FOR A LONG FILE, AND IF WE EVER BRING IT ALL THE WAY UP TO TRAMWAY, THAT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE OUT, BECAUSE REALLY CENTRAL IS OVER BUILT FOR THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IT HAS. AND THE DEVELOPER AT THE CHILIES RESTAURANT AND THE WALGREEN'S AND THE STAR BUCKS AND SO FORTH ON EUBANK AND EAST CENTRAL, WHAT THEY FOUND IS THERE ARE SEWER LINES THAT HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN USED. THAT'S WHY THERE IS PLENTY OF CAPACITY IN THE NORTHEAST HEIGHTS. IF SOMETHING HAPPENS ON WYOMING, YOU HAVE LOUISIANA, YOU HAVE EUBANK, YOU HAVE JUAN TABO, YOU HAVE CARLISLE, YOU HAVE SAN MATEO. YOU CAN FIND YOUR WAY AROUND. BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN IT CAN BE A SNARLY MESS SO FAR. SO I AGREE WITH COUNCILLOR BENTON, WE SHOULDN'T BE ISOLATING OTHER ROADS OVER OTHERS, BUT THERE IS A UNIQUE NEED ON THE WEST SIDE. >> Coun. Peña: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IS THIS THE CLOSE? >> Coun. Borrego: THIS IS THE CLOSE IF YOU'D LIKE TO CLOSE, COUNCILOR. >> Coun. Peña: WELL, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T SAY TOO MUCH, AND JUST SAY, URGE YOUR SUPPORT, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY, AND I MIGHT UNRAVEL THIS. I WANT TO SAY, COORS ROAD, IF YOU'VE EVER TRAVELED IT, I MEAN, PARTS OF THIS AREA PREDATE THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT ROADS AND THE EXAMPLES THAT WERE GIVEN BY COUNCILLOR BENTON, THERE JUST ISN'T ANY OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. THERE IS NO SIDEWALKS, NO CURB, NO STORM DRAIN, NO TRAFFIC SIGNALS, NO LIGHTING IN THE EVENING, AND AS YOU KNOW, THE SOUTHWEST AREA IS THE ONLY AREA OF THE CITY THAT WE ARE GOING TO GROW, AND THE TRAFFIC AND THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THAT AREA, THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUST BASIC ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, HASN'T CAUGHT UP WITH THE POPULATION THERE. SO WE ARE JUST KIND OF REALLY DROWNING. AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A PRIORITY OF COG MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, AND THERE WAS $2 MILLION TO KIND OF SET THIS IN MOTION, AND ACTUALLY, THE $2 MILLION WAS MOVED TO DEVELOP THE COORS CORRIDOR PLAN. I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS IN COUNCIL AT THE TIME, BUT THE MONEY WENT TO THE COORS CORRIDOR PLAN. CAME TO FIND OUT THEY COULDN'T USE IT FOR THE COORS CORRIDOR PLAN, SO THERE HAD TO BE A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE IT IT, AND THERE WAS A PRIORITY, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE FELL OFF THE PRIORITY LIST, AND THIS IS WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT EQUITY, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT SECTION OF COORS FELL OFF THE PRIORITY LIST. BUT THEN THE MONEY WAS USED FOR THE COORS CORRIDOR PLAN, AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND SAY, THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. AND THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A COMMITMENT OUT THERE SOMEWHERE FROM COG, OR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, TO PUT IT BACK IN THE PRIORITY, AND THAT NEVER HAPPENED. AND THAT $2 MILLION ACTUALLY WENT TO A PROJECT OVER THERE ON BROADWAY. WHICH MAYBE IT WAS MORE NEEDY AT THE TIME. I DON'T KNOW. BUT I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. I THINK THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NEEDS, THIS ROAD, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DRIVE IT. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR PEÑA. WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE AND I WILL JUST SAY, DITTO. I PROMISED THAT I WOULDN'T SAY TOO MUCH TONIGHT, SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, DITTO. THAT IS A DEFINITE ROAD THAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT. WITH THAT, R-121 AS SUBSTITUTED. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON THAT PARTICULAR BILL. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Peña: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 9-0. >> Coun. Borrego: THAT MOTION PASSES ON A 9-0 VOTE. WE WILL MOVE ON TO M-6, URGE, THE NEW MEXICO STATE LEGISLATURE TO ESTABLISH A STATE PUBLIC BANK. COUNCILLOR GIBSON, COUNCILLOR DAVIS, COUNCILLOR SENA, AND COUNCILLOR BASSAN. WHO WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT? >> Coun. Gibson: IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS STARTED. M-6 IS -- DID YOU READ THIS ALREADY? URGING THE STATE, NEW MEXICO STATE LEGISLATURE, TO ESTABLISH A STATE PUBLIC BANK OWNED BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF NEW MEXICO DURING THE 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND I WILL MOVE A DO PASS. >> Coun. Borrego: BRIEF TWO SECONDS. COUNCILLOR BASSAN AND COUNCILLOR SENA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR BILL? >> Coun. Gibson: MADAM PRESIDENT, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO ARRIVED LATE TO OUR MEETING AND HE WAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF ABOUT HE IS STILL WITH US. BUT -- >> Coun. Borrego: COUNCILLOR GIBSON, DO YOU HAVE HIS NAME? >> Coun. Gibson: I DO. HIS NAME IS ALEX ROMERO. MAYBE MR. MOYA CAN TELL US IF HE IS STILL HERE. >> Coun. Borrego: WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE IF HE IS IN THE WAITING ROOM COUNCILORS. HE IS NOT IN THE WAITING ROOM, COUNCILOR. >> Coun. Gibson: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR CHECKING. >> Coun. Borrego: SO WE HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILLOR BASSAN, AND THERE IS NOT ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. >> Coun. Bassan: MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR GIBSON, I SPOKE VIA E-MAIL WITH SARA MANNING WITH ONE OF THE ATTENDEES IN CASE PEOPLE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, OR IN CASE WE HAVE QUESTIONS. SHE IS AN ATTENDEE AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD BE WILLING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS, IF SO DESIRED. >> Coun. Gibson: THANK YOU FOR THAT. MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. >> Coun. Borrego: WE WILL PULL HER OUT OF THE WAITING ROOM. >> Coun. Gibson: OKAY. >> Coun. Borrego: GO AHEAD. SHE HAS, WHAT, TWO MINUTES? >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A -- THE PUBLIC BANKING ACT IS A TRANSFORM ACTIVE ACT FOR NEW MEXICO'S ECONOMY. IT IS DESIGNED TO HELP COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO BUSINESSES, GAIN GREATER ACCESS TO FUNDING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. IT WOULD BE A BANK OWNED BY THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO, FUNDED BY THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO, PART AS AN INVESTMENT. IT WOULD WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH PUBLIC BANKS -- EXCUSE ME, WITH COMMUNITY BANKS, WITH CREDIT UNIONS, AND WITH CDFI'S TO BRING INCREASED LOCAL LENDING DRIVEN WHEN I THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES. SO WE FEEL IT WOULD STRENGTHEN BOTH THE BANKING COMMUNITY ACROSS THE STATE, AND WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE LARGE AREAS THAT ARE BASICALLY BANKING DESERTS. BUT IT WILL HELP ALSO FOSTER NEW BUSINESSES AND IN SOME INSTANCES WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP COMMUNITIES WITH FUNDING FOR ISSUES THAT DON'T EASILY FIT WITHIN THE BONDING STRUCTURE. THIS IS PART OF A NATIONAL MOVEMENT. WE REALLY FEEL THAT NEW MEXICO HAS A CHANCE TO BE A LEADER HERE, AND WE DO THINK THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE OUR ECONOMY BY BRINGING GREATER ACCESS, TO JOBS, NEW BUSINESSES AND GRT TAXES. THAT IS A SUMMARY. I'LL HAS BEEN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, MS. MANNING. ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO COUNCILOR JONES. SHE HAS A QUESTION. >> Coun. Jones: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MS. MANNING, I HAVE A QUESTION, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF THE PEOPLE, AND CITIZENS, TO INCLUDE MYSELF, RESPECTFULLY AWARE -- AREN'T FULLY AWARE OF HOW THIS IS SET UP, WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, WHO SUPERVISES AND OVERSEES IT ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND WORKS WITH THE FDIC OVERSIGHT, AND INSURANCE, AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF. CAN YOU GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THESE BANKS WORK AND HOW THEY ARE SET UP TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO MISS APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS, AND THAT THINGS ARE HANDLED CORRECTLY. WOULD YOU GIVE US THAT OVERVIEW, PLEASE, ON THE BUSINESS LEVEL? THANK YOU. >> I'D BE DELIGHTED TO, THANK YOU. THE BANK WOULD BE SET UP, IT WOULD BE CHARTERED AS A BANK IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO, IT WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO, NOT AS A FULL MEMBER, BUT AS AN ASSOCIATE WITH THE FEDERAL RECONSERVANCIES AT THE, IT WOULD -- RECONSERVANCIES AT THE, IT WOULD MEET ALL THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS, FDIC REGULATIONS AND STATE BANKING REGULATIONS. THE BANK WOULD NOT SERVICE YOU OR ME. IT CAN ONLY MAKE LOANS TO COMMUNITY BANKS AND CBFI'S AND CREDIT UNIONS AND TO OTHER ENTITIES OF THE STATE, INCLUDING IT COULD MAKE LOANS TO SOVEREIGN NATIONS COUNTIES CITIES AND OTHER STATE DIVISIONS. THE MONEY TO START THE BANK WOULD BE AN INVESTMENT FROM THE FUND. THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN CURRENTLY IS $50 MILLION. AND THEN THE STATE WOULD CONTRIBUTE OUT OF MONIES THAT IT CURRENTLY, TEMPORARILY INVESTS IN WALL STREET. ANOTHER $50 MILLION. THE ADVANTAGE OF DOING THIS AS A BANK, RATHER THAN A FUND, IS THAT BANKS HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE THAT MONEY EIGHT TO TEN TIMES. SO WITH AN INVESTMENT OF $50 MILLION, THAT COULD BECOME $500 MILLION, $400 MILLION. AND THAT MONEY GETS REPAID, THESE ARE ALL LOANS, THESE ARE NOT GRANTS. SO MONEY GETS PAID TO THE BANKS THAT LEND IT, BUT ALSO COMES BACK INTO THE STATE. SO THIS IS SIMPLY A WAY TO GET MONEY CIRCULATING THROUGH LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN A VERY STRONG WAY, AND IT IS NOT A ONE-SHOT DEAL. WE HAVE KNOWN IN COVID THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ONE TIME FUNDS THAT COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT, AND ONCE THOSE MONIES ARE SPENT, THEY ARE GONE. WE HOPE THEY DID WHAT WE INTENDED THEM TO DO. BUT THESE ARE LOANS. SO THEY KEEP CIRCULATING. THEY REPAY. THEY ARE REPAID. AS THEY ARE REPAID WITH INTEREST, THE STATE MAKES MONEY, THE COMMUNITY LENDING INSTITUTION ON THE GROUND MAKES MONEY, AND WE HAVE NEW BUSINESSES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE STATE. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, MS. MANNING. COUNCILORS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS BILL? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> Coun. Gibson: MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK MS. MANNING FOR GIVING US THAT INFORMATION. THIS IS A FAIRLY TECHNICAL THING, AND I'M CERTAINLY NO BANKING EXPERT, MYSELF. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BANKS CAN DO, AND MS. MANNING DID TALK ABOUT THIS, IS LEVERAGE RELATIVELY SMALL DEPOSITS INTO A MUCH ENHANCED VALUE. AND THE WAY THEY DO THAT IS FOR EVERY LOAN THAT'S MADE, IT IS REGISTERED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LEDGER. IT IS AN ASSET AS WELL AS A LIABILITY. SO THAT'S WHAT BANKS GET TO DO. AND THEN THE REST OF US DON'T. THE REASON I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, NOT ONLY FOR ALBUQUERQUE, WE HAVE DEVELOPERS HERE IN TOWN WHO JUST DON'T DO THE PROJECTS THAT ARE AS APPEALING FOR SOME OF THE LARGER INVESTMENTS, OR LARGER INVESTORS. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MID SIZE DEVELOPERS, AND SMALLER BUSINESSES, WHO ARE PRETTY MUCH LOOKING AT CREDIT UNIONS, SMALL BANKS, MUCH SMALLER. SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD GIVE THEM ANOTHER OPTION OF DOING, FOR EXAMPLE, FINANCING A GAP BETWEEN SOME MORTGAGE THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE, OR SOME OTHER LARGE LOAN. THE OTHER THING THAT I REALLY LIKE WHEN THIS IS THAT IT CREATES MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALLER GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL GOVERNMENT, RURAL GOVERNMENT, MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT ARE LIMITED AS WELL. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. DO YOU WANT ME TO CLOSE? >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. YOU'RE CLOSED. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO VOTE ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. CRYSTAL? >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: -- >> Coun. Borrego: COUNCILLOR HARRIS, YOU'RE MUTED. >> HE IS WORKING ON IT. >> Coun. Harris: FOR REASONS STATED IN A BUNCH OF ARTICLES, NO. >> Coun. Jones: NO. >> Coun. Peña: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> PASSES ON A 7-2 VOTE. >> Coun. Borrego: COUNCILORS, THANK YOU FOR THAT VOTE. THAT'S A 7-2 VOTE. WE WILL MOVE ON TO M-7. AND I'M THE SPONSOR OF M-7. THIS IS URGING THE NEW MEXICO STATE LEGISLATURE TO ADOPT POLICIES AND STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AT UP COMING STATE OF NEW MEXICO LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND I WILL JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH REPRESENTATIVE DAMON ELY ON THIS AND HE IS EXPECTING THIS LEGISLATION. SO I NEED A SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILLOR SENA. ANY QUESTIONS? LOOKS LIKE NOT. CRYSTAL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THE VOTE? >> YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Peña: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 9-0. >> Coun. Borrego: THAT PASSES ON A 9-0 VOTE. THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILORS. I WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM E, WHICH IS ALSO MY ITEM, AND THIS IS R-124. THIS IS EXTENDING AN EXISTING MORATORIUM ESTABLISHED FOR THE SECTION OF IRVING BOULEVARD FROM KAYENTA PLACE TO RIO LOS PINONS DRIVE. WE INTENDED TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE, AND BECAUSE OF DOVE, OUR COVID,R TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY SETTINGS THAT UP WITH RESIDENTS. I HAVE TWO SECONDS, COUNCILLOR HARRIS AND COUNCILLOR BENTON, AND I BELIEVE ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS SPOKE ON THIS EARLIER. SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILLOR HARRIS, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, OR WAS THAT A SECOND? >> Coun. Harris: YES, I HAVE A QUESTION. I WANT TO ASK THE SPONSOR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I -- I LOOKED AT THE SECTOR PLAN AND I REALIZED THAT SOME OF THE INTERIM GUIDELINES AND MORATORIUM IS UNNECESSARY, BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH STUFF IS HAPPENING UP THERE ANYWAY, AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TALKED ABOUT THE FALLACY OF WHAT THEY CALL PLANNING BY BANNING. SO IF THERE IS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WHICH WE ARE STOPPING IN THAT AREA, I WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE ANY RISK THAT WE ARE GOING TO PREVENT SOMETHING GOOD FROM HAPPENING BY EXTENDING THIS MORATORIUM? AND HOW NARROW AND HOW SOON IS IT GOING TO END? >> Coun. Borrego: COUNCILLOR HARRIS, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE IS PROBABLY NOT ANY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY HAPPENING ON THIS, BUT THIS IS IDENTIFIED ON THE LONG REASONING MAJOR STREET PLANS, AND THERE ARE RESIDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR STREET, OF IRVING, IS THAT PART OF IT IS IN THE CITY AND THE OTHER SIDE IS IN THE COUNTY. SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH THIS TASK FORCE, AND TO START DISCUSSING WHETHER OR NOT THE LONG RANGE MAJOR STREET PLAN NEEDS TO BE AMENDED OR NOT. AND THAT IS PART OF THE REASON FOR THIS MORATORIUM, IS TO ENCOURAGE THAT TASK FORCE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILORS? IF NOT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, I GUESS WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR VOTE. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Peña: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 9-0. >> Coun. Borrego: SO THAT MOTION PASSES ON A 9-0 VET. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM F, AND THIS IS COUNCILLOR BENTON. THIS IS A NUISANCE PROPERTY. >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. R-2 IS A NUISANCE SUBSTANDARD DWELLING OR STRUCTURE IN NEED OF ABATE MEANT AT 1623 CENTRAL AVENUE NORTHWEST 87104. I MOVE A DO PASS. >> Coun. Borrego: WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILLOR BASSAN AND BY COUNCILOR JONES. >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR BASSAN. AND MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE A DEFERRAL UNTIL FEBRUARY 1ST. >> Coun. Borrego: THERE IS A MOTION TO DEFER THIS UNTIL FEBRUARY 1ST. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILLOR SENA, COUNCILLOR DAVIS. WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER. COUNCILLOR BASSAN, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> Coun. Bassan: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WILL GO WITH THE REQUEST OF THE SPONSOR ON THIS, HOWEVER I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT POPPED UP. I NOTICED IN THE WRITE UP THAT YOU IT SAID THAT A DEMO PERMIT WAS ISSUED IN DECEMBER. AND IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. IS THAT PART OF THE MIX OF WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THE TRANSITION OF OWNERSHIP? >> Coun. Benton: MADAM PRESIDENT, AND COUNCILLOR BASSAN YES. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. SO IT HAS TRANSFERRED IN OWNERSHIP. THE PRESENT OWNER IS JERRY ROOMBY WHO HAS MADE A LOT OF GREAT INVESTMENT IN THAT CORRIDOR, AND I KNOW THAT JAY'S INTENTION, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, IS TO SAVE THIS BUILDING. HOWEVER, THIS WOULD REMOVE THE NUISANCE DESIGNATION AND WOULD EFFECTIVELY STOP THE DEMOLITION. THAT DOESN'T GUARANTEE THAT THE BUILDING WOULD BE SAVED. HE IS STILL IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. HOWEVER, IN THE EVENT THAT IT REMAINED AND SOMEHOW BECAME A NUISANCE AGAIN, IT DOESN'T PREVENT US FROM REDESIGNATING IT FOR DEMOLITION AS A NUISANCE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE DEMOLISHED. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. >> Coun. Borrego: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR A DEFERRAL TO FEBRUARY 1ST. I'LL DEFER TO CRYSTAL FOR THE VOTE. >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: DOORVE. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Peña: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 9-0 ON THE DEFERRAL. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU, THAT MOTION PASSES ON A 9-0 VOTE. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR LAST ITEM OF BUSINESS FOR THE EVENING, AND THAT IS M-8. THIS IS URGING THE NEW MEXICO STATE LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT THE 2021 HEALTH SECURITY PLANNING AND DESIGN BOARD ACT. AND COUNCILORS, I WOULD JUST MENTION TO YOU, IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR, WE RECOMMENDED TO THE LEGISLATURE THAT WE PASS A STUDY, AND THE RESULTS OF THAT STUD HAVE CREATED THIS RECOMMENDATION TO CREATE A BOARD. SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE EXPLANATION ON THAT. AND COUNCILLOR SENA, THANK YOU FOR THAT SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR VOTE. CRYSTAL? >> Coun. Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Peña: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> 9-0. >> Coun. Borrego: WITH THAT MOTION, IT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS TONIGHT ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, OF OUR 25th MEETING, AND I THANK YOU AND I THANK COUNCILORS, AND I THANK THE PUBLIC FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING, AND WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 1ST.