AFTERNOON EVERYONE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND OUR COUNCILORS, TODAY IS THE 45th MEETING OF THE 24th COUNCIL. I'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I BELIEVE ALL COUNCILORS ARE PRESENT OR WILL BE PRESENT WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE CALL TO SAY THEY WEREN'T JOINING US TODAY. WITH THAT, WE WILL TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND I WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF COUNCILOR HARRIS IS ON ALSO. HAS HE JOINED US YET? THERE HE IS. COUNCILOR HARRIS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I ASK IF YOU WOULD LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN ENGLISH, AND COUNCILOR PEÑA LEAD US IN SPANISH. COUNCILORS, I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE OUR MOMENT OF SILENCE TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS SINCE THIS IS VETERANS APPRECIATION MONTH. (INAUDIBLE). ACTIVE VETERANS. PARTICULARLY, I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE RETURNED FROM SERVICE AND ARE EXPERIENCING MENTAL ILLNESS. IF YOU WILL JOIN ME IN THE MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR JUST A MOMENT PLEASE. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS, AND THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC. COUNCILOR HARRIS. >>COUN. HARRIS: THANK YOU, PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. >>ALL: I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF >>COUN. BORREGO: WE CAN'T HEAR YOU? >>COUN. HARRIS: IT SAYS UNMUTED. YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW? OKAY. >>ALL: I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. SENA: I'LL DO THE PLEDGE IN SPANISH FOR COUNCILOR PEÑA. [ RECITING THE PLEDGE IN SPANISH ]. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SENA. WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND COUNCILOR HARRIS. BEFORE WE START OUR MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO READ SOME INFORMATION INTO THE RECORD. AS NOTED IN A PRES RELEASE AND POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AND NOTICED ON THE PUBLISHED COUNCIL AGENDA THIS MEETING HAS SPECIAL PROCEDURES AND IS BEING HELD VIA ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, CITY STAFF, AND THE MEDIA HAVE THE ABILITY TO VIEW THIS MEETING LIVE THROUGH FOUR DIFFERENT PLATFORMS WHEREBY GOVTV, COMCAST CHANNEL 16, AND GOVTV WEBSITE, YOUTUBE AND ZOOM WEBINAR. THESE LIVE STREAMS CAN BE ACCESSED FROM SMART PHONES, TABLETS OR COMPUTERS. THIS MEETING IS CLOSED CAPTION AND YOU MAY ENABLE THE CLOSED CAPTIONING SERVICE ON OUR TELEVISION OR DEVICE AT THIS TIME. FOR THOSE WATCHING ON THE LIVE STREAM, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON. THE VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS AND ALL PAST COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL ALSO REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON ANY TIME AT THE CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE. COUNCIL STAFF IS AVAILABLE VIA TELEPHONE IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NEED ASSISTANCE FINDING THE VIDEOS ONLINE. PLEASE CALL 768-3100 FOR ASSISTANCE DURING THE BUSINESS HOURS WHICH ARE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8 A.M. TO 5 P.M. THE COUNCIL IS ACCEPTING LIVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY, AS WELL AS ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS. WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED BY 1 P.M. WERE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL COUNCILORS IN ADVANCE OF TODAY'S MEETING. ALL COUNCILORS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE WHICH IS PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. THERE ARE NONE TODAY. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR WHICH IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION. WE WILL DISPENSE WITH THAT SINCE THERE'S NONE TODAY. WITH THAT, COUNCILORS, WE'LL MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M GOING TO READ INTO THE RECORD BEFORE WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT JUST SOME INFORMATION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JOINING US FOR LIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU, FIRST OF ALL, FOR JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON. WE ALSO RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMENTS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL OF THE COUNCILORS TODAY AS I MENTIONED IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IF THEY HAVE SIGNED UP FOR LIVE PUBLIC COMMENT PER THE INSTRUCTIONS PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA AND ON OUR WEBSITE ON FRIDAY. SPEAKERS WILL BE MOVED INTO THE MEETING ROOM TWO AT A TIME. THEY WILL REMAIN MUTED WITH THEIR CAMERA OFF UNTIL THEY ARE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK. AT WHICH POINT THEY CAN TURN ON THE CAMERA, UNMUTE THEMSELVES HAVE ONE AND A HALF MINUTES. THEY WILL BE MUTED AND RETURNED TO BE AN ATTENDEE OF THE ZOOK WEBINAR. EACH PARTICIPANT HAS ONE AND A HALF MINUTES TO PRESENT. COMMENTS ARE TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCILORS ONLY THROUGH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. ANY DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT WILL RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM THE ZOOM WEBINAR. HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? >> WE HAVE ELEVEN PEOPLE. >>COUN. BORREGO: WITH THAT, WOULD YOU COMMENCE? >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, OUR FIRST SPEAKSER LINDSEY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TURN YOUR VIDEO ON, UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOUR TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU START SPEAKING. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH THE NEW MEXICO LAW ON POVERTY. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE AMENDMENT TO THE TAX ORDINANCE. PARTICULARLY FOR LOW INCOME WORKING FAMILIES WHO RECEIVE A LARGE PORTION OF THE TAXES. UNFORTUNATELY, AS MUCH, WORKING FAMILIES FAR TOO OFTEN ARE THE TARGET OF TAX PREPARATION BUSINESSES AND FINANCIAL PRODUCTS. WORKING FAMILIES THAT RECEIVE THIS TAX CREDIT MAKE UP A QUARTER OF ALL NEW MEXICAN TAXPAYERS. THESE ARE VITAL CREDITS BUT TOO OFTEN THEY'RE DRAINED OUT BY HIGH COST TAX PREPARERS. WITHIN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. (INAUDIBLE). THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE REQUIRED THEM TO SEE FEES AND COSTS BEFORE SERVICESS. SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKNENS THE NEED OF PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION. THERE'S NO REMEDY TO ADDRESS THE WELL-DOCUMENTED PROBLEMS OF THE TAX PREPARATION INDUSTRY. FOR THESE REASONS WE ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GRACE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TURN YOUR VIDEO ON, UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOUR TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU START SPEAKING. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I REPRESENTED HUNDREDS OF LOW INCOME NEW MEXICANS IN INCOME TAX CONTROVERSIES WITH THE IRS. MANY OF WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED WITH AFFORDABLE TAX PREPARATION. ONE OF THE CLIENTS WAS A SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO CLIENTS, HER GROSS INCOME WAS $2,000. THANKS TO CHILD BASED TAX CREDITS SHE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A $1200 TAX REFUND. YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THAT $1200 MEANT TO HER FAMILY. SADLY SHE RECEIVED LESS THAN $600 WHICH THEY TOOK $500 FOR PREPARATION AND A REFUND FEE. YOUR ORDINANCE IS INTENDED TO GIVE CONSUMERS RIGHTS. RIGHTS TO KNOW FEES IN ADVANCE AND TO KNOW HOW FEES ARE CALCULATED AND KNOW THE PREPARERS QUALIFICATIONS AND HAVE PERSONAL DOCUMENTS RETURNED TO THEM. BUT RIGHTS THAT WILL NOT BE ENFORCED ARE NOT RIGHTS. H&R BLOCK'S AMENDMENTS WOULD EVISCERATE YOUR ORDINANCE BY REDUCING POTENTIAL DAMAGES FROM $500 PER VIOLATION TO A FLAT $100 TERMINATING RIGHTS. TRANSFORMING THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE INTO A STATEMENT OF GOOD INTENTION. STAYING THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE TAX PREPARERS ORDINANCE DOES NOT SERVE ALBUQUERQUE WELL. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, MADAM. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TARA. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TURN YOUR VIDEO ON, UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOUR TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU START SPEAKING. >> LET ME TURN ON MY VIDEO. OKAY. MY PUBLIC COMMENT IS ABOUT THE HOUSING SITUATION HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET HOUSING SINCE 2016. I'M ON DISABILITY INCOME. IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. I TRIED WORKING WITH HOPE WORKS RECENTLY AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS VERY HARD FOR ME TO GET THESE -- THAT I DON'T QUALIFY FOR A LOT OF STUFF. I'M ON DISABILITY. MY INCOME IS $800. AT ONE TIME, WHEN I WAS REALLY NEEDING HOUSING AND APD SENT ME TO -- HOME. AT THAT TIME I WAS GETTING $514 IN INCOME, I WAS PAYING ALMOST $1,000 TO THE VISITATION CENTER WHERE I WAS SEEING MY KIDS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HELP FOR PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT NEED HELP -- I DON'T KNOW. WE DESERVE TO HAVE INDEPENDENCE BEING ON DISABILITY. YOU CANNOT BE INDEPENDENT IF YOU'RE LIVING WITH SOMEBODY HAVING NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS AND BE ABLE TO LIVE IN A HOME FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD IT. I JUST FOUND OUT IT'S REALLY HARD. IN 2019 I SPOKE AT CITY COUNCIL AND SOMEBODY FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES. >> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR GIBSON HAS A QUESTION. I BELIEVE ALSO COUNCILOR SENA. >>COUN. GIBSON: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THIS WOMAN CONTINUE WITH HER MESSAGE. >>COUN. BORREGO: I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER MINUTE, MA'AM. >> OKAY, I'LL TRY NOT TO CRY. MR. GILBERT OFFERED ME HELP IN 2019 AND NEVER REALLY WENT THROUGH WITH IT. IN 2019, I THINK IT WAS NOVEMBER, I WAS KICKED OUT OF THE ONE OF THE MOTELS BECAUSE HEADING HOME WOULD NOT PAY FOR ANOTHER WEEK. I HAD NO NOWHERE TO GO AND I WENT TO COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THEY TRESPASSED ME. FOR ASKING FOR HELP. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME HELP. THAT'S IT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, MADAM. COUNCILOR SENA, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >>COUN. SENA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, TARA. >> I'M SORRY I'M CRYING. >>COUN. SENA: DON'T APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRAVERY IN SHARING YOUR STORY. I JUST WANT TO KNOW -- THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT OCCURRED. I WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW UP. IF YOU CAN REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE THROUGH CITY COUNCIL OR EVEN MY OFFICE AT LANSENA @ CAB.GOV. THERE'S A SURVEY YOU CAN FILL OUT THAT LOOKS AT THE ACTUAL APPLICATIONS OF THE HOUSING YOU QUALIFY FOR. THERE IS THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM THAT CAN FOLLOW UP. LET'S CIRCLE BACK OFFLINE. IF WE CAN REACH OUT TO YOU OR CALL MY OFFICE. I THINK MY CELL PHONE IS LISTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE. WE'LL SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT PROGRAMS YOU QUALIFY FOR. >> I APPRECIATE IT. I JUST WANT TO SAY I DIDN'T CHOOSE THIS DISABILITY. I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD IT -- IT JUST MADE MY LIFE REALLY HARD. IT RESULTED FROM AN ACCIDENT THAT I DID NOT KNOW WAS GOING TO MAKE MY LIFE CHANGE LIKE THIS. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU. NOW THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH YOU SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY. >> I APPRECIATE IT. >>COUN. BORREGO: WE'LL TALK MORE. WE WILL MOVE ON, MR. MOYA. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TWILA. FEEL FREE TO TURN YOUR VIDEO ON, UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOUR TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU START SPEAKING. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I AM THE CHAIR PERSON OF THE OPEN SPACE ADVISORY BOARD. I AM SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD REGARDING THE SHORT-TERM PROCESS INSTITUTED TO CHANGE AND DISSOLVE THE OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND. I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR FOUR YEARS AND EACH YEAR THEY COME TO THE BOARD TO REPORT ON THE FUND. HOWEVER THE ACQUISITION OF THE POOL PROPERTY HAS FOCUSED OUR ATTENTION ON THE FUTURE OF THE TRUST. WE'VE NOTED THAT THE SPONSOR OF O-21-79 STATED THE FUNDS SHOULD BE DISSOLVED BECAUSE IT'S NOT EARNING ENOUGH MONEY HE'S PROPOSED A QUICK TURN AROUND PROCESS. THE BOARD'S RESEARCH SHOWN THAT STATE LAW ALLOWS A MORE AGGRESSIVE INVESTMENT. WHY NOT ALLOW THE BOARD TO TAKE COMMENTS FROM NEUTRAL OUTSIDE FINANCIAL ADVISORS ON THAT TOPIC? WHY NOT ALLOW THE BOARD TO EXERCISE ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSIDER SOLUTIONS THAT MIGHT CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE FUND, BUT KEEP THE FAITH OF THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE, KEEP THE FAITH WITH THE PUBLIC AND FINALLY KEEP FAITH WITH THE MOST RECENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. INSTEAD OF RUSHING THIS LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WHY NOT GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE TRUST. HAVE MORE OPEN DISCUSSIONS WITH EACH OTHER DURING OUR INFORMAL GIVE-AND-TAKE PROCESS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU GUYS. THIS IS OUR STATUTORY ROLE AND WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO YOU. THANK YOU TODAY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELLEN. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TURN YOUR VIDEO BACK ON. YOUR TIME WILL BEEN WHEN YOU START SPEAKING. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT COUNCILOR HARRIS'S BILL O-21-79. I'VE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES REGARDING THE OPEN SPACE PROGRAM AND ITS HISTORY. THE OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND IS THE KEY ISSUE IN O-21-79. IT WAS PRODUCED OUT OF THE 10-YEAR PROCESS BY CITY LEADERS FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO FIND A WAY TO PROTECT THE WONDERFUL CULTURAL AND HISTORIC PROPERTIES AROUND THE CITY. AS A RESULT, WE HAVE ALMOST 30,000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. BY FAR, THE LARGEST, BEST MOST DIVERSE, MUNICIPAL OPEN SPACE SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY. BY FAR. THE TRUST FUND HAS BEEN A KEY INGREDIENT TO GETTING TO THIS POINT. I THINK ITS PURPOSE HAS NOT BEEN UNDERSTOOD WELL. IT'S NOT JUST A POOL OF MONEY WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO SPEND IT. IT'S A TRUST ESTABLISHED AFTER A TEMPORARY THREE-YEAR QUARTER-CENT GROSS RECEIPT TAX WHICH RAISED OVER $20 MILLION AT THAT TIME. IT WAS INTENDED SO THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS FROM IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TAXATION IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THIS LARGE AND GROWING AND WONDERFUL OPEN SPACE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE. IF IT WERE SPENT AS COUNCILOR HARRIS'S BILL ALLOWS AND ENCOURAGES, IN THE FUTURE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE TAXES TO PAY FOR OPEN SPACE. THE FACT THAT IT ISN'T MAKING MORE MONEY RIGHT NOW IS A TEMPORARY CONDITION WE CAN GO INTO MORE FULLY. I RECOMMEND STRONGLY. >> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP. >>COUN. BORREGO: I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE REST OF YOUR STATEMENT. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO URGE THE COUNCIL, WHICH HAS SENT THIS BILL TO FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS TO ALSO EXTEND IT TO LUTS BECAUSE THE TRUST FUND IS NOT JUST BY ANY MEANS A FINANCIAL MECHANISM IT'S A CENTRAL BACKBONE OF THIS GREAT OPEN SPACE PROGRAM. AND ALSO FORWARD IT TO THE OPEN SPACE ADVISORY BOARD WHERE THERE'S CURRENT EXPERTISE ON THE OPEN SPACE HOLDINGS WE HAVE AND THE OPERATION OF THE FUNDS. THANK YOU SO FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO WELCOME COUNCILOR REED. HE WAS A COUNCILOR WHEN I WAS A STAFF PERSON. HE WAS ALSO MY PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. IT'S BEEN QUITE A LONG TIME SINCE I SEEN YOU. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> THANK YOU. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR BENTON. >>COUN. BENTON: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. COUNCILOR REID, GREAT TO SEE YOU. I THINK FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE SYSTEM AND MADE AMENDMENTS TO THE SYSTEM AND A LOT OF FOLKS -- I THINK WE MOVED THE SYSTEM FORWARD IN A WAY BY CREATING CRITERIA FOR OPEN SPACE AND LOGICAL CRITERIA AND RANKING SYSTEMS AS TO OPEN SPACE. I WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT. JUST ALL THAT WORK FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN WENT THROUGH THAT AND FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE BOARD AND YOUR ORIGINAL SERVICE AS A CITY COUNCILOR WHEN ALL OF THIS STUFF CAME TOGETHER 35 YEARS AGO AND AFTER A TEN-YEAR PROCESS. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT PART UNTIL NOW. THANKS AGAIN. GOOD SEE YOUR FACE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BENTON. MR. MOYA. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS COURTNEY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCILORS. I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH JONES DAY AND I'M COUNCIL TO H&R BLOCK. I SIGNED UP TO BE AVAILABLE FOR COUNCILOR DAVIS. WHICH WOULD DECLARE A STAY OF ENFORCEMENT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE TAX PREPARER AND TAX ORDINANCE. WE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH THE CITY AND OTHERS FOR MONTHS ON NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE. WE SUPPORT THE CONSUMER PROTECTION GOALS OF THE CITY AND THE -- WILL GIVE STAKEHOLDERS NECESSARY TIME TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS. I ASK IF I CAN RESERVE OF MY TIME IF CALLED UPON BY COUNCILOR DAVIS. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, MADAM. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHELLE. FEEL FREE TO TURN YOUR VIDEO ON, UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOUR TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU START SPEAKING. >>COUN. BORREGO: MS. BARKER, WE CANNOT HEAR YOU. CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE? THERE YOU GO. >> YOU THINK YOU GET GOOD AT THAT AFTER A WHILE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I APPRECIATE THE TIME TODAY. I SAW ON THE AGENDA, FIRST OF ALL, I'M SHELLY, I'M A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF ENROLLED AGENTS. I VISITED WITH YOU BEFORE. I SAW ON THE AGENDA TODAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO VISIT ABOUT THE TAX PREPARER ORDINANCE. I WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE COMMENTS AND PRESENT A COUPLE REMINDERS TO YOU. THE PURPOSE IS GOOD. THE PURPOSE IS WONDERFUL. WHAT WAS PASSED BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2021 IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO BE ON THE BOOKS FOR 2022. THE AMENDMENT EVERYONE WAS WORKING ON DOESN'T SEEM TO BE GOING ANYWHERE. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO PASS THE COMMITTEE, THE FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS DEFERRED TWICE. AND THE COMMITTEE WASN'T ABLE TO MEET LAST WEEK ON THE 8th. SO THE AMENDMENT IS ESSENTIALLY NOT GOING FORWARD AT ALL. WE ARE NOW RECEIVING CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE TAX PREPARER ANNUAL CERTIFICATION COMPLIANCE. IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING TO FILL OUT. IT'S ALREADY OUTDATED. IT SPEAKS ABOUT WHAT IS CALLED A CRS NUMBER. FOR SOME OF YOU THAT DON'T REALIZE IT, NEW MEXICO TAX AND REV UPDATED AND RE-DID THEIR WEBSITE SO THAT NUMBER IS CALLED A BTIN. BUSINESS TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. THERE'S THINGS NOT UP TO DATE AND THERE'S LOT OF CONFUSION OUT THERE. >> THANK YOU, MS. BARKER. YOUR TIME IS UP. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NICK. TURN YOUR VIDEO ON, YOUR TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU START SPEAKING. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I'M A CONSUMER PROTECTION ATTORNEY IN ALBUQUERQUE. I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED BY H&R BLOCK WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO WEAKEN THE TAX PREPARER ORDINANCE. AND THROUGH WEAKENING IT TO MAKE SURE THE CHANGES TO THE TAX PREPARER BUSINESS NEVER TAKE PLACE. AS FOR THE IMMEDIATE ISSUE BEFORE THE COUNCIL, I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST A DELAY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT ORDINANCE. WE NEED THIS ORDINANCE NOW. LOT OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE BIG IMPORTANT TAX CREDITS THIS YEAR, EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT, CHILD TAX CREDIT. IN MY EXPERIENCE AS A CONSUMER PROTECTION ATTORNEY IN ALBUQUERQUE AND LEGAL AID ATTORNEY HELPING PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY, I LEARNED TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE, PEOPLE REALLY DEPEND ON TAX REFUNDS FOR IMPORTANT THINGS. WHETHER IT'S A DOWN APPOINTMENT ON A HOUSE. OR IT'S GETTING CAUGHT UP ON RENT. THE SECOND THING I LEARNED, AND THIS IS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I'LL ECHO WHAT HE SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLAINTS BY PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY TAX PREPARERS. WHAT THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE CAME UP WITH A REASONABLE SYSTEM THAT ADDRESSES LOT OF THOSE PROBLEMS. TO DELAY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE ORDINANCES WOULD MEAN THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO CONSUMER PROTECTION FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING THEIR TAX REFUNDS NEXT YEAR. IT'S A DENIAL OF JUSTICE FOR THOSE PEOPLE. AND THIS IS A CRUCIAL YEAR WHERE THERE'S BIG CHANGES TO THE TAX CODE. I URGE THE COUNCIL DO NOT POSTPONE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SYLVIA. FEEL FREE TURN YOUR VOIDIO ON AND UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOUR TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU START SPEAKING. >> ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? >> YES, MA'AM. >> OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS. I'M ONE OF THE RESIDENTS OF MESA VILLAGE OFF OF EUBANK. HER PROPOSED AMENDMENT, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE RENOVATION PROJECT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SALE OF BEER. THIS WAS ONCE A BEAUTIFUL PARK AND IT BECAME A HAVEN FOR THE HOMELESS WHICH INCLUDES NEEDLES, AND FECES. ADULTS BEHAVE BADLY AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND YAFL GAMES. IT'S NOT A GOOD MIX. I ASK TO LISTEN TO EVERYONE THAT VOICED THEIR OPINION AGAINST THE SELL OF BEER. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, THERE WERE TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THAT HAVE NOT ATTENDED YET. THAT WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, MR. MOYA. WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE WHICH IS ADMINISTRATION QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD. I'VE ONLY RECEIVED ONE QUESTION FROM COUNCILOR JONES. COUNCILOR JONES. >>COUN. JONES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR CHIEF MEDINA PLEASE. >> YOU HAVE COMMANDER HERE TO SPEAK TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. >>COUN. JONES: ALL RIGHT. MY QUESTION IS THERE WAS A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE ON WESTBOUND MONTGOMERY. DONE ON SPEEDING. THE RESULTS WERE AMAZING AND THAT IS 84,992 TOTAL VEHICLES. 12,339 WERE DRIVING 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. AND 448 WERE GOING FASTER THAN 64 MILES AN HOUR. AND ONE VEHICLE WAS GOING 140 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS ALL WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS POSTED AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. WE'VE RECEIVED CONSTANT COMPLAINT AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY FOR PEOPLE GETTING ON TO THE STREET BEING SMASHED BY THESE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT APD'S PLAN IS TRY TO ATTEMPT -- NOT JUST TO ATTEMPT, BUT STOP THIS HORRIFIC SPEEDING IN THIS AREA OF THE CITY. MOST SPECIFICALLY ON MONTGOMERY. >> THIS IS ROGER WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT. COUNCILOR JONES, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I WANT TO START OFF SAYING THE STUDY HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN IDENTIFYING THE DATA WE NEED TO GIVE THE RESOURCES TO REDUCE THOSE INFRACTIONS OF SPEEDING. AT THIS TIME, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS AN INCREASED PATROL AND ENFORCEMENT. THAT INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL TEAM PUT TOGETHER AND SUPPORTED BY THE MAYOR AND CHIEF MEDINA OF MOTOR OFFICERS. WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL FOUR OFFICERS AND SERGEANT ASSIGNED TO ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC LAWS. WE DO HAVE TAX PLAN TACTICAL OPERATION PLANS. WE HAVE MOTOR OFFICERS AND DWI OFFICERS OUT THROUGHOUT THE TIMES WHERE WE SEE THESE INFRACTIONS OCCURRING MOST OFTEN. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE THAT ARE DRAG RACING. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE MODIFIED EXHAUSTS AND THE SPEEDING INFRACTIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING THROUGH THE SPEED STUDY. OUR TRAFFIC UNIT IS VERY COMMITTED TO WORKING ON THE MONTGOMERY ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH SPEEDING. THIS MOST UP TO DATE SPEED STUDY IS NOVEMBER 8 THROUGH THE 14. SOME OF THE RESULTS YOU READ PRIOR WE HAVE SEEN THEM -- THEY WERE LOWER THIS PAST WEEK. I'M LOOKING AT 50,827 VEHICLES THAT PASSED THROUGH THE ENFORCEMENT AREA. 7,669 WERE TRAVELLING BETWEEN 0-40 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WERE ACTUALLY GOING THE SPEED LIMIT. 36,076 VEHICLES WERE TRAVELLING BETWEEN 40-50 MILES PER HOUR. THEY WERE GOING UPWARDS OF TEN MILES ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT. 71% OF THE VEHICLES. WE -- 6,000 WERE DRIVING ABOVE 60. 20 # -- 209 WERE TRAVELLING OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE AVERAGE SPEED THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT AREA WAS 44.8 MILES PER HOUR. THE FASTEST SPEED WAS 93.7 MILES PER HOUR. IT'S STILL A CONCERN, WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT WE DO HAVE AND GETTING TO MONTGOMERY IN ORDER TO LESSON THE SPEEDING HAPPENING. >>COUN. JONES: IF I MAY FOLLOW UP? THE QUESTION IS, HOW LONG WILL THAT CONTINUE? WHAT ARE THE RAMPHICS -- RAMIFICATIONS FOR THOSE PEOPLE SPEEDING? ARE THEY GETTING TICKETS? ARE THEY IMPOUNDING CARS? WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING DONE? >> AS FAR AS THE EXTENT OF HOW LONG THE PLANS WILL CONTINUE, THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE SO LONG AS WE HAVE IT BEING AN AREA OF THE HIGHEST AREA THAT HAS ISSUE OF SPEEDING. USING DATA, WE'RE ABLE TO PINPOINT THOSE AREAS HAVE THE MOST NEED. THAT'S WHERE WE PUT THE RESOURCES. SO LONG AS THAT'S THE AREA THAT HAS THE MOST NEED THAT'S WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE GOING TO BE. 10 MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT, THOSE INDIVIDUALS CAN EXPECT A CITATION. THAT CITATION CARRIES EITHER FINE, WARNING, OR OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COURT AND TRY TO RECTIFY IT AND KEEP THEIR RECORD CLEAN. IT'S ONE OF THE THREE OPTIONS. ANYONE TRAVELLING 20 MILES AND OVER CAN WE CONSIDERED WRECKLESS DRIVING. THOSE INDIVIDUALS CAN BE ARRESTS. I DON'T HAVE THOSE STATS IN FRONT OF ME AS FAR AS WHAT THE TRAFFIC UNIT HAS DONE. YES, IT CAN MOST OFTEN WHEN SOMEBODY IS STOPPED FOR SPEEDING THEY EXPECT A CITATION THAT COMES WITH A HEFTY FINE OR HAVING TO GO TO COURT NUMEROUS TIMES WHICH MAY RESULT IN SCHOOLS OF BETTER DRIVING OR EVEN FINES OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. >>COUN. JONES: IF I MAY ONE MORE FOLLOW UP? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH CITIZENS THAT VERY FEW OF THE PEOPLE WHO GET THESE CITATIONS PAY THEM. NOR DO THEY SHOW UP IN COURT OR HAVE ANY FURTHER RAMIFICATIONS. WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THAT? >> FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T SHOWING UP TO COURT, WHAT'S GOING TO WIND UP HAPPENING, EVEN IF THEY DO SHOW UP TO COURT THEY CAN POTENTIALLY HAVE POINTS TAKEN OFF THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE. A SPEEDING INFRACTION CAN BE UP TO THREE POINTS OFF THE 12 POINTS. IF YOU BUILD UP 12 POINTS YOUR LICENSE CAN BE SUSPENDED. MEANING THE NEXT TIME THEY'RE STOPPED THE VEHICLE CAN BE TOWED. THERE'S MORE RAMIFICATIONS. IF THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO COURT THEY'RE ISSUED A BENCH WARRANT. THE NEXT TIME THEY'RE STOPPED OR COME INTO CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT THEY WILL BE ARRESTED FOR THE BENCH WARRANT AND SPEAK TO THE JUDGE ABOUT THE SPEEDING TICKET THEY DID NOT SHOW UP TO. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MOBILE SPEED ENFORCEMENT THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY CITY COUNCIL. I FEEL THAT'S GOING TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD AS FAR AS SO MANY OFFICERS CAN DO SO MUCH WORK. BUT HAVING THE MOBILE SPEED ENFORCEMENT WILL BE HELPFUL. I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING THAT. >>COUN. JONES: THANK YOU, SIR AND THE UPDATE. I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MY OFFICE WITH THE INFORMATION WHEN YOU RUN THE AREA FOR A LENGTH OF TIME. >> THANK YOU. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR GIBSON, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? >>COUN. GIBSON: REALLY BRIEFLY, MAYBE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS A MOMENT AGO, I THINK IT'S WORTH A SECOND MENTION. IT SEEMS TO ME THIS IS PART OF A PATHWAY THAT YOUNG OR MAYBE NOT SO YOUNG DRIVERS USE FOR STREET RACING. IT USED TO BE THAT THE LA MORADO PARKING LOT ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WYOMING AND MONTGOMERY WAS A PLACE WHERE THEY CONGREGATED. IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT YOU HAVE SEVERAL REPEAT OFFENDERS REPRESENTED IN THESE NUMBERS. AND PROBABLY THE HIGHER END OF THE SPEED, THE RATE OF SPEED. I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO ASK APD ABOUT THAT. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THAT AND TRACK FOR SPEEDING AND ORGANIZED RACING, DO YOU BELIEVE THEY ARE BEING PULLED OVER AND CITED FOR SPEEDING? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GIBSON, SPEAKING TO ACTING COMMANDER WHEELER OF THE TRAFFIC DIVISION, I ACTUALLY ASKED THAT QUESTION MYSELF. HE SAID THAT IT'S NOT AS MUCH THE ORGANIZED DRAG RACING OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE SPEEDING ARE DAY TO DAY DRIVERS THAT THEY'RE SEEING TRAVELLING ON MONTGOMERY. NOT TO SAY THAT THE DRAG RACING AND CONGREGATION DOESN'T CONTRIBUTE TO THE ISSUE AS WELL. BUT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IS IT'S MORE DAY TO DAY DRIVERS GOING UP AND DOWN MONTGOMERY THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING THE ISSUES WITH. THOSE TACT PLANS THEY END UP DOING DO TARGET DRAG RACING AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. NOT JUST ON MONTGOMERY BUT OTHER AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THAT'S ALSO A CONCERN. THOSE ORGANIZED DRAG RACING AREAS THAT ARE CONGREGATING AT AND CAUSING SOME OF THESE ISSUES, THOSE ARE FOCUSED ON DURING THOSE PLANS. TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, IT'S A LOT OF THE DAY TO DAY DRIVERS WE'RE SEEING THE SPEEDING WITH AND NOT JUST CONTRIBUTED TO THE DRAG RACING THINGS THEY'RE DOING. >>COUN. GIBSON: 448 DRIVERS WERE GOING FASTER THAN 64 MILES PER HOUR. WOW. THAT SEEMS EVEN MORE THAN JUST INATTENTION TO WHERE THEY ARE OR FORGETTING THE SPEED LIMIT. I DON'T MEAN TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE. I'M STILL GETTING OVER THESE NUMBERS. THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GIBSON. COUNCILOR BENTON. COUNCILORS, I REMIND YOU TO USE YOUR RAISE HAND FEATURE. IT'S HARD TO SEE PEOPLE WAVING THEIR HANDS. COUNCILOR BENTON, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. >>COUN. BENTON: YOU'RE WELCOME, MADAM PRESIDENT. THESE ARE SHOCKING FIGURES. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SURE THERE'S DRAG RACING GOING ON. THERE ARE DRAG RACES. THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THAT DO THAT RECREATIONALLY. WHETHER THEY'RE SETTING UP WITH A PERSON WITH THEIR HANDS DROPPING TO SAY GO OR DRAGGING FOR A QUARTER MILE OR NOT, THAT'S ONE THING. THEY'RE DOING IT ON PUBLIC STREETS LIKE CENTRAL AVENUE IS WHERE YOU SEE THAT TO HAPPEN. WE KNOW THERE'S THE DRAG RACING THING. I THINK THE TAKEAWAY IS THIS IS BECOMING STANDARD BEHAVIOR FOR ALBUQUERQUE DRIVERS. FOR MANY OF THEM. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THEY -- I SAW A TRUCK GO BY ON CENTRAL. A BEAT UP OLD CONSTRUCTION TRUCK. HE HAD THE MASSIVE MUFFLER ON AND A BIG V8 AND HE WAS GOING TO SHOW EVERYONE HE WAS COMING THROUGH THERE AND HAVE THEM LOOK AT HIM AND PAY ATTENTION TO HIM. THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY BIZARRE BEHAVIOR. IT SNOWBALLS INTO EVERYBODY THINKING -- NOT EVERYBODY, BUT I MEAN THE CULTURE IS CHANGING. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT TO STOP WITH THIS AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT. I HAVE GOTTEN A RED LIGHT TICKET. WHEN I GOT A RED LIGHT TICKET I MADE SURE I WAS LOOKING AT RED LIGHTS IN THE FUTURE. THAT TAUGHT ME A LESSON. I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO JUST CHILL. THE FACT THAT WE'RE BOLD ENOUGH, AND I APPRECIATE THE FELLOW COUNCILORS WHO VOTED FOR THIS, WE'RE BOLD ENOUGH TO DO THIS AND NOT ASK FOR PERMISSION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE WENT AHEAD AND DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO BE LEADERS AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN. IT WAS CLEARLY IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST. THANK YOU TO THE COUNCILORS THAT DID THAT. THANKS TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR SUPPORTING THAT. UNDER THE PREVIOUS CHIEF I ASKED THAT QUESTION AND THEY GO THERE'S CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES WITH THE CAMERAS. WELL, THAT'S THE WRONG ANSWER BECAUSE THESE ARE BEING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY EFFECTIVELY. GOOD ON THAT. I THINK WITH REGARD TO THE TACTICAL PLANS, YEAH, I WOULD ASK APD TO START LOOKING AT THAT DIFFERENTLY. AND LOOKING AT THE HOT SPOTS OF WHERE IT'S ALL THE TIME. IT MAY NOT BE DRAG RACING, BUT IT'S ALL THE TIME ABUSIVE DRIVING BEHAVIOR. THE AFFECTS ALL SORTS OF THINGS. WE TRY TO SUPPORT SIDE WALK DINING. WHO WANTS TO SIT THERE WITH THESE THINGS GOING BY? THANKS FOR THE REPORT. THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS UP, COUNCILOR JONES. WE HAVE TO KEEP DOING MORE. WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR IS JUST A START. HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BENTON. WITH THAT, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMENTS. WAEBL WE'VE MOVE TO THE JOURNAL. COUNCILOR GIBSON. >>COUN. GIBSON: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.. >>COUN. GIBSON: I MOVE APPROVAL FOR THE NOVEMBER 3 JOURNAL. >>COUN. BORREGO: YOU HAVE A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. ITEM NUMBER SIX PASSES ON A 9-0 VOTE. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. ANY CHANGES TO THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION? I WILL MOVE TO COUNCILOR SENA. >>COUN. SENA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PULLING EC460 OF THE LAND USE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. IT'S THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF -- TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING COMMISSION. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE SEVERAL SECONDS. COUNCILOR HARRIS AND COUNCILOR BASSAN. I REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT WE NEED TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNCILORS PRESENT REQUIRED TO VOTE ON THIS. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO MS. ORTEGA. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: I'M SORRY, COULD THE MOTION BE REPEATED PLEASE? >> THE MOTION BY COUNCILOR SENA TO SPEND RULES TO PULL EC460 OF THE LUPS COMMITTEE. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, MS. ORTEGA. >>COUN. BENTON: NO. >>COUN. DAVIS: NO. >>COUN. GIBSON: NO. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: NO. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SENA. >>COUN. HARRIS: I'D -- >>COUN. SENA: I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR HARRIS, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? >>COUN. BENTON: I HAD MY HAND UP PRIOR TO OTHER COUNCILORS. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR BENTON, GO AHEAD. >>COUN. BENTON: I WANT TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. THIS NOMINATION, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER THINGS, WERE MADE AFTER THE ELECTION WHEN VERY LITTLE TIME LEFT IN THE YEAR. AND OF THE TENURE OF THIS COUNCIL. ALTHOUGH I, IN COMMITTEE, SUPPORTED MOVING THIS FORWARD AND I REALLY SUPPORT MOVING THIS NOMINATION FORWARD. I DO NOT SUPPORT DOING IT NOW. I BELIEVE THAT THE INCOMING CITY COUNCILOR NEEDS TO WEIGH IN ON THE APPOINTMENT. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE QUALIFICATION OF THE EMPLOYEE. THE NOMINEE. EXCUSE ME. IT ALSO DOESN'T REALLY HAVE -- I HOPE IT'S CLEAR TO COUNCILOR SENA THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY RESPECT FOR HER AND FOR THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THIS APPOINTMENT. I SUPPORT THAT CONCEPT. I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THAT WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION GOING FORWARD ABOUT WHO SHOULD SIT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING COMMISSION. THE FACT IS I WOULD LIKE TO -- IF POSSIBLE, MY MOTION WOULD BE, IF WE COULD DO THAT. I STAND TO BE CORRECTED. WE MOVE THIS TO JANUARY TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEW COUNCILOR FROM DISTRIBUTE ONE TO MEET THE APPOINTEE AND KEEP THIS APPOINTMENT ALIVE. THAT WOULD BE MY PROPOSAL. THAT EXPLAINS MY VOTE. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BENTON. I GO BACK TO COUNCILOR HARRIS AND I'LL COME BACK TO COUNCILOR SENA. >>COUN. HARRIS: MAYBE MR. MELENDREZ CAN EXPLAIN. I THOUGHT WE ONLY NEEDED FOUR VOTES. I GUESS THERE NEEDS TO BE ACTION? WHY DO WE NEED SIX? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR HARRIS, THE MOTION WAS TO TAKE THE BILL OUT OF COMMITTEE AND PLACE IT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. THAT'S A RULES SUSPENSION. THAT REQUIRES SIX. THERE IS A SPECIAL PROCEDURE FRR REJECTION OF A COMMITTEE REPORT. IT REQUIRES FOUR VOTES. IF THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO VOTE TO SIMPLY PULL A BILL OUT OF COMMITTEE AND NOT PLACE IT ON THE AGENDA THAT IS ACTING UNDER, THAT IS A FIVE VOTE. IT WOULD BE FIVE TO PULL IT OUT AND PUT IT ON A MEETING, SIX IT PULL IT OUT AND PUT IT ON TODAY'S MEETING. >>COUN. HARRIS: FIVE VOTES FOR A LATER MEETING? >> CORRECT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. COUNCILOR SENA. COUNCILOR SENA, ARE YOU GOING TO GO BACK TO THE MAKING ANOTHER MOTION? BEFORE YOU DO, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE WITH COUNCILOR BENTON'S DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PARTICULAR BILL AND ANY OTHER BILLS. COUNCILORS ARE ELECTED FOR FOUR YEARS. I THINK THAT OUR TERM DOES NOT END UNTIL DECEMBER 31st. WITH THAT LOGIC, THAT WOULD MEAN ANY ITEM THAT WE VOTE ON SHOULD BE DEFERRED UNTIL JANUARY, 2022. I THINK THAT'S QUITE UNREASONABLE BECAUSE THERE IS A SPECIFIC TERM THAT COUNCILORS ARE ELECTED TO. I THINK THOSE TERMS ALLOW COUNCILORS TO DO THINGS THAT IS WITHIN THEIR TERM. I HAVE SOME RESERVATION, COUNCILOR BENTON, WITH REGARD TO YOUR DISCUSSION. THAT WOULD MEAN ANY APPOINTMENT OR ANYTHING THAT WE VOTE ON DURING THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF SHOULD BE DEFERRED UNTIL JANUARY. I REALLY HAVE SOME CONCERN WITH REGARD TO THAT. IT SEEMS SOMEWHAT DISRESPECTFUL TO THE TERM OF THE ELECTED COUNCILOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD. I'M GOING TO GO TO COUNCILOR SENA. >>COUN. SENA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO PULL THIS EC460 OUT OF THE LAND USE AND HAVE IT HEARD AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. I BELIEVE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A FAIR HEARING. MADAM PRESIDENT, YOU'RE MUTED. >>COUN. BORREGO: DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR COUNCILOR SENA'S MOTION. COUNCILOR PEÑA, THANK YOU FOR THAT SECOND. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO BACK TO EC-460 AND LOOK FOR A VOTE TO PUT IT ON THE DECEMBER 6th AGENDA. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: NO. >>COUN. GIBSON: NO. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: NO. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. >> PASSES ON A 6-3 VOTE AND THE MATTER WILL BE ON THE DECEMBER 6th AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, MS.ORTEGA. WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCILOR GIBSON. >>COUN. BENTON: MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR BENTON, GO AHEAD. >>COUN. BENTON: I VOTED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. I'M NOT DISAGREEING THAT THIS CANDIDATE APPOINTEE RESERVES A HEARING. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THAT HEARING. I TO TAKE EXCEPTION TO THE IDEA THAT I'M BEING DISRESPECTFUL. I POINTED THAT I DO APPRECIATE COUNCILOR SENA'S APPOINTMENT. I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE APPOINTEE IN COMMITTEE. I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT APPOINTEE. I WANTED TO ASK STAFF IF THEY CAN LOOK THIS UP REAL QUICKLY. HOW LONG WAS THIS VACANCY ON APC? DOES SOMEBODY HAVE THAT ANSWER? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BENTON, I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION. THE DISTRICT ONE SEATS HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. >>COUN. BENTON: THANK YOU. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU. IT APPEARS THAT COUNCILOR SENA HAS A COMMENT. >>COUN. SENA: YES, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE REASON FOR THE VACANCY. I THINK ONE ISSUE THAT WE STRIVE FOR ON COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY IN OUR BOARD APPOINTMENT AND SOMETHING AS A RESOLUTION WE COMMITTED AS GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY IS MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO FILL THE BOARD AND COMMISSION THAT IT REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE IT'S THE NECESSARY WORK OF THE COUNCIL THAT WHOEVER MAKES EACH APPOINTMENT FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT ACTUALLY MAKE AND DOES THAT WORK. SO, BECAUSE OF THIS VACANCY IT'S BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE EXACTLY LIKE HER. I WILL NOTE IN YOUR EMAILS YOU WILL SEE A COMMENT FROM TERRY SLOAN AND INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR INDIGENOUS PLANNING INSTITUTE AS TO HER BACKING. IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I FELT IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE A FULL HEARING AND DISCUSSION OF HER APPOINTMENT. ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF NOT JUST NOVEMBER BEING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S MONTH BUT ALSO IN THE RECENT DECISION FOR CHACO CANYON AND RESPECTING THE DECISION OF -- MARTINEZ AND THE COMMITMENT WE MADE TO THE CITY AND TO THE TRIBES, PUEBLOS AND COMMUNITIES THAT WE WOULD NEVER HAVE A REPEAT OF THE MENAUL SCHOOL GRAVE SITE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. I THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SENA. WITH THAT, COUNCILOR SENA, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. THAT IS COUNCILOR GIBSON. >>COUN. GIBSON: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED INTEREST THE PURPOSE OF PLACING R-216 ON TODAY'S AGENDA FOR ACTION. IT'S CONCERNING THE MUNICIPAL RUNOFF ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY 7, DECEMBER, 2021. >>COUN. BORREGO: I'LL SECOND THAT COUNCILOR. COUNCILORS, I'LL REMIND US THAT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM REQUIRES TWO THIRDS OF THE VOTE FOR THE COUNCILORS PRESENT TODAY. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO MS. ORTEGA. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. THAT ITEM PASSES ON AN 9-0 VOTE. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS. I BELIEVE COUNCILOR PEÑA TOOK THE LEAD ON THIS. I'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE ITEM. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTRODUCING R-222 AND PLACING ON THE DECEMBER 6th AGENDA. IT'S ESTABLISHING THE LEGISLATIVE AND BUDGET PRIORITY FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE FOR THE SECOND SESSION OF THE 55th NEW MEXICO STATE LEGISLATURE. I MOVE A -- I ALREADY MOVED IT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. YOU A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR SENA. IS THAT A SECOND, COUNCILOR SENA? THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND THAT AS WELL. COUNCILORS, I'LL ALSO MENTION THIS REQUIRES TWO THIRDS OF COUNCILORS PRESENT REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON IN ORDER FOR IT TO PASS. WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ON TO MS. ORTEGA. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. THAT CONCLUDES THE ITEMS I HAVE. WE'LL GO BACK TO COUNCILOR GIBSON. COUNCILOR GIBSON. >>COUN. GIBSON: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. YOU HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR PEÑA. IS THAT A SECOND, COUNCILOR PEÑA? >>COUN. PEÑA: ACTUALLY, I WAS GOING TO COMMENT ON THE LAST BILL BRIEFLY. >>COUN. BORREGO: I'M SORRY, COUNCILOR. CAN I COME BACK TO YOU AFTER WE ARE DONE WITH THE MOTION? WITH THAT, COUNCILORS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE VOTE. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. R-222 PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALSO, OUR LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. I'LL GO BACK TO COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE SPONSORS OF THIS BILL AND AS YOU KNOW EVERY YEAR WE WORK REALLY HARD TO GET ALL THE PRIORITIES FROM EACH OF THE COUNCILORS AND ADMINISTRATION INTO THE BILL. I WANT TO BRIEFLY STATE FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA WHO MAY BE WATCHING IS THAT IT'S STILL WORK A WORK IN PROGRESS. I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A FEW ADDITIONAL MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. JUST BE PATIENT WITH US AS WE GET IT READY FOR THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 8 WHICH IS REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. WE'LL SUSPEND THAT. WE'LL MOVE TO DEFERRALS AND WITHDRAWALS. I HAVE ONE. I'D LIKE TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD. THIS IS O-49, AMENDING CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE TWO, SECTION ONE OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, 1994. THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE FOR CAPITAL SET ASIDE FOR UNDERSERVED AREAS AND COMMUNITIES. I MOVE DEFERRAL UNTIL FEBRUARY 23rd. I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR PEÑA. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I NEED A VOTE. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. WITH THAT, I HOPE MY SUCCESSOR HAS A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOLKS AND WORK WITH OTHER COUNCILORS TO LOOK AT THIS BILL A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY. THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER, WHICH IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? BEFORE WE GO INTO THAT . FOR THE INDIVIDUALS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA WHO ARE BEING APPOINTED TO SERVE ON BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS AND WHO MAY BE WATCHING FROM HOME, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. COUNCILOR GIBSON. >>COUN. GIBSON: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GIBSON. IS THERE A SECOND? COUNCILOR BASSAN. THANK YOU FOR THAT SECOND. MS. ORTEGA. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. WITH THAT, COUNCILORS, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 11. WHICH ARE ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THERE WILL BE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL LEGISLATIVE RELATIOS COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 17 VIA ZOOM. >>COUN. BASSAN: THERE WILL BE AN ALBUQUERQUE-BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING ON NOVEMBER 18th AT 5 P.M. VIA ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCE. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU. YOU HAVE THE NEXT ONE AS WELL. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT ALLERATIONS MEETING ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 22 AT 3 P.M. VIA ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCE. >>COUN. BORREGO: WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS. WE'LL SUSPEND ITEM 12. THERE ARE NONE. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 13. APPROVALS. I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING UNDER ITEM 13. WE'RE JUST MOVING RIGHT ALONG FOR A CHANGE. COUNCILORS, WE'LL MOVE TO FINAL ACTIONS. I WILL MENTION THAT I HAD A REQUEST FROM COUNCILOR DAVIS, WHICH I'M GOING TO GRANT. COUNCILOR DAVIS, R-211. I THINK HE HAD FOLKS THAT WERE WANTING TO SPEAK THAT HAVE TO LEAVE. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES, MA'AM. WE APPRECIATE THAT. YOU HEARD FROM SOME OF THEM EARLIER. WE CAN DISPENSE WITH THIS FAIRLY QUICKLY. I'M PULLING THIS UP. R-211 PROVIDES FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF A CERTAIN LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE IRB. I MOVE A DUE PASS. WE SOME FOLKS FROM KAIROS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. IN SHORT THIS IS A TECHNICAL CLEAN-UP. TO BE SURE THE IRB ALIGNS WITH THE CURRENT BUSINESS PROGRAM. IF THE COUNCILORS HAVE QUESTIONS, I DEFER TO THE EXPERTS. INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED BEFORE THE MEETING. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DAVIS. IT APPEARS WE HAVE DIRECTOR LARA AND OUR ATTORNEY CHRIS MEREHEAD. WOULD ONE OF YOU CARE TO SPEAK? >> COUNCILOR BORREGO, COUNCILOR DAVIS, HE IS CORRECT. THIS IS A CLEAN-UP. IT WILL EXPAND THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY UNDER THE IRB TO MEET THE BUSINESS PLANS AND ACTUALLY THE REALITY ON THE GROUND. IT WOULD ALSO SUPPORT COUNCILOR BORREGO'S AND COUNCIL'S SUPPORT OF PASSAGE OF THIS ITEM. >>COUN. BORREGO: DIRECTOR LARA, THANK YOU. MR. MEREHEAD, ANYTHING TO ADD? >> NO, HE SUMMED IT UP WELL. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILORS, ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR DAVIS. >>COUN. DAVIS: IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE FLOOR SUBSTITUTE AVAILABLE IN THE iPAD. FLOOR SUBSTITUTE FOR R-211. >>COUN. BORREGO: I'LL SECOND THAT FLOOR SUBSTITUTE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE FLOOR SUB? I DO NOT SEE ANYWAY. COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I DON'T KNOW IF MR. MEREHEAD WANTS TO CLARIFY WHAT CHANGES ARE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE STREAMLINED FOR EVERYONE. >> THANK YOU. THE FLOOR AMENDMENT JUST CLEANS UP SOME UNNECESSARY PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE WAS INITIAL INTRODUCED VERSION. THERE WAS A REFERENCED PUBLISHING ADOPTION WHICH IS NOT NECESSARY. IT TOOK OUT THE PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT SO THAT IT WAS CLEAR. THE SUBSTANCE OF THE BILL REMAINS EXACTLY AS PRESENTED. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANYONE'S HAND RAISED. I'M GOING TO GO TO OUR SPONSOR. >>COUN. DAVIS: I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. I BELIEVE COUNCILOR GIBSON IS BACK ON. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES, THANK YOU. I HAD TO TLEEFB MY VOTE IS YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. THE FLOOR SUBPASSES ON A 9-0. WE'LL GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL BILL. >>COUN. DAVIS: AS WITH THE PREVIOUS, WE'RE GRATEFUL AND EXCITED TO HAVE THIS COMPANY MOVING FORWARD. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DAVIS. WE'LL GO TO MS. ORTEGA. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. THANK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE. R-211 DOES PASS ON A 9-0 VOTE AS SUBSTITUTED. IF YOU'LL GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT TO WRITE IT DOWN. I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO ITEM B. WHICH IS COUNCILOR PEÑA'S BILL. COUNCILOR PEÑA, I WILL GO TO YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ITEM B IS FLOOR SUB-R-182 ESTABLISHING CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR 118 STREET AS A PRIORITY FOR CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, FUNDING PROCESSES AND ENCOURAGING THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PRIORITIZE THE APPROVAL AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERCHANGE AT INTERSTATE 40 AND 118th FORMING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY OF BERNALILLO. I MOVE A DUE PASS AND WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEÑA. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR SENA. WE WILL GO ON TO YOUR AMENDMENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: IT'S ACTUALLY COUNCILOR SENA'S AMENDMENT. >>COUN. BORREGO: I'M SORRY, COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR SENA, THIS IS THE ONLY AMENDMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR BILL? I THINK IT IS. WE'LL CALL THIS FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. >>COUN. SENA: THIS IS FLOOR AMENDMENT ONE TO FLOOR SUBAS FOLLOWS. IN THE EXPLANATION IT SHOULD SAY 118th TO LADERA. RATHER THAN 188. EXPANDING FROM LADERA AND CUTTING IT OFF AT I-40. IT'S CLEARING UP THE DISTRICT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THAT'S IN THE EXPLANATION CORRECT? >>COUN. SENA: YES. IN THE EXPLANATION IT SHOULD READ 118th. >>COUN. BORREGO: THAT'S A MINOR AMENDMENT. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR A FLOOR AMENDMENT FROM COUNCILOR SENA AND I SEE A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR BENTON. OR IS THAT A QUESTION? >>COUN. BENTON: IT'S A QUESTION. >>COUN. BORREGO: DO I HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILOR PEÑA. THANK YOU FOR THE SECOND. THAT'S ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. COUNCILOR BENTON. >>COUN. BENTON: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS WOULD EXTEND THE PRIORITY FROM THE PRESENT STRETCH FROM SENATOR DENNIS CHAVEZ TO I-40, HOW MUCH FURTHER WOULD THIS EXTEND? WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. >>COUN. BORREGO: COULD YOU ADJUST YOUR AUDIO, PLEASE? >> YES. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BENTON, IT SHOULD BE LESS THAN A HALF MILE. IT'S ABOUT A HALF MILE. IT'S EXTENDING TO AROYYO VISTA BULL VERDICT. IT COMES TO INTERSTATE 40 TO THE NORTH AND AL -- IT EXTENDS DIRECTLY TO THAT LOCATION. I CAN GET YOU A MEASUREMENT REAL QUICK. >>COUN. BENTON: JUST APPROXIMATELY IN RELATION TO THE DISTANCE OF THE OTHER ORIGINAL PROPOSAL. WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING THAT UP, I SHOULDN'T ASK YOU TWO QUESTIONS AT ONCE. WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING THAT UP, AROYO VISTA THIS IS THE ALTERNATIVE TO PASEO VOLCAN. >> NO, IT'S 98th STREET. >> Reporter: . >>COUN. BENTON: I HEARD IT WRONG. >> IT'S CALLED AROYO VISTA. THAT'S 118th STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY. DEPENDING ON THE ANGLE IT TAKES, IT LOOKS TO BE RUNNING, I CAN CHECK THAT REAL QUICK. IT LOOKS LIKE I-40 TAKES A BEND TO THE SOUTH. IT LOOKS TO BE 1.1 TO 1.2 MILES. I-40 TAKES A BEND TO THE SOUTH BY THE TIME IT GETS TO AROYO VISTA. >>COUN. BENTON: HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO THE PRESENT BILL? >> IN DISTANCE? I BELIEVE I'LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU IN JUST A SECOND. THE PRESENT BILL IS ABOUT 3.5 MILES. THIS WOULD ADD 1.2 MORE MILES. >>COUN. BENTON: IT WOULD ADD A QUARTER OF WHAT THE PROJECT ALREADY WAS. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE LAND USE PLANNING THING IN THAT AREA. A LOT OF THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT BUILDING ROADS IS NEGLECTFUL OF WHAT OUR LAND USE PLANNING POLICY IS IN THE AREAS. I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT JUST BECAUSE IT'S COMING IN HERE -- COUNCILOR PEÑA'S WORKED ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME. THIS WOULD BE A BIG CHANGE. I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BENTON. I WILL GO TO COUNCILOR PEÑA WHO HAS BEEN WAITING. AND BACK TO COUNCILOR SENA. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COUNCILORS WAITING. COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. TOM, I JUST WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION. I RECEIVED A CALL EARLIER TODAY FROM THE MEDIA. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE AMENDMENT IN THE WAY IT READS, I WAS TOLD THAT IT'S DOING AWAY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE 40. I SEE WHERE THEY MAY HAVE A HAVE GOTTEN THAT. >> INTERSTATE, WHAT IT DOES IS IT TAKES THE TERMS OF WHAT THAT LINE SAYS, IT'S INTERSTATE 40 AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERCHANGE AT INTERSTATE 40. THIS CHANGES IT TO LADERA DRIVE AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERCHANGE AT I-40. THAT WOULD BE PAGE THREE. I'LL LOOK AT THE AMENDMENT. >>COUN. PEÑA: MADAM PRESIDENT, I APOLOGIZE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT REMAINS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERCHANGE AND IT EXTENDS TO LADERA WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT INTERSECTION. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR PEÑA, IF I CAN CHECK ON THAT. WHAT PAGE IS THAT? >>COUN. PEÑA: IT'S ON THE AMENDMENT ITSELF. >> I BELIEVE IT'S PAGE THREE, LINE NINE. >>COUN. PEÑA: PAGE THREE, LINE THREE, LINE TWELVE. IT'S COUNCILOR SENA'S AMENDMENT. >> THIS IS ON THE FLOOR SUB. PAGE THREE, LINE 12. YES. WHERE IT SAYS DENNIS CHAVEZ, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERCHANGE OF I-40. IT WILL READ FROM LADERA TO INTERSTATE 40. DENNIS CHAVEZ TO LADERA DRIVE. THE NEXT LINE SHOULD SAY AND THE CONSTRUCTION SO IT CONTINUES IT. IT DOES TAKE OUT INTERSTATE 40 ON THE CONSTRUCTION. IT REPLACES IT WITH LADERA DRIVE AND CONSTRUCTION. THERE'S TWO INTERSTATE 40S IN LINE TWELVE. IF WE SAY JUST INTERSTATE 40, THAT WOULD TAKE OUT BOTH. THAT WOULD BE INCORRECT. THIS MAKES IT CLEAR IT'S JUST THE FIRST INTERSTATE 40. >>COUN. PEÑA: JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE 40 REMAINS WITHIN. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW. THANK YOU. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR PEÑA, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR QUESTION? >>COUN. PEÑA: YES, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR SENA. >>COUN. SENA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEÑA FOR THE CLARIFYING LANGUAGE. I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I ASKED FOR THIS AMENDMENT SPECIFIC TO ADD TO THIS BILL IS WE PRIORITIZE PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION EVEN THE WEST SIDE COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WROTE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE HOSPITAL THAT WOULD BE THERE OFF OF 118th. I SAID, FROM LADERA TO CUT THERE AND ADD ON THIS PRIORITIZE LIST IT WOULD INCLUDE AREAS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT JUST THE HOSPITAL BUT ALSO FOR SPORTS FACILITIES, THE KEN SANCHEZ INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX AND CREATING MORE OF THAT TO INCLUDE FROM LADERA ON. THAT'S WHY IT STARTS AT LADERA. SGLRP . >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, COUNCILOR SENA. COUNCILOR BENTON IS WAITING TO ASK A QUESTION. >>COUN. BENTON: I HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING SO WE HAVE A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY -- YOU KNOW THE ENTIRE BILL IS A VERY GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE CITY. IT'S NOT JUST A WEST SIDE QUESTION. IT'S LIKE WHAT ARE WE DOING, ARE WE GOING AS A CITY. AND HOW DO WE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT BUILDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ROADWAYS. A LOT OF THE ORIGINAL PORTION IS IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A WHOLE NEW STRETCH AND ADD IT IN ONE NIGHT. I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT, I MOVE A DEFERRAL. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR BENTON, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A DEFERRAL ON R-182? >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: IS THAT A SECOND, COUNCILOR DAVIS? >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: WE HAVE A COMMENT FROM COUNCILOR SENA. >>COUN. SENA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, THE CURRENT MOTION THAT WAS DISCUSSING THE AMENDMENTS AND NOW WE'RE ON THE MOTION TO DEFER THE ENTIRE BILL RATHEN THAN JUST THE AMENDMENT? IS THAT CORRECT? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR SENA, THE MOTION TO DEFER TAKES PRECEDENT OVER ANY MOTION. THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT ORDER. >>COUN. SENA: THANK YOU. I'M OPEN TO THIS DISCUSSION FOR THIS NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. I JUST WANT TO NOTE THE PRESIDENT SIGNED MAJOR LEGISLATION WHEN IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT. AS WE TALK ABOUT THE WEST SIDE AND THIS AREA FOR IT SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS REALLY THE REASON WHY WE'RE INCLUDING JUST -- WE HEARD IT FROM TOM JUST A SMALL PORTION THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PROPOSED HOSPITAL. WHICH IS SOMETHING WE DESPERATELY NEED WHEN IT COMES TO OUR STATE AND FOR OUR WEST SIDE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION. AND THE ADDED NEED FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE EFFORT DISCUSSING THIS NATIONALLY. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SENA. WE APPRECIATE THE COMMENT. COUNCILOR BENTON. >>COUN. BENTON: IF I MAY, MADAM PRESIDENT, I'LL CLOSE ON MY MOTION. TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. THESE ARE LONGSTANDING DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD IN THIS COMMUNITY. ANYONE THAT HAS BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO HEAR ALL THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT SOMEWHAT UNHINDERED WEST SIDE SPRAWL GROWTH HAS COST OUR CITY. NOW IT'S GOING TO COST US SOME MORE. IT KEEPS GROWING. IT CAN KEEP GROWING. THE JUSTIFICATIONS CAN KEEP GROWING BECAUSE WE BUILT WHAT WE'VE BUILT. THIS IS MY POINT ABOUT LAND USE PLANNING WITH REGARD TO THESE ROADS. WHETHER IT'S COUNCILOR SENA'S ADDITION TO THE BILL OR THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL ITSELF. LARGELY IN THE COUNTY AND JUST TO POINT OUT REALLY QUICKLY, THE COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVED THIS AS A PRIORITY NOT OF COUNTY WIDE, BUT A PRIORITY OF THE COMMISSIONER'S DISTRICT. I THINK WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT DOING THE SAME THING. TO SAY THIS IS A CITY WIDE PRIORITY IS QUESTIONABLE. WE HAVEN'T HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE LAND USE. I'VE PROPOSED THAT. I PROPOSED THAT WE SLOW ROLL THIS WHILE WE CAN TALK TO THE BERNALILLO COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND TALK TO OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT BECOMES OF THESE ROADS WHEN WE BUILD THEM. YOU BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME. THE QUESTION IS WHO ARE THEY AND WHAT DO THEY INTEND TO BUILD. WE DON'T KNOW THAT. TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A FULLY BUILD OUT OF THIS ROADWAY IS -- QUESTIONS REMAIN. WE OUGHT TO HAVE A REASONABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. IF IT'S ABOUT BUILDING A TWO-LANE ROAD TO HELP PEOPLE GET TO SHOPPING, I'M ALL FOR THAT. TO MAKE THIS A REGIONAL CITY WIDE -- NOT A REGIONAL PRIORITY, BUT A SITEE WIDE PRIORITY AND PRESENT IT TO THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION BOARD IS QUESTIONABLE. IN THE MEANTIME, I SUPPORT COUNCILOR SENA'S PROPOSAL TO ADD IT THAT WE SHOULD DISCUSS IT. IT'S A LEGITIMATE ADDITION TO THE PROJECT. IT FURTHER COMPLICATES WHAT THIS BILL IS ABOUT. THAT'S THE REASON I URGE COUNCILORS TO DEFER THIS AND LET'S HAVE RESET, LET'S GET SOME MORE INFORMATION BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING AND KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BENTON. WE'LL MOVE TO THE MOTION FOR DEFERRAL. WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE. >>COUN. BASSAN: NO. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILORS, JUST TO CLARIFY THIS IS FOR OUR DECEMBER 6th MEETING. >>COUN. BASSAN: NO. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: NO. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: NO. >>COUN. SENA: NO. >>COUN. BORREGO: NO. >> MOTION FAILS, THAT TAKES US BACK TO AMENDMENT ONE. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR, THAT MOTION TO DEFER AS FAILED. WE'LL GO BACK TO AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. >>COUN. SENA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS. I'M WILLING TO DISCUSS IT MORE. LIKE I SAID, THIS REALLY WOULD IMPLEMENT MORE EMPHASIS AS NEED FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED FOR OUR HOSPITALS AND INDOOR WEST SIDE COMPLEX AND THAT'S WHY I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SENA. WITH THAT, WE HAD A SECOND AND WE WILL MOVE TO THE VOTE FOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: NO. >>COUN. DAVIS: NO. >>COUN. GIBSON: NO. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: NO. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. >> MOTION PASSES ON A 5-4 VOTE. >>COUN. BORREGO: THAT FLOOR AMENDMENT PASSES, COUNCILORS. WE WILL MOVE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL BILL. COUNCILOR PEÑA. THEY'RE SPELLED ALMOST THE SAME. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, I APPRECIATE THAT. JUST TO CLOSE ON IT AND SAY THAT I URGE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROAD IN THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU READ THE RESOLUTION IT REALLY TELLS YOU THAT THIS IS A FEEDER ROAD FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. IT'S AN IMPORTANT STRETCH THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED. AND TO THE FUTURE OF GROWTH IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. YOU HEAR IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND I KNOW THE LAND USE POLIIES IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE ARE THE CODE, I REALLY BELIEVE THIS PART OF TOWN IS IN THE INNERCITY. IT HAPT BEEN DEVELOPED. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE GROWTH OF OUR CITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DEVELOPING AN AREA THAT'S BEEN UNDERSERVED AND HASN'T DEVELOPED IN THE WAY IT SHOULD MOVING FORWARD. AS YOU ALL KNOW THIS SOUTHWEST MESA IN PARTICULAR IS REALLY THE AREA WHERE THE CITY IS GOING TO GROW. I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT RIGHT ONCE AND FOR ALL. I URGE ALL YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEÑA. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO GO ALLOW THOSE QUESTIONS. COUNCILOR GIBSON, AND COUNCILOR BENTON. I THINK COUNCILOR GIBSON HAD HER HAND UP FIRST. >>COUN. GIBSON: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I BELIEVE IN THIS BILL. I WANT TO BE PART OF THIS SOLUTION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LONG SUFFERING IN TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. HOWEVER, I'M IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN'T VOTE FOR IT. IT'S REALLY BAD PRACTICE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE JUST DONE WHICH IS TO ALLOW AN 11th HOUR AMENDMENT THAT HAS SUCH A LARGE IMPACT ON THE WHOLE BILL. IT ADDS A VERY SIGNIFICANT PART. I WISH THAT SOME OF THE COUNCILORS WHO FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THIS WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED THE PRECEDENT THIS TRIES TO MAKE. IT'S NOT A GOOD WAY OF DOING BUSINESS. NUMBER ONE. AND NUMBER TWO, IT'S BETTER TO HAVE -- I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DMD LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND COME UP WITH A PLAN OF HOW PROJECTS LIKE THIS CAN BE EXECUTED. THAT CAN'T HAPPEN IF WE ADD TO TO THEM THE WAY WE'VE DONE TONIGHT. COUNCILOR PEÑA, I AM REALLY SORRY AND TO YOUR PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT IN PARTICULARLY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD I TRULY APOLOGIZE THAT I CAN'T VOTE FOR THIS. THANK YOU. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR BENTON. >>COUN. BENTON: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. HERE'S THE PROBLEM, THIS CALLS FOR THE FULL BUILD OUT OF THIS ROAD AS A CITY WIDE PRIORITY. LET ME POINT OUT THIS ROAD GOES TO NEXT TO NOWHERE. IT'S GOING THROUGH UNINCORPORATED COUNTY FOR THE MOST PART. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S UNINCORPORATED NORTH OF I-40. I DIDN'T HAVE THE CHANCE TO CONSIDER THAT TONIGHT. THAT'S WHY I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECT FOR DEFERRAL. SINCE IT'S FOR A FULL BUILD OUT OF A VERY EXPENSIVE HIGHWAY, AGAIN, THAT GOES THROUGH A TINY PORTION OF CITY INCORPORATED LAND IN THE SOUTH SIDE. AND SOME VERY MARGINAL CITY LAND NORTH OF THAT AND ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT NORTH SEGMENT IT'S COUNTY. IT'S PRIMARILY OWNED BY WESTERN ALBUQUERQUE LAND HOLDINGS. OUR DEAR FRIENDS THAT WANT TO DEVELOP SANT O --SANTOLINA. COUNCILOR SENA'S ADDITION MAY ME THE BEST PART. I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING. THIS BILL WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AT LUPS WITHOUT COUNCILOR SENA'S AMENDMENT. BY RIGHTS IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD THAT IN, IT SHOULD GO TO LUPS. I SUPPORT A SMALL ROAD WAY THAT COUNCILOR PEÑA DISCUSSED. WE JUST NEED TO GET PEOPLE FROM ONE END TO ANOTHER WHERE THEY CAN GET TO SERVICES. I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT. THE IDEA THIS IS A CITY WIDE PRIORITY, I CAN'T SUPPORT. IT REFUSES PLANNING ORGANIZATION. YOU KNOW, IT'S OUT OF WHACK WITH WHAT THE NEED IS. THE NEED IS, I AGREE, TO GET RELIEF IN FOR FOLKS WITH THE TERRIBLE AREAS THAT WERE ALLOWED TO BE PLOTTED IN WEST GATE AND THOSE AREAS. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE IDEA THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSION DID NOT SUPPORT THIS AS A COUNTY WIDE PRIORITY. IT WAS SUPPORTED AS A DISTRICT TWO PRIORITY AND NOT THAT OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY COMMISSION. THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE AN AMENDMENT. I PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT THIS BE CALLED THE PRIORITY OF DISTRICTS ONE AND THREE. WHEREVER IT'S MENTIONED AS A CITY WIDE PRIORITY. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE A MOTION FOR AN AMENDMENT. I'M LOOKING FOR A SECOND. COUNCILOR DAVIS, IS THAT A SECOND? WE WOULD NEED TO HEAR THIS AMENDMENT AS FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. IS THE STAFF PREPARED FOR THAT? I'M LOOKING AT THE STAFF. I GUESS I'LL ALLOW THAT FLOOR AMENDMENT. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN, COUNCILOR BENTON? FOR THE STAFF'S SAKE. >>COUN. BENTON: THIS WOULD BE EVERY REFERENCE TO A CITY WIDE PRIORITY WOULD BE CHANGED TO A PRIORITY OF COUNCIL DISTRICTS ONE AND THREE. WE HAVE A MOTION OF FLOOR AMENDMENT THAT WOULD MAKE IT A PRIORITY OF DISTRICTS ONE AND THREE. WITH THAT, I'M -- THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WAITING IN THE WINGS TO COMMENT. BEFORE WE GO TO THAT, DO YOUR COMMENTS ADDRESS THIS FLOOR AMENDMENT OR AFFECT IT? >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS GOES WITH BOTH. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MY COMMENT. HEARING THIS I CAN RESPECT PART OF WHAT COUNCILOR BENTON'S SAYING ABOUT THE GRAVITY AND LARGENESS OF THIS PROPOSAL AND THIS PROJECT. I ALSO STRUGGLE THAT JUST BECAUSE IT'S ON THE BORDER OF THE CITY THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S A CITY WIDE PRIORITY. I STRUGGLE WITH THAT. I TOO HAVE A BORDERING ROAD THAT IS RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE IN THE CITY. AS PAR AS PRECEDENT, THE CITY ENDS SOMEWHERE BUT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THOSE RESIDENTS INSIDE OF THE CITY THAT TRAVEL TO AND FROM AND AROUND. ALTHOUGH IT'S BIG, AND ALTHOUGH IT'S VERY DETAILED, I THINK THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T COUNT. I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR PEÑA, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP. >>COUN. PEÑA: MY COMMENTS AREN'T RELATE TODAY -- RELATED TO THE AMENDMENT. >>COUN. BORREGO: WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU AFTER THAT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT. IT CAME FROM THE FLOOR. >>COUN. BASSAN: NO. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: NO. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: NO. >>COUN. SENA: NO. >>COUN. BORREGO: NO. OKAY COUNCILORS. THAT MOTION FAIL. THAT FLOOR AMENDMENT DIES. WE'LL GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL BILL. I'LL GO BACK TO COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR THE -- >>COUN. BORREGO: THIS IS FOR THE CLOSE. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I RESPECT WHAT COUNCILOR BENTON IS SAYING AS WELL. IF YOU READ MANY OF THE WHEREASES IT REALLY TALKS ABOUT HOW THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SO UNDERSERVED FOR THESE YEARS. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BUILDING A SMALL ROAD WAY TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, IF YOU LOOK AT COORS ROAD, IT'S THAT SMALL ROADWAY THAT IS STILL THAT SMALL ROADWAY THAT DOESN'T HAVE SOME OF THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN TERMS OF SIDE WALK AND CURB AND GUTTER AND DRAINAGE. MY MOM WAS TELLING ME THE OTHER DAY SHE REMEMBERS COORS ROAD WHEN IT WAS AROUND IN SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE TIME PEOPLE WANTED TO GET DONE, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIME OF COORS SHE WAS SAYING THAT WYOMING IS A ROBE SHE DESCRIBED WAS A DIRT ROAD AND USED TO HAVE HUMPS ALL THROUGH IT WHEN YOU DROVE ON WYOMING. THE NICKNAME OF THAT ROAD WAS KISS ME QUICK BECAUSE OF THE DIPS IN THE ROAD. YOU LOOK AT WYOMING NOW AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW NICELY THAT ROAD IS OVER THE YEARS AND HOW IT'S BEEN REDONE OVER THE YEARS AND COORS ROAD IS STILL THE SMALL ROAD THAT WE PATCHED ALONG JUST TO SERVE A COMMUNITY TO GET THEM IN AND OUT. AND NOW, WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO FINALLY DO IT RIGHT. WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING THAT THE MONEY IS COMING IN OR ANYTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE. IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR MONEY WITH THIS HUGE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, THEN ABSOLUTELY WE WANT TO SEEK THOSE DOLLARS AND MAKE SURE THIS ROAD IS RIGHT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SANTOLINA, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT'S USED AS A BOOGIE MAN. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AREA OF THE CITY, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, ALL THAT IS PART OF THE SAME WALL PROPERTY GETTING DEVELOPED AS WE SPEAK TODAY. YET, WE HAVE THIS AREA THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO INTO THE FUTURE AND IT'S USED AS A BOOGIE MAN. REALLY THAT JUST GOES TO FURTHER PUT COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE AT A DISADVANTAGE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. IF YOU READ ONE OF THE WHEREAS IN LINE 16, ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY WHICH IS THIRD LARGEST IN NEW MEXICO, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 118 IS THE ONLY STREET THAT LINKS BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT IS THE THIRD LARGEST ENROLLED IN THE REGION. THAT BORDERS THE CITY. IT'S THE END OF THE CITY LIMITS. THERE'S NO OTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A LARGE SCALE SCHOOL LIKE THAT OTHER THAN AS WE GROW. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS HOUSING IMBALANCE AND I KNOW THE PRIORITY FOR THE CITY IN TERMS OF OUR, WHAT I LIKE TO CALL IS A FORM BASED CODE, THE WEST SIDE OF ALBUQUERQUE DESERVES TO HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT DONE CORRECTLY ON OUR SIDE OF TOWN AS WELL. WITH THAT, I'LL JUST URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, WE'LL CONSIDER THAT A CLOSE. WE'LL MOVE TO THE FLOOR ON FLOOR SUBSTITUTE R-182. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: NO. >>COUN. DAVIS: NO. >>COUN. GIBSON: REGRETTABLY NO. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: NO. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. THAT MOTION PASSES 5-4. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. I WAS WAITING TO SEE IF IT PASSED OR NOT. AS THIS MOVES FORWARD IT ALSO NEEDS TO GO TO MR. COBB AND PROBABLY DOT. THERE ARE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL CHECKS AND BALANCES WITH REGARD TO THIS. BECAUSE WE'RE RECOMMENDING IT AS A PRIORITY, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE PROCESSES IN PLACE THAT WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT FUNDING IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE THAT, COUNCILOR PEÑA, WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS EARLIER TODAY AND I LOOKED INTO THAT AND I WOULD BE REMIS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT AS THE CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM C, WHICH IS COUNCILOR SENA. THIS IS R-204. COUNCILOR SENA. >>COUN. SENA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. R-204 IS APPROVING THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT 2021 UPDATED PUBLIC AGENCY SAFETY PLAN. I MOVE A DUE PASS. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SENA. COUNCILOR PEÑA, WAS THAT A SECOND? I REMIND COUNCILORS TO USE YOUR HAND RAISE FEATURE. I'M GOING TO TELL COUNCILORS THAT I'M THE ZOOM QUEEN BECAUSE I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY HAD AN IN-PERSON COUNCIL MEETING DURING MY TENURE AS PRESIDENT. NEXT MONTH I EXPECT SOME SPECIAL RECOGNITION FROM YOU ALL REGARDING THAT. WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS COUNCILOR PEÑA OR COUNCILOR SENA -- IS THE ADMINISTRATION SPEAKING REGARDING THIS ITEM? >>COUN. SENA: YES, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WAS GOING TO CALL ON THE ADMINISTRATION TO GIVE BRIEF REMARKS. >>COUN. BORREGO: WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK? DIRECTOR LARA? OR BUDGET CONFERENCE ROOM. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM PRESIDENT COUNCILORS. I'M DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT. THIS PLAN IS REQUIRED BY THE FTA. WE DO A YEARLY REVIEW. LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE APPROVED THE SAFETY PLAN. WHAT IT DOES IS IT PROVIDES THE FRAMEWORK FOR APPROACHING SAFETY IT SETS THE PERFORMANCE TARGET, AND ESTABLISHES POLICY SUCH AS THE COMMUNICATION PLAN. IT OUTLINES THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS, WHAT WE DO IS WE DO HAZARD IDENTIFICATION, RISK ASSESSMENT, RISK MITIGATION. WE SET PERFORMANCE TARGET AND MONITOR AND MEASURE THOSE TARGETS. AND THE FINAL COMPONENT OF THIS PLAN IS COMPLIANCE AND TRAINING. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? IT DIZ -- DOES NOT APPEAR. I'LL COME BACK TO COUNCILOR SENA. >>COUN. SENA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I DID GET TO WATCH SOME OF THE TRAINING AS WELL. SOME OF THE VIDEO OF DE-ESCALATION AND SOME OF THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE AND JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE TRANSIT AND SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE'S HARD WORK ON THIS. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIME WAS SPENT ON THIS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP -- I WOULD LIKE AT THE NEXT MEETING A LITTLE REPORT ON WHERE WE ARE WITH REGARD TO TRANSIT DRIVERS. I'M GOING TO PUT THAT OUT ON THE TABLE FOR NOW. WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED IN THE QUEUE. WE'LL GO TO THE VOTE. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. THAT CONCLUDES R-204. PASSING WITH A 9-0 VOTE. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM D. COUNCILOR GIBSON. R-208. >>COUN. GIBSON: I MOVE PASSAGE OF R-208. TO COMPLETE THE FUNDING OF LOS ALTOS PARK TO USE SECURITY PATROL VEHICLE, PROHIBITING THE SALE OF ALCOHOL AT THE PARK, FUNDING A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND DESIGN ANALYSIS REPORT TO CONSTRUCT A FOOTPATH AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE GOLF COURSE. I MOVE A DUE PASS. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GIBSON. IT APPEARS WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR JONES. IS THAT A SECOND, COUNCILOR JONES? >>COUN. JONES: YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU. >>COUN. GIBSON: MADAM PRESIDENT -- >>COUN. BORREGO: IT APPEARS WE HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO -- I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST ONE -- INSERT A NEW SECTION TO SECTION TWO, THE SCOPE OF THE RENOVATIONS IS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE AN INDOOR STORAGE STRUCTURE FOR SECURITY CART OR MOBILE VEHICLE WITH AN APPROPRIATE ELECTRICAL OUTLET FOR RECHARGING THE VEHICLE. THE STRUCTURE SHOULD BE PART OF OR LOCATED WITHIN 50 FEET OF THE CENTRAL SECURITY AND COMMUNITY ROOM BUILDING THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THE LOS ALTOS RENOVATION PROJECT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GIBSON. I'LL SECOND THAT. >>COUN. GIBSON: IF I MAY, MADAM PRESIDENT, JUST OFFER AN EXPLANATION. AN OBJECTIVE OF THE RENOVATION IS IMPROVING THE SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE TO MITIGATE INCREASING SECURITY RISK AT LOS ALTOS PARK. THE AMENDMENT REPLACES EXISTING SECTION TWO OF THE RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS IMPROVING SECURITY BY ENSURING THE LOCATION OF THE GARAGE AND RECHARGING STATION FOR THE SECURITY CART OR ANY VEHICLE SHALL BE WITHIN 50 FEET OF THE SECURITY OFFICE AND COMMUNITY ROOM BUILDING. AND THAT IT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THE PARKS RENOVATIONS LOCATING THE VEHICLE AT OR WITHIN A FEW SECONDS WALK OF THE SECURITY OFFICE IMPROVES THE EFFICIENCY OFT THE PARK AND IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY TO PATROL THE PARK. IF I MAY ADD, THIS PARK IS ONE OF THE BIGGER PARKS IN ALBUQUERQUE. IT MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST ONE. OR AT LEAST ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES. I BELIEVE IT'S 34 ACRES. THIS COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE, APPROVED THE BUDGET THIS PAST SPRING WHICH PROVIDED FUNDING FOR TWO FULL-TIME SECURITY GUARDS AS WELL AS OTHER SECURITY MONEY FOR ALL PARKS. IT'S NOT EASY TO JUMP AROUND QUICKLY AROUND 34 ACRES. WE NEED TO HAVE A VEHICLE FOR THEM. THAT VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE STORED THERE WHERE THEY WILL BE SPENDING THE MOST OF THEIR TIME. THEIR MAIN HEADQUARTERS. THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT. THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THIS BUILDING WAS TO SUPPORT A SECURITY FOR THE PARK. IT'S BEEN THE MAYOR'S DESIRE TO HAVE A CONCESSION PLACE IN THAT PARK. WITH THIS AMENDMENT, IT SAYS WE UNDERSTAND WE GOT KICKED OUT OF THE BUILDING BUT WE HOPE THAT THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE PASSED SO THAT THE VEHICLE CAN BE SECURELY STORED AND ALSO BE IN A ROOM WHERE THE CHARGING CAN OCCUR. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. >>COUN. BORREGO: I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. >> THIS IS LAWRENCE RAEL. MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GIBSON, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, JUST SO WE CAN HAVE CLARITY, WE TALKED TO COUNCILOR GIBSON ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS. I JUST WANT TO COUNCIL TO KNOW WE'RE READY TO DO THIS PROJECT WITHIN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS. WE'VE AGREED WITH COUNCILOR GIBSON THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE A FACILITY FOR THIS ELECTRIC CART. IT COULD ALSO BE A GAS-POWERED CART. NONETHELESS, IF THIS ELECTRIC CART IS TO BE PURCHASED, WE WOULD AGREE TO FIND AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION ON THE PARK SO THE SECURITY GUARDS CAN HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET TO THE ENTIRE PARK. WE DON'T HAVE A DISAGREEMENT AT ALL ON THAT. I THINK THE ONLY ISSUE HERE IS THAT ADDING THIS AT THIS LATE HOUR OF THE PROCESS IS GOING TO DELAY OUR ABILITY TO BID AND MOVE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARK. WE OFFERED THAT WE WOULD LOOK FOR AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION TO HAVE THIS CART FACILITY BUILT. IT MAY BE IN A FACILITY THAT'S CENTRALLY LOCATED. WE DON'T HAVE A DISAGREEMENT ON THE SECURITY TEAM. I THINK THE ONLY ISSUE WE HAVE THIS IS REALLY GOING BEYOND WHAT WE NORMALLY DO WITH PROJECTS. WE ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE RESOLUTIONS ABOUT WHERE FACILITIES GO AND I REALIZE THAT COUNCILOR GIBSON WOULD LIKE SEE THE FACILITY NEXT THE NEW FACILITY BEING BUILT. WE ALSO HAVE THE BICYCLE FACILITY, THE PUMP TRACK, THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS FACILITY. IT JUST SEEMS TO US THAT IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE THE SECURITY OFFICE CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK WHERE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE ALREADY BUILT POOL, PUMP TRACK THAT WILL BE TO THE WEST OF THAT, TO THE ROSE GARDEN THAT'S TO THE NORTH, AND TO THE NEW PART TO THE EAST. WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE IDEA AND THE CONCEPT. IT'S JUST PUTTING IT IN AT THIS LATE HOUR AND DOING IT THROUGH A RESOLUTION DOESN'T SEEM APPROPRIATE. WE WANT TODAY MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED TO DO THIS. IT JUST SEEMS AT THIS POINT IT WILL ADD COST TO THE PROJECT. AND WE'RE SO FAR IN THE DESIGN THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE IT IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR BENTON. >>COUN. BENTON: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. RAEL. IS THERE ANY REASON WHY -- YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SCHEDULE FOR BIDDING THE PROJECT, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE GET TO BIDDING A PROJECT I LIKE TO SEE IT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S USUALLY AFTER A LONG, LONG PROCESS. I UNDERSTAND THAT. IS THERE ANY REASON WHY THIS COULDN'T BE PUT INTO THE FINAL DOCUMENT AS AN ALTERNATE OR JUST BE CONSIDERED A CHANGE ORDER THAT ONCE IT'S CITY POLICY IT WILL BE A CHANGE TO THE CONTRACT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HOLD UP ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. JUST HAD WITH REGARD TO BIDDING. WOULD THIS SPECIFIC AMENDMENT REALLY AFFECT THAT? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BENTON NO. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PUT IT ON AS AN ALTERNATE OR AS PART OF THE BID. THE CHALLENGE REALLY IS MORE WHERE SHOULD IT BE LOCATED. I GET THE IDEA THAT IT NEEDS TO BE CLOSE TO THE FIELDS. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARK. BY PUTTING THIS TO THE BASEBALL FIELDS, THEY GOING TO GO FURTHER TO THE OTHER AREAS. THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE STAFF WAS THAT WE PUT IT SOMEWHERE WHERE IT'S CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE PARK SO THE SECURITY GUARDS HAVE ACCESS FROM A CENTRAL LOCATION IN THE PARK. THIS IS CLOSER TO THE EAST SIDE. TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILOR BENTON, WE CAN HAVE IT AS AN ALTERNATIVE. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GOING TO MICROMANAGE ALL OF THE PROJECTS LIKE WE ARE WITH THIS ONE. >>COUN. BENTON: I REALIZE IT CAN BE SEEN THAT WAY. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR COUNCILOR GIBSON. IT SEEMS TO ME THIS IS JUST A SHELTER AND A PLACE TO PARK AND CHARGE BATTERIES AND PROTECT IT FROM WEATHER. IT'S MORE OF A MARKER THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THIS VEHICLE AND THAT IT MAKES SENSE AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO US. IT PROBABLY DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE SECURITY FOLKS ARE JUST GOING TO BE THERE AND THEY LEAVE FROM THERE. IT WILL PROBABLY JUST BE THE PLACE WHERE IT'S PARKED AT NIGHT AND PLUGGED IN. I'LL LEAVE TO COUNCILOR GIBSON. I JUST WANTED TO -- THAT'S BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT -- >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO COUNCILOR GIBSON. >>COUN. GIBSON: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS BUILDING CONCEPT VERY ORIGINALLY CAME FROM THE SOFTBALL PLAYERS AND THE TEAM. THEY NEEDED A PLACE TO GATHER AND DO SCHEDULING OR GAME STRATEGY OR WHATEVER THEY DO. AT THE SAME TIME, WE REALIZE THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE A CENTRAL PLACE FOR SECURITY. THAT'S WHY IT'S IN THIS BUILDING. THAT'S EXACTLY WHY. IT'S NOT JUST TO SERVICE THE BASEBALL DIAMOND. OF COURSE NOT. IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK. YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S A PUMP TRACK THAT GOING TO BE LOCATED ON THE FAR WEST END OF THE PARK. THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR SECURITY AND MEETING ROOMS. ALSO WE HAVE NUMBER OF RESTROOMS. THERE'S ALSO A RESTROOM THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE OUTDOORS DIRECTLY INTO THE BATHROOM AREA. THAT WAS INTENDED TO BE IN A PLACE THAT WOULD BE EASILY VISIBLE FROM THE SECURITY OFFICE. THAT'S WHY THE SECURITY OFFICE WAS PLACED WHERE IT IS. NOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT THE SECURITY OFFICE AND PUT THE BUILDING BY THE SWIMMING POOL, THAT TOTALLY CHANGES EVERYTHING. I WILL ALSO REMIND YOU THAT THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE CONCESSION STAND REALLY CAME IN THE 11th HOUR OF THIS DESIGN. THAT'S WHY WE FORFITTED STORAGE ROOM OR GARAGE AREA FOR THE CONCESSION. WE ARE TRYING TO TURN AROUND THIS PARK. AND HAVING SECURITY AND ALL THE AMENITIES WE NEED FOR LIGHTING AND FENCING AND THE ELECTRIC SECURITY CART, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE WHAT IS GOING TO HELP PEOPLE PLACE THEIR TRUST IN THE PARK AGAIN. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THE SAME COMMENTS FROM ME ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT. THE WAY THE DRAWING IS, THERE'S AN OUTLET FOR THE CART. IT'S NOT VISIBLE BY THE SECURITY OFFICE. THAT'S NOT GOOD. SOMEBODY WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAKE OFF WITH IT OR VANDALLIZE. THAT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN BUILDING CONFIDENCE AND SECURITY IN THE PARK. >> WE DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE IDEA OF HAVING THE CART OR SECURITY PROGRAM IN PLACE. AS I SAID, MAYBE WE DO AS SUGGESTED BY COUNCILOR BENTON, AN ALTERNATIVE SO WHEN WE BID THIS OUT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN GETTING THE PARK RENOVATED. IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THE LONGER WE WAIT FOR THIS THE LONGER IT WILL TAKE TO OPEN IT. WE'RE REALLY MICROMANAGING THIS. IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL. HOWEVER, THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE AT THE END OF THE DAY IS HAVING A FACILITY THAT IS CENTRALLY LOCATED WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE FOR THE ENTIRE PARK. IF IT'S THE COUNCIL'S WISH WE HAVE IT LOCATED WHERE COUNCILOR GIBSON WOULD LIKE, WE'LL BID THAT OUT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT IN THREE WEEKS AND WE'LL DO AN ALTERNATIVE BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEEN DESIGNED. AND DESIGN IT AS AN ADD-ON. IT CANNOT BE DONE RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY ARE 90% ON THE DRAWING ALREADY. THIS WOULD DELAY THE PROJECT FOR TWO MONTHS. >>COUN. GIBSON: MADAM PRESIDENT, IF MAY RESPOND TO THAT. IT IS CENTRALLY LOCATED. IT'S RIGHT ON THE SPINE. WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE THAT. WE DESIGNED THIS BUILDING SPECIFICALLY SO THAT WHOEVER IS ON THE JOB, ANY SECURITY PEOPLE ON THE JOB, WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT TO THE RESTROOM THAT IS ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY THE OUTSIDE. ONE RESTROOM. AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO PARK THE CART 700 FEET AWAY OR WHATEVER THAT WAS. I THINK IT WAS 700 FEET. I'M NOT TRYING TO TALK YOU OUT OF THE CONCESSION STAND. ALTHOUGH, WE WILL BE, BY THE WAY, COMPETING WITH FOOD TRUCKS. AND THE FAST FOOD PLACES ON EUBANK. YOU WANT THE CONCESSION STAND, THAT'S COOL. I'M NOT ARGUING THAT. I'M JUST SAYING THAT SHOULD -- IF WE DO THAT, THEN WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE TO KEEP THE CART CLOSE TO THE SECURITY OFFICE, KEEP THE SKAURT -- SECURITY OFFICE WHERE IT IS. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GIBSON, I APPRECIATE THAT. WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU TO GET IT WHERE YOU NEEDED TO BE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROS, WE HAD THIS DESIGNED AND READY TO GO. I KNOW YOUR EAGER TO GET STARTED AND MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD. WE'LL COMMIT THAT WE'LL ADD A BUILDING TO THE CURRENT FACILITY AS IT'S BEING BUILT TO HOUSE THE GOLF CART. WE APPRECIATE IT. >>COUN. GIBSON: GREAT. IT WAS ALREADY DESIGNED WHEN YOU DECIDED YOU WANTED THE CONCESSION STAND. YOU KNOW, BOTH OF US. YOUR DESIRE AS WELL AS MINE. I'M FINE WITH THAT. I THINK WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THE RESOLUTION. I DO HAVE ONE MORE AMENDMENT. I GUESS WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS ONE. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR, ARE YOU MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AMENDMENT OR NOT? >>COUN. GIBSON: I THINK WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON IT. SO IT WILL BE IN THE RESOLUTION. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION IS OKAY WITH THAT. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GIBSON, LIKE I SAID BEFORE. WE'RE -- WE JUST WANT TO GET THE PROJECT BID AND DO THE DESIGN FOR THE ADDITIONS. IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, WE'RE OKAY. YOU AND I CAN GO TO THERAPY AFTERWARDS AND SING TOGETHER. >>COUN. GIBSON: WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING IS NOT CONFLICTING WITH THIS AMENDMENT IS WHAT I'M HEARING. TELL ME IF I'M WRONG. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >>COUN. GIBSON: OKAY, GOOD. LET'S VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR HARRIS HAS A COMMENT. AND WE'LL GO TO A VOTE. COUNCILOR HARRIS, CAN YOU UNMUTE? >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. I THOUGHT MR. RAEL HE WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS ADMINISTRATIVELY NOT LEGISLATIVELY. >>COUN. BORREGO: THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT ALSO. >>COUN. HARRIS: MR. RAEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THIS ADMINISTRATIVELY OR LEGISLATIVELY? >> COUNCILOR HARRIS, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AMENDING PROJECTS LIKE THIS LEGISLATIVELY IS NOT THE WAY WE SHOULD BE DOING BUSINESS. I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THIS DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY. I KNOW COUNCILOR GIBSON HAS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR SOME TIME. IN THE ESSENCE OF TRYING TO GET THIS RESOLVED AND MOVED FORWARD, I'M HAPPY TO DEFER TO THE COUNCIL'S WISHES. >>COUN. HARRIS: IF I MAY, MADAM PRESIDENT? >>COUN. BORREGO: GO AHEAD, COUNCILOR. >>COUN. HARRIS: I'VE NEVER GOTTEN IN THE WEEDS AT PROJECTS LIKE THIS. I SHOW UP AT GROUNDBREAKING AND I SHOW UP AND SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK GOD THEY DON'T LET ME DESIGN BUILDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. FOR ME, THIS IS TOO MUCH MICROMANAGEMENT OF SOMETHING I PERCEIVE AS ADMINISTRATIVE. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR HARRIS. WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD ON THIS OR NOT. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: NO. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: NO. >>COUN. SENA: NO. >>COUN. BORREGO: NO. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. COUNCILOR GIBSON, YOU HAVE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. I AM SO SORRY MY BATTERY JUST DIED ON MY iPAD. >>COUN. BORREGO: WE HAVE IT ON THE SCREEN. CAN YOU SEE IT? >>COUN. GIBSON: THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. NUMBER ONE, AMEND THE TITLE OZ -- AS FOLLOWS. ENCOURAGE THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE TO COMPLETE THE FUNDING OF RENOVATION OF THE PARK ADDING FACILITY TO HOUSE THE SECURITY PATROL VEHICLE TO THE SCOPE OF THE PARK RENOVATION PROHIBITING AND DELETING THE SALE OF ALCOHOL AT LOS ALTOS PARK AND REMOVING IT FROM THE LIST OF PARKS WHERE PUBLIC ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IS PERMITTED. FUNDING A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND DESIGNING ANALYSIS REPORT TO CONSTRUCT A FOOTPATH AROUND THE PERIMETER OF LOS ALTOS GOLF COURSE. AND NEXT IS ON PAGE THREE, LINE SIX, SECTION THREE. REPLACE AS FOLLOWS. SECTION THREE, REMOVING IT SHALL BE THE POLICY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE THAT ALCOHOL AND SALES ARE BANNED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PARK. ADDING SECTION 6-5-2 OF THE ALBUQUERQUE CODE OF RESOLUTION AS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS. CTION 6-5-2 PUBLIC AREAS WHERE PUBLIC DNKING ALCOHOL IS PERMITTED, AFOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CRIMINAL CODE RELATING TO DRINKING IN PUBLIC THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL, LIQUORS, REMOVING ALCOHOL BEVERAGES, AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 13-2-2ROA14 IS PROHIBITED ALL CITY PARKS EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWLING PUBLIC PARK AND THE RECREATION AREAS DESIGNATEAND THOSE WI THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLING BEVERAGE IS PERMITTED. PARAGRAPONE, DELETED S ALTOS, ONLYETWEEN THE HOUROF 8 A.M. AND0 P.M. EXCEPTO CONSUMPTION WILL BE ALLOWEDN THE SWIMMING POOL AND SKE PARK AREAS. THAT WHAT'S COMINGOUT. THIS IS RATHER LONG. IT PRETTY MUCH DOES WS THE EXPLANATIOALKS ABOU MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO READ TOHE END? >>COUN. BOEGO: MM, IT'S YOUR AMENDMENT. I'M JUST LETTI YOU EXAIN IT. >>COUN. GIBS: ALL RIGHT. ANYWAY, IT MES NUMBER OF CHANGES ALL THE WAY THROUGH PARAGRAPH 15 AND14. LET'S E IT ADDS TOHE OPEN SPE VISITOR CENTER. NOWITHSTDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTIONIGHT AVE, ALCOHOL BEVERAGES -- REERATIO . >>COUN. GIBSON:DDING THEK DURING THE SPECIAL EVENTSNDER NOT INCLUDING SUMMER FIRST. PURSUANT T TERMSPECI PERMITPARK USE AGRMENTOR HER VALID PERMIT ISSUE B T CITY. ALCOLIC BEVEGES Y BE LD, SE ORONSUED AT SOME OTR MUNICIPAL FACILITS EXCEPT FOR LOS ALTOS PARK. IN PAGRAPH . AL DELOPED PUBLIC PAR AND RECERATION AREASOTESIGTED IN DIVN AILL BE POSTED AND DOESOT PERTHERINK OF ALCOLIC BEVERAGES. PART TWO, ON PAGETHE, LINE 14, ADDECTI FIVE AFOLLOWS. SECTION FIVECAMPILN. CTN THREE O THIS RESOLUTION SHALL AMEND THE INCORPOTED DSNDAKEART OF T ALBUQUERQUCO OF RESOLU. TH EXPLANATION THE ENDMENT THE CYODE OF RETI TOORMALIZE OSED PICY AGAINST THEALE OR CONSUMION OF ALCOL AT THE RK I'M SORRYHATIDN' GO SMLY. IT IS A LG ENDMENT. COUN. BORREGO: I'M LOONG TO SEE IF YU HAVE A SECO I SEE COUNCILENAND UNLOR PEÑA'SANDS UP E THE CONDS? OR DO YOU VE COMMENTS? THE AOT SECONDS. COLOSE. TH A SECON >>COUN. NA: I'LL SECOND FOR THE PURPO OF CONVSAON. >>COUNBORREGO: OKAYHA YOU, CNLOR SENA. >>COUN. GIBS: MADAM ESIDENT, IF IT ULBE ALLRIT, WE HAVE MR.- WHO MIGHT BE AE T VE US SMARY OFTHAT. AGIE SUMMARY O THAT. >> M PRESIDEN COUNCIL GION,HAT WAS PPAREDY MS. SCHULT GIBS, YEAH, CAN PVIDE A OR IEF EREW OF WHA TS AMENDMT DOES. ITADESSES THE THRE WA TT ALCOHOL WOU BE CONSUMM AT A PUIC FALITY. TH FIRST I THE BYOBETHOD WHE USERS CAN BRING THEI O ALCOHOL TO DRK. THE COND RELES TO THE SPECL EVENT PERMS. WHEN A SPECIAL EVENTBASI THE CY O EVENT OANIZER CAN GET A SPECIAL EVENTPERM TO SERVELCOHOL FOR AVERY LIMIT OUNTFIME IN A VERY LIMITED CATION ON E SITE. AN TRD RELATES TO AERMANENT ALCOHOL LICSE FOR THESITE. IF THE CITY OR ANOTHER PRIVATE OPERATOR TO PERNENTLY SELL ALCOHO ON T. TH AMENDMENT MES ALL THE OF TSE NOT A OPON SPIFICLY FOR LOS ALTOS PARK COCILORS, I'D LI TO BRING YOUR ATTENTI T ONE TING I THIS ENDMENT. THERE I A NE LINE IN TH ENDMENT FROM T TIME IT UPADED TO YOUR iP COUNCILOGIBSON READ IT ACCURATELY. THE ONE MR. MOYA HAS IS TH CORRECT AMDMENT. THERE'S AEW LINE SPARAGRAPH B THAT SAYS CEPT FOR LOS ALS RKS. THAT WAS NEW. THAT WOULD FURTHER THE SPONSOR'S INTENT TOROBIT T CY FROM EKING A PERMANENT LSE TO SELLIQUOR ON THESITE. THE INTENTI WAS IN T EXATION BUT WE MISDHAT NE IN THE TEXT. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. WITH TH, CA SAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS REGAING THE ENDMENT. >>COUN. BOEGO: I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY THIS IS NOT ENTED AS TWO AMENDMENTS BECAUSE I SEEMS LIK WE'RE TALKINABOUT FUNDING BUT WE'RE ALSOKING ABO ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION? IT JUST SEEMS LE AOT INN AMDMENT. >> MAM PRESIDENT, WHERE ON THE AMENDMENT YOU'REEEING REFERENCES TO FUNDING TO E PROJECT? >>COUN. BORREGO:NCOURAING THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE TO COMPLETE E FUNDING OF RENOVATION. >> THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATIO THIS AMENDMENT IS REQUIRED TO AMEND THE TITLE OF THE BILL. THAT FIRST PARAGRAPHHAT TALKS ABOUT ENCRAGING THE CITY TO COMPTE THE FUNDING IS WITHIN THE TITLOF THERESOLUTION. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO AMEND THE TITLE T MAKE IT CLEARER, THE ENTIRE TITLE HAD TO BE AMENDED. THE FIRSTARAGRAPH IS ABOUT THE TITLE AND NOT RELATED TO ANYTHI RELATE TO FUING. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. WITH THAT, I'LL ME TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR HANDS UP. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ORDER YOUR HANDS WENT UP. I WAS READING THE AMENDMENT. I'M GOING TO START WITH COUNCILOR PEÑA, COUNCILOR DAVIS, AND COUNCILOR SENA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I GUESS THIS IS FOR OUR STAFF. JUST A QUICK QUESTION IN TERMS I'M JUST TRYING TO RECALL WHAT I REMEMBER ABOUT FUNDING THIS UNDER THE LODGER'S TAX. I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT WAS FUNDED UNDER, CORRECT? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR PEÑA, I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. I MIGHT ASK THE SPONSOR IF THEY HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THAT PARTICULAR PIECE. >>COUN. GIBSON: MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, YES. $10 MILLION DID COME FROM LODGER'S TAX. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED A COUPLE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ACTUALLY ALLOW FOR JUST SPECIAL PERMITTING OF ALCOHOL? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR PEÑA, IT WOULD NOT. THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE TYPES OF ALCOHOL THAT SPECIAL EVENT LICENSE THAT WOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM THIS PARTICULAR PARK. >>COUN. PEÑA: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. I WAS READING IT AND I DIDN'T READ IT WELL. MY BRAIN IS A LITTLE FOGGY. WITH THAT, I JUST WAS THINKING TODAY OF WHEN THIS CAME UP I RECALL THAT IT WAS A LODGER'S TAX MONEY. I REMEMBER SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE REQUESTED AND SOME OF THE LOGIC BEHIND AND SOME OF THE DEBATE ABOUT WHY SOME PROJECTS GO IN AND OTHERS SHOULDN'T. FROM MY RECKILATION IS THAT WE'RE PUTTING THIS UNDER THE LODGER'S TAX TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND WE'RE HAVING THIS TOURNAMENTS BUT BECAUSE OF THE CUPDITION -- CONDITION OF THE PARK AND NEEDED ADDITIONAL FIELDS, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ENCOURAGE THE TYPE OF TOURNAMENTS THAT WE COULD IF WE RE-DID IT AND INVESTED IN THE ENTIRE PARK AND BROUGHT IN TOURISM. IF THAT WAS THE CASE ORIGINALLY AS TO WHY WE DID THIS, HOW DOES NOT ALLOWING ALCOHOL IMPACT THAT? I WOULD HATE TO SEE US INVESTING ALL THIS MONEY FOR ALL THOSE REASONS TO BRING TOURNAMENTS FROM EVERYWHERE AND MAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK THAT IS NOT GOING TO UTILIZED IN THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED TO BE UTILIZED BECAUSE PART OF BIG LARGE EVENTS LIKE THAT PEOPLE SERVE ALCOHOL. IF YOU CAN HELP ME TO REMEMBER THAT. IS THAT SOME OF WHAT WHAT DISCUSSED INITIALLY? >>COUN. GIBSON: I'M SORRY. IS THAT A QUESTION FOR ME? >>COUN. PEÑA: IT'S FOR WHOMEVER. I'M JUST TRYING TO FLESH THIS OUT IN MY HEAD. I'M WONDERING, JUST NOT ALLOWING THE ALCOHOL. I AM 100% BEHIND WHAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONCERNS ARE, I GUESS THE SECOND PRONG TO THE COMMENTS ARE HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE HOSTING THESE? WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH HAS BEEN DONE IN RELATION TO THIS AMENDMENT OUTSIDE OF THE NEIGHBORS WHICH ARE PARAMOUNT? >>COUN. GIBSON: RIGHT. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS I TALKED WITH ONE PERSON, ONE RESIDENT OF -- I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY'RE NOT ORGANIZED INTO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UNFORTUNATELY. SHE SORT OF IS THE PERSON WHO SPEAKS ON BEHALF OF HER NEIGHBORS. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HER. IN FACT, SHE WAS PUBLIC SPEAKER THAT WE HEARD FROM EARLIER. I REACHED OUT TO LOS ALTOS NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT. THEY DID INVITE ME TO TALK WITH THEM AT THEIR BOARD MEETING. I DID THAT. BOTTOM LINE ON THIS IS THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT. THEY HAVE SEEN -- MANY OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE LIVED IN THEIR HOMES FOR TWO OR THREE GENERATIONS. BOTH THE NEIGHBORHOODS IMMEDIATELY NORTH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LOMAS AND THE SOUTH LOS ALTOS NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN IGNORED A LOT AND HAVE HAD THIS INVESTMENT AROUND THEM. THEIR KIDS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF I-40 USE THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO COME OVER AND GO TO THE PARK. THEY'RE LESS TRUSTING IN DOING THAT ANYMORE. THE SAME IS TRUE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTHEAST -- NORTHEAST. THEY WANT TO TRUST TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO PLAY OR PLAY BALL OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHATEVER AMENITY THIS PARK IS GOING TO HAVE. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS PARK AND THE DESIGN WE HAVE HAD FOR IT. I THINK WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT. SERVING ALCOHOL OR ALLOWING ALCOHOL IN THE PARK DOESN'T HELP IN THAT. THE OTHER THING,LET ME JUST ADD THIS AND I'LL STOP TALKING AND LET EVERYBODY ELSE TALK. I'VE BEEN HEARING FOR YEARS FROM NORTHEAST AND FOOTHILLS IN PARTICULAR, MAYBE SOUTHEAST AS WELL, ALL OF THOSE COMMANDS THAT IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO EFFECTIVELY POLICE THE PARK. IF THEY SEE SOMEBODY WHO IS SITTING ON THE GRASS AND DRINKING A BEER, THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO APPROACH THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S OKAY. FOR EXAMPLE. ALLOWING THAT IN THE PARK ISN'T WHAT THEY WANT. I'M SURE YOU'RE HEARING THAT IN EMAILS. >>COUN. PEÑA: I GUESS MY QUESTION IS OUTSIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS BECOMING A TOURIST DESTINATION IN TERMS OF BRINGING IN MAJOR TOURNAMENTS, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH FROM WHAT YOU SAID YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THOSE FOLKS. I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MAKING THIS HUGE INVESTMENT UNDER THE AUSPICE OF TOURISM AND WE'RE FORGETTING TO MAKE SURE WE TALK TO THE FOLKS WHO WOULD DO THAT AND IMPACT THAT INTO THE FUTURE. I THINK FOR THE SAKE OF TIME AND ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS UNTIL THE NEXT COUNSEL MEETING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THOSE FOLKS. >>COUN. BORREGO: SO, COUNCILOR GIBSON, THE MOTION TO DEFER DOES TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THE AMENDMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A SECOND. IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR SENA. COUNCILOR BASSAN, IS THAT ALSO A SECOND? >>COUN. BASSAN: I'M NOT OPPOSED TO FURTHER DISCUSSING THEY. I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS. AT THE TIME SAME, IF WE NEED TO STOP NOW AND MOTION TO DEFER I'LL VOTE YES FOR DEFERRAL BECAUSE I HAVE MOW -- MORE QUESTIONS. I WAS HOPING TO GET THEM ANSWERED TONIGHT. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR BASSAN, DO YOU WANT TO ASK YOUR QUESTION? MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME ANSWERS. >>COUN. BORREGO: I HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS BILL MYSELF. >>COUN. BASSAN: I BELIEVE WITH COUNCILOR PEÑA'S MOTION, THAT TRULY TAKES PRECEDENT, IF I'M NOT INCORRECT. >>COUN. BORREGO: OKAY. WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE VOTE ON THE DEFERRAL AND WE CAN RAISE THOSE QUESTIONS AND MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME ANSWERS. I'M LOOKING AT A DEFERRAL UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING. THAT WOULD MAYBE GIVE US SOME TIME TO MEET WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, GIVE ALL OF US TIME TO GET SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ALLOW THE MOTION TO DEFER AND TAKE THE VOTE ON THAT. AND WE CAN COME BACK AND PUT SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ON THE TABLE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: NO. >>COUN. DAVIS: NO. >>COUN. GIBSON: NO. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: NO. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. >> THE MOTIONS PASSES ON A 5-4 VOTE. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE PERSON WAITING TO SPEAK. I APOLOGIZE I SHOULD ASK THEM FOR THEIR COMMENTS EARLY ON. MAYBE THEY CAN COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. COUNCILOR BASSAN, AND COUNCILOR SENA HAD HER HAND UP. LET'S GO TO THOSE QUESTIONS. >>COUN. BASSAN: SINCE WE DEFERRED, I'LL TRY TO DO THE WORK ON THE BACK END AND ASK THEM AT THE NEXT MEET FIGURE WE DON'T HAVE THEM RESOLVED BY THEN. >>COUN. BORREGO: I ENCOURAGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO MEET WITH OUR COUNCILORS WHO DO HAVE QUESTIONS. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET SOME ANSWERS BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING AS WELL. COUNCILOR SENA. >>COUN. SENA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. PRETTY MUCH SIMILAR TO COUNCILOR BASSAN. I WILL CERTAINLY ALSO FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCILOR GIBSON ON MY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SENA. COUNCILOR GIBSON. >>COUN. GIBSON: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO NOTE SOMETHING, A GOOD ARGUMENT THAT I HEARD THAT WAS MADE. I HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON IT. YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS PARK IS RENOVATED, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND OVER $30 MILLION. THIS IS A MAJOR RENOVATION FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. OUR POINT IN DOING THIS IS TO REACTIVATE THIS PARK. TO BRING PEOPLE IN AND START USING THE PARK. RIDING THEIR PARKS AND WATCHING GAME AND PLAYING HORSESHOES AND USING THE PUMP TRACK. ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THE GARDEN PARK. THE GARDEN CENTER. ALLOWING ALCOHOL IN THIS PARK IS JUST THE OPPOSITE. IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE OPPOSITE EFFECT ON THAT. THAT WAS MADE VERY CLEAR IN ALL OF THE MESSAGING THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING FROM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THE PARK. THEY'RE ALREADY -- THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ALREADY UNDERSERVED. I'M TRYING TO HELP THEM HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PARK AND A SAFE AND SECURE PLACE FOR THEM TO RECREATE. AND ALCOHOL IS NOT PART OF THAT. AS FAR AS PEOPLE WHO WILL BE PUTTING THIS ON, I'M SURE SOME OF THEM WILL BE UNHAPPY. I'M SURE THOSE WILL BE SOME OF THE RESPONSES THAT WE GET. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO PROTECT THEIR INVESTMENT, NUMBER ONE. PROTECT THE CITY'S INVESTMENT AND HAVING A PARK THAT IS GOING TO FEEL SECURE FOR ITS USERS. THAT SHOULD BE PARAMOUNT. THAT SHOULD BE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BEER AT THE PARK. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU FOR THE CLOSE, COUNCILOR GIBSON. JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PARK STATUS. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK WITH PARKS A LITTLE MORE REGARDING THE TYPE OF PARK THIS IS ACTUALLY FALLING UNDER. IS IT A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, IS IT A REGIONAL PARK, I GUESS THESE ARE QUESTIONS IN MY MIND THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY CALL ME AND TALK WITH ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT. 34-ACRE PARK IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN A FIVE-ACRE PARK. AND THE KINDS OF USES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED IN THE PARTICULAR PARK ARE NOT TYPICAL USES. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A BMX OR OUR BMX PARK MOVING TO THIS PARTICULAR AREA. I REALLY WANT TO HAVE SOME A DISCUSSION, EITHER WITH PARKS OR THE ADMINISTRATION OR SOMEONE REGARDING THAT. I THINK COUNCILOR PEÑA RAISED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS ALLOWED WITHIN A REGIONAL PARK, SUCH AS OUR STADIUM, OUR RIO GRANDE CREDIT UNION STADIUM AND OUR SMALL PARK LIKE PETROGLYPH PARK. I WANT TO KNOW THE DESIGNATIONS AND HOW THE CITY DEFINES THOSE. IF SOMEONE CAN GET WITH ME I APPRECIATE IT. >> MR. SIMON OR I WILL BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT THE PARKS AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. >>COUN. BORREGO: WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON FROM THIS ITEM. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM F. COUNCILOR PEÑA, R-212. >>COUN. PEÑA: IT'S AMENDING THE CAPITAL IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM BY APPROVING A PROJECT SUPPLEMENTING CURRENT APPROPRIATIONS ANDCAGING THE SCOPE OF EXISTING PROJECTS. I MOVE A DUE PASS. >>COUN. PEÑA: WE HAVE FOUR AMENDMENTS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PARTICULAR ORDER. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT COUNCILORS THAT ARE SPONSORING THESE. I'LL START WITH COUNCILOR PEÑA SINCE THIS IS YOUR BILL. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO COUNCILOR BENTON AND I HAVE AN AMENDMENT AS WELL. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY ONE I HAVE. IT'S CORRECTING AN ERROR. THIS IS FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. THIS IS ON PAGE SEVEN LINE 31 ININSORT, FOLLOWING THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED TO THE FOLLOWING FUND AND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. GENERAL FUND 110, CITY SUPPORT TRANSFER TO CAPITAL ACQUISITIONS $11.7 MILLION. THE EXPLANATION IS FIXING AN ERROR RELATED TO THE CLEAN UP BILL. SECTION FIVE WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE LEGISLATION. THE AMOUNT OF $11.7 MILLION IS THE CORRECTION OF THE GROSS RECEIPTS REVENUE FROM THE STATE THAT I OWED TO THE CITY. I MOVE A DUE PASS. >>COUN. BORREGO: IS THAT A SECOND, COUNCILOR BENTON? >>COUN. BENTON: MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAD MY HAND UP FOR MY AMENDMENT. I APOLOGIZE. I'LL TAKE IT DOWN. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR SENA, IS THAT A SECOND? COUNCILOR SENA SECONDS. ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILORS? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE VOTE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. WE'LL MOVE TO FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. COUNCILOR BENTON, YOU HAVE NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE. >>COUN. BENTON: I ONLY HAVE ONE. I'LL READ THAT ONE, ANYWAY. AND SOMEBODY ELSE CAN READ THE OTHER ONE. THIS WOULD BE THE NEXT AMENDMENT. ON PAGE THREE AFTER LINE NINE INSERT THE FOLLOWING, STREETS INTEREST MINUS $250,000. AND ON PAGE THREE AFTER LINE NINE INSERT THE FOLLOWING, WELLS PARK PHASE TWO INTEREST $250,000. THIS AMENDMENT DESIGNATES BOND INTEREST AND APPROPRIATES IT TO COMPLETE FUNDING FOR PHASE TWO OF THE WELLS PARK PROJECT PROVIDING STREET LIGHTING AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BENTON. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR BASSAN. COUNCILOR BASSAN? SHE IS NODDING YES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING FLOOR AMENDMENT TWO? I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. MS. ORTEGA. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. COUNCILORS, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. COUNCILOR BENTON, WHEN YOU READ IT I THINK YOU COMBINED ITEM NUMBER ONE AND TWO. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY IT'S ON PAGE TWO LINE FIVE DELETE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS AND REPLACE IT WITH 832 -- 824? THAT'S A DIFFERENT AMENDMENT. OKAY GOT. SORRY COUNCILORS. >>COUN. BORREGO: WE HAVE YOU AS SPONSOR AS WELL. >>COUN. BENTON: CAN SOMEONE ELSE READ THAT? >>COUN. BORREGO: OKAY. I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED. LET'S GO BACK, JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THE AMENDMENT, THAT WE JUST PASSED. READ IT BACK INTO THE RECORD. >> SURE. ON PAGE THREE AFTER LINE INSORT STREETS -- WELLS PARK PHASE TWO INTEREST $250,000. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BENTON, I HAVE YOU LISTED ON THIS ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT. >>COUN. BENTON: MADAM PRESIDENT IF THEY DON'T MIND JUST PUTTING IT UP I'LL READ IT. I KNOW WHAT IT IS I DIDN'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. >>COUN. BENTON: THIS WOULD BE AMENDMENT THREE. ON PAGE THREE LINE FIVE, DELETE $500,000 AND REPLACE IT WITH 8 # $2,024 ON PAGE THREE AFTER LINE NINE INSERT THE AMOUNT. DESIGNATED FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT COAL AND WALTER STREETS. THIS AMENDMENT APPROPRIATES ADDITIONAL STREET BOND INTEREST FOR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND DESIGNATES IT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THESE SIGNALS AND LEAD AND COAL AND WALTER STREETS. WE PASSED AN AMENDMENT IN 2016 DESIGNATING THIS AS THE LONG-STANDING PROJECT. UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND DELAYS THE COST HAVE GONE UP AND THIS WOULD COMPLETELY FUND THE PROJECT AS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BENTON. DO I HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILOR BASSAN, THANK YOU FOR THE SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. THAT FLOOR AMENDMENT PASSES. I HAVE ONE MORE AMENDMENT IN THIS PACKET. THAT IS FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. IT'S UP ON THE SCREEN. I AM THE SPONSOR OF THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT. ON PAGE FOUR AFTER LINE 21, INSERT THE FOLLOWING, THE TRANSPORTATION TAX PROJECT LISTED ADOPTED IN RESOLUTION 20-47 IS AMENDED IN A NEW LIST ADOPTED TO THIS RESOLUTION IS ATTACHED. THAT CHANGES FOR PROJECT TITLED PASEO TO UNSER ADOPTED CITY WIDE POLICY. THE NEW PROJECT TITLE WILL READ AS FOLLOWS PASEO TO THE WESTERN CITY LIMITS ADOPTED CITY WIDE PRIORITY R-18-84. THIS AMENDMENT IS REQUESTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION IS EXTENDING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TAX PACT FOR BUILDING PASEO TO RAINBOW AND EXTENDED TO THE WESTERN CITY LIMITS. THE PROJECT EXTENSION IS TO ACCOMMODATE FOR COMMUTER TRAFFIC FROM THE INDUSTRIAL PARK FROM ATRISCO NORTH OF I-40. THERE'S AN ATTACHED LIST AND FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND VIEWING. I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR BASSAN. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BASSAN. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >>COUN. BASSAN: I HAVE A QUESTION. >>COUN. BORREGO: GO AHEAD. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THE ATTACHMENT, NONE OF THE VALUES HAVE CHANGED. IT'S JUST AMENDING THE NAME ON HERE CORRECT? >> CORRECT. MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN. CORRECT. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU. >>COUN. BORREGO: OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT FOUR. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. WE HAVE FOUR FLOOR AMENDMENTS THAT WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED TO R-212. COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THAT'S THE LAST OF THE AMENDMENTS CORRECT? >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: I URGE YOUR SUPPORT ON R-212. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. HARRIS: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. R-212 AS AMENDED UNANIMOUSLY PASSES. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM G. COUNCILOR DAVIS. >>COUN. DAVIS: MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HEARD FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BEFORE. TO GET US STARTED TONIGHT I MOVE A DUE PASS ON R-213. IT DECLEARS A STATE OF ENFORCEMENT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE TAX PREPARER CONSUMERS RIGHTS ORDINANCE. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. I THINK YOU HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. DAVIS: I THINK SO. >>COUN. BORREGO: DID YOU WANT TO MOVE TO THE ADMINISTRATION? >>COUN. DAVIS: IF YOU WILL, MADAM PRESIDENT, LET ME JUST DETAIL WHY WE'RE DOING THIS QUICKLY AND WE HAVE SOME EXPERTS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. DURING THE LAST MEETING OF THE LAST COUNCIL LAST YEAR AT THE END OF MY TERM AS PRESIDENT, I SPONSORED THIS AT THE REQUEST OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO CREATE A TAXPAYER BILL OF RIGHTS IN A PROCESS TO ENSURE EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD THEIR RIGHTS. THAT WAS IN OUR LAST MEETING IN DECEMBER BEFORE THE TAX SEASON BEGAN. IT CREATED A LOT OF CONFUSION. THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE LEARNED AND I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATION WORKING WITH US ON THIS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, WE LEARNED THAT A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING TAX PREPARERS, A GOOD NUMBER OF THEM, WERE EXCLUDED FROM PROCESS AS STAKEHOLDERS. WHEN THEY RECEIVED THEIR LETTER IN THE MAIL SAYING HERE'S THIS NEW THING WE FOUND IT WAS IN CONFLICT WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW. INCLUDING SOME FEDERAL TAX REGISTRATIONS WITH ENROLLED AGENTS AND THE CITY HAD NOT SET UP A PROCESS FOR RECEIVING AND RESOLVING COMPLAINTS AND ADDRESSING THOSE. WE WENT BACK TO THE CRAW DRAWING BOARD TO ADDRESS THIS. WE BROUGHT STAKEHOLDERS IN. AT THIS POINT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PRESENTED A HALF-DOZEN AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD CHANGE THIS LEGISLATION AND STAKEHOLDERS HAVE IDENTIFIED AT LEAST THAT MANY MORE. THERE'S NOT A RESOLUTION ON HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE, INCLUDING SOME THAT EVERYONE AGREES ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THERE'S STILL NOT A MECHANISM IN PLACE TO ADEQUATELY RECEIVE AND RESOLVE COMPLAINTS IN A WAY THAT EVERYBODY AGREES IS CORRECT. THE LAST POINT, WE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE TAX PREPARERS. THEY DON'T OPPOSE THIS. IT'S SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE SENT OUT IS OUTDATED. IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE NEW TAX BILL. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT DOESN'T ADDRESS SOME OF THE BUSINESS TAX CONCERNS. BIG DEAL IS UNDER THE ORDINANCE, TAX PREPARERS HAVE TO AFFIRM AND SUBMIT COMPLIANCE BY DECEMBER 15th. WE STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A MEETING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION STAKEHOLDERS TO ADDRESS THE ADMINISTRATION'S CHANGES. WE DON'T THINK IT'S FEASIBLE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR. THIS IS IMPORTANT AND THE TAXPAYERS HAVE THIS RIGHT. WE WANT TO GET THIS RIGHT. IT WASN'T ENFORCEABLE LAST YEAR. HAD REAL ERRORS. AND WE'RE OUT OF TIME TO MAKE IT WORK RIGHT AND PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND THE FOLKS DOING THIS WORK. THAT'S MY SOAPBOX AND LONG WAY AND SAYING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE AUGUST. BUT TO BE HONEST THE ELECTION GOT IN THE WAY. WE'RE JUST OUT OF TIME. IT'S NOT FAIR TO HAVE A LAW AND THE FACT WE CAN'T ENFORCE AND REQUIRE TAX PREPARERS TO GIVE NOTICE OF INFORMATION CLIENTS THAT ARE INCORRECT. >>COUN. BORREGO: FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE CAN YOU SAY THE STAY OF ENFORCEMENT? >>COUN. DAVIS: ONE YEAR. AFTER TAX SEASON TO GET BACK TO THE BOARD. I KNOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS AVAILABLE TO SPEAK. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND EXPERTS WHO CAN SPEAK AS WELL. I'LL DEFER TO YOU HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, SO MUCH. COUNCILOR SENA, DO YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP STILL? GO AHEAD. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ESPECIALLY AS IT WAS BROUGHT UP DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT AS THE PROCESS OF AMENDMENT THAT WERE BEING PROPOSED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRY OF AND COMMUNITY -- THIS HAS BEEN SITTING IN FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. IT WAS DEFERRED AT THE THE INTENT OF THE SPONSOR. WE DID NOT HAVE FGO THIS MOST RECENT TIME BECAUSE WE COULD NOT MEET QUORUM. I WAS OUT OF TIME AND NOT HERE FOR BOTH DAYS. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE DIDN'T HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY. WE COULD NOT MEET QUORUM BECAUSE OF HAVING COUNCILORS ATTEND. THOSE WERE REALLY THE FIRST I HAD EVER MISSED COMMITTEES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT IT WAS DEFERRED NOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ANY OF THE AMENDMENTS OR THE ADJUSTMENTS OR HAVE THE DISCUSSION, AND SO I JUST WANT THAT ON THE RECORD. JUST TO CLARIFY AT WHAT WAS STATED AT PUBLIC COMMENT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SENA. >>COUN. DAVIS: JUST TO MAKE A CORRECTION FOR THE RECORD. TO YOUR QUESTION, THE STAY IS UNTIL JULY 1. THAT GETS US PAST THE TAX SEASON AND GIVES EVERYBODY A DEADLINE TO WORK ON THIS. I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR SENA AND HER ROLE AS CHAIR HE DID A GREAT JOB OF GIVING FOLKS THE ABILITY TO DO THIS. WE JUST RAN OUT OF TIME. IT TOOK LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR DAVIS, DID YOU WANT US TO HEAR FROM THE ADMINISTRATION? >>COUN. SENA: I WAS TO CLARIFY, I WAS NOT SERVING AS CHAIR. >>COUN. DAVIS: I THINK THIS IS AN EASY THING. IF THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO WEIGH IN, THAT'S FINE. >>COUN. BORREGO: BEFORE WE GO TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND ASK THEM IF THEY WANT TO WEIGH IN, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, COUNCILOR DAVIS, BECAUSE TODAY I HAD TO GO BACK AND REALLY YESTERDAY WHEN I READ THIS AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE OTHER BILLS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE, COULD YOU JUST MENTION THOSE BILLS SO WE'RE CLEAR THAT THERE IS THIS BILL THAT IS A STAY OF EXECUTION. AND THERE'S THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION BILL, CORRECT? THAT WAS ALREADY ADOPTED. AND THERE'S ANOTHER BILL THAT HAS COME. I'M DOING THIS FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IT IS WE'RE DOING. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU HIT ON THE REASON THIS IS NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME. IF WE HAD TO PASS THIS TONIGHT IN ORDER TO GET IT IN PLACE BEFORE TAX PREPARERS HAVE TO NOTIFY CLIENTS, WE COULD KEEP YOU HERE ALL NIGHT. THERE'S 14 AMENDMENTS BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE INDUSTRY THAT HAVE NOT BEEN WORKED OUT. THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE WAS PASSED THIS TIME LAST YEAR. THERE WAS A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS THAT WENT TO COMMITTEE. THERE'S NOW BEEN A PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE THAT WOULD INCORPORATE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN AGREED UPON. THAT HAS NOT BEEN HEARD OR APPROPRIATED IN THE COMMITTEE. THERE'S A HALF DOZEN OTHER AMENDMENTS EVERYONE DISAGREES ON SUCH AS WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY HAS JURISDICTION ON THIS. TO YOUR POINT, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT PIECES OF LEGISLATION FLOATING AROUND. I THINK THE BEST ANSWER IS TO PUT THIS IN OUR POCKET TO GET IT SORTED OUT. >>COUN. BORREGO: BASICALLY, THE STAY OF ENFORCEMENT, BASICALLY, DEFERS IT ALL ON THE BILL THAT WAS ADOPT ASKED AND THE BILL PENDING? >>COUN. DAVIS: IF THE COUNCIL PASSES IT, MY INTENT IS TO WITHDRAW EVERYTHING LEFT OVER. AND THAT WOULD GIVE US A FRAMEWORK TO START OVER AFTER TAX SEASON THIS COMING YEAR. THERE'S TOO MANY THINGS OUT THERE NOT READY YET. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I THINK ONTO -- IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT. I NEEDED A CHART OF MY OWN TO FIGURE IT OUT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO THE ADMINISTRATION. YOU MAY NOT HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS. IF YOU DO, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. >> WE DID MEET. WHAT HAPPENED IS WE MET NUMEROUS TIMES WITH THE INDUSTRY AND WE DID COME UP WITH A COMPROMISE BILL THAT WE INTRODUCED. AFTER THAT WAS DONE THE INDUSTRY CAME AND CHANGED THINGS WE WOULDN'T SUPPORT. WHAT TOOK SO LONG IS WE COULDN'T COME TO A CONCLUSION. THE INDIVIDUALS WE WERE TRYING TO PROTECT WERE THE CONSUMERS. WE WERE READY TO GO DURING EACH OF THE GOVERNMENT AND FINANCE MEETINGS. LIKE I SAID, THE BILL CONTINUED TO GET DEFERRED. WE ACTUALLY THINK IF WE DO THIS NOW, IT WOULD BE CONFUSING. WE THINK THIS ACTUALLY BE MORE CONFUSING. I'LL LET HERE SPEAK TO THAT. >> I'M IN THE OFFICE OF CONSUMER PROTECTION WITH CITY LEGAL. LIKE ISAAC SAID WE'RE PREPARING TO IMPLEMENT THIS SINCE FEBRUARY. IT WAS PASSED IN THE MIDDLE OF TAX SEASON THIS YEAR. WE HAD THE FORMS, FAQs, THE BUSINESS WERE CONTACTED. WE SENT THE YEAR-END CERTIFICATIONS AND A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES IMPLEMENTED THOSE ALREADY. IT WOULD BE CONFUSING TO STOP ENFORCEMENT RIGHT NOW WHEN BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN PREPARING TO COMPLY FOR THIS COMING SAX SEASON AS WELL AS WHAT WAS HEARD AT PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CONSUMERS HAVING NO PROTECTIONS GOING INTO THIS TAX YEAR. >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR DAVIS. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I DON'T WANT TO PROLONG. I DON'T DISAGREE THAT THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE. I'M GLAD THEY'RE SENDING THINGS OUT. BUT THE FACT IS THE BILL IS WRITTEN WE AGREE THERE'S STRUCK COUNCILORAL STRUCTURAL CHANGES. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT EVERYONE HAS AGREED ON. THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET THIS BILL RIGHT BEFORE THE DEADLINE FOR TAX PREPARERS TO IMPLEMENT THIS IS FOR THIS COUNCIL TO STAY HERE UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND GO THROUGH ALL THESE AMENDMENTS AND THE COMMITTEE SUB. IT'S NOT EVEN ON THE AGENDA. WE CAN'T DO IT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. THE CITY IS LEADING AND WE HAVE A CITY TAXPAYERS BILL OF RIGHTS. IT REMAINS IN EFFECT. WE CAN RECEIVE AND CALCULATE AND DEAL WITH THE COMPLAINTS THAT COME IN. THIS IS A LEGITIMATE CONCERN FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. WE CAN IMPLEMENT THIS BILL -- WE CAN'T IMPLEMENT THIS BILL BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORKABLE IN THE CURRENT FORM. THE ADMINISTRATION BROUGHT US A LENGTHY LIST OF AMENDMENTS. IT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PASS. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD REPEAT OUR ERROR OF LAST YEAR AND RUSH TO GET THIS DONE BECAUSE WE'RE IN A HURRY AND DON'T WANT TO PUT OUR MINDS TO HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK. I APPRECIATE IT. I APPRECIATE WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON THIS. I DON'T DOUBT THEIR COMMITMENT TO THIS BILL. WE'RE JUST OUT OF TIME. I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DAVIS. IS THAT YOUR CLOSE ON THIS BILL? >>COUN. DAVIS: IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DAVIS. WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO MS. ORTEGA FOR -- COUNCILOR BASSAN -- COUNCILOR GIBSON. >>COUN. GIBSON: I'M SORRY. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS. IF THIS PIECE DOES NOT PASS, THE ORDINANCE REMAINS ON THE BOOKS, BUT IS JUST LIKE -- IT SOUNDS THERE'S NOT A WAY TO ENFORCE. IS THAT CORRECT? >>COUN. BORREGO: COUNCILOR DAVIS, YOU'RE MUTED. >>COUN. DAVIS: MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT'S A GREAT SUMMATION. >>COUN. GIBSON: THANK YOU. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GIBSON. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS UP. WE WILL GO TO MS.ORTEGA. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: NO. >>COUN. BORREGO: I BELIEVE COUNCILOR HARRIS HAS LEFT US FOR THE EVENING. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: NO. >>COUN. BORREGO: NO. >> MOTION PASSES ON A 5-3 VOTE. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. THAT MOTION PASSES ON A 5-3 VOTE. THAT WAS ITEM G ON THE AGENDA. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM H. COUNCILOR GIBSON. R-216. >>COUN. GIBSON: THIS IS CONCERNING THE MUNICIPAL RUNOFF ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, ON TUESDAY THE 7TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2021. I MOVE A DUE PASS. >>COUN. BORREGO: I'LL SECOND THAT COUNCILOR. ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOST DEFINITELY DO NOT PLAN ON VOTING AGAINST THIS. I AM CURIOUS WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS WERE TO FAIL? OTHER THAN POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE. >>COUN. BORREGO: VERY GOOD QUESTION COUNCILOR. I'LL TURN TO OUR ATTORNEYS. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN, THE CITY CHARTER CONTEMPLATES, AS WE ALL KNOW, IN THE EVENT A CANDIDATE DOES NOT EXCEED 50% THAT A RUNOFF IS REQUIRED. IN ORDER TO AUTHORIZE AN ELECTION IN THE CITY, ANY TYPE OF ELECTION, THE GOVERNING BODY MUST AUTHORIZE THAT ELECTION. I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE COUNCIL DIDN'T AUTHORIZE SUCH AN ELECTION. IN THE PAST WHEN, BY OPERATION OF THE CHARTER, THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO TAKE ACTION TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT, VARIOUS PARTIES HAVE TAKEN THE CITY TO COURT AND IN ONE INSTANCE THE NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT ORDERED THAT A QUESTION GO ON THE BALLOT WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL NEGLECTED TO DO IT'S OBLIGATION. THAT'S THE PARADE OF ISSUES THAT COULD RESULT IN THE EVENT THE CITY COUNCIL DO WHAT'S CALLED FOR IN THE CHARTER. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU. AS ALWAYS, YOU'RE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE. >>COUN. BORREGO: I ALSO SEE OUR CITY CLERK IN THE QUEUE. MR. WATSON, DID YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN? >> I WON'T WEIGH IN ON THE HYPOTHETICALS. I'M HAPPY TO OFFER A BIT ON THE RESOLUTION. IT'S REQUIRED BY THE CHARTER. THE COUNCIL HAS DESIGNATED DECEMBER 7th AS THE RUNOFF DATE. WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK TO ADDRESS THE DATES AND TIMES FOR EARLY VOTING. WORKING BACKWARD, THIS RESOLUTION DESIGNATES THE CANDIDATES PARTICIPATING IN THE RUNOFF. IT'S STRANGE PROVISION IN THE CHARTER, BUT WE BROUGHT THE RESOLUTION BEFORE THE COUNCIL AS REQUIRED BY THE CHARTER. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, MR. WATSON. WE APPRECIATE THE WORK. COUNCILORS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS? I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. COUNCILOR GIBSON TO CLOSE. >>COUN. GIBSON: I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GIBSON. MS. ORTEGA. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >>COUN. GIBSON: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SENA: YES. >>COUN. BORREGO: YES. >> 8-0, R-216. >>COUN. BORREGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. THAT PASSES ON AN 8-0 VOTE. THAT WAS R-216. THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.