>>COUN. LEWIS: THE SECOND MEETING OF THE SECOND COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. ALL COUNCILORS ARE PRESENT. WE'LL START WITH THE MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. >> 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. LEWIS: CIVIC PARKING PASSES FOR PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. YOU CAN OBTAIN ONE NEAR THE CHAMBER ENTRANCE. THE MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA HAVE THE ABILITY TO VIEW THIS THROUGH GOVTV, GOVTV WEBSITE, YOU TO BE AND ZOOM. THE LIVE STREAMS CAB ACCESSED FROM SMART PHONES TABLETS AND COMPUTERS. THIS MEETING IS CLOSED CAPTIONED AND YOU MAY ENABLE AT YOUR CONVENIENCE. COUNCIL STAFF IS AVAILABLE VIA TELEPHONE IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NEED ASSISTANCE FINDING THE VIDEOS ONLINE. CALL 505-768- 3100 BUSINESS HOURS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. COUNCIL WILL TAKE A BREAK AT 7 P.M. WITH REGARD TO DECORUM WE WANT TONIGHT'S PROCEEDING TO BE AS CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL AS POSSIBLE. DON'T MAKE ANY PERSONAL ATTACKS OR NO APPLAUSE DURING THE MEETING. THE MEETING WILL GO SMOOTHER IF WE RESPECT ONE ANOTHER. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. I BELIEVE THE FIRST ONE IS COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I THINK THE FIRST ONE IS ALL FOUR CITY COUNCILLORS ON THE WEST SIDE. I JUST WANTED TO ASK MS. TWILA AND MELISA SANCHEZ IF THEY WANT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM. WE'LL START READING AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM. WHEREAS, ALBUQUERQUE WEST SIDE AT THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE WAS FOUNDED IN 2007 AND WHEREAS WEST SIDE LEGISLATORS UNIFY IN SOLIDARITY ON THIS DAY EACH YEAR TO BRING AWARENESS TO KEY ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO WEST SIDE SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, AND NEIGHBORHOODS. AND -- >>COUN. SANCHEZ: WHEREAS WEST SIDE STUDENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN ONLIES OF BERNALILLO COUNTY WEST OF THE RIVER GATHER AT THE CAPITAL TO CELEBRATE THEIR PRIDE. AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS ARE ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY, CIBOLA, VOLCANO VISTA, WEST MESA, EARNY PILE, JIMMY CARTER, JOHN ADAMS, TRUMAN, GEORGE I SANCHEZ ALMOSA ARMIJO ATRISCO, CARLOS REY, MARIE HUGHES, ALBUQUERQUE BILINGUAL ACADEMY, MARK ARMIJO ACADEMY, RIO GRANDE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY. >>COUN. LEWIS: OVER 700 WEST SIDE PARTICIPANTS WERE PROVIDED WITH A CIVIC CLASS AND TOUR OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING. AND THEY'RE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET LEGISLATORS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO URGE SUPPORT FOR ISSUES SIGNIFICANT TO THEM. AND THE VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBERS OF THE WEST CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP SHOULD RADIATE WITH PRIDE AS THEY SUCCESSFULLY ASSISTED IN ORGANIZING THIS EVENT ON AN ANNUAL BAIS FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. >>COUN. BACA: WHEREAS THE WILL BE HELD AT THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. BE IT PROCLAIMED, HERE BY DECLARING THURSDAY JANUARY 25, 2024 THE 15th ANNUAL WEST SIDE DAY. [ APPLAUSE ]. >>COUN. PEÑA: MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I THINK I MENTIONED EARLIER, TWILA IS WITH THE WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY GROUP AND MELISSA WITH THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. 15 YEARS IS SUCH A MILESTONE FOR THE ORGANIZATION. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WITH THE INTENT ORIGINALLY AS REALLY HOW DO WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS FOR KIDS WHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP TO SANTA FE AND LEARN HOW THE LEGISLATURE WORKS. SO, COMMUNITY MEMBERS GOT TOGETHER AND PARTNERED WITH OUR NOW STATE SENATOR AND ALL THE OTHER RESPECTIVE LEGISLATORS THAT FIGURED OUT A WAY, AND THESE GROUPS WORKED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET BURRITOS AND THE BUS SYSTEMS TO GET THEM THERE AND PROVIDE LUNCH. AND IT'S REALLY MEANINGFUL BECAUSE THE KIDS TAKE A TOUR OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THEY ALSO DO A TOWN HALL. I THINK LAST YEAR THEY LEARNED HOW TO PASS BILLS. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S REALLY DUE TO THE HARD WORK OF THE ORGANIZATIONS. THANK YOU, AGAIN, AND IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT OVER 15 YEARS OUR AVERAGE EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION FROM THE WEST SIDE EVENT HAS BEEN OVER 700 STUDENTS. THAT'S 10,000 STUDENTS WE'VE TAKEN FROM THE WEST SIDE TO LEARN ABOUT THE LEGISLATORS AND HOW THE PROCESS WORKS. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE ADULTS THAT COME TO US TODAY WHO REMEMBER THIS TRIP. IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR CITY. >> MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, WELCOME TO THE NEW MEMBERS. WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE A NEW WEST SIDE COUNCILOR. FOUR WEST SIDE SEATS THERE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS. WE ARE ALSO DOING A LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION WHICH OPENS IT UP FOR THE COMMUNITIES MEMBERS. AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ADULTS THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP AND VISIT THE ROUND HOUSE DURING THE SESSION, SO WE MADE SOME ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION FOR ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO GO UP TO THE WEST SIDE DAY. TAKE A TOUR AND HEAD TO THE LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION WHICH WILL BE HELD AT 5:30. THANK YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANCHEZ HAS COMMENTS. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE WEST SIDE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. AND ALSO THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP. THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN A PART OF SINCE I STARTED ACTUALLY THE YEAR BEFORE I BECAME A CITY COUNCILLOR I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH MY PRIVATE BUSINESS TO HELP OUT AND SPONSOR THE EVENT WHICH I DID AGAIN THIS YEAR. IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THESE STUDENTS OUT THERE AND REALLY GET AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON. AND WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE LEGISLATURE. AND IT'S ALSO GOOD IDEA, WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET SOMETHING HERE TO START HAVING SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS COME IN TO SEE HOW THE CITY GOVERNMENT WORKS. I'M GLAD TO HELP ANY WAY, IF YOU'RE UP TO IT I'LL BE WITH YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE YOUTH ON THE WEST SIDE WHICH IS AN AMAZING THING. IT'S SO FUN WHEN YOU SEE ALL THESE KIDS RUNNING AROUND AND LOADING UP THE BUSES. IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO. SOMEBODY HAS TO BUY BURRITOS AND ORGANIZE THIS AND SOMEBODY HAS TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN LINE. SO YOU GUYS ALSO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT YOU THAT ARE THERE AS WELL. IT'S NOT JUST YOU TWO. YOU HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS. WHEN I JUST READ ALL THE SCHOOLS, I COUNTED THEN, 32 SCHOOLS ARE BEING SPONSORED. I THINK THAT IS TO GO OUT THERE AND HAVE STUDENTS VISIT THE LEGISLATURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. LOOKING FORWARD TO WEST SIDE DAY IN SANTA FE AND THANK YOU ALL OF YOUR WORK. WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'M GOING TO INVITE ANNA AND BARUKE. WE'RE DOING THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS ROSA PARKS DAY ON FEBRUARY 4th IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE AND EDUCATE ABOUT TRANSIT EQUITY AND WHEREAS IT'S DESIGNED WITH TRANSIT DEPENDENT RIDERS HAVING ACCESS TO MOBILITY SAUFBERN SAUFB AND WHEREAS TRANSIT EQUITY CONNECTS TRANSIT RIDERS TO EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT HEALTH CARE RECREATION AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND HEALTH EQUITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT PROMOTES CLEAN AIR AND REDUCING CLIMATE CHANGE. WHEREAS IMPACT INCREASED OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRANSIT RELATED TO JOBS FORM A KEY PART OF A JUST TRANSITION FROM FOSSIL FUELS TO CLEAN AND ARE NEWABLE ENERGY. AND TRANSIT IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND PUBLIC GOOD. AND UNEQUAL ACCESS BASED ON AGE, DISABILITY, RACE, HAS COME TO THIS DAY WITH CUTS OF PUBLIC FUNDING FOR TRANSIT AND INCREASE IN FARES. AND TRANSIT DEPENDENT POPULATION FACE RATES OF TRAFFIC RELATED VIOLENCE, AND ALBUQUERQUE HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PEDESTRIAN DEATH RATES IN THE COUNTRY. AND PERSONAL VEHICLE DEPENDENT PUBLIC TRANSIT AND NO EMISSION VANS AND ELECTRIC TRANSIT AND RENEWABLE SOURCEICIZE KEY TO SWITCHING RENEWABLE ENERGY. BE IT PROCLAIMED THE COUNCIL PROCLAIMS FEBRUARY 3rd AS TRANSIT EQUITY DAY. I WANTED TO GIVE ALL THREE OF YOU A CHANCE TO SAY WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE. >> SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. I'VE BEEN WORKING IN TRANSIT EQUITY SINCE I WAS 20 YEARS OLD. I'M 28. SO, FOR ME THIS IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE SOMEBODY THAT GREW UP AS TRANSIT-DEPENDENT YOUNG PERSON, THIS IS THE HEART OF THE WORK THAT I DO. AND SO I ALSO WANT TO VITE -- INVITE FOLKS ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3rd WARE CELEBRATING THE EQUITY DAY FROM 12 P.M. TO 2 P.M. I WANT TO INVITE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME OUT AND MAKE ART WITH US AND CELEBRATE PUTTING PEOPLE MOST IMPACTED BY TRANSIT. THANK YOU. I'LL PASS IT OVER TO THEM IF THEY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING. >> HELLO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. ACTUALLY I WAS PART OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS SINCE LIKE 2017 DURING THE SURVEYS AND STUFF. IT'S A GREAT PROCESS. DEFINITELY A LONG JOURNEY. I'M HAPPY THAT YOU GUYS -- ALSO HELPING THE COMMUNITIES AND CITIES TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND THE TOWN AND ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SCHOOL, JOBS, AND ALSO RECREATION AS WELL. I WAS MOST IMPACTED BY THE SYSTEM AND ALSO BY THE TRANSITION BECAUSE I WAS A REFUGEE WHEN I CAME HERE. I DIDN'T HAVE A CAR TO GET AROUND IT THE TOWN. I WAS GIVEN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO GO TO SCHOOL AND GO TO PARKS AND ALSO TO GO HANG OUT WITH MY FRIENDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS. >> I AM ANNA, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. I'M A MOTHER. I AM TEACHING MY KIDS TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. WHY? BECAUSE THEY ARE GROWING UP AND I NEED TO WORK AND I THINK IT'S THE TIME FOR US TO SHOW THE YOUTH THAT WE HAVE OTHER POSSIBILITIES. WE HAVE OTHER RESOURCES. I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE ZERO FARES. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCILORS BEFORE WE -- COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN AND COUNCILOR BACA. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE THREE OF YOU FOR THE WERE YOU DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM IS AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE AND YOU GET THE EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. IT'S A REALLY GREAT COMMUNITY SERVICE YOU PROVIDE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND I'M HONORED TO GIVE THIS TO YOU. >>COUN. BACA: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND FOR THE INVITATION. THANK YOU FOR COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PROCLAMATION. AS THE SON OF A TRANSIT WORKER, MY FATHER RETIRED FROM THE BUS SYSTEM. I SPENT MY LIFE ON THE BUS. I VISIT THE TRAIN, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC. WE CAN STILL DO BETTER WITH TRANSIT SYSTEM. AS GOOD AS IT IS NOW AND ART IS REALLY GOOD, WE CAN DO A WHOLE LOT BETTER. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>COUN. LEWIS: WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. COUNCILOR BASSAN, IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE IT. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THERESA GARCIA. THE CHAIR OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE COMMISSION UP. TO GIVE A SMALL PRESENTATION ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. THIS WAS REQUESTED AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT IT NOW. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR BASSAN. I HAVE A PRESENTATION. OKAY. PERFECT. IT'S GOOD TO GO. HONORABLE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY PRESENTING ON THREE VITAL INITIATIVES THAT ARE CRUCIAL IN ADDRESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. AS MEMBERS OF THE ESTABLISHED COMMISSION, WE ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION. THREE FOLLOWING FUNDING REQUESTS WERE APPROVED AT THE JANUARY 8, 2024 COMMISSION MEETING. THESE INITIATIVES PLAY A ROLE IN SUPPORTING THE PROGRAMS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND ENHANCING SERVICE FOR SURVIVORS AND FAMILIES. THEY CONTRIBUTE TO EFFORTS AT ENSURING JUSTICE IN THE SYSTEM. THE COMMISSION SUBMITTED THE FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE 2025 FISCAL YEAR AND WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE ADMINISTRATION PROCESSES TO FORMALIZE. SINCE WE'RE LEARNING, WE'RE BRAND NEW. THE FINAL ALLOCATION OF FUNDING INITIATIVES IN THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET WILL NOT ONLY STRENGTHEN THE COMMISSION BUT MAKE A CONTRIBUTESONTION TO THE SAFETY SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE SEEKING A FUNDING ALLOCATION OF $1500 TO HAVE AN ORGANIZATIONAL COACH. THIS INITIATIVE WILL FORTIFY OUR PURPOSE AND GOVERNANCE. THE FUNDS WILL SUPPORT SERVICES NECESSARY MATERIALS AND FOSTERING COLLABORATION AND PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE. THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO THIS MONTH AND CONCLUDE BY MAY 2024. IF THE FUNDS ARE RECEIVED DURING THE TIME FRAME. YOUR SUPPORT WILL LAY THE GROUND WORK FOR RESILIENT COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION IS ALSO SEEKING FUNDING REQUEST TO BE ADDED TO THE BUJT FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES. THE REQUEST FUNDS AMOUNT TO $1.8 MILLION. ADDRESSING CRITICAL NEEDS SUCH AS STAFF RETENTION AND IFFLATION RELATED COST AND INCREASE STAFFING AND MITIGATING THE ANTICIPATED 40 TO 60% IN FEDERAL FUNDS. YOUR SUPPORT IS IMPORTANT IN AMPLIFYING THE IMPACT AND ACCESSIBILITY OF THE SERVICES. THE COMMISSION MEMBERS MET WITH DISTRICT ATTORNEY BREGMAN LAST YEAR TO ADDRESS THE PRESSING NEEDS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT. WE'RE EXCITED TO LEARN THAT THE DA IS MAKING THIS A PRIORITY AND OF THE $404,000 GRANT FOR THE UNIT'S CREATION. THIS WILL BOLSTER SUPPORT AND A COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING COLLABORATION FOR VARIOUS SYSTEMS TO BRIDGE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES. WE RECOMMEND YOUR FULL SUPPORT AND EMPHASIZE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND TRAINING INITIATIVES. EXTRA FUNDING REQUEST FOR $500,000 IS REQUESTED FOR SUSTAINED SERVICES OVER 12 MONTHS. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS I'M JOINED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE VIA ZOOM. I KNOW THEY'RE IN A MEETING FOR APPROPRIATIONS AT THIS TIME. HOPEFULLY THEY MADE IT ON. IN CONCLUSION YOUR SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST WILL NOT ONLY FORTIFY THE COMMISSION BUT CONTRIBUTE TO THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF THE COMMUNITY AND GIVE VICTIMS SURVIVORS AND FAMILIES A VOICE. THE COMMISSION IS WORKING WITH THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE TO MAKE SURE THESE ARE PRESENTED TO YOU IN A PROPER RESOLUTION FORMAT. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION TO PRESENT TO YOU AND I'M READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARCIA. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH MY STAFF AND TALKING WITH ME. I LOOK FORWARD TO ASSISTING WHERE I CAN. I WILL WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CHAIR FOR FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAMMING. COUNCILORS, I MEAN, IT'S A $1500 ASK TOTAL. I WAS HOPING WE CAN SEE IF MAYBE WE CAN PUT IN A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND GET THAT IMMEDIATE ASK DONE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO SO AND WE CAN GET TAT -- THAT ACCOMPLISHED. >> THAT IS GREAT. WE'RE A BRAND NEW COMMISSION. WE'RE BUILDING ALL THE FOUNDATIONAL ITEMS SO THE COMMISSION CAN CONTINUE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN TODAY. WE APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS OVER WHAT'S GOING ON IN REFERENCE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE SITUATION IN ALBUQUERQUE IS DIRE. WE REALLY NEED HELP IN REFERENCE TO THE INVESTIGATION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE THAT ADVOCACY GROUP THAT GIVES THE HELP AND SUPPORT TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT DEFINITELY NEED IT. ME BEING A RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER I'VE SEEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT -- THE ASSISTANCE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GO UP AND DOWN IN TREND. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE RIGHT NOW IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE GETTING FULL SUPPORT FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REFERENCE TO ENDEAVORS BECAUSE YOU SHOULD BE RECEIVING THE POLICE REPORTS, YOU SHOULD BE GETTING THREAT ASSESSMENTS FROM OFFICERS. THE OFFICERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE MAKING SURE THAT IF THEY NEED RETRAINING ORDERS, THAT THOSE ORDERS ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING THOSE THINGS DONE, PLEASE LET THIS COUNCIL KNOW BECAUSE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE VICTIMS OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MAKING SURE THE VICTIMS SEE THEIR DAY IN COURT AND ALSO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE DEALING WITH STALKING. IT'S ALSO PART OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THERE'S DIFFERENT LAYERS TO STALKING. THE SECOND TIME THEY COMMIT THE STALKING OFFENSE IT'S A FELONY. WE NEED TO HAVE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING UP AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE DON'T BECOME VICTIMS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY HANDLE IT IMMEDIATELY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE OUR FULL SUPPORT. I KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SHORT-HANDED. THESE ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE WHEN IT'S TO GIVE YOU THE CORRECT INFORMATION SO YOU CAN HELP THEM AND HELP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A GOOD WAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANT TO ADD WE'RE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT. TO SEE WHAT'S HAPWING THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE D.A., AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ASSESSMENTS. D.A. BREGMAN IS ALSO INTERESTED IN THAT. AS OF NOW WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY DEPUTY CHIEF BARKER. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, COMMISSIONER GARCIA. I KNOW FROM DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH YOU IN THE COMMUNITY, OUR EXPERTISE IS A BLESSING TO HAVE YOU HERE. QUESTION ABOUT THE $1.8 MILLION IN FUNDING. DOES ANY OF THAT FUNDING GO TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE DOING WORK IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? WE HAVE THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER THAT IS IN NEED OF HELP AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THEY'RE DOING FRONT LINE RESPONSE AFTER APD FOR HELPING PEOPLE WITH SAFETY PLANS, HELPING RELOCATE FOLKS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IS ANY OF THIS FUNDING EARMARKED FOR THOSE? >> ABSOLUTELY. YES. THESE FUNDING NUMBERS WHICH I SHOWCASED IN THE PRESENTATION WHICH I HOPE TO PRESENT TO YOU IN THE APPROPRIATE FORMAT DOES INCLUDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER SAYING -- NEW MEXICO ASIAN FAMILY CENTER, AND ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SIT ON THE COMMISSION. THESE ARE THEIR DIRECT ASKS ON WHAT THEY THEY'RE HOPING TO GET IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THOSE MUCH-NEEDED RESOURCES TO SURVIVORS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE REDUCTION THAT THEY'RE SEEING IN FUNDS THAT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO PROGRAMS IN PROVIDING RESOURCES AND SERVICES TO THE SURVIVORS. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I HAVE THANK YOU NOTES FOR YOU. AND MAKING TIME FOR US ON THE COMMISSION TO PRESENT TO YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE IN THE FUTURE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW COUNCILORS. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE'RE ON ITEM FOUR. ADMINISTRATION QUESTION AND ANSWERS. ANY QUESTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION? START WITH COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. START WITH DR. -- >> THANK YOU FOR THIS. IT'S A PASSION AREA FOR ME. I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THIS. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE RECRUITING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY ON OUR Y -- I'M SORRY, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO DO INTERNSHIPS AND MENTORSHIPS THIS SUMMER. EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH FRIDAY TO SIGN UP. THEY CAN BRING HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS, AND SENIORS INTO THE CITY DEPARTMENTS THIS SUMMER. WE WILL BE ACTUALLY TURNING AROUND AND RECRUITING STUDENTS TO DO SO. WE ALSO WORK THROUGH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS AND OTHER PROGRAMS. WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAM AT WEST MESA. AND WE ALSO STARTED PLAYING CHESS AT WEST MESA HIGH SCHOOL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCE WITH DEPARTMENT LEADERS AND FOLKS THAT WORK WITHIN THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT JOBS WITHIN THE CITY AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO WORK AT THE CITY AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO DO THE TYPE OF JOB. WHETHER THEY WANT TO COME TO THE CITY OR DO A CAREER PATHWAY. I AM NOT SKILLED AT CHESS BUT IT TURNS OUT THIS MIGHT BE THE WAY TO CONNECT WITH FOLKS. IF THEY THINK THEY CAN BEAT YOU AT CHESS THEY MIGHT THINK THEY CAN CONNECT WITH YOU. THERE'S OTHER WAYS FOLKS COME THROUGH US. COLLEGE STUDENTS COME THROUGH OTHER PATHWAYS. I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT I CAN ASK FOR. MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN INCLUSIVE LIST FOR YOU. >>COUN. GROUT: I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT. I'M HOPING THAT IT'S NOT JUST FOR SUMMER PROGRAMS, BUT IT'S FOR YEAR-LONG PROGRAMS. >> THE ONE I MENTIONED -- MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, THE ONE I MENTIONING IS FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAM. THEY GET PAID WHEN THEY COME TO THE CITY. IT'S ABOUT HAVING ACCESS TO THEIR TIME AS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COMING TO THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SEVERAL HOURS AND BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH THE CITY. I THINK IT'S UP TO 25 HOURS A WEEK THEY CAN SPEND WITH US. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO GET THAT. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: THIS IS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, OR ADDRESS THIS AS IT MAY IN THE SENSE THAT I MIGHT NOT KNOW THE PROTOCOL. I'M CURIOUS ON WHY WITH THE RECENT ISSUE WITH APD THAT CAME OUT OVER THE PAST WEEKEND THAT EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT, WHY IS THERE NOT A COMMUNICATION WITH US AS COUNCILORS BEFOREHAND AND EVEN TO THE PUBLIC? I HAVE YET TO SEE ANYTHING THAT THE POLICE CHIEF OR THE ADMINISTRATION HAS COME OUT AND SAID ANYTHING. IS THERE A REASON WHY WE'RE NOT COMMUNICATED TO? IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU HAVE NOT ADDRESS IT TO THE PUBLIC? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. BEING FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT I'M SURE YOU CAN APPRECIATE THIS IS AN ONGOING FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. AND IT IS BIGGER THAN APD. AND SO, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT IT COMES DOWN TO A HANDFUL OF OFFICERS. AND IT GOES BACK MORE THAN A DECADE. SINCE IT IS AN ONGOING FEDERAL INVESTIGATION WE ARE IN A POSITION THAT WE CAN'T DISCUSS MORE DETAILS AT THIS POINT. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: OKAY. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. I'VE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION BEFORE AS FAR AS NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE OUT MUCH DETAIL. AGAIN, THAT'S THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION. BUT IT'S A LITTLE FRUSTRATING THAT WE ARE LEARNING -- I AM LEARNING THIS AND THE COUNCIL IS LEARNING THIS FROM CHANNEL 7. THERE WASN'T A PHONE CALL, AN OUTREACH TO SAY THIS IS COMING DOWN. PEOPLE REACHED OUT AND ASKED ME WHAT'S GOING ON AND I SAID, WELL, DID YOU READ IN THE ARTICLE. THAT'S ABOUT WHAT I KNOW. IT'S DISTURBING IN THE SENSE OF BEING SOMEONE HAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNICATION WITH THEM. MOREOVER I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN THE FACT THAT -- I KNOW YOU CAN'T ACCESS THE TOPIC OF THE DETAILS. BUT NOBODY SAID WE UNDERSTAND IT, PLEASE BE ADVISED WE'RE AWARE OF IT. PLEASE BE ADVISED WE'RE DOING THE PROPER STEPS. NOTHING. YOU GUYS DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS. IT'S KIND OF FRUSTRATEING. I KNOW THERE'S SO MANY POLICE OFFICERS OUT THERE THAT GO TO DO THEIR JOB DAY IN AND DAY OUT, THEY TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE AND TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. I'M SURE THERE'S PLENTY IN HERE THAT ARE DISGUSTED IN THE TARNISH THIS HAS DONE. NOT NECESSARILY TO THE DEPARTMENT BUT TO THAT BADGE AND HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION NOT ADDRESS REAFFIRM THAT THEY STAND BEHIND THE OFFICERS THAT DO THEIR JOB, IS SAD. I'M -- LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST REALLY FRUSTRATED THERE'S BEEN A LACK OF COMMUNICATION WITH US AND A LACK OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE PEOPLE. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION. IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO IT BEING BIGGER THAN APD. IT IS A HANDFUL OF OFFICERS. I THINK CHIEF MEDINA HAS BEEN TRANSPARENT WHEN HE CAN BE. AND WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO BRIEF WHEN WE CAN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE OFFICERS THAT DO SHOW UP TO DO THEIR JOB. THEY'RE DOING THE WORK THAT IS INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE THIS TYPE OF SITUATION COLOR COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE AND WHEN IT'S A HANDFUL OF OFFICERS IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: MR. PRESIDENT, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M NOT UPSET -- I'M UPSET WITH THAT PART OF IT, THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO. IT'S ALREADY DONE. WHAT'S DISTURBING TO ME IS THE FACT THAT THE PEOPLE OF ALBUQUERQUE NEED TO KNOW THAT THEIR LEADERS ARE ENGAGED IN THIS AND THERE'S NO COMMUNICATION. NONE. WHEN THEY REACH OUT TO ME, I CAN'T GIVE THEM ANY MORE INFORMATION AND SAY THEY'RE ON TOP OF IT. I ASSURED THE PEOPLE THAT DID REACH OUT, I'M SURE THEY'RE ON TOP OF IT AND AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND IT'S A BIG DEAL, BUT THE LACK OF THE COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, I GET IT. YOU'RE NOT HELPING THE SITUATION BY EASING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OR EASING THEIR FRUSTRATION IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR SANCHEZ AND COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT APD. I'M RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHEN I LOOK AT THIS SITUATION THAT'S GONE ON, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT THAT LEADERSHIP IS AN ISSUE. LEADERSHIP IS 100% ISSUE WHEN IT HAPPENS. I EVEN SAY IT'S LEADERSHIP OF THE MAYOR, AND OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN REFERENCE TO THESE THINGS TAKING PLACE. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THIS SPANS WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME FRAME. YOU KNOW WHAT, WHOSE LAP DOES IT FALL ON? THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON. WE HAVE HAD A POLICE CADET KILLED AT THE POLICE ACADEMY AND A MURDER SUICIDE. THAT IS HORRENDOUS. I GOT WORD THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OR THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE CADET ACADEMY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WHEN I WAS IN THE POLICE ACADEMY I KNEW EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON WITHIN THE POLICE ACADEMY AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN REFERENCE TO THIS ISSUE. THE LEADERSHIP, RIGHT THERE, YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE WHERE YOU HAVE AN ACADEMY CLASS WHERE SEASONED INSTRUCTORS WERE MOVED BECAUSE THE SON OF A DEPUTY CHIEF WHO IS IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLE DEALT WITH -- HE WAS GOING TO GET FIRED FOR UNTRUTHFULNESS. AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WHOLE ACADEMY STAFF GETS MOVED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE, BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND GOOD. I KNOW YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT. FOR US, IT SMELLS OF CORRUPTION. FOUR OFFICERS FIRED. THOSE OFFICERS WERE DEALING WITH LACK OF TRAINING ISSUES. IT GOES BACK TO LEADERSHIP. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND ALSO THE CITY CHIEF OF POLICE. LEADERSHIP IS LOST, SOMEWHERE. BECAUSE YOU HAVE OFFICERS WHO ACTUALLY FIND THEMSELVES IN AUATION WHERE THEIR LACK OF TRAINING PUT THEMSELVES IN A JEOPARDY SITUATION AND NOW THEY'RE FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES. DO YOU THINK ANY OF THOSE OFFICERS SIGNED UP FOR THAT? NO. WHEN YOU SIGN UP AS AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER YOU'RE VETTED THOROUGHLY. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS, NUMEROUS TESTING. YOU GO THROUGH CHIEF'S BOARD. YOU GO THROUGH DIFFERENT KINDS OF VETTING PROCESSES. IF THESE OFFICERS WERE THINKING ABOUT COMMITTING CRIMES WHILE THEY'RE OUT THERE ON THE STREETS OF ALBUQUERQUE AND DOING IT, NO, WHAT HAPPENED IS THESE OFFICERS ARE NOT TRAINED TO THE LEVEL THEY NEED TO BE TRAINED IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING. AND NOBODY, LIKE I SAID, NOBODY GOES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COMMIT A CRIME AGAINST ANOTHER PERSON. WE GO IN THERE TO HELP PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE NOT HURT. WE HELP SAVE PEOPLE AND KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. THAT'S OUR WHOLE JOB. AND FOR THESE OFFICERS TO GET FIRED THERE HAS TO BE A LEADERSHIP ISSUE. NOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING ELSE. WE'RE DEALING WITH PUBLIC CORRUPTION ISSUE WHERE 150 DISMISSED DWI CASES ARE GOING ON. FOR THE D.A.'S OFFICE TO DISMISS 150 CASES THAT MEANS WE'RE LETTING OFF DRUNK DRIVERS ON THE STREET FREE TO DO IT AGAIN AND EXPOSE OUR FAMILIES TO THEM AGAIN. THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING. THESE OFFICERS THAT DID THIS NEED TO FACE PUNISHMENT THEY NEED TO FACE. BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT APD HAS THE INTEGRITY. WHAT'S GOING ON IS JAMES GINGER WAS RIGHT. WHEN HE SAID LEADERSHIP IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE AT APD. LEADERSHIP, I HOPE HEAR THIS, LEADERSHIP IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE. IT ALSO HAS TO DO DIRECTLY WITH THE MAYOR. IF YOU HAVE THESE KINDS OF THINGS GOING ON, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OFFICERS? IF THEY SEE INDIVIDUALS GETTING AWAY WITH CERTAIN THINGS, THATS THE THINGS GOING ON LIKE MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS AND YOU SEE THINGS HAPPENING AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT WAY WHERE FUNDS GET MISAPPROPRIATED AND TURF GOES TO RIO RANCHO OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THOSE ISSUES GO RIGHT BACK DOWN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. WELL, IF THEY'RE DOING IT, WHY CAN'T WE? THIS ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO STEP UP ITS INTEGRITY AND DEAL WITH IT. WE'RE LOOKING AT A POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW WHO IS THE A LACK OF LEADERSHIP. DURING THIS ADMINISTRATION, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN SWAT TEAM, EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, WALK OUT ON THEIR DUTIES. SWAT TEAM QUITS OVER LEADERSHIP. GANG UNIT DISSOLVES, NO NARCOTICS UNIT, NO VICE UNIT. YOU HAVE MORE OFFICERS -- RECORD NUMBER OF OFFICERS RETIRE. RECORD NUMBER OF OFFICERS LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT. AND ALL OF THAT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE IS GONE. ALL OF THAT INSTITUTION KNOWLEDGE IS OUT THE DOOR IN REFERENCE TO SOME OF THE OFFICERS. YOU KNOW, RECORD NUMBER OF POLITICAL APOINTEES IN APD COMMAND STAFF. NEVER HAVE I SEEN THIS MANY INDIVIDUALS POINTED AT APD AND RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE NEVER APD OFFICERS. WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM ALL OVER AND AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE STATE THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT GOES ON AT APD OR THE CULTURE THAT HAPPENS HERE WHICH ALSO WHEN YOU LAYER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WHAT HAPPENS? THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE RETIRE OR GET A JOB SOMEWHERE ELSE. YOU HAVE RECORD NUMBER OF POLICE FIRING, RECORD NUMBER OF OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS. MORE THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE. RIGHT NOW, THE RECORD FOR LOWEST NUMBERS OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND BY APD. NEVER HAVE WE WITNESSED OFFICERS GOING TWO PERSONS TO A CALL ALL SHIFT LONG AND GOING FROM ONE TO THE OTHER. NEVER HAVE WE SEEN A MANDATED ALPHA BRAVO OR TWO SHIFTS PER DAY FOR 24-HOUR PERIOD. THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. THESE ARE ALL LEADERSHIP ISSUES. LOOK AT RECORD NUMBER FOR AMOUNT OF MONEY TAKEN FROM PUBLIC FOR OVERTIME AND FRAUD. WE ALREADY WENT THROUGH THIS ONCE. AND GUARANTEED THIS WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE. WE HAVE MORE OVERTIME ISSUES COMING WITH THIS. YOU KNOW, IT'S SAD BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN CALL POLICE SUBSTATION OR CALL A RECORD AND GET A HOLD OF ANYBODY BECAUSE THERE'S NO CIVILIANS TO ANSWER THE PHONE EITHER. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A RECORD LENGTH OF TIME FOR OFFICERS ANSWERING NON-EMERGENCY CALLS AND FOR THEM ANSWERING 911 CALLS. RECORD FOR NUMBER OF CALLS HOLDING AND HOW LONG WE HAVE TO HOLD FOR CALLS. I'VE BEEN VICTIM OF THAT. HAVING TO WAIT 21 TO GET A REPORT. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. IT'S A LEADERSHIP ISSUE. THE MAYOR DROPPED THE BALL AND THE POLICE CHIEF DROPPED THE BALL TO THE CITIZENS OF ALBUQUERQUE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED ASAP. AND THEN, IF YOU TALK ABOUT RECORDS, AND THIS LAST THREE YEARS THE RECORD HIGHEST NUMBER OF HOMICIDES UNDER MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION. 328 HOMICIDES TOTAL, SO FAR. THAT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. AND NEVER HAVE WE SEEN ANY MAYOR HAVE THAT MANY HOMICIDES IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS ADMINISTRATION. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED ANSWERS. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THESE ISSUES THAT AND JUST TALKED ABOUT? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ONSLAUGHT OF ITEMS WITHIN THAT LIST YOU BROUGHT UP. OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO DISCUSS FACTS OFF-THE-RECORD. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU. I BELIEVE THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE DOING INCREDIBLE WORK IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT THE SAFETY. I THINK WE CAN SEE CRIME STATS THAT ARE CONTRARY TO SOME OF THE ONES YOU STATED. I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK THROUGH THOSE WITH YOU. I DON'T HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF ME AT THIS MOMENT. I HEARD YOUR COMMENTS. YOU AND I DISCUSSED IT ALSO IN OTHER SETTINGS. SO, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ANSWER TO ALL OF THAT AT THIS MOMENT. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH MANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE SAID PREVIOUSLY. I KNOW I DON'T KNOW ALL DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED. I KNOW I HAVE ONLY READ AND HEARD WHAT WAS IN THE NEWS. AND EVEN THEN WE ALL KNOW SOMETIMES MEDIA IS NOT -- OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE DETAILS EITHER. HOWEVER, EVEN JUDGING BY WHAT YOU JUST SAID NOW, MANY OF US, IF NOT ALL OF US HAVE EXPRESSED OUR APPRECIATION OR SUPPORT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER FOR THE OFFICERS THAT ARE PROTECTING AND SERVING OUR CITY. I BELIEVE ALSO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND HEARD FROM SO MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING MANY OFFICERS, THAT EXPRESSED THAT THERE'S A HARD TIME WITH MORALE IN THE DEPARTMENT. AND SO, THIS COMES AS HUGE BLOW TO US AS A COUNCIL FOR NOT HEARING ABOUT IT FROM MORE INFORMED PEOPLE. IT PROBABLY CAME AS A REAL BIG BLOW TO ALBUQUERQUE. IT DEFINITELY HAS TO BE A BIG BLOW TO THE OFFICERS THAT ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AND WORKING VERY HARD TO DO THEIR JOB WITH EVERYTHING SEEMINGLY STACKED AGAINST THEM WHEN THEY'RE COMING TO WORK AND DOING WHAT THEY'RE CALLED TO SERVE FOR. IN A WORLD OF PRESS CONFERENCES AND PRESS RELEASES, IT IS A DISAPPOINTMENT TO NOT SEE ONE OCCURRED TO DATE ANNOUNCING THE ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL DO EVERYTHING TO PREVENT IN THE FUTURE IF POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, TO BRING SOME COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY AND BUILD THE PUBLIC TRUST THAT IS LACKING RIGHT NOW, BUT ALSO TO STAND WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND SAY, THE ADMINISTRATION IS -- AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT TO SAY. I KNOW THAT. TRULY, WE SEE A LOT OF PRESS CONFERENCES AND PRESS RELEASES GO OUT FOR MANY OTHER THINGS RESPECTFULLY OF LESS IMPORTANT TOPIC. I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO HEAR FROM OUR LEADER TO SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY. NOT JUST BY THE COUNCIL, AND NOT JUST BY THE ADMINISTRATION BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. I DO HOPE THAT THE PUBLIC AND OUR OFFICERS HEAR THAT AT LEAST. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: THIS IS JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, SOMETHING THAT COUNCILOR SANCHEZ MENTIONED. IS THE DEPARTMENT -- IS FIELD SERVICES ON ALPHA-BRAVO? IF THEY ARE, HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN ON? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, I HONESTLY HAVE NO IDEA. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: I DIDN'T THINK YOU WOULD. I KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE HERE THAT CAN ANSWER THAT. >> I THINK DEPUTY CHIEF BARKER CAN AT LEAST GIVE A SENSE. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL PRESIDEN -- >>COUN. CHAMPINE: WILL YOU EXPLAIN WHAT ALPHA-BRAVO IS FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS? >> YES, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY ON ALPHABRAVO, BUT IT'S WHEN EVERYBODY COMES IN WORKING TWO DIFFERENT SHIFT. ONE SHIFT COMES ON IN THE MORNING AND ANOTHER SHIFT LEAVES AT NIGHT AND IT WILL CONTINUE DURING EMERGENCY TIME. RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON 12-HOUR SHIFTS. THE FOURTH DAY OF THE WEEK THE OFFICERS WORK A FOUR-HOUR SHIFT. I'M NEW TO FIELD SERVICES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THAT ACCURATELY. THEY'RE ON 12-HOUR SHIFTS. ON THE SECOND WEEK OF WORK THEY ONLY WORK A FOUR-HOUR SHIFT ON THAT DAY. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE PUT OUT THAT FOR VOTE LAST YEAR. THAT WAS WHAT MOST OF THE OFFICERS CHOSE TO WORK. >>COUN. LEWIS: WHILE YOU'RE HERE, REPRESENTING THE ADMINISTRATION TONIGHT, I CAN SEE CHIEF MEDINA IS NOT HERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS AS FAR AS THE INVESTIGATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FBI AND WHAT APD IS DOING TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE FBI ON THIS DELEGATION? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK WE'RE TAKING THIS INVESTIGATION VERY SERIOUSLY. AND WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE FBI AND GIVING THEM ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED. OR THAT THEY'RE ASKING. IT IS VERY DISHEARTENING TO ALSO TO THOSE WHO ARE WORKING HARD EVERY DAY. IT'S FRUSTRATING AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO COOPERATE WITH THE INVESTIGATION. LIKE THE CAO STATED WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO RELEASE INFORMATION WE'LL CERTAINLY DO SO. >>COUN. LEWIS: WHEN WERE YOU MADE AWARE OF THE INVESTIGATION? >> I DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC DATE COUNCILOR. >> WHEN I KNEW VERSUS WHEN OTHERS KNEW WOULD BE A DIFFERENT ANSWER. BECAUSE I THINK THE CRITICAL THING IS THAT WE ARE ALL REACTING TO WHAT SEEMS TO BE A LEAK TO THE MEDIA WHICH WAS NOT THE INTENTION IN THIS INVESTIGATION. SO, THE INFORMATION IS NOT NECESSARILY RELEASED IN A THOUGHTFUL WAY BY THE INVESTIGATION ITSELF. I THINK THAT REALITY IS IS THAT EVEN ANSWERING THAT QUESTION IS PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE RELATED TO THE ONGOING. >>COUN. LEWIS: IT'S FINE. THE LEAK TO THE MEDIA WAS A RAID ON AN APD OFFICER AND OTHERS. I ASSUME THAT'S THE LEAK TO THE MEDIA THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT UNLESS THERE'S OTHERS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE WHY THIS COUNCIL WOULD BE ASKING THE QUESTIONS TONIGHT AND DISCUSSING IT. I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE FOR THE COUNCIL TO, IF ANYTHING, EXPRESS GRAVE CONCERN ABOUT THIS ALLEGATION. AND PROBABLY COULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST CORRUPTION CASES THAT APD HAS EVER EXPERIENCED , THAT THE CITY EVER EXPERIENCED. I WOULD HOPE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION -- OBVIOUSLY TREATING IT LIKE THAT. I KNOW YOU ARE. I HOPE WE WOULDN'T ALLOW THINGS TO LEAK OUT THAT WOULDN'T BE WHAT WE WANTED TO GET AHEAD OF. IF YOU DID KNOW IT BEFORE OFFICERS HOUSES WOULD BE RAIDED, I ASSUME YOU DID KNOW IT, NOT JUST THINKING IT WOULD BE LEAKING SOMEWHERE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD HAPPEN. I KNOW SOME OTHER COUNCILORS WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AND SOME OTHER TOPICS TONIGHT. I DO WANT TO SAY, AGAIN, IF THE COUNCIL MADE ANY OTHER STATEMENT TONIGHT OTHER THAN GRAVE CONCERN ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP OF APD AND THE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE LEADERSHIP OF APD WE WOULD BE DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE TAXPAYERS AND THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT TONIGHT. THIS INVESTIGATION DOES APPEAR TO SHOW UNCHECKED CORRUPTION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. THESE ARE ALLEGATIONS THAT ARE WIDESPREAD. ACTIONS BY ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS AND THEY UNDERMINE THE CONFIDENCE OF THE HARDWORKING POLICE OFFICERS THAT DO THEIR JOB EVERY SINGLE DAY. THE APPEARANCE IS A PROFOUND LACK OF LEADERSHIP WHICH ALLOWED POSSIBLY SUCH POSSIBLE CORRUPTION ACTIVITIES TO TRANSPIRE. THE COUNCIL EXPRESSED MANY, MANY TIMES WHEN THESE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED AND MANY OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCILOR SANCHEZ MENTIONED IN THE PAST, AND JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DISMISS IN ANY WAY THE DISCUSSION REGARDING THESE ALLEGATIONS UNTIL THIS DEPARTMENT HAS GOT TO THE ROOT CAUSES AND OF EVERYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE LED ANY KIND OF UNCHECKED LEADERSHIP. SO, TO BE HONEST, IT'S THE LEADERSHIP OF CHIEF MEDINA, THE LEADERSHIP OF APD BRASS, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ADMINISTRATION. THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE'RE GOING TO DOWN TO ASK AND TALK ABOUT. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT -- AND I REALLY DEMAND THAT THE CHIEF GIVE HIM A PASS TONIGHT. I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. I'D LIKE TO SEE WAS THE DEPARTMENT DEMONSTRATE THEY'RE AHEAD OF THIS AND ON TOP OF THESE THINGS AND ADDRESSING IT IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY WE CAN. I DON'T AGREE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION OR A FEW DAYS INTO THIS WE CANNOT MAKE PUBLIC STATEMENTS THAT REVEAL THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ACTIONS THAT APD HAS TAKEN. COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MY QUESTIONS ARE RELATED TO THIS. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR APD. I THINK A FOLLOW UP WITH CHIEF SMATHERS RELATED TO THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. IF ANYONE ELSE -- >>COUN. LEWIS: WE'RE GOOD. >>COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. D.C. SMATHERS. LAST MEETING WE ASKED ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN -- THE GUNSHOTS. YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO COME BACK AND REPORT. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR PEÑA, I SENT THE COUNCIL A RESPONSE. I BELIEVE I SENT IT TO EVERYBODY THAT LISTED THE PARTICULAR THING FROM THAT NIGHT. I DON'T HAVE IT, BUT IT LISTS THE CALL FOR SERVICE. THERE'S A COUPLE SEARCH WARRANTS ON CARS AND CALL FOR SERVICE. I DID PROVIDE THAT FOR ALL OF YOU. ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED. THAT NIGHT I GOT BACK IN THE EMAIL. I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. I CAN SEND IT AGAIN IF IT FAILED TO REACH YOU. I ALSO ASKED IF THE PLAN WAS ABLE TO BE REPLICATED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. I TALKED TO THE AUTHOR OF THAT. HE FELT LIKE IT COULD, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED AND CUSTOMIZED ON THE AREA AND EVENTS HAPPENING. IT CAN BE REPLICATED AND WE BELIEVE WOULD HAVE SIMILAR SUCCESS. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE, I MUST HAVE OVERLOOKED IT. DID YOU SEND IT? >> I SENT IT TO ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL EMAILS. I APOLOGIZE IF YOU DIDN'T GET IT. BEFORE THE END OF THE NIGHT, I'LL ENSURE YOU GET IT BACK. I IT CAN BE REPLICATED IN OTHER COMMUNITIES IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT AND I'LL HAVE THAT AREA COMMANDER GO WITH YOU TO FACILITATE THAT. >>COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MINE IS ALSO A FOLLOW UP WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY RARDINGING REQUEST TWO WEEK FOR COPIES OF THE CURRENT SCRIPTS AROUND ENCAMPMENTS AND WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR THOSE. I KNOW WE HAD A HEARING TODAY. WHICH I'M SURE PROBABLY CHANGED SOME OF THAT. I JUST WANT TO GET AN UPDATE ON HOW THAT HEARING WENT AND HOW YOU CAN EXPECT THOSE SCRIPTS AND PROCEDURES. >> COUNCILOR ROGERS, WE DID HAVE THE HEARING THAT WAS CONTINUED UNTIL TODAY. I BELIEVE IT'S COMPLETED. THE JUDGE INDICATED THAT HE WOULD ISSUE A REVISED INJUNCTION OF NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 5th. HE DID TAKE IT BACK TO HIS CHAMBERS AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN WE GET IT. I WANT TO EXPLAIN WE ARE ON TWO DIFFERENT TRACKS WHEN THE INJUNCTION WAS ISSUED WE FILED A MOTION WITH THE NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT. WITH WE DID SO FOR THREE REASONS. ONE IS WE REALLY THOUGHT THE INJUNCTION WOULD NOT HAVE A PROPER LEGAL FOUNDATION AND THAT THE CASE LAW IT'S RELYING SON THE MISINTERPRETATION OF THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT. EVEN TO THE EXTENT THAT CASE LAW WOULD BE VALID, THIS INJUNCTION GOES FAR, FAR BEHIND THAT CASE LAW. THERE'S BEEN NO INJUNCTION LIKE IT IN THE COUNTRY. THOSE CASES ESTABLISH SOME NARROW PARAMETERS FOR ARRESTING PEOPLE OUTDOORS. THIS PROHIBITS THE CITY TO -- IT GIVES THE PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO BE ON ANY PUBLIC PROPERTY AT ANY TIME WITH UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF ITEMS AND UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME. THE THIRD WAS THERE WAS NO FACTUAL PREDICATE. THEY DID NOT ESTABLISH THE CITY HAD ANY UNCONSTITUTIONAL BEHAVIOR. WHAT WE DID AT THE DISTRICT COURT TODAY WAS ASK FOR SOME REALLY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS, THAT SOLID WASTE AND ACS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS FELT THEY NEEDED. THE EXAMPLE IS THE INJUNCTION IS WRITTEN APPLIED TO ALL PUBLIC PROPERTIES WITHIN CITY LIMITS. WE ASKED, FOR EXAMPLE, DOES THAT MEAN TENNIS COURTS. CAN SOMEBODY SET UP A TENT ON THE TENNIS COURT. CAN THE CITY REMOVE THEM. CAN THE CITY REMOVE PEOPLE FROM THE BOSQUE. DOES IT MEAN THE FUEL PUMPS ON FOURTH STREETS, CAN THE CITY PREVENT PEOPLE FROM SETTING UP AN ENCAMPMENTS ON FUEL PUMPS, THE TRANSFER STATIONS, ON AREAS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO ENGAGE IN MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS. WE ASKED THE JUDGE VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION AND WE HOPE WE GET SPECIFIC CLARIFICATION TO AT LEAST LIMIT IT TO ALLOW REASONABLE EFFORTS BY THE CITY FOR SOME SPECIFIC AREAS. THAT'S WHAT THAT HEARING WAS ABOUT TODAY AND THAT'S WHAT THE JUDGE IS TAKEN. I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO KNOW IN THE MEANTIME THE FEDERAL LAW I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE FEDERAL LAW THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RELYING ON TO IMPOSE INJUNCTIONS, MOSTLY IN THE NINTH CIRCUIT BUT HERE IN ARB WHERE THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT GRANTED IT AND WILL REVIEW THAT CASE. IT WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR ORAL ARGUMENT AT THE END OF APRIL, WE EXPECT A DECISION IN JUNE. IT MAY BE THAT THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE CHANGES SIGNIFICANTLY BY JUNE. >>COUN. ROGERS: IN HARD TO . >> THE ACS DIRECTOR WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH TO FINALIZE IT. WE'LL GET THAT BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN. >>COUN. ROGERS: MR. PRESIDENT, JUST A FOLLOW UP. YOU HAD MENTIONED THE SCRIPTS WERE ALREADY -- YOU MENTIONED THE SCRIPTS WORKED. IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN SEND? >> NO. WE HAD MEETINGS AND DISCUSSED PROTOCOL. THERE ARE SOME FOR APD. I'LL GET THOSE TO YOU, I APOLOGIZE. WE HAD MEETINGS AND DISCUSSED PROTOCOLS THAT HAD A FORMAL WRITTEN VERSION. IN PART, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT OCCUR OUT IN THE FIELD. IT'S REALLY HARD TO SCRIPT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FIELD. THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT QUESTION AND SO MANY DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTIES AND TYPES OF ENCAMPMENTS. >>COUN. ROGERS: THAT'S WHY I'M INTERESTED IN THE SCRIPT. >> WE HAD REALLY DONE MORE COACHING AND DISCUSSION THAN HAVING A WRITTEN PROTOCOL UP TO THIS POINT. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AT THE REQUEST OF ACS. >>COUN. ROGERS: APD'S IS ONLINE. THEY'RE GOOD AT PUTTING THEIR OPERATING PROCEDURES. THAT'S NOT -- I'M INTERESTED IN SOLID WASTE. I'VE WORKED WITH ACS VERY CLOSELY. I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. WHAT SCARES ME AND MY WORRY IS IF WE DON'T HAVE A COORDINATED PLAN, THEN WE'RE LEFT VULNERABLE AS A CITY. I UNDERSTAND WRITING THAT PLAN DOWN ALSO CREATES VULNERABILITIES LEGALLY. I UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR YOU TO NOT WANT TO DO THAT. FOR -- I'M STILL HEARING ABOUT THIS IN THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS I WAS AT THIS WEEKDAY PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED OF WHAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER. SO, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE WE NEED THAT GUIDANCE. I DON'T THINK IT'S CLEAR. EVEN WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS AND CITY EMPLOYEES WHAT OUR COORDINATED RESPONSE IT. IS IT REASONABLE TO ASK FOR THAT IN ANOTHER WEEK? WHAT'S REASONABLE? >> COUNCILOR ROGERS, ABSOLUTELY. >>COUN. LEWIS: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR GROUT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AGAIN. I HAVE THE SAME CONCERN ABOUT LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND WE WEREN'T CONTACTED, JUST TO GIVE A BIT OF HEADS UP. IT'S NOT GOOD WHEN WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION. IT'S IMPORTANT. LIKE COUNCILOR BASSAN SAID, THERE'S ALWAYS PRESS RELEASES, AND THERE'S ALWAYS THUZ -- THERE'S ALWAYS NEWS RELEASES. YOU HAVE TO DO BETTER. I DO KNOW THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WONDERFUL AND THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BACKING THEM AND ENCOURAGING THEM AND LETTING EVERYBODY ELSE KNOW THAT TOO. THERE'S ALWAYS A BAD APPLE OR TWO, BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS THAT WAY. MY NEXT QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR WHELAN. WE HAVE CLEAN CITY AMBASSADORS. I SEE THEM IN DOWNTOWN AND NOB HILL. I HAVE BEEN SEEING THEM AROUND EXPO NEW MEXICO. I STOPPED AND ASKED THEM IF THEY WORKED FOR THE CITY OR FOR THE STATE. THEY SAID THEY ARE WORKING FOR THE CITY. AND THEIR EQUIPMENT SAID IT WAS FROM THE CITY. MY QUESTION IS, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR AN AREA TO BE CLEANED UP? WHAT IS THEIR BUDGET? HOW LARGE IS YOUR STAFF? AND ARE THEY FULL-TIME? >> COUNCILOR GROUT, THANKS FOR THE QUESTIONS. I'LL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. IT'S TWO COMPONENTS. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BLOCK BY BLOCK. THEY USED TO BE THE HIGHLIGHTERS. THEY WEAR THE BRIGHT YELLOW DOWNTOWN. AND NOB HILL. BUT THEY DID SWITCH THEIR NAME TO DUKE CITY AMBASSADORS. THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING PERSONABLE AND RELATABLE TO THE CITY. THEY'RE NO LONGER WEARING BRIGHT YELLOW. BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WEAR IT FOR OSHA AND SAFETY. THEY WEAR A DARK YELLOW. YOU CAN SEE THEM AND THEIR STUFF DOES SAY DUKE CITY AMAMBASSADOR. THEY'RE A CONTRACTED EMPLOYEE. THEY'RE NOT PART OF CITY EMPLOYMENT. THEY'RE DEPLOYED IN DOWNTOWN AND NOB HILL. THEY'RE CONTRACTED HOUSED WITHIN CLEAN CITIES. IT'S A CONTRACT THAT STARTED BACK IN 2016 DOWNTOWN FROM A COMPANY CALLED BLOCK BY BLOCK AND THEY'RE STILL OWNED BY BLOCK BY BLOCK. AS PART OF THEIR BRANDING, BECAUSE THEY'RE DOWNTOWN AMBASSADORS, THEY WANT TO BE MORE PERSONABLE. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT CALLED ALBUQUERQUE CITY AMBASSADORS BECAUSE IT TIES THEM TO CITY EMPLOYEES WHICH THEY'RE NOT. WHAT YOU SAW ARE CLEAN CITY EMPLOYEES. THEY'RE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK THE ART CORRIDOR. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CORNER OF CENTRAL AND LOUISIANA WE PUT ROCK ENHANCEMENTS. WE DID LANDSCAPING AND ACTUALLY PUT A SIGN THERE WELCOMING PEOPLE TO THAT AREA. THOSE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY DOING MEDIANS AND LANDSCAPING ON CENTRAL. THOSE THAT WERE NEAR EXPO NEW MEXICO ARE CLEAN CITY EMPLOYEES DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO DO MEDIANS AND THOSE THINGS. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR CLEAN CITY EMPLOYEES, CITY EMPLOYEES, AND DUKE CITY AMBASSADORS. WE WORKED THROUGH ONE OF THE MANAGERS DOWNTOWN, IF YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT BLOCK BY BLOCK, THEY HAVE NINE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. THREE ARE DEPLOYED IN THE NOB HILL AREA. >>COUN. GROUT: IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY WE CAN FREQUENT ALL FOUR QUADRANTS OF THE CITY? >> COUNCILOR GROUT, WHAT THEY DO IS SPECIFIC. OUR CLEAN CITY EMPLOYEES GO TO EVERY QUADRANT OF THE CITY WHEREVER THERE'S MEDIAN AND THEY ADDRESS THOSE. THAT'S THE CLEAN CITY TEAMS. THEY'RE EMPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BLOCK BY BLOCK, OR DUKE CITY AMBASSADORS, THEY DO A SPECIFIC TYPE OF WORK BASED ON WHERE THEY'RE AT. ANYBODY CAN HIRE THEM. FOR INSTANCE, UPTOWN, IF THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT CLEAN THEIR FACILITY AREA, THEY COULD HIRE BLOCK BY BLOCK. BECAUSE IT'S A COMPANY. IT CAN BE EXTENDED. THERE ARE SOME PARAMETERS AROUND IT. WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY PAYING FOR. I'M WILL TO SIT DOWN AND EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MAP OF WHAT THEY CAN ADDRESS AND CAN'T ADDRESS BASED ON THE CITY PAYING FOR THAT. >>COUN. GROUT: I WOULD LIKE THAT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, JUST REAL FAST. ON COUNCILOR GROUT'S COMMENTS. I RECENTLY HAD SOME CONTACT WITH CLEAN CITIES AND THEY'RE EXPEDIENT AND DID A GREAT JOB. ANY TIME I REACH OUT TO THAT PORTION OF THE DEPARTMENT, FOR SOLID WASTE ANYWAY, THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT RESPONDING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO GIVE THEM A QUICK SHOUT OUT. AND I DIDN'T KNOW THE EXPLANATION, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. WHENEVER THERE'S GRAFFITI REMOVAL OR THIS OR THAT AND I REACH OUT TO THEM THEY'RE QUICK AND RESPONSIVE. MUCH APPRECIATED FROM DISTRICT FOUR, AT LEAST. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE JOURNAL. >>COUN. GROUT: MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE JANUARY 8th JOURNAL. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE JANUARY 8th JOURNAL. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL GO TO ITEM SIX. COMMUNICATIONS AND INTRODUCTIONS. ANY CHANGES IT THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION? I'LL MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR PLACING OC1 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR FINAL ABS. IT'S REAPPOINTMENT FOR MR. NEWTON TO THE CIVILIAN POLICE OVERSIGHT ADVISORY BOARD. MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOU'RE HAND AND SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NO. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR PLACING OC2 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. IT'S REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. ZANDER TO THE CIVILIAN POLICE OVERSIGHT ADVISORY BOARD. MOTION IS FOR RULES SUSPENSION. NEEDS TWO-THIRDS VOTE. ANY DISCUSSION? MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES. I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR PLACING OC4 AND PLACING IT ON THE FEBRUARY AGENDA FOR ACTION. IT'S THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBER TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THIS IS A RULES SUSPENSION THAT NEEDS TWO-THIRDS VOTE. MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: MR. PRESIDENT. I DON'T SEE OC4 IN OUR FILES. I'M WONDERING IF THAT IS AVAILABLE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, IT IS AVAILABLE. I JUST ASKED KEVIN TO COME UP. THERE WERE TWO NAMES MOVED FORWARD. ONE PROPOSED BY COUNCILOR GROUT ONE PROPOSED BY YOU. BOTH ARE IN THE OC. THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING THE COUNCILORS WILL VOTE AND DETERMINE WHO GETS TO MOVE FORWARD. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU. I DIDN'T SEE THE OC ACTUAL LANGUAGE. I'M HAPPY MOVING IT FORWARD. I WANTED TO POINT OUT WE HAD NOT SEEN THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND INTRODUCE OC4 AND PLACE IT ON THE FEBRUARY 5th FOR FINAL ACTION. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, CAN WE PLEASE GET A COPY OF THAT BY TOMORROW MORNING? IT'S NOT IN HERE. WE'RE VOTING ON -- I KNOW IT'S JUST SUSPENDING THE RULES TO HEAR IT AT THE NEXT MEETING. I DON'T WANT TO VOTE -- I HAVE A HARD TIME VOTING ON ANYTHING WHEN I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE HAVE A COPY OF IT RIGHT NOW? >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I'M FINE PUTTING IT ON -- I'M FINE SUPPORTING THAT. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THE SCRIPT OR SOMETHING -- YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS RIDICULOUS IT'S SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXIST AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT AND I CAN'T ACCESS IT. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN, WE'RE GETTING THAT ON ONE DRIVE. WE'RE PUTTING IT IN THERE RIGHT NOW. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: TABLE THIS LATER? OKAY. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. THERE'S A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. GROUT: MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES. RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. THERE ARE NONE. ANY DEFERRALS? OR WITHDRAWALS? >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: I WITHDRAW R-23-192. CONSIDERATION -- WE DID FOUND OUT WE ALREADY PASSED THIS. THIS WOULD BE A DUPLICATE MEASURE THAT CAME DOWN FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. NO NEED TO DO IT. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION. SECOND FOR WITHDRAWAL OF R-23-193. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: 192. >>COUN. LEWIS: CHANGE IT TO 19 IT. R-23-192. MOTION AND SECOND. MOTION PASSES. ANY OTHER WITH DRAWLS OR DEFERRALS? WE'RE GOING TO CONSENT AGENDA. ANY CHANGES TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VIMMINGS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA WHO ARE BEING APOINTED TO SERVE ON A BOARD ORCOMMISSION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND DEDICATE THE HOURS TO SERVE ON THE IMPORTANT BOARDS. VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. >>COUN. GROUT: I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR BASSAN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES. OPPOSED NO. MOTION PASSES. WE'LL GO TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THERE WILL BE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 24 AT 3 P.M. VIA ZOOM. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU. THERE WILL BE A FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATION ON MONDAY JANUARY 29 AT 5 P.M. VIA ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCE. >>COUN. LEWIS: ITEM TEN IS REPORT OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS. THERE ARE NONE. ITEM 11 IS APPEALS. THERE ARE NONE. ITEM 12 IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY IF THEY SIGNED UP PER THE INSTRUCTIONS PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA ON THE WEBSITE FRIDAY. REAR THE RULES. EACH HAS TWO MINUTES TO PRESENT. EACH COMMENT MUST BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. ANY DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT WILL RESULT IN REMOVAL. TWO-MINUTE TIME LIMIT. A BELL WILL RING INDICATING YOUR TIME IT UP. PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER. >> THANK YOU. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS FRANCHESCO FOLLOWED BY ROBERT. >> BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK YOU ALL DO, CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE IN ALBUQUERQUE EACH AND EVERY DAY. I WAS RECENTLY AT A GROUNDBREAKING AND THE BIGGEST MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN NEW MEXICO WERE IN ATTENDANCE, BUT WE THE PEOPLE WERE THE ONES WHO WERE TREATED LIKE ROYALTY. CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY FOR SO MANY OF US THAT DAY. AN OLYMPIC SIZED REASON FOR OUR CITY TO BECOME A DESTINATION FOR GENERATIONS. PASEO DEL NORTE GETTING BIGGER AND MORE EFISH WANT. IT'S GOING TO DO SO MUCH GOOD FOR SO MANY GENERATIONS TO COME. WHEN SECONDS COUNT, FIRST RESPONDERS WILL BE ABLE TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATION THAT MUCH FASTER. AND THAT MUCH QUICKER. SAVING COUNTLESS LIVES. FOR US, OUR KIDS, GRANDKIDS AND THEIR GRANDKIDS. MAKING OUR CITY BIGGER, STRONGER, SAFER, IS THE NAME OF THE GAME. THAT'S WHAT YOU DO ALL DAY EVERY DAY. MR. PRESIDENT, MADAM VICE-PRESIDENT CITY COUNCILLORS, MERRY CHRISTMAS. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. YOU'RE AN INCREDIBLE ARTIST. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANK YOU FOR THE PICTURE. I LOOK ABOUT 15 YEARS YOUNGER. SO THANK YOU. YOU NAILED IT. APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> ROBERT FOLLOWED BY TAD. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I AM ASKING YOU AND THE MAYOR TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON D.C. TO END THE VIOLENCE HAPPENING TO THE PEOPLE IN GAZA. OVER 30,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. A NUMBER OF THEM WERE BODIES FROM THE RUBBLE. THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED. MANY OTHERS ARE DYING OR HAVE BEEN DYING BECAUSE OF DISEASE OR HUNGER. MOST OF THE HOSPITALS ARE INOPERABLE PAUSE OF AIR STRIKES AND BLOCK AID. THIS WAR SUPPORTED BY OUR GOVERNMENT IN OUR NAME IS AN ACT OF GENOCIDE AND MUST STOP. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING TO SEE WHAT WE THE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY DO. THE JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE REPORT THAT 175 STATE AND ELECTED OFFICIALS CALLED ON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO IMMEDIATELY CALL FOR A PERMANENT CEASE FIRE. AROUND THE COUNTRY, THERE ARE OVER 42 CITIES THAT PASSED THESE RESOLUTIONS AND IN 19 MORE CITIES RESOLUTIONS ARE PROPOSED. THE TAOS ADOPTED RESOLUTION THAT CALL FOR IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE. THE RESOLUTION URGES CONGRESS TO SEEK CEASE FIRE. THEY URGE THE PRESIDENT TO SUPPORT A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION IN THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL. I'M ASKING YOU TO FOLLOW THE TAOS CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CALL FOR AN END FOR THIS WAR AGAINST PALESTINE. THE PEOPLE OF ALBUQUERQUE ARE LOOKING TO YOU IN THIS CRUCIAL MOMENT AND AS YOUR VOICE TO CALL FOR A CEASE FIRE IN THIS WAR. THANK YOU. >> TAD FOLLOWED BY STEVE. STEVE FOLLOWED BY RUDOLPH. >> MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCILAL, I HAVE ONE LARGE QUESTION TO ASK THIS BODY AND OF OUR GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL. IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR THE MEMBERS OF APD NOT TO BREAK THE LAWS OF THIS CITY, COUNTY, STATE AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT? IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK? THIS IS CRAZY. BETWEEN USE OF FORCE, CORRUPTION, THE LATEST THING THAT EVEN YOU WERE SURPRISED ABOUT, THIS IS RIDICULOUS. AND THE THING IS THAT YEAH, WE'RE GETTING AFTER THE MAYOR BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT IS THE HEAD OF THE BODY, BUT DON'T FOOL YOURSELVES. ARE THERE ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES? ANY CIVILIAN WHO WOULD BE UNDER THIS WOULD NOT ONLY BE FIRED FROM THEIR JOB BUT WOULD BE IN A CRIMINAL CASE READY TO GO TO JAIL. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE OTHER THING. IT'S NOT JUST THIS ADMINISTRATION. I WAS A 29-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN IN 1996 ASKING FOR THE CITY TO GET A HANDLE ON USE OF FORCE AND POLICE CORRUPTION. NOW, I HAVE WRINKLES IN MY EYES AND GRAY HAIR ON MY CHIN AND WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THE SAME THING. THE BLUE WALL MUST COME DOWN. A GOOD COP IS NOT A GOOD COP UNLESS HE TURNS ANOTHER BAD COP IN. WHEN WE FIND OUT CERTAIN CORRUPTION HAS BEEN ON FOR DECADES, I WANT EVERYONE TO REALLY CONSIDER THIS STRONGLY AND FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL THAT ARE FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE AT THE VANGUARD OF SHOUTING OUT AND CALLING OUT OUR A.G., AND D.A. TO TAKE ACTION BECAUSE WE CAN'T LITIGATE HERE. THANK YOU. >> RUDOLPH FOLLOWED BY ATHINA. >> MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD I'M GOING TO BE THIS YEAR. WE'LL START WITH THE GOOD. I WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO ILLUMINATION. THIS IS AN ART PROJECT THAT OUR DISTRICT DOES EVERY YEAR. WE'RE IN THE 27th. THERE'S THE INVITATION FOR EACH ONE OF YOU. AND LIKE I SAY LAST WEEK, I HORDE. BUT I TURN IT INTO ART. LIKE WHAT GARBAGE CAN BE THE BEST THING IN ART. I'M INCLUDING THE BLIND. MY ART IS GOING TO START FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TOUCH IT. AND MAYBE THE ART DEPARTMENT CAN START MAKING PROGRAMS WHERE WE INCLUDE THE BLIND. AND ALL WHILE WE DO. THE OTHER THING IS THANK YOU FOR THE CITY FOR NOT TAKING ALL THE THINGS FROM THE HOMELESS THIS WEEK. I JUST PAST COAL, CONGRATULATIONS FOR THAT AWARD OF THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT. WE'RE TURNING INTO A LOCATION. HOPEFULLY YOU SUPPORTING BREAKING BAD AND INTERFACE TREATMENT WILL GET AN OSCAR OR SOMETHING BIGGER. IT'S ONE DAY AT A TIME. I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON THAT BUT YOU CAN GO TO YOU TUBE AND YOU SEE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING TODAY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IS GOING FOR A HUNDRED YEARS. I ONLY GO TO THE 70s. CRIME IN THE CITY, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. NEXT WEEK I'M GOING TO START TALKING TO MYSELF FOR MY BREAKING GOOD MOVIE. STAY WITH ME. THANK YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: JUST A MOMENT. COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: I JUST WANT TO SAY THUNK FOR THE INVITATION. IT WAS GOOD SEEING YOU ON FRIDAY. YOU'RE RIGHT THE CITY HAS A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON FOR IT. THANK YOU. >> HELLO PRESIDENT, HELLO COUNCILORS, I'M FROM ALBUQUERQUE AND I TEACH HIGH SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS THAT CHILDREN ARE EXPERIENCING AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER. SOME OF MY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN TO JDC RECENTLY AND COME BACK TO SCHOOL DESCRIBING POOR FOOD CONDITIONS AND THEY'RE COLD. INAPPROPRIATE GUARD INTERACTIONS. AND ONE OF MY COWORKERS DESCRIBES MANAGEMENT THAT TRIES TO DOWNPLAY THE SEVERITY OF RIOT BREAK OUTS WE'VE SEEN IN THE NEWS. MY STUDENTS ARE HILARIOUS. THEY'RE FUNNY. THEY'RE KIND AND ALTHOUGH THEY MADE A MISTAKE, THEY DESERVE DETENTION CENTERS THAT PRIORITIZE REHABILITATION AND HEALING FROM THE TRAUMA THAT RESIDENTS FACE. EVERY DAY IN THE CLASS WE LEARN ABOUT PRISONS. I ASK MY STUDENTS TO REDESIGN PRISON TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM. ALBUQUERQUE IS FAMOUS FOR CRIME. IT'S UP TO US TO BE TRAIL BLAZERS. BREAKING BAD NO MORE. BREAKING THE PRISON CYCLE. THEY NEED CARE, FUNDING, GOOD LEADERSHIP AND THEY NEED YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THAT CONCLUDES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OTHER BUSINESS. ITEM A, APPROVAL OF COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. I MOVE APPROVAL OF COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. MOTION AND SECOND. YOU HAVE COPIES OF THOSE. I THINK EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THEM BY NOW. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NO. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 13 IS APPROVALS. ITEM A IS COUNCILOR BACA. EC-383. >>COUN. BACA: THIS IS JUST A UNIQUE BUILDING HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. IT'S GOING TO BE ALONG THE RAIL TRAIL. THERE WERE THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS. MAYBE WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST AND HIGHEST VALUE FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY. THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL THERE. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS. DESPITE MY LIVING NEAR THERE. IT'S REALLY JUST HOPE TO SPEND TIME WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY. I MOVE DEFERRAL TO FEBRUARY 21st. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. MOTION AND SECOND. JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS EC-383 DECLARING 508 1st STREET NOT ESSENTIAL FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES. AND COUNCILOR BACA IS MOVING FOR DEFERRAL. THERE'S A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILOR ROGERS AND COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU. I ALSO SECOND THE COMMENTS MADE BY COUNCILOR BACA. GIVEN THAT WE HAVE THE RAIL TRAIL, IT'S MIXED USE. WE NEED HOUSING. I ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE FORMER TENANTS AT WAREHOUSE 508 THAT WAS NAMED AFTER THE ADDRESS. AND I FOUND OUT WHY THEY WERE REMOVED FROM -- WHY THEY'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE. I DON'T WANT TO SAY REMOVED. THAT'S NOT FAIR. THEIR WORDS WERE THE CITY DIDN'T WANT TO CONTINUE WHAT WE AGREED UPON FOR RENOVATING THE SPACE AND BECAUSE THEY OUTGREW THE SPACE AND WEREN'T WILLING TO DO RENOVATIONS IT WAS A MUTUAL AGREEMENT FOR THEM TO MOVE. GIVEN THAT THEY OFFERED YOUTH PROGRAMMING, SOME REALLY GREAT AMENITIES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT ON THE RAIL TRAIL, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE WHY -- WHAT'S THE STORY BEHIND WANTING TO NOT UTILIZE THAT TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL. >>COUN. LEWIS: WOULD THE ADMINISTRATION LIKE TO GIVE THE POSITION ON MOVING THIS PROPERTY FORWARD TO BE SOLD? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THIS IS AN INTERESTING PROPERTY. IT'S POTENTIALLY ON THE RAIL TRAIL. OUR THOUGHT WAS TO GIVE US A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT IS THE BEST USE OF THIS PROPERTY. SEE WHAT OTHER USERS ARE INTERESTED IN BESIDES THE CITY'S USE. IT'S A UNIQUE PROPERTY IN THAT THERE'S NO PARBING -- PARKING. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT BUILDING TO IMAGINE FOLKS OCCUPYING FOR DAILY USE. BASED UPON THE CONDITION. BASED UPON THE VALUE AND CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY, WE BELIEVED THAT GOING DOWN THIS PATH GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OTHER USES THERE COULD BE IN THE COMMUNITY. >>COUN. ROGERS: I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE PARKING LOT. THE UNDERSTANDING IS THE PARKING LOT IS OWNED BY -- IT WAS SOLD TO THE POTENTIAL BUYER OF THE BUILDING. HOW DID WE SELL THE PARKING LOT AND NOT THE BUILDING? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR, I DON'T HAVE THE HISTORY ON THE SELLING OF THE PARKING LOT. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THERE'S NOT A CURRENT POTENTIAL BUYER OF THE BUILDING. OUR GOAL IS TO SEE THE OPTION IN TERMS OF WHO IS INTERESTED BY KNOWING IT'S IN A SURPLUS STATUS. THAT'S A FOR US TO KNOW KNOW THE POTENTIAL MARKET VALUE. I CAN ASK FOR SOMEONE TO TELL US ABOUT THE SELLING OF THE PARKING LOT. LET ME ASK QUICKLY. WE'LL GET YOU THE ANSWER. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: [ INAUDIBLE ]. COUNCILOR BACA MOVED DEFERRAL. >>COUN. LEWIS: I'M GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE NEED TO MOVE IT FOR APPROVAL BEFORE WE DEFER IT. >> YES, YOU NEED TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL. AT THAT POINT, YOU CAN HAVE COMMENT AND MOVE FOR DEFERRAL AFTER THAT. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AT THIS MEETING. WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT. >>COUN. BACA: I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL. AND THERE'S A SECOND. MOTION FOR APPROVAL. AND THERE'S A SECOND. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS AND WE'LL VOTE FOR THE DEFERRAL. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE BILL FOR APPROVAL. >> YOU DON'T WANT TO VOTE TO APPROVE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE APPROVING. WHAT YOU DO IS YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. YOU DISCUSS, THEN VOTE ON THE DEFERRAL. MAKE A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL. >>COUN. LEWIS: LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE HAVE RUDOLPH. >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, I WAS USING THAT -- I WAS LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY. AND WAS LOOK ATH THE REAL ESTATE FOR THE CITY OR PARTNER WITH SOMEBODY. THE LOCATION CAN BE $10 MILLION IF WE PUT A CONDOMINIUM AND BRING ALL THAT MONEY. I SEE A LOT OF POTENTIAL. I THINK YOU SHOULD CONSIDER FOR THAT. IT'S JUST ONE BLOCK FROM THE PYRAMID. ONE BLOCK FROM -- IF YOU DON'T SEE THE OTHER SIDE, THE RAIL YARDS, YOU SEE THE OTHER SIDE, THEN YOU'RE TALKING MILLIONS. I WILL ASK THE CITY IF YOU CAN FIND SOME INVESTORS THAT CAN PUT -- I'M LOOKING AT CONDOMINIUMS MORE THAN 20 FLOORS THAT WE HAVE WATER. WE'RE GROWING TO THE SIDE. WE DON'T HAVE WATER TO GO TO THE SIDE. WE HAVE TO GROW UP. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. YOU CAN PUT HOUSES, ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER. THREE FLOORS OF PARKING LOT. AND HAVE DISABILITY SUPPORT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I WISH I HAD THE MONEY. WE HAVE A CITY WITH VISION. AND THEY'RE BRINGING THE BICK BUCKS. WHY NOT BUILD SOMETHING FOR THOSE GUYS. I KNOW THOSE GUYS WILL PAY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IN A 30-YEAR CONTRACT IT'S WORTH A BILLION. IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO IT. WE CAN ALSO PUT SOME HOMES. HAVE A DAY GUYS. >> THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: OKAY. CLARIFY THE MOTION FOR DEFERRAL. TWO-WEEK DEFERRAL? FEBRUARY 21st. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. MOTION AND SECOND TO DEFERRAL EC-383. THOSE IN FAVORER SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED NO? THAT MOTION PASSES. WE'LL GO TO FINAL ACTIONS. ITEM 14. A IS COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: R-188 APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE FILING OF A GRANT APPLICATION IN THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRANT AWARD FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AND FAMILY OF COMMUNITY SERVICES PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE MEDICAL SOBERING CENTER. SUBSTANCE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION FOR THE MEDICAL SOBERING CENTER AND PROVIDING APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES BEGINNING FISCAL YEAR 2024. I MOVE A DO PASS. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND FOR DO PASS OF R-188. DISCUSSION? >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS BY REQUEST. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THEM TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO CLARIFY INFORMATION ABOUT THE GRANT. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN. GILBERT IS HERE FROM OUR DEPARTMENT OF -- HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I STATE REALLY CLEARLY THAT I MADE A PROMISE TO YOU HERE IN THIS COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR ANY APPROPRIATION -- I'M SORRY GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT DIDN'T COME BEFORE YOU ALL. AND WE COMMITTED THAT WE WOULD DO THAT WORK AND BRING THEM TO YOU. THIS IS ONE OF THE APPLICATIONS. IN FULL DISCLOSURE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO THE AUDIT AND PLAN TO BRING ANYTHING IN THIS MEETING OR THE NEXT. ALL OF THE DIRECTORS ARE BEING VERY ATTENTIVE TO THIS. THIS IS ONE THAT THE DIRECTOR RECOGNIZED WE NEED TO COME TO YOU FOR THE GRANT APPLICATION. PLEASE KNOW THAT NEXT MEETING I SUSPECT I'LL SAY THE SAME THING TO YOU. THAT IS OUR COMMITMENT THAT WE WOULD DO THAT WORK. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE DONE THE WORK TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CENTRALIZE IN THE ADMINISTRATION SO THEIRS IS CLARITY ON OUR BEHALF TO KNOW WHAT APPLICATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. AND COME TO YOU TO MEET THAT AS WE GO FORWARD. WE'RE LOOKING INTO THIS IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THE APPROPRIATE WAYS TO DO THIS. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THIS IS FOLLOWING UP ON THAT COMMITMENT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN, THANK YOU FOR THIS. I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY ON BEHALF OF THIS. WE FAILED TO MEET SOME OF THE CRITERIA REQUIRED AND MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND FOLLOWING THE PROCESS AND RECEIVING THE FUNDING. WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS AROUND OUR GRANT APPLICATIONS. THAT PROCESS AND WE FOLLOW IT. THANK YOU FOR THIS ONE. WE'RE MAKING APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS. >>COUN. GROUT: I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. IT'S INTENDED FOR THE MEDICAL SOBERING CENTER? IS THAT AT GIBSON? >> IT'S AT GIBSON. >>COUN. GROUT: WHEN WILL IT BE OPEN? >> OUR ESTIMATED TIME IS WINTER OF '24. CONSTRUCTION HAS CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD. WE'RE HOPING WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME WE'RE HAVING IT UP AND RUNNING. EVERYTHING IN THIS FUNDING WILL GO TO HAVE AN OPERATING WITH IT. >>COUN. GROUT: WILL THIS GRANT BE FOR OPERATING EXPENSES? >> THIS IS FOR OPERATING EXPENSES. >>COUN. GROUT: OKAY. THIS GRANT IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2024. WE'RE A LITTLE WAY HALFWAY THROUGH MID-YEAR. ARE YOU GOING TO BE SPEND $2 MILLION IN THAT TIME? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. WE'RE IN CONVERSATION CURRENTLY WITH THE APPROPRIATING GRANT FUNDER FOR THIS. WE CAN DO A NO-COST EXTENSION APPLICATION. WE'RE IN THAT CONVERSATION TO EXTEND SOME OF THE FUNDING. AND WE NOT SEEN ANYTHING INDICATING THERE WOULD BE ANY ISSUE. >>COUN. GROUT: IT CAN BE ROLLED OVER? OKAY. WILL IT BE REAPPROPRIATED FOR CAPITAL EXPENSES? >> NO, IT CANNOT BE. >>COUN. GROUT: GLAD TO HEAR THAT. >>COUN. LEWIS: ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: DIRECTOR RAMIREZ. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I'M READING IT'S FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR SERVICES THAT WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE GATEWAY SO WE'LL CONTRACT PROVIDERS, OR WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT? >> SO, WHEN WE WROTE THIS GRANT IT WAS TO FUND THE OPERATIONS OF A MEDICAL SOBERING CENTER SPECIFICALLY THAT IS MEDICAL STAFF, IT'S GOING TO BE PEER SUPPORT, IT WILL AN RFP PROCESS AND PROCUREMENT FOLLOWING OUR GUIDELINES. AND WE'LL ISSUE THE RFP, REVIEW AND SCORE THE APPLICANTS AND CHOOSE A PROVIDER FOR THAT. IT DOES HAVE EVERYTHING FROM A MEDICAL DIRECTOR, NURSING STAFF, PEER SUPPORT SERVICES, COUNSELLING, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. EDUCATION SERVICES. AND ALL THE OPERATIONAL SCOPES. >>COUN. ROGERS: THAT IS -- JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY. ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS WILL BE COVERED BY THIS GRANT? >> THIS IS FOR OPERATION, AGAIN, THIS WOULD ALLOW US -- OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY WE CONDUCTED AND LOOKED AT THE BUDGET WAS FALLING A LITTLE BIT UNDER THAT. IT COULD BE DEFERRED UP TO ONE YEAR FOR FIRST FUNDING. >>COUN. ROGERS: AND THE PLAN IS TO TAKE OVER THE SALARY WHEN IT GRANT RUNS OUT? >> COUNCILOR ROGERS, THANK YOU. COUNCIL HAS APPROPRIATED A PORTION OF RECURRING FUNDING THROUGH THE BUDGET. WE ACQUIRED THIS GRANT IN PREPARATION FOR THAT GIVEN THE TIMELINE OF WHAT WE THINK, I THINK I SPOKE TO COUNCIL SAYING WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS WE SHOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT FUND BETWEEN WHAT WAS APPROPRIATED WITH COUNCIL AND THIS GRANT. I DON'T SEE US COMING BACK WITHIN THE TWO YEARS WHICH GIVES US TO LOOK AT FUNDING AND HOW IT WILL CONTINUE IN THAT AREA. ALSO NOTING THIS IS NOT A SERVICE THAT'S REIMBURSABLE BY MEDICAID. BUT COULD WE DO A WAVER TO ALLOW MORE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE HAVE WORK TO DO TO CHAMPION THIS SO OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES CAN HAVE THOSE THAT REIMBURSABLE. RIGHT NOW THIS MODEL IS NOT REIMBURSABLE. >>COUN. ROGERS: WHICH IS MY WORRY OF COVERING POSITIONS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WE'RE ABLE TO SUSTAIN. ESPECIALLY FOR CRITICAL SERVICES LIKE SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH. I WOULD LOVE TO STAY IN HOW WE MAKE SURE THOSE SERVICES ARE KEPT. >> COUNCILOR ROGERS, I APPRECIATE THE CHAMPIONING. I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HOSPITALS THAT WILL BENEFIT BY DIVERTING INDIVIDUALS TO OUR CENTER AND SEEING WHAT INTEREST THEY HAVE IN CONTRIBUTING IN THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SOBERING CENTER INCLUDING ALBUQUERQUE AMBULANCE AND PRESBYTERIAN AND LOVELACE. >>COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU. >>COUN. LEWIS: ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION? GO BACK TO THE SPONSOR. COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, JUST TO CLARIFY, DIRECTOR, THERE IS NO ISSUE WITH THE FACT THAT THE TITLE OF THIS SAYS FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, CORRECT? >> I REFER TO THE ADMINISTRATION ON THAT. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT'S CORRECT. THE FY24 BUDGET IDENTIFIED FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES WE NEED TO DO THAT UNTIL THE FY25 BUDGET. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU. I'M GLAD FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THIS CAN BE ROLLED OVER. BEING THAT IT WON'T BE OPEN BY THE TIME THE GRANT OAKS -- EXPIRES. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND FOR DO PASS OF R-188. RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES? OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. GO TO ITEM B. R-192. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: I WITHDREW THIS ONE. >>COUN. LEWIS: ITEM C. R-194. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES FOR THE 2025 CAPITAL PLAN AND PROJECTS AND PROPOSALS ASSIGNING WEIGHTS AND ALLOCATING AMOUNTS WITHIN THE 2025 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM. I MOVE A DO PASS. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND. COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I SEE MR. MOSCO. COULD YOU DESCRIBE THIS BILL? I BELIEVE IT'S SETTING FORTH THE TEN-YEAR PLAN FOR CIP. IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ELABORATE THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN, WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THAT PERSON IS FRANCHESCO. >> VERY QUICKLY. I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF YOUR TOP PRIORITIES. AT THE TOP OF MY LIST IS PUBLIC ART. SANTA FE RECENTLY DID A STUDY FOR A PIECE OF ART THAT COST $300,000 FOR THE STUDY. AND THE RESULTS WERE THEY SHOULD FINISH IT TEAR IT DOWN OR PUT IT BACK UP. I PROPOSE TO YOU GUYS THAT I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO A STUDY FOR ANY PROJECTS YOU HAVE AT A DISCOUNT. I'LL ONLY CHARGE $299,000. AND I WON'T MAKE YOU WAIT A WHOLE YEAR FOR THE RESULTS. I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW YOU SHOULD NOT DO THAT, AND B, TOTALLY DO THAT THING. I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO SEND THE INVOICE. AND ALL KIDDING ASIDE, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO CHRISTMAS COMING EARLY FOR ALL OF ALBUQUERQUE BECAUSE OF ALL THE HARD WORK YOU ALL DO. THANK YOU. >> THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT, MR. PRESIDENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU. BACK TO THE SPONSOR. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, IF MR. MOSCO. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THIS IS THE TWO-YEAR PROGRAM AND THE TEN-YEAR DECADE PLAN WHERE WE DO TAKE OUR PROJECTS. THE TWO-YEAR PROGRAM WE'LL VOTE ON IN NOVEMBER OF 2025. AND CURRENTLY THERE'S AN ESTIMATED CAPACITY OF $175 MILLION. THE CRITERIA REZ BREAKS DOWN THAT FUNDING. INCLUDING 1.5% FOR PUBLIC ART. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY MR. ARTIST HEARD THAT LAST PART. 1.5% FOR PUBLIC ART IS ALREADY IN THAT VISION. AND I CONCUR WITH THE STUDY THING. AS YOU KNOW, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS IF ITS YOUR WILL OTHERWISE I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. LEWIS: ANY QUESTIONS ON R-194? MOTION AND SECOND FOR DO PASS. THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED NO. MOTION PASSES. ITEM D. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, COUNCILOR PEÑA, COUNCILOR BASSAN. R-2. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS IS R-2. ESTABLISHING FEDERAL PROGRAMMING AND POLICY PRIORITY FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE FOR FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND 2025. I MOVE A DO PASS. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND A SECOND. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR PEÑA, FOR A DO PASS. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: I WANT TO MOVE THE FLOOR SUBSTITUTE R-2. I'LL MOVE THAT. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR BASSAN ON DO PASS FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE. THE FLOOR SUBSTITUTE FOR R-2. BACK TO THE SPONSOR. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE BROUGHT THIS BILL FROM IGR AT THE LAST MEETING. THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. WE DID TAKE IT BACK TO COMMITTEE. THEY WORKED ON THIS AND WORKED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE IGR. I BELIEVE EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE NEW VERSION WHICH BASICALLY JUST DELETED ALL OF THE SPECIFIC REGULATORY SUGGESTIONS AND LEGISLATIVE SUGGESTIONS AND SO IT'S MUCH SIMPLER NOW. IT'S GOT A SECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT THE TYPE OF LEGISLATION WE'RE WANTING TO SEE. AND WE REFERENCE A TWO-PAGE ATTACHMENT THAT TALKS ABOUT THE FUNDING WE REQUESTED. ONE PAGE ON THE METRO CRIME INITIATIVE AND ONE PAGE IS THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT A LOT OF COUNCILORS HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD AND SOME FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THE IGR HAD AGREED UPON OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS. THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE YOU NOW. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILORS, JUST SOME COMMENTS. I HAVE A MOTION. I AGREE WITH SECTION TWO. METRO CRIME INITIATIVE, THE OTHER PROJECTS AND COUNCILORS ARE CHAMPIONING IN THIS BILL. I THINK THOSE ARE VERY CLEAR. I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH SECTION. THE ENTIRE SECTION IS UNNECESSARY. I KNOW THE WORK THE COMMITTEE PUT INTO THIS, I'LL RESPECT. I JUST BELIEVE THIS IS A MUCH BETTER BILL WITHOUT SECTION ONE. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALL GET BEHIND AND CHAMPION WHEREAS, IN SECTION ONE WHETHER WE MAKE THOSE REQUESTS POLICY SPECIFIC OR VERY GENERAL, I'M NOT SURE THE PURPOSE. I'M NOT SURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HAVING THAT IN THERE. THIS IS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. WHETHER IT'S TAKEN THAT WAY OR NOT. I WOULD MOVE AN AMENDMENT TO FLOOR SUBSTITUTE R-24-2. AND THAT IS BEGINNING ON PAGE TWO LINE 7 STRIKE SECTION ONE IN ITS ENTIRETY. AND NUMBER TWO RENUMBER SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS ACCORDINGLY. WE GOT A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I DO THINK THE WORK THAT WAS DONE ON THIS SATISFIES MY COMPROMISES FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOUR AMENDMENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. ANY OTHER COUNCILORS? COUNCILOR ROGERS. >>COUN. ROGERS: I JUST WANTED TO -- AS THE NEWBIE. THESE ITEMS LAID OUT IN SECTION ONE IS OUR INTENTIONS OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE SEE? OUR ASPIRATIONS? OR ARE THERE CONCRETE THINGS WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING? JUST SO I KNOW -- STRIKING IT, WHAT DOES THAT DO? >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I INVITE MY CO-SPONSORS TO GO AHEAD AND CHIME IN WITH THAT. SECTION ONE IS SAYING THAT IT GIVES THE URGES AND PERMISSION TO LOBBYISTS AND DELEGATION TO FIND ANY BILLS THAT MIGHT HAVE LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT THAT FITS INTO THOSE CATEGORIES AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM ON BEHALF OF ALBUQUERQUE IN REPRESENTING THEM. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WE DIDN'T VOTE ON THE FLOOR SUB. YOU HAVE TO MOVE TO -- THERE'S NO MOTION MADE TO ADOPT THE FLOOR SUB. BE SURE TO DO THAT. >>COUN. LEWIS: YOU NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON ADOPTING THE FLOOR SUB? ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE DO THAT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE FLOOR SUB? COUNCILOR BACA. >>COUN. BACA: MR. PRESIDENT, JUST -- I'M ANOTHER NEWBIE, THAT QUESTION ALLOWS THE LEGISLATORS TO DO OTHER PROJECTS. WHEN I LOOKED DOWN ON SECTION -- WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND OPEN SPACE AND CLIMATE CHANGE, ALL WORTHY CAUSES THEMSELVES. AS A HYDROLOGIST THAT WORKED IN THIS, I KNOW THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE RECEIVE HALF OUR DRINKING WATER THROUGH THE RIVER THROUGH THE SAN JUAN DRINKING PROJECT THAT HAS NOT RECEIVED FULL BECAUSE OF THE WATER SHORTAGES. THE OTHER PART IS YOU HAVE TO ADD THE BOSQUE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE WATER. IF YOU DRIVE UP TO SANTA FE YOU SEE DRY ARROYOS AND SCRUB BRUSHES, THAT'S WHAT ALBUQUERQUE USED TO LOOK LIKE. THOSE WERE YEAR ROUND TREES THAT WERE ALWAYS FLOWED. BY LOSING THAT VEGETATION AND SYSTEM WE LOST THE WATER. AS WE WERE CAMPAIGNING IN JULY IT WAS OVER 100 DEGREES EVERY DAY. THE WORLD HAS CHANGED. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN SOME OF THE THINGS. THE BOSQUE IS FUNDING FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS, LEVIES, FEDERAL FUNDING. WE NEED TO HANDLE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS IN ORDER TO GET MORE FUNDING TO MAINTAIN THOSE AND PROTECT OUR WATER SUPPLY FOR OUR CITY. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK THAT WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY WAS REALLY LONG AND I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANYBODY THAT DISAGREED WITH THAT. THIS SHORTENED VERSION OF THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. HAVING THE UP-FRONT POLICY ASK IS IMPORTANT FOR THE KINDS OF REASONS THAT COUNCILOR BACA IS POINTING OUT. THERE'S A LOT IN HERE AROUND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THINGS LIKE THAT THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. WE DO PAY LOBBYIST WHO REPRESENT US AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE WANT TO HAVE THEM HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THINGS AS THEY COME FORWARD. AND THE ATTACHMENT WHICH IS JUST TWO PAGES IS VERY STREAMLINED. AND REALLY DOES ONLY INCLUDE THE METRO CRIME INITIATIVE AND THE PROJECTS CHAMPIONED BY MOSTLY COUNCILORS. THERE'S THINGS IN THE UP FRONT LEGISLATION IN SECTION ONE THAT I DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE. THIS IS THE ART OF COMPROMISE THAT WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET TEN PEOPLE TO AGREE, IT'S NINE COUNCILORS AND THE MAYOR, AND THE ADMINISTRATION, I THINK THAT OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS WE HAVE FINE TUNED IT DOWN TO WHAT COUNCILOR PEÑA AND COUNCILOR BASSAN WERE BOTH PROVIDING NEW LANGUAGE AND STREAMLINED LANGUAGE TO ADDRESS ALL THE CONCERNS WE HEARD AT THE LAST MEETING. I WOULD MOVE THAT -- I ASKED THAT WE SUPPORT THE FLOOR SUBSTITUTE R-2 THAT IS BEFORE US NOW AND ASK THAT WE VOTE ON THAT. >>COUN. LEWIS: WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE FLOOR SUB, R-2. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FIRST YOU NEED TO MOVE THE FLOOR SUBSO YOU CAN ADOPT IT. THE -- AFTER THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES BECAUSE IF YOU REMOVE A FLOOR SUB, THE RULES STATE YOU HAVE TO WAIT TO THE FOLLOWING MEETING. WE NEED BOTH THINGS TO HAPPEN. >>COUN. LEWIS: THE FLOOR SUB HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. DO WE VOTE TO SUSPEND THE RULES ? MOTION AND SECOND TO SUBSTITUTE THE BILL. THOSE IN FAVOR? THE BILL IS SUBSTITUTED. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON -- >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO BE ABLE TO ENACT THE LEGISLATION AND VOTE ON THE LEGISLATION ON TONIGHT'S MEETING. >>COUN. LEWIS: THE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO HEAR IT TONIGHT. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED, NO. MOTION PASSES. THAT -- WE'RE BACK ON THE AMENDMENT. THE AMENDMENT IS STRIKE SECTION ONE. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? >>COUN. PEÑA: MR. PRESIDENT. I WANT TO ECHO WHAT EVERYONE SAID. I THINK THIS REALLY TURNED OUT REALLY WELL. I THINK WE'RE ACHIEVING -- TOM IS HERE. I WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE HIS WORK ON THIS. I KNOW THE SUPPORT OF THE STAFF. GETTING NINE COUNCILORS WHAT THEY WANT IN THE BILL. I KNOW HE WAS HUNTING ME DOWN JUST TO GET MY ONE OR TWO CHANGES. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT HE PUT INTO THIS. AND TO THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR LONG TIME TRYING TO REALLY MAKE THIS BILL SOMETHING THAT OUR LOBBYIST WILL TAKE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FEDERAL, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT IS DIGESTIBLE FOR EVERYONE. AND ALSO REALLY HAVE A SIMPLIFIED WAY FOR OUR LOBBYIST TO BE ABLE TO GO THERE AND KNOW WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE FOR THE CITY. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE THE METRO CRIME IN HERE. I ADDED SOME AMENDMENTS TO COUNCILOR BASSAN -- I MEAN COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN'S BILL TALKING ABOUT PREVENTION INTERVENTION EFFORTS. THESE POLICY STATEMENTS, THEY'RE SAYING AS A CITY THIS IS A GUIDE TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THE WHOLE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING GRANTS THAT CAN HELP ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NECESSARILY GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THEM OR GET A GRANT ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. THIS IS REALLY SAYING TO THEM THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE ARTS, LIKE FRANCHESCO SAID. AND WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE TREE CANOPY AND WE'RE INTERESTED IN WATER. THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO COME BEFORE US IN TERMS OF WHAT WE JUST HAD HERE WITH THE DIRECTOR TALKING ABILITY YOU WANT US TO APPLY FOR THE GRANTS AND WE'LL MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AGREE ON OR DISAGREE ON. WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENT, I CAN'T SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED. DOWN IN FLAMES. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE BACK ON THE BILL. >> MR. PRESIDENT, TO THE SPONSORS OF THE BILL, AS A SCRIBE AND DID MAKE AN ERROR I NEED TO POINT OUT. AT THE LAST MEETING, THE COUNCIL CHOOSE TO DELETE ANYTHING REFERRING TO PAID LEAVE. AND IN IT I REMOVED THAT AND WE BROUGHT THE POLICY OVER TO THE MAIN BILL. HOWEVER THE WORD SICK LEAVE WAS IN IT FROM THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION. THAT'S PAGE TWO, LINE 31. MY APOLOGIES. I JUST CAUGHT IT TONIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL WANT TO REMOVE THAT AS BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUEST. >>COUN. PEÑA: I MAKE THAT AMENDMENT. >>COUN. LEWIS: MOTION AND SECOND TO AMEND THAT IN THE WAY THAT WAS DESCRIBED. STRIKING THE SICK LEAVE ON ITEM 31 ON LINE 31 ON PAGE TWO. MOVED AND SECONDED. COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. JUST FOR THE RECORD, IF IT SHOWS UP SOMEWHERE ELSE, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE TO STRIKE THAT SICK LEAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO WITH THIS AMENDMENT NOT JUST IN THAT ONE IS SINGULAR LOCATION. IF YOU WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT, COUNCILOR PEÑA? >>COUN. LEWIS: MOVED AND SECONDED. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES. BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED. BACK TO THE SPONSOR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THE SPONSORS TO CLOSE. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS IS A REALLY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT THREE MEMBERS FROM THE COUNCIL ON IGR AND ADMINISTRATION WORKED REALLY HARD TO STREAMLINE THIS PROCESS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE CAN SUPPORT AND SO, WITH THAT, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. LEWIS: R-2 AS SUBSTITUTED. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED.