>>COUN. BENTON: GOOD EVENING. WELCOME EVERYBODY. INEIGHTH MEETING OF THE 25th COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. ALL COUNCILORS ARE PRESENT. WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN ENGLISH. WE'LL ASK COUNCILOR GROUT TO DO THAT. AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN SPANISH, I'LL ASK COUNCILOR PEÑA. AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [ RECITING THE PLEDGE ]. >>COUN. BENTON: THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. WE WILL MOVE TO PROCLAMATIONS AND REPRESENTATION -- PRESENTATION, EXCUSE ME. WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING. STARTING WITH DIRECTOR RUIZ, TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE ALBUQUERQUE COMMUNITY SAFETY DEPARTMENT. WELCOME, MADAM DIRECTOR. >> GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TODAY. I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THIS IN FIVE MINUTES, WHICH WILL BE MY RECORD. I'M GOING TO LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER. I DIDN'T PRINT MYSELF A POWERPOINT. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW ACS IS A THIRD BRANCH TO PUBLIC SAFETY. NOW WHEN YOU CALL 911 YOU GET POLICE, FIRE OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESPONDER. THEY RESPOND TO MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALLS AND UNSHELTERED CALLS AND OTHER CALLS LIKE ABANDONENED VEHICLES AND NEEDLE PICK-UP. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS THAT WE ANNOUNCED ACS. PRIOR TO THAT WE HAD BEEN DOING RAPID EXPERIMENTS AROUND SOCIAL SERVICE GROUPS THAT ADDRESSED PUBLIC SAFETY. IT WASN'T MAKING A BIG IMPACT. IT WAS AFTER GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED THAT WE SAW THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO SEE A CHANGE. IN JUNE OF 2020 WE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING BIG AND BOLD AND CREATE A DEPARTMENT. WE DID A SIX-MONTH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, YOU CAN FIND THAT ON THE REPORTS PAGE WHICH DEFINED WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING AND IMPLEMENTED IN SEPTEMBER 2021. WE HAVE FOUR TO FIVE DIFFERENT RESPONDERS. FIRST IS MOBILE CRISIS TEAM. THIS IS OUR HIGH ACUITY CALLS, CALLS FOR SERVICE, THIS IS A CLINICIAN AND POLICE OFFICER. THIS IS ONLY RESPONSE TYPE THAT IS CO-RESPONDER. THE OTHERS ARE ALTERNATIVE AND NON-LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE HAVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESPONDERS THAT RESPOND IN TEAMS OF TWO. THESE ARE SOCIAL WORKERS AND COUNCILORS. COMMUNITY SPONSORS, THAT GO TO COMMUNITY EVENTS. THEY CHECK ON PEOPLE AT THE BUS STOPS. WE HAVE OUR OUTREACH. THEY GO TO ENCAMPMENTS. SOME OF WHICH WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH. CORONADO, LOS ALTOS. AND WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY ORIENTED RESPONSE AND ASSISTANCE RESPONDER. THIS IS A VERY SPECIFIC TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL WHO TAKES ON CALLS THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE TRAUMATIC. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WENT TO THE TWO HOMICIDES WE SAW AT THE MASSAGE PARLORS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. WE ASKED FOR ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN 60 POSITIONS AND WE FILLED EVERY SINGLE POSITION EXCEPT FOR ONE WHICH ACTUALLY JUST WITHDREW THEIR ACCEPTANCE. BUT ULTIMATELY WE FILLED OVER POSITION WE ASKED FOR AND A COUPLE EXTRAS WE CREATED DURING THE MID-YEAR REVIEW. NEXT SLIDE. THIS ONE, I THINK MANY OF YOU SEEN AND THESE ARE REPORTS YOU CAN FIND ON THE WEBSITE, YOU SEE IN MARCH WE SAW A LARGE UPTICK. THAT WILL BE BECAUSE WE PUT A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESPONDER AT DISPATCH. THIS IS WAS A GAME CHANGER BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE AN ACTUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESPONDER WHO KNOWS WHAT THE JOB IS AND HELP DISPATCHERS. NOT ONLY DID WE DOUBLE THE UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUAL CALLS. BUT WE TOOK MORE WELFARE CHECKS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHECKS, AND WELLNESS CHECKS. WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY LOSE CAPACITY, WE INCREASED IT AND WERE ABLE TO GO OUT TO MORE. TO DATE, SINCE SEPTEMBER, WE'VE GONE TO OVER 6,000 CALLS. 3,000 OF THOSE CALLS WERE DIVERTED CALLS FROM PD. IT HELPS POLICE NOT HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE CALLS AND IT HELPED US BE ABLE TO REALLY HELP THE COMMUNITY AND BE THE RIGHT RESPONSE AT THE RIGHT TIME. NEXT SLIDE. SIMILARLY, YOU'LL SEE HERE WE HAVE OUR OUTCOMES. WE GO OUT AND PROVIDE RESOURCES. MOST OF THEM, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE DO HAVE NO-PERSON FOUND. WHICH IS STILL A CALL POLICE AND FIRE WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT TO. AND WE HAVE THE OTHER TWO THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ARE GHOST CALLS AS WELL AS NO-RESPONSE. WE DO OCCASIONALLY NEED POLICE AND FIRE. THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. IT'S A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE. LESS THAN 1%. REALLY, IT'S BOTH. IT'S US GETTING CALLED OUT BY APD AND US CALLING APD. THE BLEEDING BETWEEN THE THREE DEPARTMENTS IS FANTASTIC. REALLY POSITIVE LIGHT. THIS ONE, BRIEFLY, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW THE IMPACT ON EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS. YOU CAN SEE IT'S ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY AND HAS RESPONDED TO COUNTY CALLS AS WELL. THIS ONE I DON'T WANT TO DWELL TOO MUCH. THIS REALLY HIGHLIGHTS IS THAT FROM THE TIME WE GET A CALL TO THE TIME WE LEAVE IT TAKES AN HOUR. THAT IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT THE WEREN'T SITUATION IS FOR A PRIORITY FOUR. ON AVERAGE IT TAKES TWO HOURS AND A LITTLE LESS THAN 30 MINUTES AND PRIOR FIVE IS AN HOUR AND 37 MINUTES. THOSE CALLS CAN GO ALL DAY DEPENDING ON HOW BUSY APD IS. WE ARE SETTING A PRECEDENCE. WE HAVE BECOME PARTNERS. PEOPLE DO REPORTS ON US. THEY'RE GETTING IN THE CAR WITH US AND SEEING THIS ENTIRE NEW DEPARTMENT IS REALLY ABOUT. WE SIT ON DIFFERENT COALITIONS. LOCALLY, STATE, AND FEDERALLY. AND JUST REALLY TRYING TO GIVE AN UPDATE AND UNDERSTANDING AND WORK OUT AREAS THAT WE STILL NEED TO WORK OUT. WE'RE NOT PERFECT. WE'RE NOT NEAR IT. I THINK AS A NATION WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET THIS TO BE A NATION MODEL. LASTLY, WE ARE TRYING TO RE-UP. WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE SECOND YEAR. OUR HOPE IS TO BE 24-7. WE THOUGHT WE COULD GET THERE THIS YEAR. WE FELT IT WASN'T NECESSARY AT THE MOMENT. ADDITIONALLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN RESPOND VERY PURPOSELY TO CERTAIN DISTRICT AND COMMAND AREAS. IT'S IMPORTANT OUR FOLKS GET GOOD CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE. GET TO KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS AND HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INVESTMENT IN EACH OF THE AREAS IN TOWN. WE'RE ALSO MAKING SURE WE HIRE APPROPRIATELY. WHEN WE ASK FOR WHAT WE ASK FOR IT WASN'T JUST A RANDOM NUMBER. IT WAS SPECIFIC BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE THINK IS OBTAINABLE CONSIDERING WE DIDN'T HAVE AN HR PERSON AND WE HIRED LESS THAN 60 PEOPLE AND IT'S THE PIPELINE WE HOLD HAS AVAILABLE. WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON HIRING. AND LASTLY, IT'S REALLY ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND MAKING SURE THAT SIMILAR TO WHAT APD AND AFR DONE HAS BEEN GREAT, WE CREATE A NICE PIPELINE. WE HAVE LONGEVITY AND AN ABILITY TO CREATE A CAREER IN CITY GOVERNMENT. I LEAVE IT AT THAT. AND I'LL LEAVE WITH A NICE QUOTE. MANY OF YOU KNOW WALTER WHO IS A RESPONDER, I'LL LET YOU READ THAT ON YOUR OWN. THANK YOU. >>COUN. BENTON: THANK YOU SO MUCH DIRECTOR. COUNCILORS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DIRECTOR? COUNCILOR DAVIS AND COUNCILOR BASSAN AND COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. >>COUN. DAVIS: I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE POPULAR. IT MAKES ME EXCITED. WE GOT THAT RIGHT WHEN WE PUT YOU IN THIS POSITION. THESE NUMBERS SHOW ACROSS THE CITY EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR ALL KINDS OF REASONS. I WANTED TO POINT OUT ONE OF THE STATS YOU BROUGHT THIS UP IN THAT MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO. THE IDEA THAT THERE'S STILL A LAG BETWEEN CALLS TO DISPATCH, IT'S TAKING YOUR STAFF LESS THAN 15 MINUTES TO GET ANYWHERE IN THE CITY ON AVERAGE TO RESPOND TO SOMEBODY IN NEED. WHEN FOLKS CAN GET TO DISPATCH AND 911 AND GET THAT IN, IT SAYS A LOT WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S THERE. I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED SEE THAT EXPAND 24-7. I KNOW YOU ARE AS WELL. I WANTED TO ASK, I KNOW YOU HAVE A DATA ANALYST IN YOUR DEPARTMENT. NOT EVERY DEPARTMENT DOES. CLEARLY THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR THAT. WHAT DO YOU THINK OR WHERE WE IN TERMS OF LONGITUDINAL DATA. HOW ARE WE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH SOME OF THE FREQUENT FLIERS, IDENTIFY THOSE INTERVENTION POINTS AND WHERE THOSE POINTS ARE HAPPENING? IS IT THE THIRD TIME OR FOURTH TIME? WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE IT BETTER? >> WE WANTED TO BE PURPOSEFUL IN OUR DATABASE. WE WORK WITH OTHER CITIES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEAUTIFUL DATABASE WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND THERE'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL UNFORTUNATELY. WE DECIDED TO USE AN RTIF WHICH HASN'T BEEN SUPER FRIENDLY. WE WILL BE TRYING MEMBER 43 WHICH IS THE DATA BASE APD IS MOVING TO. WE THINK IT HAS THE ABILITY TO TRACK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS THEY TRACK HIGH UTILIZERS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WE COME IN CONTACT WITH MORE OFTEN. A LOT OF APD AND AFR AND ACS SHARE THAT INFORMATION ANYWAY. I THINK IT WILL BE A GOOD SYSTEM. HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S VERY HIGH CHANCE WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO MUCH MORE PERSON-CENTERED DATABASE. IT'S IN THE WORKS. IT'S PART OF WHY WE HAVE A LOT OFCONSULTANTS. WITH GATEWAY, THEY'RE LOOKING INTO SIMILAR DATABASES. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO WORK COLLECTIVELY TO FIGURE OUT THAT ONE SIZE FITS ALL. >>COUN. BENTON: COUNCILOR BASSAN. AND THEN COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. DIRECTOR, THIS IS JUST WHENEVER I HEAR FROM YOU AND TALK TO YOU, I THINK IT'S AMAZING THE THINGS I LEARN BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT YOU REALLY RESPECT THAT I DON'T LIKE POWERPOINTS. THANK YOU. YOU DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE INFORMATION. I'M WANTING TO SAY THANK YOU. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY A HEAVY LIFT THAT YOU HAVE DONE, BUT YOU'VE DONE IT REALLY, REALLY WELL. I LOVE THE DIFFERENT NEW IDEAS. WE TALKED ABOUT A WEEK AGO OR WHATEVER, I THINK IT'S EXCITING TO HEAR ABOUT JUST MAKING SURE YOU HAVE SOMEONE FROM ACS SITS IN DISPATCH AND TRYING SOMETHING NEW. YOU'RE WILLING TO TRY SOMETHING TO SEE IF IT WITH WORKS WITHOUT A HUGE LEAP OR INVESTMENT, AND AS THINGS PROGRESS AND GET BETTER IT'S EVIDENT YOU'RE WILLING TO PIVOT IF NECESSARY. IT'S REALLY THOROUGH WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I LOVE THE COLLABORATION YOU HAVE WITH APD AND AFR. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. I COULDN'T DO IT ALONE. THIS TOOK A HUGE VILLAGE. IT TOOK MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. IT TOOK MULTIPLE DIRECTORS. IT WAS A HUGE LIFT FROM OUR ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU FOR THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: HELLO, DIRECT. >> GOOD EVENING. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: WE HAD QUITE A MEETING, YOU AND I. THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION WE WENT OVER IN REFERENCE TO OUR SAFETY. WE WENT OVER A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN REFERENCE. HOPEFULLY YOU'RE TAKING A LOT OF THOSE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT INTO CONSIDERATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT YOU PUT SOMEBODY IN THE CALL CENTER. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY BIG THING FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DATA IS GOOD, COUNCILOR TALKED ABOUT DATA BEING VERY IMPORTANT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY CALLS FOR SERVICE DID APD HAVE SINCE SEPTEMBER WHEN THE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED AND HOW MANY OF THOSE CALLS DID YOU ANSWER AND WHAT THE PERCENTAGE WAS IN REFERENCE TO THOSE CALLS. I KNOW IN APD, THEY ANSWER, I MEAN, UPWARDS INTO THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CALLS. WHAT IS YOUR ACTUAL FOOTPRINT IN HEFERANCE TO HELPING THE OFFICERS DO THEIR JOB? >> I THINK THE PERCENTAGE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS WHAT THE PERCENT FROM APD TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY SMALL NUMBER WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIORITY FOURS AND FIVES. WE CAN GET YOU THAT NUMBER. I COULD SAY, ABOUT HALF OF THE CALLS WE'VE TAKEN ARE CALLS THAT CAME FROM PD. IT'S NOT VERY MUCH. 3,000 CALLS DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A LOT. BUT WE'VE GOT THE VERY BEAR MINIMUM OF WHAT WE HAVE FOR SKELETON CREW FOR CALLS FOR SERVICE AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH RESPONDERS TO COVER THOSE CALLS. WE HOPE WE CAN TAKE MORE. WE KNOW WE CAN TAKE MORE. WE TOOK YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND ADD ANOTHER BHR AT DISPATCH. WE'LL LOOK TO SEE IF THOSE MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN NUMBERS. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: I APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT DATA YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PROGRAM -- WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SEE A GOOD SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CALLS THAT ARE BEING HELPED SO APD CAN GET TO THE CALLS THEY NEED TO GET TO. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS. I ASK FOR THOSE NUMBERS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE WE NEED TO SEE WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY IS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL THE DOLLARS WE SPENT. THAT'S WHAT OUR JOB IS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SPEND THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF DOLLARS AND WE'RE PUTTING IT IN THE RIGHT AREA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IF YOU CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH US HERE ON COUNCIL, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING UP SO IF WE GET THE NUMBERS WE STARTED OUT AT A BASELINE, AND WE WANT TO ALWAYS BE MEETING THAT NEXT BASELINE. THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF NUMBERS AND THINGS I'M LOOKING FOR. I THINK THE REST OF THE COUNCILORS AGREE WE WANT TO SEE GOOD NUMBERS COME IN. IF THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY, REALLY WORKING WELL YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF US SUPPORT YOU EVEN MORE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. >>COUN. BENTON: COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. I PERSONALLY WENT ON A RIDE ALONG WITH YOUR TEAMS. WALTER WAS ONE OF THEM. I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THIS TEAM AND WHOLE PROGRAM. I WAS ALSO VERY PLEASED TO SEE THEM WORK WITH APD AND HOW THEY BOTH HAD MUTUAL RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER. IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO ME. AND GETTING TO SEE HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WAS VERY RESPECTFUL. I HOPE THAT IT WORKS AND CONTINUES TO THRIVE AND YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. >>COUN. BENTON: DIRECTOR, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANKS FOR KEEPING IT BRIEF. WE'LL HAVE YOU BACK. I PROMISE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. >> MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY ADD ONE POINT. WE HAVE TO THANK YOU YOU, ALL. FOR FUNDING THE DEPARTMENT. AND MAKING THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO GET US MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION. AND SECONDLY, TO COUNCILOR SANCHEZ'S POINT, IT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU HAVE A COMPLETE CULTURAL SHIFT IN THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO ISSUES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE NUMBERS FOR SURE, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, BUT WHEN APD NOW IS CALLING THE DEPARTMENT TO COME ASSIST IN A CALL, IT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO. WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERTISE COMING TO ASSIST APD AS OPPOSED TO WANTING APD TO SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM IN THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT'S THE SHIFT WE'RE REALLY SEEING. THE NUMBERS MAY NOT BE AS BIG TODAY, BUT THE IMPACT THAT THOSE NUMBERS HAVE, ANY OF THOSE INCIDENTS COULD BECOME A MAJOR ISSUE THAT COULD GO IN A BAD DIRECTION. AS A RESULT OF HAVING MORE STAFF AVAILABLE TO HELP WHO HAVE EXPERTISE AND TRAINING IN THOSE AREAS, WE'VE SAVED A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO. I THINK THE DEPARTMENT UNDER HER LEADERSHIP HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AND THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING REMARKABLE WORK. AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE FUNDING IS WHAT MAKES IT WORK. THANK YOU. >>COUN. BENTON: THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM APD COMMANDER VEERS TO PROVID AN UPDATE ON SPEEDING IN OUR CITY STREETS. CHIEF MEDINA. >> COUNCILOR BENTON, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING A PRESENTATION ON AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT. BEFORE I GET STARTED, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE'S ALSO BIG THANK YOU TO COUNCIL FOR THIS. THIS PROCESS IS ACTUALLY THE LAST STEP IN SOMETHING THAT INVOLVED GREAT COMMUNICATION, GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCIL, AND SHOWS WHAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. COUNCILOR BASSAN, COUNCILOR BENTON, COUNCILOR PEÑA, THANK YOU. YOU HELPED BRING US HERE EARLY LAST YEAR WHEN WE STARTED HAVING CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IN THE CITY WAS. WE TALKED ABOUT DRAG RACING. AS WE KNOW THE FIRST STEP WAS INCREASED ENFORCEMENT. COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WE GREATLY REDUCED FATALITY YEAR TO DATE. WE'LL HAVE EXACT NUMBERS FOR YOU. LAST YEAR, WE DID 137 CALL OUTS AND 88 FATALITIES IN TRAFFIC. THAT NUMBER IS DOWN DRASTICALLY. WE'VE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO HOW WE ENFORCE IN THE MORNING AND HAVING TRAFFIC OFFICERS GIVING MORE TICKETS. WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 100 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS PER MONTH. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US AND COMMUNICATING WITH US. I'M GOING TO TURNED IT OVER TO COMMANDER VEERS AND WE'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO GO OVER A FEW NUMBERS OF THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. OBVIOUSLY, SPEEDING WAS A HUGE ISSUE, THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY FOCUSES WITH RACING, MODIFIED EXHAUST IS THE FOCUS OF OUR EFFORTS. WE'VE DONE SEVERAL OPERATIONS. WE'VE TAKEN A DIFFERENT APPROACH FROM TRAFFIC IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IS CONCENTRATED MORE ON A DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO CRIME AND SAFETY. WHERE THERE'S TRAFFIC CRASHES ALONG WITH CRIME, WE FOUND THAT TO BE A LOT ALONG THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR. DEFINITELY STEPPED UP OUR ENFORCEMENT AROUND CENTRAL TO THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. ANY AREA ON CENTRAL GETS THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. WE'VE DONE LOT OF FREEWAY OPERATIONS. THERE'S HEAVY TRAFFIC AND HIGH SPEEDS ON THE FREEWAY. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE A BIG ISSUE IF THERE'S A CRASH AT THOSE TYPE OF SPEEDS. YOU'RE LOOKING AT FATAL CRASHES. WE'VE STEPPED UP ENFORCEMENT ON THE FREEWAY. IN THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR ALONE WE'VE ISSUED ALMOST 4,000 CITATIONS AND MADE 75 ARRESTS. WHEREAS BEFORE, NOT DOING AS MUCH ENFORCEMENT ON THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES IN THAT AREA. THOSE HAVE INCREASED. THE TRAFFIC DIVISION ALSO FOCUSED ON THE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, ESPECIALLY WITH SPEEDING. VERSUS US RESPONDING TO TRAFFIC CRASHES. WE'VE ACTUALLY ADDED ADDITIONAL PSA TO THE TRAFFIC DIVISION TO FOCUS ON TAKING THOSE CRASHES. IT RELIEVES THE FIELD OFFICERS FROM HAVING TO RESPOND TO THOSE. IT ALLOWS THE TRAFFIC OFFICERS DO MORE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, FROM JANUARY TO NOW AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, WE'VE DOUBLED THE TRAFFIC CITATIONS. LAST YEAR WE WERE AROUND 6,000 CITATIONS. THIS YEAR WE'RE JUST UNDER 12,000 CITATIONS. AS CHIEF SAID, WE'RE DOWN OVER 100 CRASHES PER MONTH FROM JANUARY TO MARCH. AND OUR FATALES ARE DOWN QUITE A BIT. I BELIEVE THE EFFORTS ARE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HARD WORK OF PATROL OFFICERS. AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AS WELL. THE FIELD IS DEFINITELY TAKING THEIR PART OF IT. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE AUTOMATED SPEEZ SPEED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. I BELIEVE THAT'S A DUAL EFFORT WITH THE TRAFFIC DIVISION. WE'RE EXCITED TO USE THAT DATA THAT WE COLLECT FROM THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM TO REALLY FOCUS ON THOSE SPEEDERS WHO ARE GOING 40, 50 FILES AN HOUR OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT AND DO THAT CONSECUTIVE. WE HAVE SOMEBODY ALMOST EVERY DAY GOING ALMOST 100 MILES AN HOUR IN THE GIBSON CORRIDOR. WE USE OUR DATA TO LOOK FOR THAT VEHICLE AND CATCH THEM DOING THAT SPEED LIMIT, THEY WILL BE STOPPED AND A CRIMINAL CITATION AND ARREST WILL BE MADE TO CHANGE THAT BEHBEHAVIOR. IT GOES FURTHER THAN JUST THE CIVIL ASPEBLTH -- ASPECT OF IT. THERE'S A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR APD. CAMERAS CAN RUN 24 HOURS A DAY. DIFFERENT TIME OF THOSE WEEK. OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY TRAFFIC CAMERAS WILL ALWAYS BE OUT THERE. IT WILL EXTEND THAT ENFORCEMENT EFFORT TO THE CITY AND GET EVERYBODY TO THROW -- SLOW DOWN. THOSE ARE THE EFFORTS IN REGARD TO AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT AND HOW THEY TIE TOGETHER. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AT THIS POINT. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU, SIR. COULD YOU BREAK DOWN THE 12,000 CITATIONS. TALK ABOUT THE NORTHWEST AREA COMMAND IF YOU WOULD FOR A MOMENT. THOSE INCREASE OF CITATIONS, IF YOU CAN BREAK IT DOWN TO THAT COMMAND. AND AS WELL AS THE TRAFFIC DIVISION. PERSONNEL IN THE TRAFFIC DIVISION, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S INCREASE IN PERSONNEL AND SHIFTS DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY TO TRAFFIC. IF YOU COULD SPECIFICALLY IN THE NORTH WEST COMMAND. >> MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. SPECIFICALLY, RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE THAT. CHIEF MIGHT HAVE INFORMATION AS FAR AS THE NORTHWEST SPECIFICALLY GOES. >> COUNCILOR BENTON, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, COUNCILOR LEWIS, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY APD ADVOCATES FOR US TO GET QUESTIONS BEFOREHAND. SO WE CAN RESEARCH THESE QUESTIONS AND BRING THE PROPER INFORMATION TO COUNCIL. IF AT ANY TIME YOU WANT TO REACH OUT AND LET US KNOW BEFOREHAND, THROUGH ISAAC OR ME OR THE COMMANDER, WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION. I THINK THE LAST TWO WEEKS EVERY MEMBER OF COUNCIL EXCEPT FOR TWO I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH AT LENGTH. JUST REACH OUT AND WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE DOING THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT. CERTAINLY NOT MEANT TO SURPRISE YOU AT ALL. I FIGURED YOU HAD THE SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THE CENTRAL AVENUE AND CORRIDORS. I'D BE INTERESTED IN UNSER AND GOLF COURSE. I BELIEVE IN PAST CONVERSATIONS, YOU'VE PUT GOOD EMPHASIS. I WANT TO PASS THE DATA TO THE COMMUNITY AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE STEPPING UP ENFORCEMENT IN TRAFFIC AND HOPEFULLY OUR RESIDENTS ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF A POLICE PRESENCE AND MARKED CARS ACTUALLY DOING TRAFFIC SUPPORT. CERTAINLY, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GIVE YOU A CALL ANY TIME. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. CERTAINLY WOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE THAT DATA. I'D APPRECIATE IT. >>COUN. JONES: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING TO HAVE US ASK QUESTIONS. I APPRECIATE THAT. MAJOR ISSUE IN DISTRICT NEAR AND DEAR TO ME, THE ONE I REPRESENT, THE DRAG RACING ON TRAMWAY HAS BECOME ABSOLUTELY, I'M SORRY TO SAY, OUT OF CONTROL AGAIN. MOSTLY IN THE DARK NIGHT HOURS. SO THEY CAN HIT OTHER CARS THEY DON'T SEE WHEN THEY COME OUT OF THE SIDE STREETS. IT'S REALLY AS BAD AS I'VE EVER SEEN IT RIGHT NOW OR HEARD ABOUT. MAYBE I HAVE MORE PEOPLE CALLING ME. APPARENTLY IT'S A HUGE ISSUE ON TRAMWAY. TO SOME EXTENT ON ACADEMY FOR SOME REASON. ON THE WAY UP TO TRAMWAY. I THINK THEY LIKE TO MAKE THE NOISE WITH THEIR MUFFLERS GOING UP THE HILL. IF YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FOR US, AND I'D LIKE SEE WHAT YOU FIND OUT, IF IT'S TRULY HAPPENING AS MUCH AS I'M HEARING. OR MAYBE NOT. IF YOU WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PLEASE. THANK YOU. >>COUN. BENTON: COUNCILOR BASSAN. >> NARRATOR: . >>COUN. BASSAN: CHIEF, COMMANDER, I THINK ONE OF THE LATEST DETAILS THAT THE PUBLIC KEEPS BRINGING UP IS THERE WON'T BE ANY ACTUAL ENFORCEMENT IF SOMEBODY GETS THE $100 CITATION. CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THAT'S NOT TRUE AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF SOMEBODY GETS $100 CITATION, HOW IS THERE TEETH IF THEY DON'T PAY OR GET COMMUNITY SERVICE? >> YES, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCILOR BASSAN. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. GREAT QUESTION. THAT ACTUALLY HAS COME UP QUITE A BIT. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT. WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS TIME WITH OUR APPROACH OF THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. ONCE YOU RECEIVE $100 CITATION, THERE'S A COUPLE OPTIONS. YOU CAN PAY THE CITATION, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THAT. THE SECOND OPTION IS COMMUNITY SERVICE OPTION. IT'S A FOUR-HOUR BLOCK OF COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 90 DAYS. IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLETE THAT IT REFERS BACK TO CITATION. IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLETE THAT, IT WILL BE SENT TO COLLECTIONS. THERE'S A THIRD-PARTY COLLECTIONS AGENCY THAT WILL BE TIED INTO THIS PROGRAM. IF YOU FAIL TO PAY THAT, YOU WILL BE SENT TO COLLECTIONS FOR THAT TO BE COLLECTED AND IF YOU FAIL TO DO SO THAT WOULD AFFECT THE DRIVER'S CREDIT. THERE'S MORE BITE TO IT RATHER THAN YOU JUST DON'T PAY AND NOTHING HAPPENS. WHEREAS THE PREVIOUS PROGRAM -- >> COUNCILOR BENTON, COUNCILOR BASSAN, WHEN I WAS CHIEF OF POLICE AT LAGUNA WE HAD ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS. AND THAT WAS SENDING THEM TO THE COLLECTION AGENCY. WHEN A PERSON GOES TO MAKE A PURCHASE, THEY REMEMBER AND THEY DECIDE TO PAY THE CITATION. IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. >>COUN. BENTON: COUNCILOR PEÑA AND THEN COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'M GOING TO REITERATE WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING. I THANK EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS. COUNCILOR BENTON, COUNCILOR BASSAN, AND REALLY TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. APD. THIS IS A LONG HAUL. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE'VE HAD ISSUES OF SPEEDING IN ALL OF OUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS. WE'VE DECIDED TO CREATE A SMALL WORKING GROUP OF PEOPLE TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS. INITIALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT EDUCATION AND AWARENESS THROUGH THE SIGNS AND THANK YOU TO ERICA CHAVEZ FAMILY WHO STEPPED UP AND WANTED TO LOAN THEIR FAMILY'S NAME WHO UNFORTUNATELY LOST HER LIFE TRAGICALLY TO SPEEDING. IT WAS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT TO WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. WITH THE SPEED ENFORCEMENT I THINK THIS WILL GO A LOT FURTHER. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DECLEAN BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED THIS WE WERE WRAPPING OUR HEADS AROUND THE FACT THAT IT WAS OUT OF HAND. I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS COMING TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. >> COUNCILOR BENTON, COUNCILOR PEÑA, I WANT TO TELL THESE GUYS THANKS AGAIN. THERE ARE OTHER ASPECTS. THE SPEEDING HAS A NAME EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS. WE GOT THE WORD OUT THERE. AND ABOVE THAT, DEPUTY CHIEF HAS BEEN WORKING NOT ONLY WITH SPEEDING BUT THE LOUD EXHAUST. AND COUNCILOR BENTON, THAT IMPACTED YOU THE MOST. DEPUTY CHIEF BROWN SENT A LETTER TO EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS WE KNEW SOLD MUFFLERS AND REMINDED THEM THERE'S A CITY ORDINANCE THEY WERE VIOLATING IF THEY SOLD THEM. WE HAD AN OFFICER ATTEMPTING TO BUY THEM AND GIVING THEM WARNINGS AND CITATIONS AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER FROM CITY LEGAL TO REMIND THEM THERE COULD BE CONSEQUENCES IF THEY CONTINUE TO DO THESE TYPES OF THINGS. THESE PROCESSES, I LOOK AT IT AND SEE WE HAD A BRANCH INVOLVED EDUCATION, AND WE HAD A BRANCH THAT WENT TO THE BUSINESSES AND WE HAVE THE ENFORCEMENT BRANCH WITH OUR TRAFFIC OFFICERS BEING OUT AND GIVING MORE CITATIONS. AND WE'RE JUST ADDING TO THAT ENFORCEMENT BRANCH. THANK YOU. >>COUN. BENTON: COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: COMMANDER, THANKS FOR THE INFER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID NOTICE, IN MY AREA, I NOTICED PRESENCE OF THE TRAFFIC UNIT ON COORS. I'VE NOTICED THEM HELPING IN DIFFERENT AREAS WHEN I SENT MESSAGES TO LIEUTENANT WILLER AND HE'S HELPED OUT REALLY WELL IN ADDRESSING SOME OF THE TARGET AREAS WE NEED HELP AT. I'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION. SAME PEOPLE THAT HAVE CALLED AND COMPLAINED HAVE NOT CALLED AS MUCH. I FEEL IT'S ACTUALLY GONE DOWN. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE FATALS. YOU SAID JANUARY TO NOW, 6,000 AND 12,000 NOW. WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS ON THE FATAL ACCIDENTS? HOW MANY FATAL ACCIDENTS DID WE REDUCE IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, FROM 2021, JANUARY TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, WE WERE AT 21 TRAFFIC FATALITIES, THIS YEAR 2022, WE'RE AT 13 TRAFFIC FATALITIES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU. THOSE ARE THE KIND OF NUMBERS WE REALLY WANT TO SEE FOR OUR EFFORTS. ALSO, HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF SPEEDING IN THE AREA UP AND DOWN CENTRAL. BASED ON THE FACT THAT I DON'T SEE IT AS MUCH NOW, I THINK THE CRACKDOWN HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE. WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THE LAST TIME WE HAD CAMERAS THAT WERE RED LIGHT CAMERAS. THIS IS SPEED CAMERAS. THESE CAMERAS WILL HELP THE OFFICERS WITH THEIR ENFORCEMENT AND WHAT THEY DO. I STILL REALLY LIKE SEE MORE TRAFFIC UNITS BECAUSE CAMERAS WILL TAKE A PICTURE, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ARREST THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SPEEDING WHO HAS THAT FELONY WARRANT AND MISDEMEANOR WARRANT. WHO JUST COMMITTED THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR THAT IS DRIVING WITH A DWI THAT RAN THROUGH THAT CAMERA. I HONESTLY THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING. I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY BEEF UFTHE OTHER AREAS AS WELL SO WE CAN ACTUALLY -- I THINK SPEEDING AND TRAFFIC IS THE MOST CRITICAL AREA WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO CATCH THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RUNNING AROUND THAT HAVE NOT BEEN -- THAT ARE RUNNING AROUND WITH FREE TICKET TO RIDE, SO TO SPEAK. >> COUNCILOR BENTON, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE. WE NEED TO INCREASE TRAFFIC NUMBERS. WHEN I TOOK OVER CHIEF OF POLICE, WE HAD TWO TRAFFIC UNITS. THEY WORKED DAY SHIFT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WE EXPANDED THEIR HOURS. WE HAVE SIX-DAY COVERAGE. THEY WILL PUT A TEAM TOGETHER ON THE SEVENTH DAY FOR OVERTIME. WE'VE ALSO MOVED ONE OF THE SQUADS TO SWING SHIFT. OUR GOAL IS TO ADD THE SECOND SWING SHIFT SQUAD SO WE HAVE TWO SWING SHIFT SQUADS. THANK YOU, WE ARE WORKING AND MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. >>COUN. BENTON: I'LL JUST PUT IN MY LAST COMMENT. COMMANDER, CHIEF, REALLY APPRECIATE THE CHANGE OF ATTITUDE. UNDER THE PREVIOUS CHIEF I HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND HE WAS NOT GOING TO DO IT. HE WAS NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT. FOR SOME REASON. THE CONSTITUTIONALITY. NONETHELESS, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THIS ON AND GIVING US A LOT OF ATTENTION AND TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND HEAR COMMENTS WE GET FILTERED UP TO YOU. AND DIRECTLY TO YOU THROUGH US FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE. WE CAN'T DECLARE VICTORY. WE HAVE TO KEEP AT IT. WE HAVE TO KEEP IT AT WITH THE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK YOU, SPECIFICALLY CHIEF. FOR A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ATTITUDE TO COMMAND SITUATIONS AND I THINK WE'RE MAKING SOME GOOD PROGRESS. AND WHAT WE REALIZE AND TALK ABOUT A LOT IS A LOT OF THESE FOLKS ARE OUTLAWS. THEY'RE OUT THERE TO RAISE HELL. AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. THEY COULD BE DOING MANY OTHER ILLEGAL THINGS WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE STREETS. SUPPOSEDLY, IT'S NOT OKAY RECREATION WHAT THEY'RE DOING. DANGEROUS, KILLING PEOPLE, INNOCENT PEOPLE. IT'S FOMENTING, THE ACT FOMENTS AN ATMOSPHERE OF LAWLESSNESS. KEEP AT IT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK. WE'VE HEARD IT FROM A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS. THEY CAN SEE A DIFFERENCE. APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'VE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES TONIGHT. I'LL ASK MR. MEL ENDREZ. WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION ISSUE AT CITY HALL. WE'LL DO OUR BEST TONIGHT WITH CONSTRAINTS ON OUR INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC. >> MR. PRESIDENT, DUE TO CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES YOU REFERENCED AN ELECTRICAL LINE WAS CUT TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON FRIDAY THAT CAUSED UNEXPECTED POWER OUTAGE. THERE'S A LOT OF SYSTEMS RELATED TO ABILITY TO GET GOVTV OUT AND HAVE DIFFERENT CAPACITIES IN THE CHAMBER. ONE OF THE THINGICIZE ABILITY TO HAVE ZOOM HYBRID MEETINGS. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING ONLINE FOR TODAY'S MEETING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ZOOM CAPABILITY FOR THE HYBRID OPTION. WE DID HAVE ABOUT A DOZEN PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK BY ZOOM. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD TO NOTIFY THEM THAT WAS NOT AUDIBLE FOR TODAY'S MEETING. WE INVITED THEM TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS OR COME DOWN TO THE CHAMBERS. IT WAS OUT OF OUR CONTROL. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOST THEM REMOTELY. WE COULDN'T DO IT FOR THIS MEETING, BUT WE ANTICIPATE TO HAVE FIXED BY MAY. >>COUN. BENTON: AS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL PROVIDE COMMENTS IN PERSON. THEY CAN ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IF THEY SIGNED UP PUBLIC COMMENT PER THE INSTRUCTIONS PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE FRIDAY. HERE ARE THE PUBLIC COMMENT GROUND RULES. EACH PARTICIPANT HAS UP TO TWO MINUTES TO PRESENT. COMMENTS ARE TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCILORS ONLY. THROUGH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. ANY DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT WILL RESULT FROM REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING. FOR THOSE COMMENTING TONIGHT, AGAIN, THERE'S A TWO-MINUTE TIME LIMIT. THE LIGHT WILL BE GREEN FOR THE FIRST MINUTE THE LIGHT WILL TURN YELLOW INDICATING YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING. AT TWO MINUTES THE LIGHT WILL TURN RED AND A BELL WILL RING TO INDICATE YOUR TIME IS UP. PLEASE CALL THE NAME FT FIRST SPEAKER. >> THANK YOU. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DON, FOLLOWED BY NICK. >> I AM NOT VACCINATED FOR COVID. NOW, 76, I'VE NEVER HAD AN FLU SHOT. MY DEAR MOTHER AND I WERE BOTH SEVERELY ADDICTED TO ICE CREAM, CAKE, COOKIES AND CANDY WHEN I WAS A KID. SHE BALLOONED FROM 98 POUNDS AT 26 TO 270 POUNDS IN HER 50s. WHEN I SAW THE HEL MY MOTHER SUFFERED FOR MANY YEARS, I WOKE UP. I CHANGED. I HAVE EATEN ONLY HEALTHY, RAW FOODS FOR 23 YEARS. I KNOW OF A MAN WHO LOST 130 POUNDS BY EATING ONLY RAW PLANT FOOD. COOKING DESTROYS MOST NUTRIENTS. I EAT NO MEAT, NO DAIRY, NO BRED, NO BOOZE. A WORLD WIDE STUDY IN 195 NATIONS FOUND THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL OF DRINKING BOOZE. ZERO. BOOZE IS SLOW POISON TO EVERY CELL OF OUR BODY. NO COKES, NO SUGAR. NO SODAS OF ANY KIND. SUGAR FEEDS CANCER. SUGAR FEEDS ALL INFECTIONS INCLUDING COVID. SUGAR IS THE GATEWAY DRUG TO ALCOHOLISM, OTHER DRUG ADDICTIONS, DIABETES, FAT BODIES DEPRESSION. I'D WAY 15 TO 25 POUNDS LESS NOW THAN I DID 58 YEARS AGO IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I WAS EATING A LOT OF CRAP. I WALKED AND EXERCISE MUCH. I GET GOOD SLEEP. I SUNBATHE MOST DAYS. I WANT TO LIVE HEALTHY UNTIL THE DAY I DIE. WHY SUFFER? >>COUN. DAVIS: MR. SCHRADER. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. ALTHOUGH WE'VE MISSED YOU FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS AND I APPRECIATED YOUR VOICE MAILS AND LETTERS. I HAVE TO SAY IT FEELS LIKE THE WORLD IS GETTING BACK TOGETHER THAT YOU SURVIVED AND YOUR BACK WITH US EVERY WEEK NOW. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NICK, FOLLOWED BY RHINNAON. >> HELLO, I'M ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTORS AND EDITORS FOR ABQ LOFT. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS WE'VE BEEN BARRED FROM PRESS CONFERENCES WITHIN THE KELLER ADMINISTRATION AND APD. WE HAVE REQUESTED TO BE PUT ON THE EMAIL LIST. THE KELLER STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION HAVE GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO PREVENT ABQ RAW FROM GAINING ANY ACCESS TO CITY GOVERNMENT. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN TIMES KELLER STAFF MEMBERVISE ATTACKED OUR READERS IN THE COMMENT SECTION OF OUR STORY. WE SPOKE TO A SPOKES WOMAN A FEW MONTHS AGO. SHE WAS VERY EVASIVE ON WHY WE CANNOT GET ACCESS. SHE SAID THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO APPROVE THE MEDIA. WE CAN PROVIDE A COPY OF THAT PHONE CONVERSATION IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. I CALLED THE CITY LICENSING DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF THERE'S A MEDIA LICENSE TO BE HAD. EVEN CALLED THE STATE. NOTHING THAT EXISTS. THIS TWO-YEAR RUN AROUND IS GOING TO COST THE CITY MONEY AND VIOLATES MANY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT FOR WORKING MEDIA. FEDERALLY, AND OTHER CITY ENTITIES AROUND THE WORLD RECOGNIZE US AS A NEWS SOURCE. THE TOUTING OF THIS ADMINISTRATION OF THE MOST TRANSPARENT IS A SLAP IN THE FACE OF DEMOCRACY. THE MISSION OF ONE ABQ IS ALLEGED TO GIVE EVERYBODY A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER, INNOVAIVE AND INCLUSIVE. WE URGE THE COUNCIL TO HOLD THE KELLER ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE IN GIVING PRESS ACCESS TO ABQ RAW AND ANY OTHER MEDIA OUTLET REQUESTING IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>COUN. BENTON: THANK YOU. SIR. THERE'S A QUESTION. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SAYING SOMETHING. I KNOW I'VE RECEIVED YOUR EMAIL IN THE PAST. I FORWARDED IT ON AND ASKED FOR IT BE REQUESTED THAT YOU BE INCLUDED. IT'S SAD THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. I'M SURE I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP. >> THANKS. IT GOES IN THE EETHERS AND LEFT ON READ AS THE HIPSTERES SAY. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. MR. LAYMAN, VERY QUICKLY, I DID ASK MR. RAEL TO COMMENT ON THIS. HE IS READY WITH A COMMENT. >> MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WILL LOOK INTO THIS SITUATION TO WHAT IS TRANSPIRING. I WILL ALSO SAY TO YOU, TO ALL OF YOU, THE PRESS RELEASES ARE AVAILABLE AND POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET ACCESS TO ALL OF THE PRESS RELEASES COMING OUT OF THE ADMINISTRATION. IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION WE'LL LOOK INTO IT AND GET BACK WITH YOU. >>COUN. BENTON: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, I HEAR MR. RAEL'S ANSWER. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE TRANSPARENT WITH ALL OF THE MEDIA IN NEW MEXICO. AND WE GOT MR. LAYMAN'S EMAIL I REACHED OUT TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S PERSON WHO SENDS OUT PRESS RELEASES AND GOT THEM ADDED AND IT WAS NO PROBLEM. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD NOT DO THE SAME. THANK YOU. >>COUN. BENTON: ANY OTHER COMMENTS ? WE'LL GO BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE HAVE RHANNON. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I REPRESENT NAIOP, THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION FOR THE STATE. OUR MEMBERS ARE AGAINST MANDATING PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS. IN ORDER TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. THERE ARE COUNTLESS PROBLEMS WITH PLAs. HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THEM. THEY ARE INHERENTLY UNFAIR TO NON-UNION CONTRACTORS AND NON-UNION EMPLOYEES. THEY DISCOURAGE COMPETITIVE BIDDING. THEY INCREASE COSTS TO TAXPAYERS BY MANDATING UNION WAGES AND WORK RULES THAT INHIBIT COMPETITION. MANDAING PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS DISPROPORTIONATELY DISADVANTAGE MOST OF THE TRADE WORKFORCE BY FAILING TO GIVE THEM EQUAL ACCESS TO CITY CONTRACTS. WE URGE THE COUNCIL TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO OF E-22-60. THANK YOU. >> CARLA FOLLOWED BY RENÉ. >> MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBERS, ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. WE STAND IN SUPPORT OF THE VETO OVERRIDE FOR THE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT. DISAPPOINTED THAT THE MAYOR VETOED THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL. AGAIN, JUST BELIEVE THIS ORDINANCE CREATES A DISADVANTAGE TO UNI-UNION CONTRACTORS. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS ABOUT FAIR PAY OR BENEFITS OR TRAINING OR FOLLOWING GUIDELINES. WE JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT PROJECTS GET DONE SAFELY AND QUALIFIED. WE DO BELIEVE THIS ULTIMATELY WILL REDUCE THE GROWTH OF LOCAL COMPANIES. WHATEVER THE DECISION IS IT TONIGHT, BECAUSE I KNOW MOST HAVE MADE UP THEIR MINDS, I'D LOVE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION TO REVISIT AS THIS MOVES FORWARD TO SEE HOW WE CAN COLLECTIVELY MAKE SURE THAT THE LOCAL COMPANIES ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN IN THE ENVIRONMENT THEY CREATED. THANK YOU. >> RENE. MR. PRESIDENT, SHE WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT SIGNED UP FOR ZOOM PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT WILL CONCLUDE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >>COUN. BENTON: WE'LL MOVE TO THE ADMINISTRATION QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD. COUNCILORS, QUESTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION? COUNCILOR SANCHEZ AND COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A QUESTION IN REFERENCE TO THE TINGLY AND CENTRAL CORRIDOR. JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANYTHING LATELY THAT HAS COME UP OR ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE SINCE THIS IS THE THIRD CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE TALK ABOUT THIS. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, THE STUDY WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING IS WELL UNDERWAY. I'VE ASKED MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO GET TEMPORARY SIGNS. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING SOME OF THOSE ORDERED, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SUMMER MONTHS COMING INTO PLAY WITH INCREASED ACTIVITY AT THE BIO PARK AND AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS OF NEW YORK AND TINGLY. AND TO JUST -- SIGNS THAT SAY CONGESTED AREA AND ASK APD TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT CORRIDOR. ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKEND AND EVENING HOURS. WE'RE HOPEFUL TO GET THIS STUDY DONE VERY SOON. AND COME BACK WITH SOME REAL LONG-TERM ATTEMPTS TO FIX ISSUES LIKE LIGHTING AND OTHER ACCESS POINTS SO FOLKS CAN CROSS CENTRAL AND LIKE I SAID TWO WEEKS AGO, USING THE BIKE PATH OR SOME OTHER WAY TO GET AROUND THAT INTERSECTION ESPECIALLY. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU. IT WOULD REALLY HELP IF WE HAD SOME SORT OF SIGNAGE THAT MAYBE DIRECTS PEOPLE TO THE SAFE PLACES ACROSS. I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. I DON'T WANT TO SEE WITH THE AMOUNT OF CONGESTION ANYTHING HAPPENING DOWN THERE. I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THEY COULD BE OUT THERE MORE OFTEN AND HELP DURING THE BUSY WEEKENDS AND EVE NOTHING . >>COUN. BASSAN: IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A LONGER AGENDA. I DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT TOO LONG TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE NORTH DOMINGO BACA STAFF. ON APRIL THEY HOSTED A 50-PLUS SENIOR TECH EVENT. I WANT TO THAT EVENT. IT WAS REALLY EXQUISITE. WAY ABOVE AND BOND WHAT I EXPERIENCED. I GOT A FEW WEIRD LOOKS BECAUSE I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. THEY WERE OFFERING SO MANY GREAT AVENUES TO HELP SENIORS PREVENT OR GET NOT GET PHISHED OR SCAMMED. THEY HAD DIFFERENT MEDICAL PROVIDERS. THEY GAVE OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF GIFT ITEMS. IT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL AND THE SENIORS WERE INTERESTED AND FOUND IT VERY HELPFUL. TO THE DIRECTOR AND THE TEAM AT NORTH DOMINGO BACA. IT WAS A DELIGHT. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK TO CONTINUING THAT IN THE FUTURE. >>COUN. BENTON: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCILORS? SEEING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE JOURNAL. >>COUN. LEWIS: I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL. >>COUN. BENTON: SECOND FROM COUNCILOR BASSAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT PASSES. WE'LL MOVE TO COMMUNICATIONS AND INTRODUCTIONS. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION? I WILL MOVE THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR PULLING EC54 OUT OF FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND PLACING IT ON TONIGHT'S ACTION. IT'S THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF FIXED POLICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND CUTTER AVIATION. THIS IS A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. IT NEEDS TWO-THIRDS VOTE. SECOND FROM COUNCILOR DAVIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS COUNCILOR BASSAN, COUNCILOR LEWIS, AND COUNCILOR DAVIS. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR PLACING R-29 FOR ACTION. IT'S STAYING ENFORCEMENT OF THE ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR ORDINANCE THAT LIMIT THE AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC CELEBRATION PERMITS TO CERTAIN LICENSED HOLDERS. >>COUN. BENTON: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCILOR LEWIS. WE WILL GO TO A VOTE. THIS REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE TO MYSELF AND COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: MR. CHAIR, I MOVE TO PULL R-23 OUT OF THE FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATION COMMITTEE AND PLACE IT ON THE MAY 2nd COUNCIL AGENDA FOR ACTION. IT'S ADOPTING THE 2022 ACTION PLAN AND PROGRAM INVESTMENT SUMMARY FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANDS ON INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT FUND. IT'S PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION FOR 2022 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ENTITLEMENT FUNDS. >>COUN. BENTON: THANK YOU. THERE'S A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR DAVIS. WE'LL GO TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HANDS. OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: I MOVE TO PULL R-46 OUT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND PLACE IT ON THE MAY 2nd COUNCIL AGENDA. IT'S ESTABLISHING THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE SPEED ENFORCEMENT FUND TO MONITOR SPEED AND ENFORCEMENT CREATING A NEW AUTOMATED FUND IN FISCAL YEAR 2023. >>COUN. BENTON: I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE TO PULL R-21 OUT OF THE FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT ALLERATION AND REFER IT TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. IT'S OPERATING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, AUTHORIZING CHANGES TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. APPROPRIATION FOR PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND RECOVERY AND SUPPORT FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. >>COUN. BENTON: SECOND FROM COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILOR LEWIS. >>COUN. LEWIS: I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE LETTER. >>COUN. BENTON: THERE'S A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR GROUT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED? THAT PASSES. WE'LL MOVE TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. COUNCILOR DAVIS. >>COUN. DAVIS: MR. PRESIDENT, OUR FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATION COMMITTEE MET ON APRIL 11. IN THE MATTER OF EC36 IT ABE APPROVED AMCH EC39 RECEIPT BE NOTED. R10 WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. R9, 11, 13 DUE PASS. 12, 14, 17, 19 DUE PASS AND ACTED ON IN THE MEETING IN WHICH THEY ARE REPORTED. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. >>COUN. BENTON: THERE'S A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR GROUT. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILOR JONES. >>COUN. JONES: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE LAND USE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE MET ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 13th AND REPORTS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. IN THE MATTER OF O10 AND O17 THEY DO PASS AS AMENDED. IN R-230 IT DUE PASS. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >>COUN. BENTON: SECOND FROM COUNCILOR BASSAN. ALL THOSE FEIGN FAVOR SAY YES. RAISE YOUR HAND. YES. OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE TO DEFERRALS AND WITHDRAWALS. COUNCILORS, ANY DEFERRALS OR WITHDRAWALS AT THIS TIME? I SEE NONE. AND I'M GOING TO EXERCISE THE PRESIDENT'S PREROGATIVE AND MOVE EC60 WHICH IS THE MAYOR'S VETO, UP TO THE POINT IN OUR AGENDA SO WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HERE. SO WE CAN GET PAST THIS AND MOVE TO OTHER BUSINESS. I'M SORRY. I MISSED THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. BEFORE I DO THAT. >>COUN. LEWIS: I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. >>COUN. BENTON: THANK YOU. WHERE MR. PRESIDENT VICE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE TO EC60. THIS IS THE MAYOR'S VETO OF O-22-8 RESCINDING ENACTMENT OF O-21-25. WHICH REQUIRES THE USE OF PUBLIC LABOR AGREEMENTS ON CERTAIN PUBLIC WORK CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. IF A COUNCILOR WISHES TO ATTEMPT TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO THEY MAKE A MOTION TO OVERRIDE. IF NO MOTION IS MADE, SECOND IS RECEIVED BUT SIX VOTEERIZE NOT OBTAINED THEN THE VETO STANDS. WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK BEFORE WE ASK FOR A MOTION. SHOULD I GO AND ASK FOR THE MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION TO OVERRIDE. I SEE COUNCILOR JONES WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR LEWIS. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. WE'LL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. MOYA. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ROSENDO. >> GOOD EVENING. COUNCILOR BENTON, FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU THOSE WHO STOOD WITH LABOR THE LAST TIME. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO RECONSIDER. THIS IS TRULY AN INVESTMENT INTO THE COMMUNITY. THE MEMBERS THAT ARE BEHIND ME ARE RANK AND FILE MEMBERS THAT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. THESE ARE NOT SLUGS. THEY'RE HARDWORKING MEMBERS. THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED. THE ARGUMENT THAT THIS DOESN'T MAKE IT CHALLENGING OR IT LEAVES NON-UNION COMPANIES OUT OF COMPETITION IS NONSENSE. WE SET THE WAGES INTEREST THE WORK THAT HAPPENS HERE. WAGES IS NO DIFFERENCE. THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES REGARDLESS. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COVER THE MISCLASSIFICATION THAT HAPPENS 100% ON ABC CONTRACTORS. 100% OF THE MISCLASSIFICATION OF THE JOB SITES ARE OPEN SHOP JOB SITES. TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SPEEDING AND OTHER STUFF WE WANT TO GET A HOLD OF. IT'S BAD FOR THEIMATE AND AGAINST THE LAW. 100% OF MISCLASSIFICATION HAPPENS ON THIS JOB SITES AND YOU WANT TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. TWO JOB SITES QUALIFIED FOR THE PLA. IT'S A BAD THING TO SAY -- WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HELP HIGH SCHOOL KIDS. IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO SAY? THAT'S WATT WE'RE SAYING AT THE END OF THE DAY TRYING TO TAKE THIS AWAY. IT'S A SMALL INVESTMENT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. IT'S NONSENSE ABOUT THE WAGES. THEY'RE TRYING TO HIDE THE MISCLASSIFICATION THAT HAPPENS ON THEIR JOB SITES. IT'S SAD THING WE WANT TO SIT HERE AND SUPPORT THAT STUFF. IT'S A SHAME. WE'RE HERE TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AS A GROUP. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG TO SAY WE WANT TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY. I'M NOT GETTING WHY WE DON'T WANT TO SIGH THAT AS A GROUP. IT'S 15% OF THE JOB SITES. WE'RE GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT 15% OF THE JOB SITES. I DON'T GET IT. THANK YOU. >>COUN. BENTON: I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE, DO NOT APPLAUD. WE HAVE BUSINESS TO CONDUCT. IT'S NOT FAIR TO EVERYONE'S TIME IF WE HAVE APPLAUSE AFTER EVERY SPEAKER. >> MATTHEW, FOLLOWED BY COURTNEY. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILOR BENTON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M MATTHEW, I REPRESENT THE CARPENTER'S UNION. I STOOD BEFORE YOU TWO WEEKS AGO ASKING YOU NOT TO REPEAL THIS ORDINANCE. WE STAND AGAINST THE OVERRIDE OF THIS VETO. THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS LOCAL JOBS PROMOTING APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL DID A PROJECT LABOR IN 2004. BROUGHT THE PROJECT ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET. PROVING PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS WORK IN NEW MEXICO. NUMEROUS CONTRACTORS ON THAT JOB WERE OPEN SHOP CONTRACTORS. THEIR MEMBERS BENEFITTED FROM HEALTH CARE AND RETIREMENT WORKING ON THAT PROJECT FOR THREE YEARS. THE CITY OWES TO THE WORKERS, WORKFORCE AND NEW PEOPLE COMING INTO THE TRADE AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK LOCALLY. LET'S INVEST IN NEW MEXICO AND ALBUQUERQUE. LET'S MAKE A PROPS -- PROMISE TO THE TAXPAYERS AND SUPPORT THE >> OKAY. GOOD EVENING, COUNCILOR BENTON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I AM THE BUSINESS MANAGER OF UA LOCAL PIPEFITTERS IN NEW MEXICO. I'M THE PRESIDENT FOR BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL. IT'S AMAZING TO THINK, I'M GOING TO MAKE A FEW POINTS. I'M GOING TO START OUT, WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY, DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT OUTCOME. LET'S CONTINUE TO STEAL FROM OUR WORKERS, LET'S NOT FOLLOW PREVAILING WAGE LAWS. WE HAVE STATE PREVAILING WAGE LAWS THAT ARE LAW. IF YOU BREAK A LAW YOU GET IN TROUBLE. THERE'S FEDERAL PREVAILING WAGE LAWS THAT IF YOU BREAK THOSE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET IN TROUBLE. WHAT A PLA DOES IS MAKES SURE THE LAWS ARE FOLLOWED. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE UNION OR NON-UNION. WE SIGNED THE FIRST PLA ORDINANCE AND IT WAS A LOT OF NON-UNION CONTRACTORS THAT BID THE JOB. A LOT REALLY GOOD COMPANYS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TIME WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AND MAKING SURE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALBUQUERQUE ON THIS PROJECT GET PAID CORRECTLY. AND THEY GET TO FOLLOW THE RIGHT WAGE AND GET RIGHT BENEFIT AND DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES. I WAS RAISED ON UNION WAGES. MY DAD WASN'T A UNION SLUG, I'M NOT A UNION SLUG. I'VE WORKED MY BUTT OFF TO MAKE SURE MY PEOPLE ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND GET THE RIGHT WAGE AND BENEFITS. I DO TAKE OFFENSE BEING CALLED A UNION SLUG. THAT'S ONE THING I'VE NEVER NOT OF IN MY LIFE. I KNOW I WAS TRAINED BETTER THAN A LOT. I'VE GOT OVER 300 APPRENTICES. MR. DAVIS DISTRICT. THERE'S 200 APPRENTICES IN CLASS LEARNING HOW TO BE PIPEFITTERS, WELDERS, THEY'RE THE BEST IN THE STATE. THIS WILL MAKE US BETTER, STRONGER, AND MAKE ALBUQUERQUE BETTER. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. >> TOMAS, FOLLOWED BY BOBBY. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILORS. COUNCILOR BENTON. TOMAS IS NOT HERE. I'M BOBBY. I'LL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF IBEW. WE HAVE APPRENTICES THAT GO TO CLASS TO 10 O'CLOCK. WE'RE BRINGING IN THOSE APPRENTICES THAT ARE CONCERNED THEY'RE NOT GETTING A STRUCTURED PROGRAM. IF THEY'RE NOT WORKING, THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL. ON THE NON-UNION SIDE IF THEY'RE NOT WORKING THEY CAN'T GO TO CLASS. HOW FAIR IS THAT? HOW GREAT IS THAT TO BUILD UP THE WORKFORCE WHEN YOU'RE JUST LOOKING FOR BODIES TO BUILD A BUILDING. SOME OF THE APPRENTICES ARE TELLING US THERE'S BIG TIME PROBLEMS ON THE JOB WITH SAFETY, DRUG ABUSE, AND WHATEVER IS GOING ON OUT THERE. COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I CHOOSE TO FORGIVE YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAID. I WILL NEVER FORGET. AND NEITHER WILL OUR MEMBERSHIP ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT UNION WORKERS. THAT IS TOTALLY WORK AND YOU OWE A PUBLIC AAPOLOGY. WHAT I SAID ON THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT MEETINGS. I WAS A PART OF THE FIRST PLA THAT WENT INTO AT THE CORPORATION. IT WAS A GREAT COMMUNITY EFFORT. THERE'S COOPERATION ACROSS THE BOARD. I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST OF MANY PROJECTS THAT IS GOING TO BUILD OUR GREAT CITY THE WAY PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS ARE STRUCTURED TO BE AND THE WAY PREVAILING WAGE LAWS WERE MEANT TO HAPPEN. ON BEHALF OF THE IBEW AND JOINT APREN -- WE THANK YOU THE COUNCILORS WHO STAND STRONG. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEÑA, COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR BENTON, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TRULY DOES MEAN TO ME A HARDWORKING LABOR MEMBER. AND UNION MEMBER BUILDING OUR GREAT CITY. THANK YOU. >> DAN. >> ONE MORE THING. I'LL INVITE THE OTHER COUNCILORS, PLEASE WE SENT YOU EMAILS INVITING YOU TO OUR PROGRAM. >>COUN. BENTON: MR. BACA, THANK YOU. >> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE. >> DAN, FOLLOWED BY PETE. >>COUN. BENTON: DAN? >> PETE FOLLOWED BY SHERYL. >> FOLLOWED MY MATTHEW. >>COUN. BENTON: MS. LARGO? >> MATTHEW, FOLLOWED BY VINCE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILORS. MAY NAME IS VINCE. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW MEXICO FREDERATION OF LABOR. AND THE BUSINESS MANAGER FOR THE SHEET METAL WORKERS. I'M A PROUD THIRD GENERATION CONSTRUCTION WORKER. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME AND PROVIDING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. THE LAST TIME THIS BODY MET TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL REFERRED TO OUR UNION MEMBERS AS SLUGS. PERSONAL ATTACKS ARE BELOW ALL OF US, BUT THEY DO NOT REFLECT THE DONE BY WORKING CLASS NEW MEXICAN AND THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY. THOSE WORKING CLASS NEW MEXICANS ARE UNION MEMBERS. WHEN THE WORLD WAS COMING DOWN AROUND MARCH, 2020, IT WAS UNION BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT KEPT ANSWERING THE PHONES TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE BASIC SERVICE AND MADE SURE THE FOOD WAS ON THE SHELVES AT SMITH'S AND ALBERTSONS. IT WAS UNION MEMBERS WHO SET UP ADDITIONAL BEDS IN HALL WAYS AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MAKE SURE OUR FAMILIES RECEIVE THE MEDICAL CARE FOR THE VIRUS WE DID NOT UNDERSTAND. WHEN THE WORLD WAS COMING DOWN AROUND US IN SEPTEMBER, IT WAS UNION SISTER AND BROTHERS RETURNING INTO BUILDINGS TO SECURE AND MAKE SURE ALL OCCUPANTS WERE ACCOUNTED. TODAY'S WORKING CLASS NEW MEXICAN MAKE A STRONG CONSTRUCTION TRADE WORKERS WITH A UNION CARD HAVE COMPLETED INTENTSIVE PROGRAMS AND ON THE JOB TRAINING THEY CAN ASSURE YOU THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. UNIONS ARE MAKING SURE BUSINESSES ARE GETTING ROOFS LIKE THE MOVIE INDUSTRY, INTELL, AND MORE, CREATE FAIR JOBS FOR WORKING CLASS NEW MEXICANS. THE NEXT TIME YOU ALLOW ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CALL US SLUGS. REMEMBER WE BUILT THIS COUNTRY WITH SKILLED CRAFTSMAN AND WORKMAN AND WE'LL ALWAYS BE THERE TO MAKE SURE OUR DREAMS ENDURE. >> JOSE, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT. ROBERT. THAT WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT. >>COUN. BENTON: THANK YOU. THANKS FOR EVERYONE WHO SPOKE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE COUNCIL. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO. AGAIN, SIX VOTES WILL BE NEEDED TO OVERVIDE A VETO. ANY DISCUSSION? >>COUN. SANCHEZ: I HAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE. I SAID, TO MAKE IT CLEAR, I DIDN'T CALL EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU A SLUG. THAT'S NOT WHAT MY COMMENT WAS. MY COMMENT WAS THAT I'VE BEEN IN UNIONS BEFORE, AND I'VE BEEN IN UNIONS THAT HAVE HAD SLUGGED THAT WORKED FOR THEM. I ALSO TALKED ABOUT COMPETITION. THAT COMPETITION IS A GOOD THING. SO, I DON'T THINK THE COMMENTS HERE REFLECT EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. THANK YOU. >>COUN. BENTON: ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE OVERRIDE RAISE YOUR HANDS AND SAY YES. OPPOSED? THAT FAILS ON A 5-4 VOTE. WE WILL -- THANK YOU. NO APPLAUSE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> MR. PRESIDENT, YOU ALREADY VOTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE NEXT ITEM IS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PUBLIC HEARING. >>COUN. BENTON: OKAY. WE'RE NOW MOVING TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE'S A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING ON THURSDAY APE -- APRIL 28th IN THE VINCENT E. GRIEGO CHAMBERS. >>COUN. BENTON: WE'LL MOVE TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. THIS IS AC22-4. RYEB LANGWELL APPEALS THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS. MS. JULIA WILL EXPLAIN THIS APPEAL. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE ISSUE IN THE APPEAL IS WHETHER A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO BE APPROVED FOR A PATIO SHADE STRUCTURE AT 524 ROMERO STREET IN OLD TOWN. THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION, DENIED THE CERTIFICATE AND THE APPELLANT REPRESENTING LEFT TURN INC AND THE TAPROOM. >>COUN. BENTON: HANG ON FOR JUST A SECOND. CLEAR THE ROOM. CAN WE CLOSE THE DOOR, PLEASE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE START AGAIN. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THE ISSUE IN THIS APPEAL IS WHETHER A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS SHOULD BE APPROVED FOR A PATIO SHADE STRUCTURE AT A BUILDING LOCATED AT 524 ROMERO STREET. HAD LANDMARKS COMMISSION DENIED THE CERTIFICATE. AND BRIAN LANGWELL APPEALED THE DENIAL. THE LAND USE HEARING OFFICER RECOMMENDS THE DENIAL OF THE APPEAL. WITHOUT OBTAINING THE APPROPRIATENESS, THE APPELLATE CONSTRUCTED A STRUCTURE WITH GREENHOUSE MATERIAL. THIS LOCATION IS ZONED MXT AND IT'S A CONTRIBUTING HISTORIC BUILDING. ACCORDINGLY, THE IDO REQUIRED THAT THE APPLICANT OBTAIN CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION. THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION VOTED TO DENY THE CERTIFICATE FOR THE SHADE STRUCTURE FINDING THE MATERIALS USED ARE NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE BUILDING OR OLD TOWN OVERALL. AND ADDITIONALLY THE PLACEMENT OF THE SHADE STRUCTURE OBSCURES THE VIEW OF THE BUILDING. THE APPELLANT DISPUTES THE FIND. HE WANTS TO PAINT THE PLASTIC MATERIAL AND CLAIMS THE PATIO SHADE STRUCTURE WILL MATCH THE CHARACTER OF OLD TOWN BECAUSE OTHER BUILDINGS WILL HAVE THE SAME ROOF. THE LUHOU FOUND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE LANDMARKS DENIAL OF THE CERTIFICATE. THE PATIO SHADE STRUCTURE WITH OR WITHOUT LATILLA OBSTRUCTS THE DETAILS WHICH ARE ARCHITECTURE FEATURES. THEY HAVE NOT DEMONSTRATED THAT THE PAINTING IS COMPATIBLE WITH OLD TOWN. ADDING LATILLA WILL NOT PROVIDE MATCHING CONSISTENCY BECAUSE THIS PATIO STRUCTURE BLOCKS THE VIEW. WHEREAS THE NEIGHBORING VIEWS DO NOT. ONE THING TO NOTE IS ALTHOUGH THE APPELLANT DID NOT RAISE THIS SHOULD IN THE APPEAL, THE LUHO DID NOTE PLANNING STAFF AND THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION ADOPTED THE 2022 DESIGN GUIDELINES TO THIS APPLICATION RATHER THAN THE PREVIOUS 1998 VERSION THAT WERE IN EFFECT AT THE TIME THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED. THE LUHO ANALYZED BOTH, AND THE APPELLANT FAILED TO SATISFY EITHER VERSION. THEY CONCLUDED REGARDLESS OF WHICH VERSION, THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION'S DECISION IS SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. ONE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION IS IF HE RECONSTRUCTS WITH THE WAY THAT DOES NOT OBSTRUCT THE VIEW OF THE DETAIL AN EXTENDED PATIO COULD BE ALLOWED. YOU CAN ACCEPT THE FINDING OR ADOPT DIFFERENT FINDINGS OR IT CAN REJECT THE RECOMMENDATION IN WHICH CASE THIS MATTER WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR A FULL HEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT THE NEXT MEETING. >>COUN. BENTON: I'M GOING TO CALL ON COUNCILOR BASSAN. I NEED TO READ A DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. PRIOR TO THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION REVIEW OF THIS APPLICATION, I WAS CONTACTED BY CONSTITUENTS REGARDING THE MODIFICATIONS MADE TO THIS BUILDING. I REFERRED THE CONSTITUENTS TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND HAD NO FURTHER CONTACT OR INVOLVEMENT, I BELIEVE I CAN BE IMPARTIAL IN CONSIDERING THE MATTER BEFORE US. >>COUN. BASSAN: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO UPHOLD THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION. >>COUN. BENTON: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION AND FINDING? SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE TO FINAL ACTIONS. THE FIRST ITEM IS ITEM A. O-22-15. REPEALING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RECOGNITION ORDINANCE. AND REPLACE IT WITH REVISED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RECOGNITION ORDINANCE. AND PRESCRIBING RESPONSIBILITIES AND SERVICES AUTHORED BY THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATION AND MAKING REVISIONS TO THE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE RELATED TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION NOTICE. I MOVE A DUE PASS. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR DAVIS. WE'LL MOVE TO -- WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WE'LL MOVE TO THE STAFF SUMMARY. I KNOW THAT MS. MORRIS WORKED QUITE A BIT ON THIS AND DESERVES QUITE A BIT OF CREDIT FOR THE WORK. MR. MELENDREZ IS UP TO SPEED AND WAS A PARTICIPANT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORDINANCE. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE PROPOSED REVISION BEFORE YOU ADDRESS THE CURRENT CITY'S NEIGHBORHOOD RECOGNITION ORDINANCE. IT WAS FIRST ADOPTED IN 1987. THERE'S BEEN ONE-OFF AMENDMENTS THROUGH THE YEARS. THIS PROPOSAL IS A REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT SAYING -- SIGNIFIES OVERHAUL OF THE ORDINANCE. AND IN THE FORM OF NOTICE OF LAND USE APPEALS AND LAND USE MATTERS COMING THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. AND THE FORMULATION OF THE IDO THEY CONFIRMED STANDING IN LAND USE. OVER THE YEARS OTHER TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DIDN'T FIT WITHIN THE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, AND BUSINESS GROUPS. NONE OF THEM HAD A PLACE THAT FIT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RECOGNITION ORDINANCE. ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THIS UPDATE IS TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THOSE HISTORIC DISCREPEANIES THAT HAVE DEVELOPED OVER TIME AND DON'T REALLY HAVE A PLACE WITHIN THE NARROW. AND SPECIFICALLY, IT PROPOSES THAT TWO TYPES OF ASSOCIATIONS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR RECOGNITION. ONE WOULD BE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR OPEN AND DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS. AND THE OTHER IS A RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION WHICH WOULD BE A LARGER GROUP THAT IS CONGLOMERATION OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS. AND EXCHANGE FOR THE BENEFITS THAT THE CITY WOULD CONFER INCLUDING HEIGHTENED NOTICE IS COMPARED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND ALSO THE ABILITY TO ISSUE APPEARANCE IN LAND USE MATTER WITHOUT HAVING TO DEMONSTRATE STANDING ON INDIVIDUALIZED BASES. THOSE WOULD BE ASKED TO SIGN UP FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS COMPONENTS IN THE ORDINANCE. THEY WOULD BE ASKED TO HOLD AN ANNUAL MEETING AND PROVIDE NOTICE TO MEMBERS AND TO THE COMMUNITY SO PEOPLE COULD BE INVOLVED TO EVALUATE THEIR BYLAWS FROM TIME TO TIME AND DO ANY UPDATES THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO HOLD AN ANNUAL MEETING SO THAT FOLKS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ONCE PER YEAR TO SPAIT. IT ALSO OUTLINES THE DUTIES OF OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATION WITH MORE SPECIFICITY WITH DUTIES IT HAS FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND GIVE GUIDANCE FOR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND WHAT THEIR OBLIGATIONS MIGHT BE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION. THAT'S THE GIST OF THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH THOSE. WE STAND BY. >>COUN. BENTON: COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS IS SUCH A BIG DEAL. AND IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH COMMITTEE THIS TIME. IT SEEMS FROM PUBLIC COMMENT AND FROM WHAT I NOTICED WHEN IT WAS INTRODUCED IT WAS VERY RAPID. BEING WE HAVE ZOOM DIFFICULTIES AND THERE'S COMMENT THAT COMES IN VIA EMAIL AND THIS IS LITERALLY REGARDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT MAKE UP ALBUQUERQUE, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE A DEFERRAL UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING SO OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AND WE CAN ALSO HAVE MORE TIME TO EVALUATE WHAT THIS IS BEING THAT IT WAS QUITE RAPID. >>COUN. BENTON: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCILOR GROUT ON THE DEFERRAL. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE DEFERRAL? >>COUN. BENTON: I'LL SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT. TO ME, THE EXTENSIVE PROCESS LEADING UP TO FALL OF LAST YEAR WHEN THE VOTE WAS TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL TO NOT PROCEED AT THAT TIME ON THE 4-5 VOTE IT WAS IMPEDED AT THE TIME. BUT AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS STARTING AT 2017 AND GOING THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS, IT WAS MY OPINION THAT IT DID NOT NEED TO BE REHASHED ALL OVER AGAIN. WE'VE DONE THAT JUST RECENTLY ON ANOTHER BILL THAT TOOK A WHOLE LOT OF AIR OUT OF THE BALLOON. WHAT I DID WAS GO EXACTLY FROM WHERE WE WERE, LEADING UP TO THAT. WE HAD A LENGTHY MEETING AND A LENGTHY DISCUSSION IN THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL LEADING UP TO THE DEFEAT OF THE BILL. AND WITH NUMEROUS -- WITH ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF, IF I CAN RECALL, OF NUMEROUS AMENDMENTS MADE BY MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ENDED UP VOTING AGAINST IT. AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE AMENDMENTS WITH EXCEPTION OF ONE IS STILL IN THIS BILL. IT'S BEEN PICKED UP JUST AS IT WAS WITH A DIFFERENT COUNCIL. AND HOW MUCH MORE OF HEARING THE SAME ARGUMENTS WE HEARD ABOUT IT LAST TIME, MANY OF WHICH WERE INACCURATE, IS SOMETHING I CAN'T GO THROUGH AGAIN. I CANNOT SUPPORT THE DEFERRAL. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I APPRECIATE THE THOUSANDS OF HOURS THAT WERE ACTUALLY SPENT ON THIS. AS I TALKED TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS, I DON'T REALLY RECALL ONE IN MY DISTRICT THAT ACTUALLY SUPPORTS ANY PART OF THIS. TO ME, IT'S CONCERNING THAT I HAVE A WHOLE ENTIRE DISTRICT THAT I'M SAYING 100% DON'T WANT IT. I'M COMING IN ON THIS WITH THE LAST COUNCIL DOING ALL THE WORK. AND WE'RE A NEW COUNCIL NOW AND I'M STILL TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. IN REFERENCE TO THIS. THE ONLY MEASURING STICK THAT I HAVE IS 100% OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO DEFER AND WE HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSIONS WITH PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. SPECIFICALLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE MAKING SURE WE DO THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND LIKE I SAID, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION WHO LIKES IT. I WOULD GO WITH THE DEFERRAL AS WELL. >>COUN. BENTON: WE HAVE A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL AND A SECOND. WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT STEP AND WE'LL VOTE ON THE DEFERRAL. MR. MOYA. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE MS. WARD FOLLOWED BY NITA. >> COUNCILOR BENTON, COUNCILORS, IT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING TO LEARN THAT THE PREVIOUSLY DEFEATED REWRITING OF THE NARO REAPPEARED. THERE WAS NO NOTICE GIVEN TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, HOME ENERS ASSOCIATIONS WHO WOULD BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS RESURRECTED LEGISLATION. IF THE LEGAL ISSUES WITH THE DRV HAVE TAUGHT THIS COUNCIL ANYTHING I HOPE IT IS THAT IT SHOULD NOT MOVE BLINDLY AHEAD WITH SWEEPING ORDINANCE CHANGES THAT TREAD UPON CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. I REMIND YOU THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL WAS PRESENTED ERRONEOUS INFORMATION PREPARED BY CITY STAFF IN SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION. PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. >> NITA, FOLLOWED BY RENÉ. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCILOR BENTON, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON THIS LEGISLATION FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. I SENT YOU A LENGTHY EMAIL, I SENT YOU READ LINE OF THIS ORDINANCE WITH CHANGES THAT EVEN NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM OUR PAST DISCUSSIONS OF WHEN THIS ORDINANCE CAME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL. IN CIVIL LAW, AS AN ATTORNEY, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T REPRESENT ANYONE, AND I AM JUST TESTIFYING HERE TODAY AS A MEMBER, WE WOULD CALL THIS RAISE -- WE HAVE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD AS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE NOT WASTE TAXPAYERS MONEY TO GO THROUGH THIS AND REDO IT ALL OVER ONCE AGAIN UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT UTILIZES AND ENGAGING NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE PROCESS. THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WE ALREADY HEARD AT THE LAST -- WHEN THIS ORDINANCE WAS PROPOSED PREVIOUSLY WE HEARD MULTIPLE TESTIMONY FROM NEIGHBORHOODS SAYING WE WERE NOT PART OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. I CITED TO YOU A STATISTIC THAT ALMOST 62% OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OUT THERE WERE NOT ENGAGED. MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DID PARTICIPATE, HOWEVER ONLY THREE BOARD MEMBERS COULD PARTICIPATE. YOU CAN'T TELL ME THREE MEMBERS IS ENOUGH INPUT FOR YOU TO REWRITE A STATUTE. IF YOU WANT TO COLLABORATIVELY ENGAGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, COME TO THEIR ANNUAL MEETING. THAT'S WHERE THESE MEETINGS -- WHERE YOU CAN GET GOOD FEEDBACK AND REALLY GET STRONG, INFORMATIVE INFORMATION TO REWRITE A GOOD NARO STATUTE THAT REPRESENTS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. I ASK YOU AS MY COUNCILORS TONIGHT TO PLEASE VOTE THIS DOWN IF IT COMES BEFORE YOU. I WOULD ACCEPT A DEFERRAL. IF YOU DO, MAKE IT FOR 90 DAYS. >> RENAY, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL. >> MICHAEL, FOLLOWED BY JOE. MR. PRESIDENT, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. >>COUN. BENTON: WE'RE BACK ON THE DEFERRAL. >>COUN. BASSAN: MY APOLOGIES, IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE DEFERRAL THAT I ASKED FOR IS GOING TO LINE UP WITH THE IDO HEARINGS WE HAVE. I WOULD LIKE -- YES, I WOULD ACTUALLY NOT LIKE TO DO THAT. DO WE ANTICIPATE TWO MEETINGS FOR IDO? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN, THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL HOW MUCH TIME YOU TAKE WITH THAT. HISTORICALLY WITH IDO ANNUAL UPDATES THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ACTED UPON AT THE SAME MEETING. I THINK JUST IF THE PAST IS A PREDICTOR, WE AT LEAST ONE DEFERRAL BEFORE FINAL ACTION. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I'M GOING TO CHANGE MY MOTION, PLEASE, TO -- I'M GOING TO TRY FOR MAY 16th. IF WE CAN JUST TRY FOR MAY 16th THAT WAY WE CAN TRY TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE PUBLIC. AGAIN, I BELIEVE THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT THAT SOME OF THE PUBLIC WE HAVE TALKED TO, ON THE OTHER HAND I GET A LOT OF COMMENTS WE HAVEN'T INVOLVED THEM. I CHANGE MY MOTION TO MAY 16th. >>COUN. BENTON: THERE'S A MOTION SECOND FOR THE REVISED MOTION. SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THIS IS THE VOTE TO DEFER. TO MAY 16th. THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED? THAT FAILS ON A 4-5 VOTE. WE'RE BACK ON THE BILL AS PRESENTED. ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILORS? >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, IN THE STAFF WRITE UP IT LISTS ENDLESS HOURS AND LOTS OF EFFORT PUT INTO THIS. I RESPECT THAT. AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR SANCHEZ THAT SO FAR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN MY DISTRICT HAS BEN OPPOSED TO THIS AS WRITTEN. AND IT'S NOT IN MY OPINION GOOD REPRESENTATION FOR ME TO JUST GO AND VOTE FOR SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING POSITIVE ABOUT OR IF WE HAVE HEARD SOME POSITIVE COMMENTS THEY'RE MINIMAL AND ASKING FOR MORE TIME. THEREFORE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE I FEEL LIKE I'M REPRESENTING MY DISTRICT, I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS AT THIS TIME. >>COUN. BENTON: COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE TO SAY THE SAME THING THAT COUNCILOR BASSAN HAS SAID. EVERYONE AT THE EMAILS I'VE RECEIVED FROM CONSTITUENTS IN MY DISTRICT HAVE ALL SAID TO DEFER. THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS COMING UP. WHILE I RESPECT THE TIME YOU PUT INTO IT, I HAVE TO LISTEN TO WHAT THE CONSTITUENTS ARE SAYING UNTIL WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION. >>COUN. BENTON: COUNCILOR JONES AND COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. >>COUN. JONES: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING HAVING LIVED WITH THIS IDO AND EVERYTHING FOR WAY TOO MANY YEARS. THIS IS SET UP TO BE READDRESSED ON A TWO-YEARS BASIS. IS THAT RIGHT? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR JONES, YOU WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO REASSESS THIS AT YOUR DISCRETION. >>COUN. JONES: I THOUGHT IT WAS AUTOMATICALLY TWO YEARS. IF THIS PASSES, IT COULD -- IT COULD BE ADDRESSED AT OUR DISCRETION? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR JONES, THAT'S CORRECT. >>COUN. JONES: THEREFORE, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS ACTION. I THINK WE HAVE SOME GLITCHES IN THE EXISTING LEGISLATION. I DON'T THINK IT DOES ANY HARM. I BELIEVE WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE ISN'T CORRECT. I THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER TO GO AHEAD AND TRY THIS. IT WILL CAUSE NO HARM. WE CAN OVERRIDE IT IF NEED BE. AS OPPOSED TO ONE MORE TIME, DEFERRING, STALLING, LET'S MOVE FORWARD. I WILL NOT SUPPORT A DEFERRAL. >>COUN. BENTON: SO, WE'RE PAST THE DEFERRAL AT THIS POINT. WE'RE BACK ON THE BILL. THERE ARE TWO AMENDMENTS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THOSE AMENDMENTS. ONE IS STRICTLY A CLEAN UP. WE'LL HAVE MR. MELENDREZ DESCRIBE THE TWO AMENDMENTS. >> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE CLEAN UP AMENDMENT AS AMENDMENT ONE. >>COUN. BENTON: ALL RIGHT. THIS WOULD BE FLOOR AMENDMENT ONE TO O-22-15. WE HAVE THAT UP ON THE SCREEN FOR THE PUBLIC. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THIS AMENDMENT ESSENTIALLY IS A CLEAN UP AMENDMENT. IT CLARIFIES SOME TERMS, DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN BUSINESS COALITIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. SOME OF THE TERMS WERE USED INTERCHANGEABLY. THIS CLEANS THAT UP. AND IT CLARIFIES SOME VOTING OPTIONS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY IT. THE CLEAN UP OF THE BUSINESS GROUP LANGUAGE AND CLARIFICATION OF THE VOTING OPTION. >>COUN. BENTON: THIS IS REALLY TERMINOLOGY MAKING IT CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE BILL. ANY DISCUSSION ON AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE? I'LL MOVE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. SECOND FROM COUNCILOR JONES. SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE SAY YES. OPPOSED? THAT PASSES. WE'LL MOVE TO FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, I'LL MOVE THAT AND ASK MR. MELENDREZ TO EXPLAIN. >> MREZ ? >> MR. PRESIDENT, WHEN THIS BILL WAS BEFORE COUNCIL LAST YEAR THERE WERE A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS THAT OCCURRED. ONE OF WHICH COMPLETELY CHANGED THE CONCEPT AS IT APPLIES TO NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION. IT WENT THROUGH CONCEPT WHERE INSTEAD OF HAVING A GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY FOR COALITIONS THAT IDENTIFIED MEMBERSHIP, IT COALITION WAS LIFTING MEMBERSHIP AND IT RULED YOU COULDN'T BE A MEMBER OF MORE THAN ONE COALITION. THAT PRESENTED LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT RELATED TO LAND USE MATTERS COMING THROUGH THE IDO. THIS WOULD PUT COALITIONS BACK WITHIN THE COLUMN OF HAVING IDENTIFIABLE GEOGRAPHY. IT WOULDN'T AFFECT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. >>COUN. BENTON: ANY DISCUSSIONS ON THE AMENDMENT? >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, DO WE HAVE COL IGS THAT RESIDE IN MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT? >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW. >>COUN. BENTON: YEAH. I THINK THE WEST SIDE ACTUALLY HAS TWO COALITIONS. ONE OF THEM GOES ACROSS MULTIPLE COUNCIL POSITIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS REALLY GOES BACK TO THE BILL. THE MORNING OF THE DAY IT PASSED, THIS WAS A LATE COMING AMENDMENT THAT WE DID PASS AT THAT TIME. IT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT WE DID NOT INCORPORATE IN THE BILL THIS YEAR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSE? THAT PASSES. WE'RE BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED. I JUST WANT TO RESPOND TO MS. DAY'S STATEMENT ABOUT UTILIZING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE PROCESS. I WOULD SAY THAT WAS THE PRIMARY IMPERATIVE OF WE DID IN 2017. WE DIRECTLY CONTACTED 222 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. CONTACTED AND RECONTACTED. WHEN I SAY WE, WE ENGAGED VERY HIGHLY-QUALIFIED OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR TO CONDUCT THAT PROCESS AND BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO REQUIRE REPEATED CONTACT AND ALLOWS CLOSE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO CHOSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS WHO CHOSE TO PARTICIPATE OUT OF THE 222 ABOUT 97 CHOSE TO PARTICIPATE. THIS IS WORKSHOP PROCESS WITH A LENGTHY QUESTIONNAIRE. MS. DAY SAID 62% NEVER ENGAGED. THAT WAS NOT THROUGH LACK OF OUR ATTEMPTS TO ENGAGE THEM. SHE SAID IN HER OWN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THREE MEMBERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTICIPATED BUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO WAS GO TO EVERY 222 NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND SOMEHOW HASH IT OUT AT AN ANNUAL MEETING. THAT WASN'T PRACTICAL. WHAT WE NEEDED WAS PARTICIPANTS, AND THREE IS PLENTY FROM ANY NEIGHBORHOOD TO PARTICIPATE AND GO BACK AND FORTH WITH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. SAY WHAT THEY LIKE OR DON'T LIKE ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT. AND WORK WITH US ON IT. IF PEOPLE CHOSE NOT TO WORK WITH US ON IT, HAVING NUMEROUS LARGE MEETINGS OR SMALL MEETINGS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO IN WITH A GROUP THAT HAVE OTHER THINGS ON THEIR AGENDA, AND TRY TO WORK AND GET POSITIVE FEEDBACK AS OPPOSED TO THOUGHTFUL FEEDBACK FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO READ THE QUESTIONNAIRES AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THE ISSUES ARE IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. I WILL SAY FOR ONE THAT I HAVEN'T HAD ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IN MY DISTRICT COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE ALL THOSE FOLKS ARE COMING FROM OR WHAT THEIR PROBLEM IS. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY FROM DISTRICT TWO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I DID WORK WITH THE COALITION IN MY DISTRICT. I WORKED WITH COALITION. I THINK THE POINT WASN'T MADE, THIS GREATLY CLARIFIES THE STANDING OF COALITIONS WHICH DIDN'T REALLY EXIST BEFORE. IT WAS SORT OF OFF--HANDEDLY INCLUDED AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE PAST BUT DID NOT HAVE STANDING. THEN IN THE IDO IT GAINED A FORM OF STANDING. I THINK WHAT'S WE DID WAS REALLY IRON THAT IN. THE ONLY THINGS THAT WERE DONE WERE JUST TO ASK FOR BASIC OUTREACH ON THE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND ASK FOR VERY BASIC DEMOCRATIC PROCESS WITHIN THOSE ASSOCIATIONS. ANDIF YOU'RE SAYING YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY DUES TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION. I RESPECTIVELY OBJECT. WE DON'T MAKE PEOPLE PAY TO VOTE OR HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD IN A DEMOCRATICALLY RUN ORGANIZATION. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T CHARGE DUES. IT DOESN'T MEAN A PERSON CAN'T BE REQUIRED TO PAY DUZ IN ORDER TO VOTE. THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE. MS. DAY WAS CLAIMING AND I BELIEVE SOMEONE ELSE WAS CLAIMING THERE'S MISINFORMATION ON THE OTHER SIDE. THERE WAS PLENTY OF MISINFORMATION THAT GOES ON IN ANY DEBATE. ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I COME FROM THAT MYSELF. I KNOW SOME OTHER COUNCILORS DO DID TOO. WE'RE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS OURSELVES. AND WE DID THE LEAFLETS ON THE DOORS AND TRIED AS HARD AS WE COULD TO GET EVERY SINGLE PERSON AND BUSINESSES INVITED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO COME ON DOWN. JOIN US. HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS. IT'S HARD TO PARTICIPATE WHEN PEOPLE REQUIRE DUES IN THE DISTRICT. I'VE SEEN PROBLEMS WHERE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE TRYING TO EXPAND THEIR BOUNDARIES INTO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. IT WAS HAVOC. IT WAS A BAD SITUATION. THIS REALLY, I THINK, IS A STEP FORWARD AND REALLY EMPOWERING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. THE CONTRARY IS NOT TAKING ANY MORE. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. PEÑA: MR. MEL ENDREZ I HAD A FEW AMENDMENTS LAST TIME WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THIS. I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T GET THEM READY INTEREST -- FOR THIS. I WAS WONDERING IF WE CAN ADD THOSE TO VOTE ON THEM. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR PEÑA, STAFF DOES NOT HAVE COPIES OF THOSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE PROVIDED TO STAFF IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. LET ME ASK, WERE THEY AMENDMENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE FINAL ACTION ON THE BILL LAST TIME? I GUESS I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL IS ALL OF THE SAME UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THIS BILL AS INTRODUCED INCORPORATING THE VERY LAST VERSION THAT WAS ON THE TABLE FOR LATE LAST YEAR AND INCLUDES THE AMENDMENTS MADE UP TO THE POINT. >>COUN. PEÑA: THAT WAS THE NEXT PART OF MY QUESTION. I WASN'T SURE IF THESE AMENDMENTS WERE INCORPORATED INTO IT OR NOT. >> COUNCILOR PEÑA, IF THEY WERE AMENDMENTS YOU MOVED AND HAD APPROVED IN THE BILL THAT WAS ON THE TABLE LAST YEAR THEN THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THIS BILL. >>COUN. PEÑA: I DON'T RECALL IF THEY WERE OR WEREN'T. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN TABLE THIS FOR A SECOND TO LOOK OVER THE AMENDMENTS? AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR PEÑA, IT'S THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL IF YOU LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME FOR STAFF TO DO THE EVALUATION. IF YOU DO, IT REQUIRES A MOTION TO TABLE. >>COUN. PEÑA: A FEW OF THE AMENDMENTS HAD OR HAVE, AND I HATE TO DISCUSS THEM IF THEY'RE INCORPORATED INTO THE BILL. I WAS LYING TO PULL IT UP BUT I COULDN'T FINE THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION. ONE OF THE THEM WAS ADDITIONAL TITLES TO PROVIDE GREATER CONTEXT TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NARO. IT OFFERS BASIS OF RECOGNIZING COALITION AS BEING PROPOSED. THIS ONE IS JUST A REALLY A LIST OF WHEREAS, EVEN IN THE ORIGINAL NARO IT DIDN'T LIST WHY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WERE EVEN ORGANIZED. IT WASN'T BECAUSE CITY RECOGNIZED THEY WANTED NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS. IT WAS AN ACTION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, A PRESIDENT, I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME IS WAS TO BRIDGE A GAP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPER BECAUSE SOME OF THE ATROCITIES HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS BACK IN THE DAY IN TERMS OF DEVELOPER COMING IN AND DOING WHAT THEY WERE AND THE VOICES IN THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T HAVE A SAY. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WANT TO ADD. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR PEÑA, I RECALL THOSE RECITALS YOU'RE REFERENCING. I HELPED YOU DRAFT. THEY'RE IN THIS BILL. THEY BEGIN ON PAGE TWO, LINE 20. >>COUN. PEÑA: PERFECT. AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE DEVELOPER RESPONSIBILITIES. THE DEVELOPER AND PERSONS ENGAGING RECOGNIZED COALITIONS TO DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL SHALL ACT WITH DILIGENCE AND GOOD FAITH COORDINATING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES. IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL PERSONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INCLUDING THOSE PURSUING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO PROMOTE COLLABORATIONS AND LISTING WITH RESPECT TO NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS. THIS IS TAKEN OUT AND THIS IS REALLY THE CRUX OF IT. IT ACTUALLY IS -- THERE'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING A PROCESS THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW BUT THE DEVELOPERS HAVE TO TRY TO ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITIES, HENCE WHY THE NEIGHBORHOOD RECOGNITIONS WERE ACTUALLY EVEN CREATED. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR PEÑA, I RECALL THOSE AS WELL. THOSE ARE IN THE BILL. THOSE ARE ON PAGE 13, LINE FOUR. >>COUN. PEÑA: AND THE LAST ONE WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ONC. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR PEÑA, THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ONC SECTION BEGINS ON PAGE 12, LINE 18. IN MY BLUNE LINE COPY, I SEE THOSE ARE -- THE AMENDMENTS YOU PROPOSED ARE INCLUDED. >>COUN. PEÑA: OKAY, GREAT. THANKS TO THE COUNCILORS WHO WERE HERE AND VOTED ON THEM. THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: I HAVE A COMMENT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AS WE'RE SITTING HERE TODAY, ALL THE SPEAKERS ARE ACTUALLY IN DISTRICT ONE. AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD AND GIVING YOUR INPUT IN REFERENCE TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 100% OF DISTRICT ONE'S NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS EXPRESSED THEY DON'T WANT. I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT. HOWEVER, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE VOTES ARE GOING TO GO. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT IF THIS DOES PASS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE ACTUALLY PUT SOME SORT OF TRAINING TOGETHER SO THAT ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT GOING ON AND THEY CAN GIVE FEEDBACK TO WHOEVER THE TRAINER WOULD BE. AND AT THAT POINT MAYBE WE CAN FIND LITTLE MORE EVEN GROUND I ASK THAT IF THE TRAINING DOES GO ON AND IF THERE ARE SOME ISSUES, I DEFINITELY LIKE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING ANY OF THE ISSUES WE MIGHT NEED SINCE IT'S AT OUR DISCRETION TO BRING THAT BACK DOWN. I WILL BE ONE OF THE ONES TO DO THAT IF WE NEED TO. >>COUN. BENTON: OUR CAPABLE VANESSA IS HERE AND IS GOOD WORKING WITH WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND MS. -- I SUPPORT THAT. AND I'M SURE AS WE GO FORWARD WE HELP IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. AND VANESSA DOES GO TO THE MEETING AND IS AN OPEN LINE HOHOURS OF THE WEEK OR MORE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO GUIDE THEM WITH THIS. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE IDEA OF AN OUTREACH AND HELP TRAINING PROCESS, IF YOU WILL, ON THE NEW ORDINANCE. >> COUNCILOR BENTON, YES. WE'RE A LITTLE SHORT STAFFED. I THINK HAVING SOMEBODY WHO CAN HELP US WITH THAT WOULD BE IDEAL. IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO GO OUT AND WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS MORE EXTENSIVELY THAN WE DO. I UNDERSTAND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION AND THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORDINANCE. WHERE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK MUCH MORE CLOSELY WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS GOING FORWARD AND OUR COALITIONS TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS AND EASE THEIR MINDS. I KNOW THERE'S SOME CONCERN. >>COUN. JONES: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE WATCHING THIS OR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONCERN ABOUT ALL THIS, THE CITY STAFF IN VANESSA KNOW THIS THING INSIDES AND OUT I THEY'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP. I HAVE NO PROBLEM REACHING OUT TO THEM. JUST BE ASSURED WE HAVE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT WORK THIS THING AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >>COUN. BENTON: COUNCILOR DAVIS. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MS. BACA, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT SINCE YOU'RE HERE. I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S GAUP GONE IN THIS. I APPRECIATE COUNCILOR PEÑA'S AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ADDED FROM LAST YEAR ABOUT THE HISTORY AND IMPORTANCE. IT IS IMPORTANT WE DEFINE WHAT IS THE PURPOSE. WHEN WE DEFINE HOW WE SHOULD WEIGH INTERESTS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR. AND TO HELP KEEP FOLKS ON THE PATH FOR BEING SUCCESSFUL ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS TWEAKING THINGS A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP. IT'S A BIG FIRST STEP, IT'S ONE WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON. I LIKE THERE'S ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT CAN GET THE NOTIFICATION. NOT JUST ONE OFFICER OF AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH CAN BE 6,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN SOME CASES. BECAUSE THERE COULD BE MORE THAN ONE. WE'VE SEEN AND ALL HEARD COMPLAINTS FROM FOLKS THAT SAID I DIDN'T GET THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOTICE ABOUT THE LIQUOR LICENSE OR ZONING ISSUE BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO GETS THE EMAILS DIDN'T GET THE EMAIL. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. I ALSO AGREE, I THINK BUSINESSES ARE A PIECE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOODS, NON-PROFITS ARE, AS OUR RESIDENTS AND THEY SHOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE CITY DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE DIFFERENT RULES FOR WHO VOTES AND GETS TO BE A MEMBER. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE DON'T REQUIRE DUES. THERE'S NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE'RE STRUGGLING TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN CITY GOVERNMENT. WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE FEES AND FINES TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE WITH US AND ASKING SOMEBODY WITH PAY $50 TO GET THEIR VOICE HEARD IS INCONCHINABLE. YOU DO LOTS OF NOTICES, BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE, WE PASSED A BUDGET GOAL THAT ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO SIGN FROM NOTICES OUTSIDE OF THE STANDARD RECOGNITION. AT ONE POINT, THAT NOTICE PROCESS WAS A COPY PASTE FROM A SPREAD SHEET OR LIST OF DESIGNATED FOLKS. I UNDERSTAND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND PROCESS REVIEWS MAY ALLOW SOME OF THAT. I LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL IF WE PASS THIS FORWARD, TO LOOK AT RESOURCING THAT. TO ENSURE INDIVIDUALS WHO AREN'T REPRESENTED BY AN ASSOCIATION OR TAKE A COUNTER POSITION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD POSITION HAVE THE EQUAL RIGHT TO ENGAGE AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON THAT. I THINK IT'S AN ITEM WE OUGHT TO DISCUSS AT THE BUDGET TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION. >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, I KNOW THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF WHERE THEY ARE. I KNOW BACK IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, WHEN THE REVISED NARO CAME BEFORE COUNCIL, I KNOW THERE'S TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH GETTING IT GOING. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT STANDS. I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS. >>COUN. DAVIS: MR. PRESIDENT, WE DON'T NEED TO DELAY THIS CONVERSATION. I WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT PROCESS. I THINK IF WE PASS THIS AND START ON THE RIGHT FOOT WHERE EVERYBODY CAN BE ON THE SAME PAGE THAT WOULD BE A BIG STEP FORWARD AND HELP YOUR JOB AND STAFF BE MORE SUCCESSFUL. >> MR. PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL STAFF TO THE BEST OF OUR INFORMATION THE AGIF SYSTEM HAS A MAPPING TOOL IN PLACE THAT IS ABOUT TO GO LIVE IN ABOUT A MONTH. THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY ALL THE LAND USE ISSUES GOING ON AROUND THEM SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT THAT IS FOR THEMSELVES. >>COUN. BENTON: I WANTED TO POINT OUT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP AND REMINDING ME, COUNCILOR DAVIS. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR BUDGET TO TALK WITH MS. BACA, AND I'LL JUST PUT IT OUT THERE, AND LESS TALK ABOUT THE ROBUST TRAINING SYSTEM AND WORK ON THAT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THANKS, MS. BACA. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. >> MR. PRESIDENT, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT MS. PACA IS GOING TO REPRESENT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION ON THIS PRESENTATION. SHE CAN GET EVERYTHING SHE NEEDS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. >>COUN. BENTON: VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ON THE BILL AS AMENDED. WE'LL GO TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HANDS. OPPOSED? THAT PASSES ON A 5-4 VOTE. WE'LL MOVE TO -- NEXT IS COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: MR. PRESIDENT. THIS IS FOR A MEMORIAL TO URGE THE UNITED STATES SENATE TO HEAR THE NOMINATION FOR THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO. I MOVE A DUE PASS. >>COUN. BENTON: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR LEWIS. >>COUN. GROUT: THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO IS WITHOUT A U.S. ATTORNEY. BACK IN JANUARY THE COUNCIL ASKED THE ADMINISTRATION IN R-22-1 TO ASSESS OPENING THE CITY'S COURT APPOINTED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. WE NEED A U.S. ATTORNEY FOR NEW MEXICO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. PRESIDENT BIDEN SUBMITTED A NOMINEE TO THE STATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, BUT A HEARING HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED. THIS MEMORIAL ISN'T INTENDED TO ENDORSE, IT'S TO ASK THE SENATE TO HOLD HEARING AND GET A U.S. ATTORNEY POINTED FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. BENTON: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GROUT, FOR THIS MEMORIAL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCILOR LEWIS. >>COUN. LEWIS: I SECOND THE WILL. I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT. I DO APPRECIATE COUNCILOR GROUT FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I THINK IT'S OUT OF SINCERE DESIRE TO HELP OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION TO COME ALONGSIDE US AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND DOJ AND DO WHAT THEY CAN DO TO COME ALONGSIDE US AND HELP US. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DO THAT. I THINK IT WAS A REQUEST FROM THE STAFF. I DON'T BELIEVE HAVING THESE HEARINGS IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO COME ALONGSIDE US AND HELP US WITH THE CHALLENGES AND THE CONSENT DECREE. I ALSO DON'T -- I THINK IN SOME WAYS THIS WOULD BE AN ENDORSEMENT OF THIS CANDIDATE. I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS CANDIDATE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT KIND OF A STATEMENT. IN FACT, I'M NOT SURE I WOULD. FOR US TO BE TELLING THE U.S. SENATE WHATEVER ISSUES THEY'RE DEALING WITH KEEPING THIS NOMINATION FROM HAPPENING OR CONFIRMATIONS FROM HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ISSUE AT HAND. THAT WHY I DON'T SUPPORT THE MEMORIAL, I UNDERSTAND THE SPONSORS INTENTION AND DESIRE. I THINK WE HAVE THE SAME DESIRE THAT OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION WOULD COME ALONGSIDE AND HELP US. >>COUN. BENTON: COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I THINK I'M CLEAR. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR. THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY SAYING WE WANT OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO GET UP AND HANDLE IT. THAT'S THE NICEST WAY I COULD COME UP WITH. THERE'S ANOTHER TERM I WANTED TO SAY. TO HANDLE APPOINTING SOMEBODY TO U.S. ATTORNEY IN NEW MEXICO SO WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD AND EVEN START THE PROCESS OF RENEGOTIATING POTENTIALLY THE CASA WITH THE DOJ AND ALL THAT. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ON A COMPLETE HOLD UNTIL AT LEAST THAT HAPPENS CORRECT? >>COUN. GROUT: YUP. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: I DO NOT THINK THAT'S CORRECT. I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE ON A COMPLETE HOLD AT ALL FOR THE FEDERAL DELEGATION TO COME ALONGSIDE US AND HELP US IN THAT REGARD AS FAR AS REFORMS TO THE CONSENT DECREE. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THIS IS A REQUEST FROM OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION. AND BY PASSING THIS THEY WOULD DO THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IF THEY REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL OF ALBUQUERQUE TO PASS THIS AND BY DOING THAT THEY'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO NOW COME ALONGSIDE OF YOU AND HELP REFORMING THE CONSENT DECREE AND ENCOURAGING THE DOJ TO IMPLEMENT THE GUIDELINES THAT MERIT GARLAND PUT IN PLACE LAST FALL, IF THAT'S WHAT THE FEDERAL DELEGATION IS SAYING, TO DO THIS AND WE'LL HELP YOU WITH THAT, THEN MAYBE THERE'S SOME GOOD THINGS THAT COME COME OUT OF THIS. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SPECIFICALLY BY DOING THIS IS THE KEY OR THE TRIGGER TO ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN. >>COUN. BENTON: I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PUT MY TWO CENTS IN. I DO BELIEVE THAT HAVING GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE LEAD UP TO THE DOJ INTERVENTION, WHICH WE VOTED ON THAT. AT THAT POINT, I ATTENDED MULTIPLE MEETINGS IN THE OFFICE HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. AND HAVING A U.S. ATTORNEY FOR NEW MEXICO IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. AND TO HAVE A VACANCY IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT DEFICIT IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PARTISAN STUFF GOING ON IN WASHINGTON. I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE POINT. I THINK WE NEED A U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. AND THE ELECTED BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND WE HAVE THE CONSENT DECREE WE'RE DEALING WITH. I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS MEMORIAL AND I HOPE IT'S HEARD. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I TOO WROTE A LETTER TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ASKING FOR HELP AND SUPPORT IN REFERENCE TO PUTTING FORTH THE ACTIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE WITH ALL OF THE OTHER CITIES WHO ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS NOW. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY AND DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO GET THE ATTENTION OF NOT ONLY OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION, BUT ANYBODY, ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS THAT LIVE IN THE BIGGEST CITY OF NEW MEXICO TO DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE WE CAN REACH OUT AND SHOW WE DO HAVE A CRISIS IN ALBUQUERQUE. AND EVERY LITTLE THING MATTERS, IN MY OPINION. EVERY LITTLE MOVE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD IS SOMETHING. I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. WHEN I TALKED TO MR. HEINRICH'S SECRETARY, SHE ACTUALLY ADVISED THE SAME THING. IN REFERENCE TO COUNCILOR GROUT. I THINK AS THE ELECTED BODY IN ALBUQUERQUE, THE BIGGEST CITY IN NEW MEXICO, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEWLY APPOINTED U.S. ATTORNEY IS HERE IN TOWN, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US SIT WITH HIM AND LET HIM KNOW OUR CONCERNS AND HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL. TO HELP US GET THROUGH THIS. >>COUN. BENTON: COUNCILOR LEWIS. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED ASKING OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION TO HELP US WITH WHAT WE SAW AS CONCERNS WITH THE CONSENT CAN DECREE AND HELP WITH DOJ. RATHER THAN MAKING, I GUESS, ANY OTHER KIND OF RESPONSE THAT HELPS US OR SAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO MERIT GARLAND ABOUT IT, OUR SENATOR LIEU -- LUJAN AND HEINRICH HAS SAID TELL THE U.S. TO PASS OUR U.S. ATTORNEY. IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES FOR OUR DELEGATION TO GET INVOLVED AND HELP US, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT TONIGHT. >>COUN. BENTON: COUNCILOR DAVIS. >>COUN. DAVIS: COUNCILOR LEWIS, BEAT ME TO IT. IT'S ODD TO HEAR SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ENCOURAGING THE SENATE TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S NOMINEES. I'M FINE WITH THIS. I LIKE THE NOMINEE. IT'S NOT MY JOB TO MAKE THE DECISION. I TRUST THE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS TO DO THAT. I WANT TO ASK THE ADMINISTRATION, THERE'S A ONE COULD TAKE AWAY THAT WE CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE ON OUR DOJ CASA WORK WHILE WE HAVE AN ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY. WE'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION BEFORE. HAS THERE BEEN ANY INSTANCES UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION WHERE WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS THE U.S. ATTORNEY OR HAVE ROBUST CONVERSATIONS BY THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN ANY MATTER? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR DAVIS NO. THERE HAS NOT BEEN. IN REGARD TO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WE DEAL WITH THE SPECIAL LITIGATION DIVISION. AND ALSO ONE FULL-TIME PERSON IN ALBUQUERQUE. AND WE INTERACT WITH THEM NEARLY EVERY DAY. THERE'S BEEN NO INSTANCE WHERE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. >>COUN. DAVIS: I APPRECIATE THAT. MR. PRESIDENT, I WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN AS WE'VE BEEN IN THESE MEETINGS IT'S BEEN WITH MAIN JUSTICE IN D.C. THEY HAVE THEIR TEAM TOGETHER IN THIS. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MADE SOME POLICY DECISIONS OR INDICATIONS THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'RE DOING THAT WITH THOSE FOLKS AND PARTICIPATED IN THE MEETINGS. I DON'T BELIEVE HAVING A PERMANENT U.S. ATTORNEY WOULD IMPACT THAT DISCUSSION OR CHANGE THAT IN ANY DIRECTION. I THINK WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. I SEE EVERY DAY. WE STARTED OUR MEETING TODAY FOCUSING ON THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON AND MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME. THAT SAID, I THINK THIS NOMINEE IS EXCELLENT. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SUPPORT ASK GET ATTENTION TO IT, SOMEHOW THE CITY COUNCIL IN ALBUQUERQUE MANAGES TO BREAK THROUGH THE IMPASS WITH THE U.S. SENATE IT'S WORTH OUR TRY AND EFFORTS. LET'S DO IT. >>COUN. BENTON: COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, ALL. I JUST WANT THE BEST FOR OUR CITY. AND I WANT TO SUPPORT OUR POLICE. AND I WANT TO SUPPORT THE CITY. ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP. LET'S DO IT. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. BENTON: ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR M-3. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED? THAT PASSES ON A 7-2 VOTE. WE'LL MOVE TO THE ITEM F. COUNCILOR BASSAN, COUNCILOR DAVIS, AND COUNCILOR LEWIS. R-29. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. R-29 IS STAYING ENFORCEMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE R-29 STAYING ENFORCEMENT OF THE ALCOHOLIC THAT LIMITS THE AVAILABILITY OF LICENSED HOLDERS. I MOVE A DUE PASS. >>COUN. BENTON: SECOND FROM COUNCILOR DAVIS. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT. I KNOW WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. AND PROBABLY THEY WILL DO A MUCH BETTER JOB AT THIS. I THINK THIS IS COME TO OUR ATTENTION WE HAVEN'T UPDATED OUR CITY LIQUOR ORDINANCE TO MATCH WITH THE STATE. IT'S CAUSING SOMEWHAT BE ARGUED AS BIG PROBLEMS FOR VENDORS OR FUND RAZORS IN ALBUQUERQUE BECAUSE WE'RE BEHIND THE BALL. THIS IS EVENTUALLY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK WITH THE OTHER COLLEAGUES AND GET UP TO MATCH WITH THE STATE. >>COUN. BENTON: ANYONE ELSE? LET'S HEAR FROM -- DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? LET'S GO AHEAD WITH THAT AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP. IT'S SARAH LISTER. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BENTON. MY NAME IS SARAH, I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE MAKE A WEIGHS OF NEW MEXICO. YOU WONDER WHY I TALK ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE, IT'S BECAUSE WE HOST AN EVENT THAT IS A MAJOR FUND-RAISER. WE DO THE EVENT AT THE SAID CUTTER PAVILION AND WE WORK WITH DIFFERENT VENDORS IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS EVENT AS IN EXPENSIVE AS POSSIBLE SO ALL OF THE FUNDS WE RAISE GOES TOWARD GRANTING THOSE LIFE CHANGING WISHES. WE HAVE KNOTTEN THE PERMITS IN THE PAST WITH NO ISSUES USING THE EXACT SAME LOCATION AND THE EXACT SAME VENDORS. THIS YEAR IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT OUR PERMIT WOULD NOT BE APPROVED BECAUSE THERE'S THIS ISSUE IN THE ORDINANCE. OUR EVENT IS NEXT MONTH. WE TURNED EVERYTHING IN ON TIME. WE WEREN'T TOLD THERE WERE ANY ISSUES UNTIL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD, COUNCILOR BASSAN HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE OUR EVENT IS ABLE TO GO FORWARD AND ABLE TO RAISE FUNDS TO GRANT WISHES FOR KIDS IN NEW MEXICO. >>COUN. BENTON: THANK YOU, MS. LISTER. COUNCILORS, BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION. I WANT TODAY ASK THE ADMINISTRATION FIRST. >> MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, WE SUPPORT THE CHANGE. WE ALSO REALIZE THAT THERE IS SOME CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN TO THE ORDINANCE. WE CONCUR WITH THE SPEAKER. >>COUN. BENTON: THANK YOU. COUNCILORS, OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LEWIS, AND COUNCILOR DAVIS, FOR BEING WILLING TO CO-SPONSOR THIS. COME ON, HOW CAN YOU SAY NO TO THOSE MAKE A WISH KIDS? I DEFINITELY WANT TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC THIS IS NOT US SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO ENFORCE LIQUOR LAWS IN ALBUQUERQUE. THIS IS FOLLOWING THE LAWS AND MAKING SURE WE CONTINUE THE PERMITTING PROCESS. IT JUST MEANS WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE EVERYTHING CORRECT WHILE PUTTING A LITTLE PAUSE WHILE MAKING SURE THESE APPLICATIONS STILL COME THROUGH WITH OVERSIGHT. NOT JUST LETTING EVERYTHING RUN AROUND DOING WHATEVER THEY WANT. THAT BEING SAID, I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. BENTON: ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF R-29 SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED.