>> GOOD EVEN, EVERYONE IT'S VERY QUIET APD WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR THE TV TO COME ON. THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. AND WE'LL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED THRI THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> -- PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, YOU CAN ACQUIRE A PARKING PASS AT THE TABLE AND CHAMBERS -- CITY, STAFF -- HAVE THE ABILITY TO VIEW THIS MEETING IN PERSON AND IN LIVE STREAM THROUGH FOUR DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. CHANNEL 16, THE GOVTV WEBSITE, YOUTUBE AND -- THE LIVE STREAM CAN ALSO BE -- ALSO THIS EVENING IS CLOSED CAPTIONED AND THOSE -- ON YOUR TELEVISION OR DEVICE AT THIS TIME. [INAUDIBLE] REAL-TIME ON COUNCIL'S WEBSITE, STAFF IS AVAILABLE VIA TELEPHONE -- NEED ASSISTANCE -- PLEASE CALL 505-768-3100 FOR ASSISTANCE DURING BUSINESS HOUR, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY -- THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE A BREAK AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 P.M. THIS EVENING IF NEEDED. [INAUDIBLE] AS POSSIBLE. -- [INAUDIBLE] MEETING WILL GO A LOT SMOOTHER IF WE ARE ALL RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER. >> PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. >> MR. PRESIDENT, AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING ATS -- [INAUDIBLE] DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AND -- -- ARE NOMINATED BY THEIR FRIENDS, SCHOOL STAFF, FRIENDS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND -- PUBLICLY PRAISED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE YOUNG PEOPLE CHOSEN FOR THE CLASS OF 2024 REPRESENT THE BEST OF THE CITY AND OUR HOPE FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE, AND THEY ARE. FROM ALBUQUERQUE HIGH SCHOOL, JIMYON OXANA AND -- FROM DEL NORTE HIGH SCHOOL. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY IF I CAN MAKE CONTACT WITH EACH ONE. CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HANDS -- >> SURE, FROM DEL NORTE HIGH SCHOOL, JOSIAH AND FROM EL DORADO, IRIS, FROM HIGH LAND HIGH SCHOOL, ROSELLE. FROM -- KENDALL. FROM MONSANO HIGH SCHOOL, CONNOR. FROM NEXT GEN ACADEMIC, LAURA. FROM RIO GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL, MIRANDA. AND FROM SANDIA HIGH SCHOOL, TAYLOR. FROM VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, BRICK LYNN, FROM -- VISTA HIGH SCHOOL, KAYLEE AND ANGEL PERES, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE COUNCIL HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION CLASS OF 2024, SELFLESS SENIORS AND THANKS THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THESE FINE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, AND AFTERWARDS I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO COME BY SO WE CAN ALL CONGRATULATE YOU AND SHAKE YOUR HANDS AND THANK YOU IN PERSON. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR, WE APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU, PRESIDENT LEWIS, AND COUNSELORS AND FELLOW CITIZENS. ON BEHALF OF THE FOUNDATION I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THESE AMAZING, INCREDIBLE, SELFLESS SOON-TO-BE GRADUATES. YEARS AGO FRANK ROSS PHOTOGRAPHY SET OUT TO SHOW THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PRETTY AMAZING AND INCREDIBLE AND DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GOOD WORK IN OUR CITY. FRANK SAID HE WAS NOT LOOKING TO HONOR THOSE ALREADY SPOTLIGHTED IN THEIR SCHOOLS. NOT THE QUARTERBACKS NOR THE CLASS PRESIDENTS BUT THOSE SIMPLY GIVING BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND PEERS. THEY REPRESENT THEIR SCHOOLS AND THE PHILANTHROPIC SPIRIT OF ALL STUDENTS WHO GRACE THEIR HALLWAYS AND HE SAID THEY ALSO REPRESENT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEIR ENTIRE STUDENT BODY WITH THEIR UNDERCLASSMEN, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. NOW BECAUSE OF TODAY'S PROCLAMATION THEY ALSO REPRESENT THE GENEROUS SPIRIT OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. WE ALSO WANT TO REMIND THEM THAT THIS IS THE TIME TO GIVE THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED -- SORRY, THE TIME TO GIVE THOSE IN NEED A SPECIAL RECOGNITION. OUR SELFLESS SENIORS DO THAT DAY TO DAY. THEY ARE A CHAMPION FOR AN IMPORTANT CAUSE AND THEY ARE THE VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS AND IN THAT SPIRIT WE CAN MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN HELPING ME HONOR THESE WONDERFUL SELFLESS SENIORS AND YOU CAN TELL THEY ARE SELFLESS BECAUSE THEY ARE QUIET. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HONORING THEM ON FRIDAY, THIS FRIDAY AT THE SANDIA RESORT WHERE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BE IN FRONT OF THEIR PRINCIPALS AND FELLOW APS LEADERSHIP AND THEIR PEERS. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS -- (APPLAUSE). >> NEXT WE HAV TONIGHT ARE MR. JAMES POTTER A KIDNEY DONOR AND DANIEL, A DONOR FAMILY, AND RICK AND CHRISTI, A DONOR PEAM, FAMILY, AND SELENA EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND ANDREW, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. I'M GOING TO READ THIS AND WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR, VERY PROUD OF IT AND THE WORK YOU ALL DO. WHEREAS ONE ORGAN DONOR CAN SAVE EIGHT PEOPLE AND IMPROVE THE LIVES OF UP TO 75 OTHERS AND WHEREAS 100,000 PATIENTS CURRENTLY WAIT FOR LIFE-SAVINGSG TRANSPLANTS AND WHEREAS NEW MEXICANS -- RESULTING IN 241 LIFE-SAVING TRANSPLANTS AND WHEREAS NEW MEXICANS CAN REGISTER TO BE ORGAN DONORS AND WHEREAS WE ENCOURAGE EVERY NEW MEXICAN TO REGISTER AS A DONOR ON THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ID CARD OR ON LINE AT GIVE LIFE NEW MEXICO.ORG, NOW PROCLAIMS THE GOVERNS BODY RECOGNIZING THIS AS DONATE LIFE MONTH. LET'S GIVE A HAND FOR THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU AGAIN. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT LEWIS AND RESPECTED RD COUNCILORS. MY NAME IS SELENA ESPINOZA. WE ARE A LOCAL NONPROFIT AND WE MAKE ORGAN DONATION HAPPEN IN OUR STATE AND AROUND THE NATION BUT WE SERVE 2 MILLION NEW MEXICANS ACROSS NEW MEXICO WHO ARE IN NEED OF LIFE-SAVING ORGAN TRANSPLANTS. THE SERVICES STATE WIDE THROUGH ORGAN, EYE AND TISSUE DONATIONS AND I STAND BEFORE YOU WITH PROFOUND GRATITUDE FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DONORS AND ALL OF THE LIVES SAVED. PRESIDENT LEWIS I KNOW THIS HAS HAD A PROFOUND BASKET ON YOUR IR LIFE AS A LIVING KIDNEY DONOR. WE HAD 95 DONORS WHICH IS HUGE BUT NORMALLY OUR NUMBER IS AROUND 60. SO IT WAS A GIANT IMPACT IN OUR STATE AND OVER 200 LIVES SAVED BECAUSE OF THIS GIVING GIFT. 137 KIDNEYS AND A RECORD 54 LIVER DONATIONS, THIS IS HUGE BECAUSE THE HIGHEST NEED IS FOR KIDNEYS AND LIVERS. ABOUT 644 NEW MEXICANS CURRENTLY WAITING FOR LIVE-SAVING TRANCE PLANTS AND OF THEM, 556 ARE WAITING -- OF THOSE, ONE IN FIVE IN OUR STATE IS A NATIVE AMERICAN. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR STATE AND CULTURE. YOUR ADVOCACY AND PARTNERSHIP ARE INVALUABLE AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A CULTURE OF IMIFFING AND CREATE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR EVERYONE. YOUR PROCLAMATION SYMBOLIZES OUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING A DIFFERENT AND ENSURE THAT NO ONE IS FORGOTTEN IN THEIR TIME OF NEED. 100 LIVES ARE SAVED EACH AND EVERY DAY IN THE U.S. BECAUSE OF ORGAN DONORS AND YOUR PROCLAMATION NOT ONLY HONORS THEIR LEGACIES BUT INSPIRES HOPE AND HEALING. YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH CONTINUE TO MAKE MIRACLES HAPPEN EVERY SINCAL DAY IN OUR STATE AND ACROSS THE NATION. REMEMBER, ANYONE CAN BE AN ORGAN DONOR, REGARDLESS OF YOUR MEDICAL HISTORY OF YOUR AGE, AND LEARN MORE AT DONATE LIFE AND SIGN UP. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SO I ASKED THE FOLKS AT STREET HUB TO COME TONIGHT TO GIVE US A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WORK THEY DO FOR THE CITY. WE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS RECENTLY AND IT CAME TO MY INTENTION THAT LOTS OF FOLKS DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE VITAL WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING. WE HAVE A STRAY CAT, FERAL CAT ISSUE IN OUR CITY, AND JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF WHY THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING. ONE PREGNANT MOMMA CAT CAN MAKE FOUR OR MORE BABIES, AND EACH OF THOSE MAKE BABIES THEN IN 8 MONTHS WE HAVE 12 CATS AND IN 18 MONTHS WE ARE AT 36 CATS. AND OVER SEVEN YEARS, ONE PREGNANT CAT AND HER OFFSPRING CAN CREATE 4,948 KITTENS AND WE DO -- WANT THAT MANY CATS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND FORTUNATELY THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS ONE THAT CONTRACTED WITH THE CITY TO TRAP, NEUTER AND RELEASE AND I INVITED THEM TO COME TO WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND AND THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO FOR US. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FEEBLE . WE ARE A NONPROFIT SPECIALIZING IN TNR, OR TRAP, NEUTER AND RELEASE. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THIS IS JAMES SAGE, OUR FOUNDER AND BOARD PRESIDENT. OUR PURPOSE IS POPULATION CONTROL AND WE HAVE THE ONLY METHOD PROVEN TO BE BOTH HUMANE AND EFFECTIVE. THIS PROBLEM IS HUMAN-CAUSED. THIS IS THE RESULT OF MANY FACTORS INCLUDING UNALTERED INDOOR AND OUTDOOR CATS AND ABANDONED CATS. UNALTERED MALE CATS CAN GET SEVERAL FEMALES PREGNANT AND ARE TERRITORIAL. AND FEMALES CAN GET PREGNANT AT EARLY AS 4 MONTHS AND THE AVERAGE SIZE LITTER IS 4 AND THEY PUSH THOSE BABIES IN AND OUT FOUR MONTHS AND THIS COMES OUT TO 1.4 MILLION CATS EXPONENTIALLY. AS LONG AS THIS IS UNCHECKED THIS CYCLE OF FREE ROAMS CATS RESULTS IN EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF THE PROBLEM. FOR TEN YEARS NOW, THANKS TO JAMES, WE HAVE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE OF POPULATION CONTROL OF THESE COMMUNITY CATS. THIS PARTNERSHIP CREATED A CRITICAL RELIEF VALUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON ADOPTABLE AND SURRENDERS CATS. WHILE WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES THIS IS STILL AN ISSUE IN THE CITY. WE HAVE ALTERS AROUND 175 CATS A MONTH FOR ABOUT 2100 CATS A YEAR AND A HALF IS NOT THAW ALL THATS THROUGH OUR ORGANIZATION BUT JUST IN ALBUQUERQUE METRO. THANKS TO -- WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR OPERATION AND HOPE TO DO ABOUT 4500 CATS BUT THAT IS DEPENDENT ON THE FUNDING BEING THERE TO SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS. SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SEEK ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIPS AND IN ADDITION TO THE COUNSELOR TO EXPAND THIS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL WELFARE. THANK YOU, YOU HAVE A MAP IN FRONT OF YOU THAT INDICATES WHERE THE 3-1-1 CALLS ARE COMING IN. A LOT OF THESE ARE COLONIES OF CATS AND IT IS BETWEEN TWO, UP TO 30 AND WE HAVE DONE SOME OF 60 AND SOME 100 IN THE CITY. IT CAN BE A LOT OF CATS AND IT'S MORE A REFLECTION OF THE TRENDS WHERE THE CAT ARE. SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE CITIZENS DO THEIR OWN TRAPPING AND THEY DO THE TRAPPING AND RETURN THE CATS TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOPEFULLY GO OUT INTO THAT YOU ARE COMMUNITIES AND TALK TO THEIR NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE PROGRAM. THE SECOND THING IS WE GO OUT AND TRAP AND WE ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AREAS ON THE MAP WHERE EVERYBODY IS HAVING PROBLEMS. SO WE CAN TALK TO ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS AND GET EVERYONE FILLED WITH FOOD AND TRAP ENTIRE BLOCKS AND GET SOME OF THAT UNDER CONTROL. THE THIRD THING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO MORE OF IS TO OUTREACH TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BRINGING KITTENS TO THE SHELTER. SOME ARE HANDLING THIS BUT BRINGING LITTERS OF KITTENS TO THE SHELTER AND WE ARE GOING TO DO MORE OF OUTREACH TO THOSE PEOPLE AND SAY WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET THOSE CATS OR THAT COLONY OF CATS FIXED SO WE SHUT DOWN THAT INPUT AT THE SHELTER. SO WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A GREAT RESPONSE FOR OUR LOCAL VETERINARIANS AND WE ARE NOT AS IMPACTED BY THE VET SHORTAGE GOING ON ACROSS THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW. THE VETS SEE THE PROBLEMS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND >> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BACK AND GOING TO ITEM 13, APPROVALS. EC-24-109. Approval of the Second Supplemental Agreement to add funds for Outside Counsel Legal Services Between Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. and the City of Albuquerque. MOVE APPROVAL. MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. DISCUSSION? ANYONE TO SPEAK FOR US. >> MR. PRESIDENT, I'M WONDERING AND I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE LIMITED RESPONSE WITH SOME OF US BUT THIS IS REGARDING SOME OF THE PENDING LITIGATION THAT IS HAPPENING REGARDING SOME OF THE ASBESTOS AND GATEWAY, CORRECT. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> I KNOW WE HAD A BRIEFING BUT IF THERE IS AN UPDATE, I KNOW IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AND I FORGOT TO ASK, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS OR NOT BUT WHEN IT COMES TO I KNOW THE CONTRACTOR THERE WAS TIES THAT WERE RECEIVESEVERED BUT WHEN IT COMEE CONTRACT MANAGER WAS THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND WHERE DID THE RESPONSIBILITY LIE IN THAT? >> COUNCILOR, THAT IS A PERSONNEL MATTER AND I DON'T THINK WE ARE SPEAK TO THAT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO MENTION I THINK IN THE BRIEFING THAT YOU RECEIVED OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS INDICATED THAT THE GOAL IS TO MOVE THESE -- AND THE TIME IN HOUSE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND ACTUALLY MISKEEN MRS. KEENWOULD BE -- AS WE GO FT THE EXPERTISE OF THE ONES WE HAVE ON THIS HAVE BEEN CRITICAL TO US. >> DISCUSSION? THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND, IN ALL FAVOR, YES, OPPOSED, NO, PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND ITEM 14, FINAL ACTION. >> O-18 IS AMENDING 2-11-17 OF THE CITY OF Albuquerque Code Of Ordinances To Improve The City's Grants Administrative Processes. >> MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FIEBELKORN. .>> AND MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE FOLLOWING UP ON, MAKING SURE WE ARE CREATING POLICY, THERE WAS AN UNDERSTANDING AND SOME EXPECTATION AND WE DECIDED AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY TO SOLIDIFY THAT WITHIN POLICY AND LEGISLATION AND WE'VE UPDATED THE GRANTED ORDINANCE SO IT'S CLEARER FOR COUNCIL, STAFF, ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN. >> OKAY, OTHER COUNCILORS? O-18 MOVED AND SECONDED. IN ALL FAVOR, YES, NO? MOTION PASSES. ITEM B. >> RA-1 Amending Article III, Section 8(C)(3) Of The City Council Rules Of Procedure Relating To The Grants Administrative Process. I MOVE A DUE PASS. >> MOTION BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK? NO, BACK TO THE -- >> DISCUSSION? WE'LL GO TO A VOTE, MOVED AND SECONDED. IN ALL FAVOR, YES, OPPOSED NO, MOTION PASSES. ITEM C, R-22. >> Establishing A Two-Year Policy For The Priority Site Plan Approval And Construction Permitting Of Development Projects That Will Result In Permanent Housing In Centers And Corridors And Development Projects Within Metropolitan Redevelopment Areas. MOVE DUE PASS. >> MOVED AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR BASSAN. ANY SPEAKERS? >> NO, MR. PRESIDENT. >> NO SPEAKERS. DISCUSSION? ADMINISTRATION? ALL RIGHT. >> MR. PRESIDENT. >> COUNCILOR ABOUT A SAS. COUNCILOR BASSAN.>> I THINK COUN AMENDMENT. >> MOTION AND SECOND ON THE FLOOR, BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASSAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS R-22 AND WE FOUND SOME DISCREPANCIES IN THE VERBIAGE THAT WOULD HAVE OPENED UP THE ENTIRE CITY, AND THIS CONFINE IT IS TO MAJOR BUS ROUTES AND -- >> QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT? ALL IN FAVOR, YES? OPPOSED, NO, MOTION PASSES. COUNCILOR. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, R-24-29, APPROPRIATIONS -- >> NO, SORRY, ANYTHING ELSE ON THE BILL? GO FOR THE VOTE? >> URGE SUPPORT EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE R-22 MOVED AND SECONDED DISCUSSION? IN ALL FAIR, YES, OPPOSED NO, AND CONGRATULATIONS COUNCILOR ABOUT A IS A. >> AND THIS IS R-29, APPROPRIATION OF OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS. >> R-29 BEEN MOVED AND SECOND. SECONDED BY COUNCILOR CHAMPAGNE. >> WE HAVE TWO FLOOR AMENDMENTS. THE FIRST IS -- R-29 WAS SET DOWN BY REQUEST FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, IT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY. AND WE WILL USE A PORTION OF THE SETTLEMENT FUND FOR ACTUALLY TREATMENT -- [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL AS CREATING A PLACE, TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR THAT TREATMENT. THE AMENDMENTS THEMSELVES CLEAN IT UP -- WELL, THE FIRST AMENDMENT WITH COUNCILOR ROGERS AS SPONSOR, KIND OF CLEAN UP SOME OF THE LANGUAGE AND MAKE SURE IT COMES DIRECTLY TO THE PURPOSE STATED. ALSO TO TAKE OUT ANY AMBIGUITY ABOUT WHERE IT WILL BE, AND DISTRICT 2 WILL TAKE ON THAT. THAT IS THE AMENDMENT FIRST OF ALL, OKAY, DO I HAVE ANYTHING -- >> AMENDMENT ONE BEEN MOVED AND IS THERE A SECOND? >> NO, I HAD A QUESTION. >> OKAY. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND WE ARE ON AMENDMENT 1, AND THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED? OKAY, SO WE HAVE -- SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FIEBELKORN. COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. >> JUST A CLARIFICATION, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IT SAYS IN THE AMNDZMENT SHALL BE LOCATED IN THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 OR WITHIN HALF A MILE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2. >> RIGHT. >> SO STILL WITHIN -- >> YES. >> OR THEREOF. >> YES. >> WOULDN'T GO IN ANY OTHER -- >> COUNCILOR GROUT. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT IS NOW THE RIGHT TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS? I DIDN'T THINK SO, SO -- PASS THIS AMENDMENT AND THEN WE CAN TALK. >> YOU CAN NOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> OKAY, SO I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING. BACK IN OCTOBER WE PASSED R-23-174 WHICH SAID POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR SPENDING OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS INCLUDING STRATEGIC COLLABORATIONS WITH BERNALILLO COUNTY. >> ANYONE WANT TO TAKE A CRACK AT THIS. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILORS AND YES, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS A FULL EFFORT WITH THE COUNTY. >> THANK YOU. HAS THIS PROJECT BEEN DISCUSSED WITH ABC [INAUDIBLE] >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, THANK YOU. COUNCILORGROUT, I WILL DEFER ON THAT ONE. >> MR. PRESIDENT, I CAN ANSWER THAT AS THE CHAIR. IT HAS NOT. >> STATES OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR INPUT? THAT WAS A PART OF THE RESOLUTION. >> MR. PRESIDENT, AND COUNCILOR GROUT, WE HAVE TALKED WITH THE COUNTY FOR THEIR INPUT, BUT NOT THE STATE. >> OKAY. >> COUNCILOR GROUT. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, THE RESOLUTION ALSO CALLED FOR A PUBLIC PLANNING PROCESS FOR SETTLEMENT MONEY. HAS THAT HAPPENED YET? >> MR. PRESIDENT, AND COUNCILOR GROUT, NO IT HAS NOT YET. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT IS THIS PROJECT EXACTLY? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> MR. PRESIDENT AND COUNCILOR GROUT, THE GOAL HERE WAS FOR US TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT TEMPORARY HOUSING THAT IS DEDICATED FOR RECOVERY TREATMENT. OUR GOAL IS TO BOTH HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TESTING, THE IDEA OF SHELTERS FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING MODEL AND TO DO SO WITH AN OPERATOR TO SUPPORT US IN ENSURING THAT THE INDIVIDUALS GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAM -- THROUGH THIS WOULD VERY THE SUPPORT AND WRAP-AROUND SERVICES FOR DRUG ADDICTION AND RECOVERY OFFER OF TREATMENT AS A DIRECT SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF THEIR TRANSITION [INAUDIBLE] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU SAID TEMPORARY HOUSING. IS THAT TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR THE INDIVIDUAL OR THIS IS GOING TO BE AT -- HOME IS GOING TO BE THEIR TEMPORARY ON THE PROPERTY. >> MR. PRESIDENT AND COUNCILOR GROUT, BOTH CAN WE TRUE BECAUSE PILOT HOUSING CAN BE MOVED AND RELOCATED IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR. OUR INTENT IN THIS LOCATION WAS TO USE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TO, AGAIN, TEST PILOT SHELTER OR HOUSING BUT IT IS MEAN TO TO BE TEMPORARY, AND -- OUR GOAL IS THAT WE ARE MOVING THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE SUPPORT AND WRAP-AROUND SERVICES. >> THANK YOU, A COUPLE MORE. HAS THE PRETTY BEEN IDENTIFIED? >> MR. PRESIDENT, AND COUNCILOR GROUT, WE ARE -- WE'VE IDENTIFIED A SITE AT THE OLD MVD SITE THAT THE CITY HAS IN COUNCILOR BACA'S DISTRICT. >> THANK YOU, AND A FINAL QUESTION. DO THESE HOMES COMPLY WITH OUR IDEALS? >> MR. PRESIDENT AND COUNCILOR GROUT, I WOULD NEED HAVE SOMEONE ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I BELIEVE THAT BASED UPON THE SITE BEING STATE PROPERTY, THAT WE HAVE THEIR -- THAT IDO DOES NOT APPLY IN THE SAME WAY TO THAT [INAUDIBLE] >> THAT WOULD BE CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK? >> MR. PRESIDENT. >> MR. PRESIDENT. >> COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [INAUDIBLE] I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. THIS IS A PALLET HOME VILLAGE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THAT WILL SERVE 50 PEOPLE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. IS THAT TRUE? >> MR. PRESIDENT AND COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, THE LOCATION IS ACTUALLY ON -- AT AMERICAN IN THE NORTH END OF COUNCILOR BACA'S DISTRICT. >> IN THE END OF COUNCILOR BACA'S DISTRICT, AND THE BEGINNING OF WHOSE? >> IT'S IN COUNCILOR BACA'S DISTRICT. >> AND IT'S GOING TO BE 50 PALLET HOMES. >> THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE PRICED OUT IS RELATED TO 50 PALATES. PALLETS.>> SO ATTACHMENT 2 IS AS FOR PALLET HOMES AND THE TOTAL COST ON THAT FOR THIS PROJECT IS $1,064,000 DOLLARS AND I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY SURPRISED TO ANYONE HEARING THIS THAT I'M VERY FRUSTRATED BY THIS BILL. BUT IT WAS 1 MILLION AND THEN 10 AND THEN 4 MILLION AND THEN 2.5 AND NOW 5 MILLION, AND I THINK WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US THAT IT COSTS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS. I'M ALSO FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAS APPROPRIATED 800,000 TO HELP PAY FOR THIS IN THIS JOINT PROJECT. SO I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO HOW WE HAVE BOUNCED AROUND ON ALL OF THESE NUMBERS AND HOW WE NOW HAVE 1.06 MILLION FOR THE TOTAL COST, IF YOU SUBTRACT OUT THE 800,000 THAT THE COUNTY IS GIVING US, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT MORE MONEY TO PUT INTO THIS. BUT WE ARE STILL ASKING FOR $5 MILLION. IF YOU INCLUDE OPERATING COSTS WHICH I DON'T THINK IS APPROPRIATE FOR OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS THIS IS A ONE-TIME DEAL-CHANGING OPPORTUNITY. IF WE PUT IN PROJECTS AND WE PROVIDE OPERATING FUNDS FOR THOSE PROJECTS OUT OF OPIOID FUNDS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE OPIOID FUNDS GO AWAY? THERE IS NO OPERATION OF THIS CONTINUED THING. SO THEN WE HAVE 50 PALLET HOMES AND NO WAY OF OPERATING THEM IN THE FUTURE. THAT MAKES ZERO SENSE TO ME. BUT EVEN IF YOU WERE GOING TO PAY FOR THE OPERATING FUNDS OUT OF THIS ONE-TIME MONEY, ACCORDING TO ATTACHMENT 1 ON THIS BILL, THE YEARLY COST IS $1.2 MILLION TO OPERATE. SO, IF YOU TAKE 1.2 AND MULTIPLY THAT TIMES TWO YEARS AND I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD BE PAID TWO YEARS OUT OF THE OPIOID FUNDS, BUT THE COUNTY HAS APPROPRIATED 800,000 AND WE NEED 1 MILLION, FEELS LIKE AN OPEN CHECK AND THAT IS NOT THE USE OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS THAT THIS BODY AGREED TO NOT THAT LONG AGO. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FOR AMENDMENT 2 WHICH IS ON PAGE 2, LINE 9, CHANGE 5 MILLION TO 1.2 MILLION. WHICH IS AGAIN, MORE THAN I THINK WE NEED BUT AT LEAST IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY FOR THESE PALLET HOMES AND THE INEVITABLE INCREASE IN COSTS THAT WILL HAPPEN BETWEEN THE TIME THAT WE APPROVE THIS AND THE TIME WE -- >> WE HAVE AMENDMENT 1 ON THE FLOOR, ANYONE WANT TO DISCUSS AMENDMENT 1 AND THEN -- PUT IT UP FOR A VOTE. >> WE WERE DISCUSSING THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND WE HAVE NOT VOTED ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT -- >> THAT IS CORRECT BUT I ALLOWED DISCUSSION ON THE WHOLE BILL. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, TO MY UNDERSTANDING AND SPEAKING WITH THE COUNTY, QUITE A BIT OF THIS IS A COST SHARE, BOTH WITH OPERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN FUNDING TO DO THAT TREATMENT. EVERY DAY WHEN I WALK OUT MY FRONT DOOR I SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING ON OUR STREETS. FOLKS WITH ADDICTION AND YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE SOMEONE FROM THERE AND PUT THEM IN A HOUSE AND A JOB. YOU HAVE TO HAVE TREATMENT, AND I KNOW WE'LL BE DISCUSSING DISCG COUNCILOR GROUT'S AMENDMENT OR RESOLUTION LATER AND I SUPPORT THAT BUT FOR A LOT OF THESE FOLKS THEY HAVE TO GET TREATMENT, AND I SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING EVERY DAY, I HAVE TO MAKE PHONE CALLS WHEN THERE ARE OVERDOSES. SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND URGE OTHERS' SUPPORT AS WELL. >> DISCUSSION ON THE FLOOR, AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, MOVE AND SECONDED, ALL IF FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HANDS, YES, AND NO? MOTION PASSES. AND WE'LL GO TO AMENDMENT 2. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MOVE FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 2. >> FLOOR AMENDMENT 2 HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >> AGAIN, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN IN A BLANK CHECK FOR ADMINISTRATION TO DO WHATEVER WOULD BE DONE IN THIS 5 MILLION AND WE'VE ASKED AND ASKED AND HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN INFORMATION BEYOND ATTACHMENT 1 AND 2 AND THERE IS NO WAY THAT THOSE DOLLARS AMOUNTS ON THOSE ATTACHMENTS ACTUALLY 5 MILLION. SO I THINK WE SHOULD TRY THIS. I'M TOTALLY FOR TRYING INVO VAIF INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS BUT NOT FOR THROWING AWAY THIS MONEY ALLOWING RANDOM NUMBERS TO BE THROWN ABOUT. LIKE I WAS IT WAS 1 MILLION AND THEN 10 MILLION AND FIVE MILLION AND 2.5 -- >> MR. PRESIDENT, MOVING THIS DOWN TO 1.2 MILLION IS THAT IS WHAT THE COST IS TO GET THE PALLET HOME, CORRECT? >> THE ACTUAL COST IS ABOUT A MILLION BUT I'M ASSUMING AN INCREASE IN COST AT SOME POINT BETWEEN THE NOW AND THE TIME THEY ACTUALLY GOT HERE. >> MR. PRESIDENT, I WAS APPROACHED ABOUT THIS AND WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEA OF RECOVERY TREATMENT USING THE OPIOID FUNDS. SO BY REMOVING THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT SO WE CAN PUT UP PALLET HOMES WHICH FOR THE PUBLIC IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF SAFE OUTDOOR SPACE AND I WANT TO BE CHEER ON CLEAR ONTHIS SO MY DISTRICT IS N WHERE AND WHY I'M STANDING ON THIS BUT THAT SAID, HOW MANY ISS IT GOING TO COST FOR THE RECOVERY TREATMENT. >> THANK YOU, IT IS AN STIDGES ESTIMATION AT THIS POINT, BUT FOR US TO BUILD OUT AND RUN THIS FOR TWO YEARS AT ONE SITE IS WHERE THE $5 MILLION MARK CAME. THE ORIGINAL ASK WAS 410 BECAUSE OUR HOPE WAS TO TRY TO DO TWO SITES IF WE GO WITH ONE AND FIND IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND SUPPORT OTHER COUNCILORS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THEIR DISTRICTS. SO THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED ON THIS HAVE BEEN RELATED TO ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD THE FACILITY. AND THE -- SORRY, THE PURCHASE -- THE PALLETS TO BE ASSEMBLED. AND WE ALSO, OF COURSE, NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ELECTRICAL AND WATER AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE SITE AND SO THERE WILL BE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE PREPARATION AND THE QUOTE PROVIDECIDE AN ESTIMATION FOR OPERATION OF THE PALLET SHELTERS WITHOUT RECOVERY SERVICES AND WE ESTIMATE ABOUT 2.5 MILLION FOR TWO YEARS FOR ALL OF THAT IS WHAT WE WERE INTENDING -- AGAIN, NOT MEANT AS A BLANK CHECK BY ANY MEANS BUT TO GIVE US ROOM TO GET THE RFP AND SOMEONE TO OPERATE TREATMENT SERVICES AND ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR BILL MEDICAID OBVIOUSLY FOR THOSE TREATMENT SERVICES. SO THAT WAS OUR INTENT AROUND THAT DOLLAR ESTIMATE FOR A SITE. >> MR. PRESIDENT, AND MADAM -- TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID THAT THE 1 MILLION TO PURCHASE, ROUGHLY. THE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WE -- IS NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THAT YET. AND THEN YOU SAID OPERATING COST WITHOUT RECOVERY TREATMENT FOR NOW UNTIL YOU ADD IT LATER. CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT? >> YES, MR. PRESIDENT AND COUNCILOR BASSAN, WHAT I WAS REFERENCING WAS AN EXAMPLE OPERATING COST TO RUN PALLET SHELTER FOR 50 PEOPLE, ASKING OTHER PEOPLE WHERE THEIR PALATEE PALLET SHELTERS AND WE RECOGNIZE WHEN YOU ADD SERVICES AND AROUND SERVICES THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL COST AROUND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. >> MR. PRESIDENT, SO YOU SAID THE RFP IS OUT FOR WHO IS GOING TO OPERATE IT OR WHO IS GOING TO OFFER RECOVERY TREATMENT. >> MR. PRESIDENT AND COUNCILOR BASSAN, WE WOULD WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE AUTHORITY THROUGH THIS APPROPRIATION. >> SO OKAY, IF THIS WERE TO PASS, HOW SOON WOULD THESE BE ERECTED? >> MR. PRESIDENT AND COUNCILOR BASSAN, OUR INTENT IS TO MOVE WITH HASTE ON THIS. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT PALLET HOMES CAN BE SENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY TALKED ABOUT ANYWHERE BETWEEN SIX AND NINE WEEKS BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE TO DO SITE PREPARATION AND WE WOULD BE ISSUES THE RFP FOR OPERATOR WHILE MOVING ON THIS SO WE WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO PARALLEL THOSE TO OPEN AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE. I DON'T WANT TO STATE A DATE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE FACTORS WE HAVE TO WORK WITH TO ENSURE THAT HAPPENS AND ENSURE THAT THE CONTRACTOR GETS THE SITE READY AND THEY ARRIVE ON TIME, BUT OUR INTENT IS TO MOVE [INAUDIBLE] >> MR. PRESIDENT I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION BUT I FOR THE GOOD. >> COUNCILOR GROUT. >> I HAVE A QUESTION, WHO IS GOING TO LIVE HERE? >> COUNCILOR GROUT, VICE PRESIDENT GROUT. OUR INTENT IS FOR THIS TO SERVE INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN RECOVERY SUPPORT AND IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WITH SUPPORT SERVICES. SO IT'S INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITHIN THE PALATE. >> THIS IS OPIOID MONEY SO IT NEEDS TO BE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THOSE ISSUES AND WHO ARE READY FOR SERVICES. WILL YOU HAVE THE CASE MANAGEMENT THERE ON STAFF IN THAT BUILDING? IT'S RIGHT ON I-40, RIGHT NEXT TO THE HIGHWAY? IS THAT THE PLAN? >> MR. PRESIDENT, AND COUNCILOR GROUT, I THINK OUR INTENT IS TO USE OUR PARTNERS THAT ALREADY WORK WITH US IN SERVING THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN NEED. AND TO ALLOW FOR THAT REFERRAL PROCESS TO HAPPEN. AND YOU WOULD SEE CASE MANAGEMENT FROM MANY OF OUR PARTNERS BUT OUR INTENT IS THAT THE OPERATOR WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE WORKING CASE MANAGE WANT AND MOVING FOLKS ALONG THROUGH THE SERVICES AND SUPPORT. >> IS THAT -- DO YOU GUYS HAVE THAT IN WRITING? THERE ARE SO MANY -- ON THIS ONE, IT'S HARD TO MAKE A DECISION WHEN I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ANSWERS YET. >> MR. PRESIDENT, BECAUSE -- >> I'M SORRY, BECAUSE OF THIS MONEY IS WHAT IS INTENDED FOR, ARE WE JUST BUILDING HOUSES WITH IT? >> MR. PRESIDENT, AND COUNCILOR GROUT, NO, OUR INTENT IS NOT JUST TO BUILD HOUSES. THE INTENT ALL THROUGHOUT THIS HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON RECOVERY AND TREATMENT SUPPORT AND USING TEMPORARY AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TO PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. I ASKED IF I HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING AND I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN WRITING FROM PROVIDERS YET BUT WE HAVE NOT GONE OUT TO RFP. >> THANK YOU. AGAIN, JUST GOING BACK TO OUR RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED IN THE FALL. THERE NEEDS TO BE A PLAN. AND IT'S NOT CLEARLY STATED. AND SO, AGAIN, THIS MONEY IS ONE-TIME MONEY. AND I UNDERSTAND THE NEED COMPLETELY. BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE TIEWPT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE USING THIS MONEY WISELY. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU. >> OKAY, COUNCILOR -- >> YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU, I 100% AM WITH COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN ON NOT ALLOWING BLANK CHECKS AND A HALF IS A PART OF WHY WE WROTE THE AMENDMENT THE WAY WE DID. AND ANY PROJECT THAT YOU DO YEAR ONE IS FIGURING OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND YEAR TWO IS WHEN YOU MAKE STRIDES AND CHANGES. SO THE SECOND AMENDMENT 1.2 -- AND OF COURSE THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY -- THAT IS ENOUGH FOR YEAR ONE BUT WE REALLY NEED TO BE AT [INAUDIBLE] A LITTLE BIT OF MARGIN, AND SO I WOULD REQUEST COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN TO PUT IT AT 3 MILLION [INAUDIBLE] >> COUNCILOR ROGERS. >> THANK YOU, I THINK COUNCILOR COUNCILORBACA AND I HAVE BEEN GK AND FORTH WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT A MONTH FOR OVER A MONTH AND I THINK WE NEED A PLAN, AND I KNOW THAT IS NOT WHO IS GOING PROVIDE THE CARE BUT WE NEED SOMETHING TO MULL OVER. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THAT TO BE ADDED TO THE RECORD BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT IN ANY OF THE OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT MY COLLEAGUES RECEIVED. I KNOW I SENT IT TO SOME OF THE SPONSORS BUT NOT FULL COUNCIL AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ADD TO THE RECORD AS WELL BECAUSE THERE IS A DOCUMENTED RECORD THEY SENT US. >> COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN? >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. I JOTTED DOWN THOSE NUMBERS AND YOU KNOW, FOR A MILLION DOLLARS BUY THE PALLET HOMES AND THE COUNTY HAS GIVEN US -- NOT US BUT FOR THIS PROJECT, 800,000. SO ALREADY THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF MONEY ON THE TABLE TO DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE FIRST YEAR. AND I DO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE TWO YEARS OF OPERATING FUNDS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY. WE HAVE A TEAM OF DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS RIGHT NOW WORKING ON THAT PLAN THAT WILL BE PREPTED D VERY, VERY SOON. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT TO MOVE ON THIS QUICKLY AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT TO GET THE ORDER IN FOR PALLET HOMES AND I'M TOTALLY BEHIND THAT, BUT I AM NOT BEHIND USING THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS FOR OPERATION COSTS NOW WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS AND A PLAN HERE BEFORE THESE PALLET HOMES ARE INSTALLED. THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT WILL BE READY BEFORE THE PALLET HOME OOS ARRIVE. >> COUNCILOR BASSAN. >> IF WE TOSS THIS AMENDMENT FOR THE 1.2 MILLION, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR RECOVERY TREATMENT? FROM THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS? >> MR. PRESIDENT, AND COUNCILOR BASSAN, YOU MEAN FROM THIS PARTICULAR 1.2? >> YES, IF WE BRING IT DOWN FROM 5 MILLION TO 1.2, SOUNDS LIKE THE 1.2 IS GOING TO BUY US SOME PALLET HOMES AND WHERE ARE WE GOING GET RECOVERY. >> THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE BILL BECAUSE WE WOULD BE TAKING THAT OUT. >> CORRECT. >> I'M NO SUPPORT OF RECOVERY TREATMENT USING OPIOID FUNDING. >> OKAY, THIS IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT. COUNCILOR BACA, DID YOU HAVE -- I'M SORRY. >> NO, JUST STILL SUPPORT IN GENERAL, THE AMENDMENT. >> THIS IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT SPONSORS BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? >> THE STAFF WORKING ON [INAUDIBLE] >> MR. PRESIDENT, WHILE WE ARE WAITING I DID HEAR COUNCILOR BACA'S REQUEST FOR MOVE 1.2 TO 3 AND I AM AMENABLE TO THAT AS LONG AS THERE IS AN ACTUAL PLAN PRESENTED ALONG WITH THAT TO COUNCIL THAT SAYS WHAT THAT $3 MILLION IS GOING TO BE USED FOR. BECAUSE, AGAIN, AT THE POINTED OF THAT BEING SPENT, WE'LL HAVE 3.8 MILLION AT LEAST INVESTED IN A PROJECT TO SERVE 50 PEOPLE, WHICH IS NOT THE GROUND-BREAKING CHANGE THAT WE WERE PROMISED WITH THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND AND THAT WE PROMISED THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE BUT I AM AMENABLE TO A 3 MILLION RAISE IF THAT SETS BETTER WITH COUNSELOR COUNCILORS COUNCILORS BUT ITHAS TO COME WI. >> TABLE THIS UNTIL WHATEVER AMENDMENT YOU ARE WORKING ON -- >> JUST TO CONFIRM, WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THAT AMOUNT ON THAT ONE AMENDMENT. >> I'M FINE WITH THAT IF COUNCILOR BACA IS. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> OKAY. >> WE ARE CHANGING AMENDMENT 2 TO -- DO YOU WANT TO READ THIS EXACTLY? >> >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, RIGHT NOW IS SAYS PAGE 2, LINE THE, CHANGE 2 MILLION TO 3 MILLION. 1 MILLION TO 3 MILLION, CORRECT? >> THAT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASSAN, DISCUSS ON THAT AMENDMENT? OKAY, THOSE IN FAVOR OF AMENDMENT 2, THOSE IN FAVOR YES, AND THOSE OPPOSED, NO. MOTION PASSES ON A 5-2. THANKS TO COUNCILOR -- ON THE AMENDMENT. >> I THINK THAT FAILED. >> THAT FAILED? IT PASSED ON A 5-4, CORRECT? >> CAN WE SEE THE HANDS AGAIN. >> THOSE IN FAVOR OF AMANDIMENTT 2, RAISE YOUR HANDS AND SAY YES. NO? YOU COUNT IT. 5-4, IT FAILED ON A 5-4? OKAY. >> COUNCILOR BACA? >> I JUST URGE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT ON THE BILL. >> DISCUSSION ON THE BILL AS AMENDED, COUNCIL MEMBER PEÑA. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> WE HAVE AMENDMENT PAGE 2, LIEJ 18, ADD NO HOUSING AUTHORITY FUND BY SETTLEMENT FUNDS AS OUTLINED IN THIS BILL SHALL HIM COMMENCE OPERATIONS UNTIL AN AGREEMENT FOR TREATMENT BE DULY EXECUTED. >> MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PEÑA AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR GROUT. DISCUSSION ON THAT AMENDMENT? IF NO DISCUSSION, COUNCILOR ROGERS? >> THANK YOU. SO WE ARE VOTING ON THIS BILL, BUT WITH THE AMENDMENT FOR -- IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE AMOUNT? >> WE ARE VOTING ON COUNCILOR PEÑA'S AMENDMENT. NO. 3, THAT IS ON THE FLOOR. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, AND I DO APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENT AND I WILL READ FROM AN CONSTITUENT'S E-MAIL TODAY, THIS APPROPRIATES 5 MILLION FROM THE SETTLEMENT FUND TO BE USED FOR QUOTE -- [INAUDIBLE] HOUSING FACILITIES END QUOTE, DOT, DOT, DOT. A LITTLE MORE DETAIL WOULD BE NICE AND I WOULD APPRECIATE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. >> AMENDMENT 3, BEEN MOVE AND SECONDED. COUNCILOR BASSAN. >> HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO DELAY IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE ARE BACK TO SQUARE ONE AND PUTTING ALL OF THIS MONEY BACK IN LOCK-UP UNTIL THE WHOLE CITY AND COUNSEL AND MY FAVORITE STUDIES GET COMPLETED TO THE ENDIF THIS AMENDMENT PASSES WHII LIKE MORE THAN JUST PALLET HOMES BUT WHEN ARE WE GOING GET RECOVERY TREATMENT? WHEN IS THAT HAPPENING? >> DO YOU WANT OUR STAFF TO ANSWER THAT OR -- WOULD STAFF LIKE TO TAKE A CRACK AT THAT? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER BASSAN, IT IS POSSIBLE TO PARALLEL TRACK, AND YOU CAN PUT OUT THE RFP WHILE YOU ARE BUILDING THE HOME SOS YOU DON'TT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT'S BUILT. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO DO BUT IT'S POSSIBLE IT WOULD NOT SLOW IT DOWN IF YOU PARALLEL TRACK. >> AND MR. PRESIDENT, CAN WE JUST HAVE THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED READ ONE MORE TIME. >> PAGE 2, LINE 18, ADD THE FOLLOWS, NO TEMPORARY OWTION FUNDED BY SETTLEMENT FUNDS A OUTLINED IN THIS BILL SHALL COMMENTS OPERATIONS UNTIL A FORMAL CONTRACT FOR OPIOID TREATMENT SERVICES DETAILING SPECIFIC TREATMENT PROTOCOLS AND PROVIDER AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN DULY EXECUTED. >> COUNCIL MEMBER GROUT. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE A QUESTION. WHEN IS THE PLAN GOING TO BE READY? THE JOINT COUNTY-CITY THING? >> MR. PRESIDENT, I CAN TRY TO ANSWER THAT. SO WE DID GET A PRESENTATION RECENTLY AND WE ARE GETTING A FULL PRESENTATION FROM THE TEAM AT THE NEXT [INAUDIBLE] MEETING. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT FINAL PLAN WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ALL CERTAINLY RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THAT THIS WOULD BE DELIVERED AND INSTALLED. >> THANK YOU. UM... I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. [INAUDIBLE] >> AMENDMENT NO. 3, THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY YES, AND RAISE YOUR HAND OPPOSED NO. MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUSLY. BACK TO THE BILL. THIS IS R-29 AS AMENDED. COUNCILOR BACA. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. I URGE SUPPORT, IF WE WAIT UNTIL THE FALL, WE ARE STILL WAITING TWO YEARS BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENS. I WANT TO SEE FOLKS START RECEIVING TREATMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THIS IS NOT 50 PEOPLE, SO MULTIYEAR AND MORE LIKE 150 PEOPLE. >> R-29 AS AMENDED, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY YES, AND RAISE YOUR HAND OPPOSED NO. MOTION PASSES 5-4. >> WE ARE ON G, COUNCILOR GROUT, R-35. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. R-35. IS Directing The Department Of Family And Community Services, Now Identified As The Department Of Health, Housing And Homelessness, To Prepare And Present To The City Council A Report Regarding The Expenditure Of City Funds On Services To The Unhoused Community >> MOVE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR BASSAN AND TWO SPEAKERS. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. (CALLING NAMES). >> MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I HAVE A SPEECH ON ANOTHER ISSUE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE ON, BUT ALSO ON THIS ONE, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR GROUT FOR APPEARING FIRST AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING THE MONEY WHERE THE TAXPAYERS NEED TO GET THE BEST OUT OF IT. AND THAT WAS THE SAME ISSUE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE BUYING PAL PALLETHOMES AND I'VE BEEN TELLIU THAT IS NOT GOING TO WORK, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE -- [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE YOU HAVE CONDITIONS YOU HAVE TO WORK UNDER AND -- ONE OF THEM. THINGS PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY ARE ON DRUGS. THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH, AND IF YOU PUT IT IN ONE PLACE, THEY ARE JUST GOING TO GET INTO THE SYSTEM WHICH IS WORSE AND THEY ARE JUST GOING TO WALK OUT. THAT IS WHAT I SEE EVERY DAY. YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO GIVE SOMEONE A ROOF BEFORE YOU GO INTO THIS TREATMENT THAT WE KNOW THAT ONE-THIRD -- TWO-THIRDS IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK. AND FROM THAT THIRD, ONLY 3% IS GOING TO WORK. SO YOU'RE PUTTING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF MONEY JUST TO PAY [INAUDIBLE] AND THAT IS BARELY -- BUT THAT IS NOT THE GOAL OF THIS COUNCILOR NOR THE GOAL OF THIS CITY AND THIS DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS MORE PRACTICAL. AND I'M GOING TO BE WORKING ON THIS WITH YOU GUYS. I'VE BEEN PUTTING ALL OVER YOUTUBE AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE BIOLOGY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING SO WE ARE WORK AND HELP THESE PEOPLE, AND THE [INAUDIBLE] WORKED FOR ME THREE TIMES. LEFT ME AS A VEGETABLE THREE TIMES AND THREE TIMES I CAME BACK. THAT IS THE RIGHT PRODUCT. THANK YOU. >> ED MULINSKI. >> [INAUDIBLE] MUCH FASTER. SO ANYWAY, TALKING ABOUT BEAUTIFUL CANOPY, AND HOW MUCH THE CITY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT -- FEDERAL GRANT AND CITY DESTROYING PARKS, CITIZENS -- MOST TREES ARE GONE. ALL TREES. NOW ANOTHER. MUST END -- THIS EASTER DAY, WE HAVE CITY SWIMMING POOL. NEXT TO STADIUM, BASEBALL STADIUM. WE HAVE ACROSS THE PARKING LOT FROM SWIMMING POOL PARKING LOT HEARING WITH OTHER PARKING NATURE CENTER. BEAUTIFUL, OLD TREES AND ALL KIND VEGETATION. AND NOW THEY CONTRACT US TO TEAR IT DOWN. MOST OF THE 80-YEAR-OLD HUGE TREES. WELL, THAT'S HOW MUCH -- OVER AND OVER YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH CITY SAVE OUR CANOPY, LARGE TREES. AND THAT IS SO MUCH DOUBLE STANDARD, ISN'T THAT ABOUT THE MONEY? ANYTHING ABOUT MONEY? BETTER ABOUT -- [INAUDIBLE] YES, THAT IS ALL I GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILORS ANY DISCUSSION? R-35, COUNCILOR ROGERS. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I SHARE MY COLLEAGUES' WONDER ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SPENDING. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON ADDING UP JUST LOOKING AT CONTRACTING AND I'M A LITTLE WORRIED BE WON'T GET THE FULL PICTURE IF WE JUST LOOK AT ONE DEPARTMENT. WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET THE WHOLE PICTURE. IN READING THROUGH THE BUDGET THERE ARE PROBABLY SIX DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE LINE ITEMS AROUND HOMELESSNESS OR WORK ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS FOR THIS BUT I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE MISSING NUMBERS IF WE JUST ASK THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME AND FAMILY AND EXU SERVICES. COMMUNITY SERVICES.I THINK WE SE BECAUSE I THINK WE WILL BE MISSING A BIG CHUNK JUST BY LOOKING AT ONE DEPARTMENT. >> WELL, I THINK -- I MEAN, THE BILL -- THE DEPARTMENT IS INITIATING THIS BUT I BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD. I THINK WE CAN PUT AN AMENDMENT IN THERE TO SPECIFICALLY TELL THEM THAT EVERY BIT OF FUNDING AND SIGNATURES WITHIN THE CITY BUDGETS. >> AND MR. PRESIDENT, I ADDED TO BUDGET PROCESS A QUESTION ASKING EVERY DEPARTMENT TO TELL US HOW MUCH THEY SPEND ON HOMELESSNESS AND WHAT IS IN THE BUDGE BECAUSE BUDGETBECAUSE I WANT TO STANDARE THIS TO HOW WE DO TRAVEL, AND I THINK WE ADD AN AMENDMENT ADDING MORE DEPARTMENTS BUT ALSO I THINK THINK WHAT TYPE OF CHARGES ARE WE LOOKING FOR. THE THINKS I'M ADDING UP ARE TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION FOOD, SECURITY -- EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE SPENDING AT ANY OF OUR FACILITIES WHERE WE CARE FOR UNSHELTERED POPULATIONS. SO IT'S NOT JUST A BLANKET BUT BEING SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE, AND DO WE WANT TO SEE ALL OF THAT? I WANT TO SEE FOR ME THE WHOLE GAMUT OF EVERYTHING. >> AND TO THE SPONSOR, THE REPORT IS TO BE DONE BY THE DEPARTMENT BUT IS IT SPECIFIC IN THERE WHERE THE REQUIREMENT IS TO LOOK AT AND REPORTED ALL EXPENDITURES RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS? IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN AMEND. >> CURRENTLY SECTION 2, PAGE 3, LINE -- SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HHH SHALL PREPARE A REPORT AND I THINK A QUICK AND FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO GET COUNCILOR ROGER'S DESIRE TO GET TO MORE DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE TO STRIKE THE APOSTROPHE S AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SERVICES AND SAY OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE DEPARTMENT OF HHH AND JUST SAY THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE WILL PREPARE A REPORT. WE DO HAVE IN THIS THE BUDGET QUESTIONS COMING UP NEXT MONTH IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. SO IT'S AT THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE. >> BACK TO THE SPONSOR, WHAT WOULD YOU WISH TO DO? >> WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND SO FORTH. THIS BILL IS INTENDED TO BE NARROWLY TAILORED. WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE ARE SPENDING ON CONTRACTS, THE SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE SOCIAL SERVICES AND CONTRACTS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SERVED. THIS WILL GIVE US A PICTURE OF WHAT SERVICES PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING AND IDENTIFY ANY GAPS OR OVERLAPS. ONE THING THAT FRUSTRATES ME IS WHEN WE GO OUT TO THE WEB AND YOU SEE WHAT WE SEE OUT THERE AND THEN WE'LL ASK, WELL, WHO IS DOING THAT? WELL, THAT IS NOT IN OUR CONTRACT AND A HALF IS NOT IN AR SCOPE OF WORK. WELL, WHO IS IT? THIS IS TAILORED TO BE NOR ROW NARROWAND I HOPE IN OUR BUDGET QUESTIONS THEY WILL BE FOR FORTH COMING AND GET US ANSWERS. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS STARTED BECAUSE THIS IS BUDGET SEASON AND IT'S VERY TIMELY. NOT SAYING ANYTHING IS WRONG BUT I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF OVERLAP IN ONE AREA AND A HUGE GAP SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND WE CAN ALL USE THIS AND USE IT AS A GOOD TOOL TO FIGURE OUT WE ARE SPENDING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS, AND WE NEED TO BE MORE MINDFUL OF THAT, AND THOUGHTFUL OF THAT WHEN WE ARE ROLLING OUT THESE CONTRACTS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE HELPING THE PEOPLE IT'S INTENDED TO HELP AND I DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING THAT. ADMIN KNOWS ON A DAILY BASIS, THEY HEAR FROM ME ABOUT THINGS THAT I SEE AND THEY SAY WE ARE WORKING ON THAT, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. I DON'T DOUBT THAT THEY ARE, BUT WE NEED TO -- WHEN WE ARE SOMETIMES NOT SEEING IMPROVEMENT WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE, SO THIS IS VERY TAILORED TO BE NARROW AND I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> SPECIFICALLY THE CONTRACT THAT THIS DEPARTMENT OVERSEES ARE SOME HAPPENING AT THE SHELTER THAT WOULDN'T BE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT THAT THE DEPARTMEN OVERSEES BUT STARTING THE DEPARTMENT [INAUDIBLE] WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA, BUT COUNCILOR ROGERS? >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, ENG I'M OKAY WAITING TO SEE WHAT WE GET FROM BUDGET BUT I ASKED EVERY DEPARTMENT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE WHOLE NUMBER I'M LOOKING FOR, AND I THINK SERVICES IS A WHOLE OTHER CAN OF WORMS BUT I APPRECIATE THAT AND I CAN WAIT TO SEE WHAT COMES THROUGH ON BUDGET. >> AND CERTAINLY OUR BUDGETS STAFF IS ON TOP OF THAT AS WELL, AND COUNCILORS -- ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? ON THE BILL? COUNCILOR GROUT? >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> R-37 HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND, YES, NO? MOTION PASSES. THAT WAS R-35, WE ARE ON R37. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. Approving And Authorizing The Filing Of A Grant Application For The New Mexico Tourism Department's Destination Forward Grant Program, For The Route 66 East Gateway Sign Project, For Fiscal Year 2024 Through Fiscal Year 2025. I MOVE THIS PASS. >> A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS, THIS IS R-37. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILOR VICE PRESIDENT GROWTH. GROUT,THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN WORKING ON FOR OVER A YEAR AND ON 66 WE WANT TO WELCOME VISITORS TO THE CITY, TO THE EAST GATEWAY AND FOR A YEAR WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON MONEY COMING OUT OF DISTRICT 9 SETTING ASIDE FUNDS TO DESIGN AND BUILD IT AND THEN TWO WEEKS AGO WE LEARNED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS TOURISM GRANT THROUGH THE STATE. AND WE HAVE THE FULL BLESSING OF ARTS AND CULTURE, SO I HAVE TO COMMEND OUR STAFF FOR WORKING SO FAST QUICKLY EFFICIENTLY AND REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE WITH LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN GETTING THIS GOING FORWARD. AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL GET THIS MONEY AND WE'LL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SIGN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. OH, IF WE ARE AWARDED IT, WE'LL HEAR SOME TIME IN JULY. >> ALL RIGHT, THAT CLOSES R-37, IN FAVOR, SAY YES, NO? MOTION PASSES. R-38. COUNCILOR ROGERS. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. Approving And Authorizing A Grant Application For Funds From The Cities For Financial Empowerment Fund, Inc. By The City Of Albuquerque Legal Department. DEADLINE FOR THIS GRANT IS TODAY, I URGE IT PASS, SO MOVE. >> ANY DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS ON THE BILL? ANYONE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, COUNCILOR ROGERS TO CLOSE. >> THANK YOU, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND SOMETHING I TALKED ABOUT A LOT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND I GET TO DELIVER. >> IN ALL FAVOR, YES, OPPOSED NO, MOTION PASSES AND THERE BEING NO OTHER BUSINESS, THIS COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED.