>>COUN. DAVIS: GOOD EVENING, FOLKS. WELCOME TO THE 27th MEETING OF THE 25th CITY COUNCIL. WE'LL CALL THIS ORDER. ALL COUNCILORS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCILOR BASSAN WHO IS JOINING US BY ZOOM AND COUNCILOR BENTON WHO WILL BE EXCUSED UNTIL HE'S NOT. HE WILL BE JOINING US IN A FEW MINUTE. MADAM VICE-PRESIDENT WOULD YOU TAKE THE FLOOR? >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILOR LEWIS AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN SPANISH BY COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. [ INAUDIBLE ] >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. CIVIC PLAZA PARKING PASSES ARE PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC YOU CAN OBTAIN PARKING PASS FROM COUNCIL STAFF AT THE TABLE ENTIRE THE CHAMBER ENTRANCE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CITY STAFF AND THE MEDIA HAVE THE ABILITY TO VIEW THIS IN PERSON AND LIVE STREAMS THROUGH DIFFERENT PLATFORM. GOVTV COMCAST CHANNEL 16. THE GOVTV WEBSITE, YOUTUBE AND ZOOM. THE LIVE STREAMS CAN BE ACCESSED FROM MOST SMART PHONES TAB LBTS, AND COMPUTERS, THIS MEETING IS CLOSED CAPTIONED AND YOU MAY ENABLE YOUR CLOSED CAPTIONS AT THIS TIME. THE VIDEO OF THIS AND ALL PAST COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL REMAIN FOR VIEWING AT THE CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE. COUNCIL STAFF IS AVAILABLE VIA TELEPHONE IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NEED ASSISTANCE FINDING VIDEOS ONLINE. CALL 505-768-3100 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 8 A.M. TO 5 P.M. THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE A BREAK AT 7 P.M. IF NEEDED. WE WANT TONIGHT'S PROCEEDING TO BE AS CIVIL AS POSSIBLE. NO OUTBURSTS. THE MEETING WILL GO SMOOTHER IF WE'RE RESPECTFUL. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MADAM-VICE PRESIDENT. THE FIRST PROCLAMATION ON THE AGENDA IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION IS ANNA, AND AS THEY'RE WALKING TO THE PODIUM I WANT TO SAY -- THEY'RE WITH THE BEAR FOUNDATION. THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR ARE HERE. AND WE HAVE ALL THE COUNCILORS THAT HAVE AGREED TO JOIN IN. I KNOW THAT IT'S TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH. BETTER LATER THAN NEVER. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR FOR ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION. WITH THAT, WE'LL START WITH THE READING. WE'LL START WITH COUNCILOR LEWIS. AS HE'S LOCATING IT, THE BARRETT FOUNDATION SERVES 300 WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND PROVIDES 34,000 MEALS AND OVER ONE THOUSAND HOURS OF CASE MANAGEMENT TO HELP OBTAIN STABLE HOUSING. >>COUN. LEWIS: WHEREAS NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1987 AS A WAY TO CELEBRATE WOMEN ACROSS THE NATION AND THE EFFORTS TO MAKE THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR WOMEN OF ALL AGES AND RACES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: WHEREAS WOMEN OF EVERY RACE, CLASS AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND HAVE MAKE HISTORIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GROWTH AND STRENGTH OF THE NATION IN RECORDED AND UNRECORDED WAYS. >> WHEREAS LAY CRITICAL AND SOCIAL ROLES IN EVERY SPHERE OF LIFE AND CONSTITUTE THE LABOR FORCE BY WORKING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE HOME. >>COUN. DAVIS: WHEREAS WOMEN FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE SERVED AS EARLY LEADERS AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERY PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL CHANGE WOMEN. >>COUN. GROUT: WHEREAS WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES SECURED THEIR OWN RIGHTS IN SUFFRAGE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BUT ALSO IN THE ABOLITIONIST EMANCIPATION INDUSTRIAL LABOR AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND PEACE MOVEMENTS. IN 2018, THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE CREATED THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION AIMED AT ADDRESSING RACIAL DISPARIDISPARITIES. >>COUN. JONES: WHEREAS THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE PARTNERS WITH LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS LIKE THE BARRETT FOUNDATION THAT HAVE THE MISSION TO END THE HOMELESSNESS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN BY PROVIDING SHELTER AND HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. >>COUN. BENTON: IN 2020 THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL ENACTED AN ORDINANCE ENSURING PAY EQUIT EAS PART OF THE THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT PROCESS. >>COUN. PEÑA: WHEREAS THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE HAS NOT ONLY TAKEN ON A VARIETY OF INITIATIVES AIMED AT SUPPORTING WOMEN, BUT THE COMMUNITY HAS A RICH HISTORY OF REMARKABLE WOMEN LEADERS, BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATORS, AND MANY MORE WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENSURING THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF WOMEN RESIDING IN THE COMMUNITY. BE IT PROCLAIMED THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE DECLARES MARCH 2023 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> FIRST OF ALL, IT'S JUST SUCH AN HONOR AND I'M HOMBLE TO ACCEPT IT ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CASE MANAGERS AND RESIDENT ADVOCATES AT BARRETT WHO WORK SO HARD TO HELP WOMEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND FIND STABILITY AND FIND THEIR GOALS AND REACH THEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR HONORING ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO. >> I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECOGNITION. I SERVE ON THE BARRETT BOARD AS A BOARD MEMBER, BUT IT'S REALLY THE WORK OF EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF BARRETT AND ALL THEY DO FOR THE WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. I'M APPRECIATIVE TO OUR STAFF. >>COUN. GROUT: COUNCILOR PEÑA. ONE MORE. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS FROM CÉSAR CHÁVEZ COMMITTEE HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION. I HAVE SEVERAL NAMES AND I KNOW EVERYONE IS NOT HERE. IN SOLIDARITY I'M GOING TO SAY EVERYONE'S NAMES. [ READING SECIPIENT NAMES ] IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND WE'LL START READING THE PROCLAMATION. DO YOU WANT TO COME UP TOGETHER? WE'LL GET STARTED. AS YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN WILL START. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU. WHEREAS CÉSAR CHÁVEZ WAS A MIGRANT FARM WORKER DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND EXPERIENCED HARSH WORKING CONDITIONS FACED BY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AND -- AND WHEREAS CÉSAR CHÁVEZ AND HUERTA DEDICATED THEIR LIFE'S WORK TO PURSUE AGQUALITY -- QUALITY AND JUSTICE WORKING FOR ALL AMERICANS. CÉSAR CHÁVEZ LEFT BEHIND HUMBLE SERVICE AND EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT, THEY CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR EQUALITY AND JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS FOR ALL AMERICANS. >>COUN. PEÑA: WHEREAS THE 1994 CÉSAR CHÁVEZ WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM. THIS IS AMERICA'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD AND WHEREAS CÉSAR CHÁVEZ GAVE OUR NATION AND EACH OF US UNIQUE EXAMPLES AND UNIQUE EXAMPLES TO LIVE BY A SELFLESS DEDICATION TO THE RIGHTS OF ALL WORKERS TO ECONOMIC INJUSTICE, CIVIL RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTESS PEACE NONVIOLENCE AND WHEREAS CÉSAR CHÁVEZ DIED LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS ESTABLISHED THE CÉSAR CHÁVEZ COMMITTEE WHOSE MISSION IS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE GREAT AMERICAN LEADERS. AND TO ENCOURAGE EACH OF US TO CARRY VALUES AND TIMELESS VISION FOR A BETTER WORLD. TODAY MS. HUERTA CARRIES THE HONOR AND VISION THEY ASPIRED TO AND WORKED TIRELESSLY TOWARD THE SCISSION OF A BETTER TOMORROW. BE IT PROCLAIMED THIS COUNCIL HERE BY RECOGNIZES AND SHOWS THEIR APPRECIATION FOR CÉSAR CHÁVEZ AND THEIR WORK LEGACIES AS WE CELEBRATE THE 30th ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THEIR WORK ON MARCH 25, 2023. THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR BEING HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH I'M LINDA GARCIA. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE CÉSAR CHÁVEZ BOARD. VALRY WAS GOING TO BE HERE BUT HE RAN INTO CAR PROBLEMS. SEVERAL OTHERS WERE GOING TO BE HERE AS WELL. WE'RE HONORED AND APPRECIATIVE FOR GETTING THIS PROCLAMATION. THIS IS THE 30th ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF CÉSAR CHÁVEZ AND DELORES. THE ONLY ONE IN THE NATION THAT CELEBRATES CÉSAR CHÁVEZ. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT AT THE HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER WHICH IS THE ONLY IN THE NATION THAT HAS THE CENTER. DELORES IS GOING TO BE HERE THIS SATURDAY. SHE'S GOING TO BE 93 IN APRIL AND SHE IS GOING TO -- WE HAVE THE MARCHA. IT'S ABOUT A THREE-MILE MARCH. AND WE HAVE THE FIESTA AFTERWARD WHERE WE HAVE ENTERTAINMENT, CELEBRATION. SHE GIVES OUT AWARDS AND WE'LL DO THAT AS WELL. WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR HONORING US WITH THIS PROCLAMATION. FOR HONORING THEM. SHE WORKS UNTIL THIS DAY WORKS EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL RIGHTS. IN FACT, WHEN SHE COMES IN THIS WEEKEND SHE'S COMING FROM D.C. WHERE SHE'S DOING ANOTHER TYPE OF PROGRAM FOR EQUAL RIGHTS. SHE'LL FLY IN THURSDAY NIGHT AND BE WITH US THIS WEEKEND. WE HOPE ALL OF YOU WILL JOIN US. WE THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR THIS. AND TO MY RIGHT I HAVE OUR EVENT COORDINATOR. TO MY LEFT I HAVE THE LIAISON WITH THE CITY. SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT CAN'T BE HERE ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN WHAT WE DO. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. WANT TO COME UP AND GET YOUR PROCLAMATION? >>COUN. PEÑA: I THINK COUNCILOR BENTON -- OKAY, WELL. >>COUN. PEÑA: MR. PRESIDENT, AS WE GATHER FOR A PICTURE, I KNOW COUNCILOR BENTON WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING. I ACTUALLY WANTED TO THANK COUNCILOR BENTON AS WELL. I KNOW WE WORKED ON AN INITIATIVE. I WANT TO SAY THIS LAST YEAR, BUT IT HAS TEN YEARS OF ACTUALLY NAMING BRIDGE AND CÉSAR CHÁVEZ AND DELORES HUERTA. >>COUN. BENTON: IT SEEMS LIKE TEN YEARS AGO. WITH THE PANDEMIC IT WAS ONLY ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE TEN YEARS AGO. FOR ANYONE WHO IS WATCHING OR DIDN'T KNOW, DELORES IS FROM NEW MEXICO. SHE'S A DAUGHTER OF A COAL MINER. WE HAVE THAT GREAT CONNECTION. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON SATURDAY. >>COUN. GROUT: ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON, WE ARE ON ADMINISTRATION QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD. AND I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCILOR BASSAN WHO IS ON ZOOM TO START US OFF. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-PRESIDENT. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR ADMIN. SOY SO I KNOW THE CURRENT INFLATION RATE THAT'S BEEN REPORTED FOR FEBRUARY 2023 IS ABOUT 6%. THE MAYOR WENT TO THE DISTRICT COURT MEETING THIS LAST WEEK AND REPORTED TO EVERYONE THERE THAT WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT 100 NEW POLICE OFFICERS THIS YEAR COMING ON BOARD WHICH IS VERY EXCITING. AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE ABOUT TO LOSE PROBABLY ABOUT 80 INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS WHO ARE LEAVING THE FORCE, WHICH IS A BUMMER. WE ALL KNEW THAT AS WELL. A LITTLE BIT. WHAT HE ALSO SAID WAS THAT HE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S MORE INVESTMENT MADE IN RETENTION RATHER THAN RECRUITING. THEN LATER ON WENT TO SAY THAT THE CITY BUDGET IS FLAT. IT'S CURRENTLY FLAT BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE PAY RAISES FOR POLICE CADETS. ARE WE -- I KNOW WE'RE NOT PART OF THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS, HOWEVER, I AM HOPEFUL WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME CONFIRMATION TONIGHT WE'RE ANTICIPATING WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE POLICE PAY RAISES. NOT JUST TO CADETS BUT ON THE OFFICERS WHO ARE STILL WORKING IN THE FORCE. WILL THE ADMINISTRATION PLEASE EXPLAIN THEIR DESIRE OR PLAN? ARE WE GOING TO BE GIVING SOME RAISES TO RETAIN THE POLICE OFFICERS LIKE THE MAYOR WAS INDICATINGING? OR SORT OF IMPLYING WE SHOULD BE DOING. >> COUNCILOR BASSAN, WE ARE FOCUSING BOTH ON RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT. WE DO HAVE THE MONEY. WE HAVE A ROBUST PROGRAM TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT. AS FAR AS CADETS, I THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SALARY AND I'M -- I SHOULD NOT BE TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE UNION NEGOTIATIONS ARE GOING ON AS WE SPEAK. INCLUDING LAST SATURDAY. WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL CONSIDERATION FOR THE CADETS. I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY ATTRACTIVE. I THINK YOU WILL LIKE IT. ON TOP OF THAT, THE RAISES WE'RE STILL FINALIZING THE BUDGET. IT IS NOT A FLAT BUDGET, RELATIVELY SPEAKING IT'S FLAT COMPARED TO THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE EXPECT 2.4% GROWTH IN THE REVENUE. THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE SPENT IN THE EXPENDITURES. THE BUDGET IS FLAT BUT NOT COMPLETELY FLAT. I THINK I ANSWERED ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS. >>COUN. BASSAN: MS. VICE-PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT. IT'S ENCOURAGING TO HEAR. I ALSO AM ENCOURAGED POOHEAR THAT THE MAYOR WAS SAYING WE NEED TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ON RETENTION. NOT JUST RECRUITMENT. I REALIZE THAT WE CAN'T GET INTO DETAILS. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT TO ENSURE THAT WE REALLY DO FOCUS ON WHAT CAN WE DO. I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING A LOT ON HOW DO WE RECRUIT MORE OFFICERS. WE NEED MORE OFFICERS IN ALBUQUERQUE. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. SOME OF THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS I KNOW WE HAVE INTERMITTENTLY ARE HOW DO WE RETAIN THE OFFICERS. I WOULD CERTAINLY HATE TO LOSE SIGHT OF FINDING THE BALANCE OF WAGES AND COMPENSATION WE SHOULD ME ABLE TO DO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE RETAIN THOSE VETERAN OFFICERS WHO REALLY CAN LEAD AND GUIDE SOME OF THE NEW CADETS. I AM EXCITED TO HEAR BOTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE -- THE MAYOR IS PRIORITIZING AND SAYING THERE'S AN IMPORTANCE ON RETENTION AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT PROBABLY AS DIRE AS I WAS START TO PAINT IN MY HEAD. THANK YOU. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BASSAN. COUNCILOR LEWIS. >>COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-PRESIDENT. COMMENT FIRST. JUST FROM WHAT COUNCILOR BASSAN JUST SAID. I DON'T SEE ANY PRIORITY OF THIS ADMINISTRATION IN INCREASING THE RANKS OF APD. WENS YOU HAVE THE MAYOR MAKE COMMENTS THAT HIRING POLICE OFFICERS IS UNREALISTIC AND OLD FASHIONED. AN ADMINISTRATION THAT MAKES THOSE KIND OF STATEMENTS, I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS A PRIORITY ON HIRING NEW POLICE OFFICERS. THE BUDGET REFLECTS IT. YOU ASKED FOR 1100 NEW POLICE OFFICERS EVERY YEAR. I ASSUME YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. WE'RE FAR FROM THAT. HOW DOES AN AN ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIZE NEW POLICE OFFICERS WEP WE HAVE A MAYOR THAT SAYS HIRING NEW POLICE OFFICERS IS UNREALISTIC AND OLD FASHIONED? >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR LEWIS, I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF INTERPRETATION. WHAT HE SAID, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO INTERPRET WHAT HE SAID. IN SUBSTANCE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO HIRE MORE OFFICERS. ON TOP OF THAT WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST PROGRAM FOR HIRING BONUSES. WE ARE ALSO HOPING THAT THE STATE WIDE PASS THE BILL. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. I THINK YOU WILL LIKE THE BUDGET THAT WE WILL PROPOSE BECAUSE IT HAS SUBJECT CONSIDERATION FOR THE CADETS. I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON. IN THE LONGREN I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THE CLASSES. AND I'M SURE WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM APD THAT CAN GO INTO DETAIL EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. EVERYTHING WE CAN DO WE'RE DOING. ONE THING IS WE'RE COMPETING WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. THERE'S A LIMITED POOL OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE COPS. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HIRING. WE ARE FOCUSING, BUT WE'RE OPEN TO ANY IDEAS YOU HAVE SPECIFICALLY FOR APD AND WOULD LOVE TO INCORPORATE THAT IN EFFORTS TO HIRE MORE POLICE OFFICERS. >>COUN. LEWIS: I APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW YOU'RE MAKING GOOD EFFORTS. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SPEAK FOR YOUR BOSS, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE MAKES STATEMENTS LIKE THAT. ANYBODY HERE FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT? >> I DON'T THINK SO. WE DIDN'T KNOW YOU WOULD HAVE A QUESTION. I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ES. >>COUN. LEWIS: I CERTAINLY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. WOULD YOU GIVE THE STATUS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW OF THE DEPARTMENT? JUST WITH THIS COMMENT THAT IT'S 5:30 IN THE EVENING ON A COUNCIL NIGHT. I REALIZE THAT NOT EVERYBODY FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT COULD PROBABLY MAKE IT TO EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEETING. I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO MUCH TO ASK THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD SEND SOMEBODY AT 5:30, YOU GET OFF WORK AT 5 O'CLOCK, TO BE AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING. ESPECIALLY A DEPARTMENT LIKE THAT WHO HAS LOT TO SHARE. WOULD YOU GIVE A STATUS ON THAT DEPARTMENT? THE LEADERSHIP? >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR LEWIS SURE. MAX GRUNNER IS THE NEW DIRECTOR. UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S TAKEN SOME TIME OFF BECAUSE OF THE SPRING BREAK. CHRIS CHAVEZ IS NOT AROUND BECAUSE OF THE SPRING BREAK WEEK. GENERALLY THEY'RE HERE AT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING. I SEE THEM ALMOST EVERY DAY IN THE OFFICE. I BELIEVE THEY'RE AROUND. TODAY IS NOT THE DAY THEY'RE HERE. >>COUN. LEWIS: THERE'S A LOT OF LIEUTENANTS IN THAT OFFICE AS WELL TOO. I THINK THAT AT LEAST ONE PERSON COULD BE HERE REPRESENTING THE DEPARTMENT. I DID WANT TO ASK ABOUT SOMETHING RELATED TO THAT DEPARTMENT. HERITAGE HOTELS PROPOSING PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, CONTINUES TO PUT A PRETTY BIG INVESTMENT IN THE SAWMILL OLD TOWN DISTRICT. COORDINATING WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. HERITAGE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION LAST YEAR I THINK IT WAS ABOUT DECEMBER. AND I DON'T THINK -- OBVIOUSLY, IT'S STILL NOT MADE ITS WAY TO THE COUNCIL. I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS GO TO THE ALBUQUERQUE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. IF YOU GIVE US A STATUS OF THAT REQUEST AND WHEN TO EXPECT TO SEE THAT AT THE COUNCIL. GIVE A STATUS ON THAT PROJECT. >> SURE. COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR LEWIS, I ACTUALLY MET MR. LONG IN DECEMBER. I'M NOT INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS. HOWEVER, DURING THE INITIAL REVIEW OF THAT APPLICATION WE SAW A COUPLE THINGS WHICH WERE CONCERNING. I MET HIM IN EARLY DECEMBER. INITIALLY WHEN THEY MET US, THIS WAS ALMOST MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, THEY DID NOT WANT ANYTHING FROM THE CITY. ALL THEY WANTED IS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF FAST LANE AS FAR AS PERMITTING AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. AND THE MAYOR AND LAWRENCE -- THEN BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST RATE CHANGES THEY HAD ISSUE PUTTING THE PACKAGE TOGETHER. THEY WERE -- THEY WANTED SOME GAP FINANCING. THAT'S WHY THEY CAME BACK TO US AND WANTED SOME GRT PACKS. IN THAT APPLICATION, THEY SHOWED THAT THEY WOULD WANT THE GRT GENERATED BY HOTEL ALBUQUERQUE, HOTEL CHACO AND SAWMILL MARKET FOOD HALL. THAT'S WHEN I HAD ISSUE WITH THE APPLICATION. I TOLD HIM IN PERSON THAT THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL. IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE APPROVE BECAUSE WE ALREADY ARE GETTING THE GRT AND THAT IS BUDGETED FOR OPERATIONS BUDGET. HE REALIZED IT RIGHT AWAY. HE SAID I THINK THAT'S A MISTAKE. I WOULD CORRECT IT. THAT WAS IN EARLY DECEMBER. AFTER THAT, I BRIEFED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. I BELIEVE THEY HAD CONVERSATIONS, BUT I HAD NOT HEARD BACK FROM BOTH OF THEM. I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY MIGHT BE REVISING THEIR APPLICATION TO TAKE OFF HOTEL ALBUQUERQUE, CHACO AND SAWMILL MARKET FROM THE GRT. >>COUN. LEWIS: WHAT IS THE STATUS OF IT RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT? THAT WAS DECEMBER. ABOUT THREE MONTHS HAVE GONE BY NOW. STATUS OF IT RIGHT NOW? >> COUNCILOR LEWIS, I THINK THE STATUS IN MY OPINION IS WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO REVISE THE APPLICATION. AND PROVIDE US REVISED UPDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHICH WOULD TAKE OFF THOSE THREE PROPERTIES THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT. >>COUN. LEWIS: OKAY. I DO UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY HAS GIVEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, I GUESS, INTENTION TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND HAS ALREADY MADE SOME DECISIONS WITH THE ASSISTANCE. BUT THEY'RE ALSO TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH THE CITY WITHOUT SUCCESS. THEY'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REALLY SUCCEED IN COORDINATING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT. IS THAT TRUE? >> WE ACTUALLY LIKE THIS PROJECT. I HAVE SEEN THE PLANS. IT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE CITY. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE HOUSING AS WELL. WE'RE SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, THE FINANCIALS HAVE TO BE ACCURATE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR. >>COUN. LEWIS: I UNDERSTAND DUE DILIGENCE. THAT'S FAIR. I THINK THE CITY IS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. IT SEEMS LIKE THE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT WITH THE APPLICANT. I CAN'T IMAGINE WE WOULD IN ANY WAY SIT ON OUR HANDS AND LET TIME GO BY WITHOUT WORKING ON IT. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. WEEKS HAVE GONE BY AND WITHOUT SOME RESOLUTION AND A STEP FORWARD AND A WAY FORWARD. AGAIN, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WOULD BE THE POSTURE OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND WITH THIS INVESTMENT IN THE CITY, YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF THIS COME ALONG. IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT AT THE VERY LEAST WE'RE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH WORKING IT OUT. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S AS SIMPLE AS CHECKING THOSE BOXES AND SEND IT ON TO THE ALBUQUERQUE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WHICH WOULD IN TURN SEND THAT TO US. WOULD YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHEN YOU EXPECT WE WOULD SEE IT? >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR LEWIS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THINKING OR WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. AS FAR AS WE'VE MENTIONED, WE TOLD HIM WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE APPLICATION. HE AGREED. THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LEAVE IT. I WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CONTACT THEM TOMORROW AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THEY THINK IS IN OUR COURT. IF THAT'S THE CASE WE'LL CLARIFY THE MISUNDERSTANDING. >>COUN. LEWIS: I THINK THAT'S FAIR. I IMAGINE WE WOULD HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. WE REACH OUT AND HAVE CONTINUAL MEETINGS UP THE WE AT LEAST FOUND WAY FORWARD. THANK YOU. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-PRESIDENT. I HAVE A QUESTION. I NOTICED MR. RA ERK L IS NOT HERE. I WISH MAYOR KELLER WAS HERE SO WE CAN ADDRESS THIS QUESTION IN REFERENCE TO WHAT'S GONE ON IN REFERENCE TO THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT BY MR. RAEL TO THE REST OF MY CITY COUNCIL. IN REFERENCE TO ME HAVING INACCURACIES AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS HOW YOU CAN SAY IT'S INACCURATE WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE TURF IN RIO RANCHO. HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION AND BOTH ARE OIG. THEY HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE SPENDING THE FUNDS VIOLATED THE ANTI- DONATION CLAUSE. BOTH SIDES OF THE CITY -- BOTH ENTITIES SAID THE CITY IS CLEARLY BREAKING THE LAW IN REFERENCE TO THIS. AND WHY ARE WE SPENDING A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO -- FOR AN ENTITY IN RIO RANCHO AND THAT IS LITERALLY 30 MILES AWAY FROM MY DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. ALSO, WE'RE TALKING 40-MINUTE DRIVE FROM THE NEAREST HIGH SCHOOL IN COUNCILOR GROUT'S DISTRICT. THESE ARE VERY, VERY CONCERNING THINGS AND WE STILL HAVE NOT SEEN ANY TYPE OF EVIDENCE THAT STATES THAT ANY CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN MET IN REFERENCE TO THESE ISSUES. I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY BOLD AND I KNOW WHO HAS THE MARCHING ORDERS ON THIS. I KNOW IT'S NOT YOU. I KNOW IT'S NOT MR. RAEL. I'M SURE THE MARCHING ORDERS CAME FROM THE MAYOR HIMSELF IN REFERENCE TO WRITING THIS LETTER. IF THIS LETTER IS TALKING ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, THEN I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE ANY TYPE OF DOCUMENTATION THAT IS DEALING WITH CONSIDERATION. I ASKED THE AG TO INVESTIGATE TO SEE IF THERE'S WRONG DOING. THIS LETTER IMPLIES I'M STATING THERE'S WRONGDOING. WE'RE GOING BY THE INVESTIGATION SET FORTH. ONE BY THE DFA AND ONE BY THE OIG. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE MAYOR ANSWER TO COUNCIL IN REFERENCE TO THE LETTER THAT WAS WRITTEN BY HIM WITH HIS ADMINISTRATION. >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, YOU KNOW THOSE INVESTIGATIONS MAY COME TO CONCLUSION WHICH WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH. THAT'S THE CASE HERE. WE PROVIDED ALL THE DOCUMENTATION TO OIG. SHE CHOSE TO NOT CONSIDER ALL OF THEM. THAT IS SOMETHING WE DON'T AGREE WITH HER. WHEN WE SPOKE TO DFA, WHEN WE APPLIED FOR THE FUNDING AT THAT TIME IT WAS REJECTED BECAUSE IT WAS IN RIO RANCHO. AND WE ALWAYS SAID THAT ALL THE TIME THE INTENTION WAS TO HAVE THE TURF IN ALBUQUERQUE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST OPTION IN THE EYES OF THE ADMINISTRATION AT THAT TIME TO USE THE TURF SOMEWHERE IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA RATHER THAN JUST PUTTING IN A WAREHOUSE. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: IF THAT WAS THE QUESTION OF SOMEWHERE, AND WE DON'T HAVE A SOMEWHERE TO DO IT, DON'T YOU THINK THAT SOMEBODY IN THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD SAY WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR IT. WE CAN'T DO THIS RIGHT NOW. >> COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, I THINK THE TIMING MIGHT NOT BE IN OUR FAVOR. I'M NOT SURE WEP THIS HAPPENED. IT WAS TOO LATE NOT TO BUY IT. WHEN THE PROCUREMENT WAS INITIATED AT THAT TIME, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD GO TO TINGLY. WHEN THE ACTUAL THING ARRIVED TINGLY WAS NOT AVAILABLE, IT WAS CLOSED DUE TO PANDEMIC. THEREFORE, IT WENT TO RIO RANCHO. AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING TO FIND A PLACE IN ALBUQUERQUE, MOST LIKELY IN TINGLY. AS FAR AS THE AG, THIS INVESTIGATION IS DONE BY OIG. IT HAS BEEN DONE BY MR. BARKER. WE WILL KAPT WITH AG ALSO. WHATEVER THEY WANT. WE ALREADY HAVE PROVIDED OUR LEGAL ANALYSIS TO THEM. AND IF THEY WANT SOMETHING MORE, WE CERTAINLY WILL ENGAGE. AND WORK WITH THEM. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE AS COUNCILORS SEE IF THERE'S ANY EVIDENCE THAT IS SAID THE CONSIDERATION WAS FOR. IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE TO THAT? HERE WE ARE, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS MORE THAN A COUPLE WEEKS NOW, AND NONE OF US RECEIVED ANY KIND OF EVIDENCE AS TO THE CONSIDERATION THAT WAS ACTUALLY STATED THAT WE HAD AS CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. I DON'T SEE ANY DOCUMENTATION ABOUT YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS BEING HANDLED. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN REFERENCE TO THE CONSIDERATION OF 50 TICKETS SUPPOSEDLY GIVEN TO YOUTH PROGRAMS. 45-MINUTE DRIVE TIMES TO GET TO THAT LOCATION TO USE IT. I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY FROM ALBUQUERQUE WOULD DRIVE THAT FAR FOR A YOUTH SPORTS EVENT BASED ON THE FACT OF GETTING OUT THERE. EVEN TO DO A PRACTICE SESSION. IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO PRACTICE HERE THAN TO GO OUT THERE AND PRACTICE ON THE FIELD. IDEA REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF DOCUMENTATION. BUT OF COURSE I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR POLICE NUMBERS THE WHOLE TIME. I VERY, VERY MUCH DON'T THINK I'LL GET THAT BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT WE ASKED FOR UP HERE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OR MAYOR KELLER ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T COME BACK TO US. WHAT HE'S DONE ESSENTIALLY IS ALIENATE THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL AGAINST HIM. OR THE ADMINISTRATION. BECAUSE ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS TRANSPARENCY. ANOTHER THING IS IF THERE'S TRANSPARENCY IN REFERENCE TO THE DATA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN ONE ALBUQUERQUE FUND. IF THAT BOOK IS FUNDING ONE ALBUQUERQUE FUND, THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE TRANSPARENT IN REFERENCE TO THAT WHOLE ENTIRE FUND. THAT ANOTHER THING WE SHOULD BE ASKING FOR AS COUNCILORS. IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY SAD THAT THESE THINGS ARE GOING ON. ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE THAT PAYOUT OF 40K WITHOUT A LAWSUIT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THESE CITIZENS OF ALBUQUERQUE UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT MONEY WENT AND WHY. WE STILL DON'T KNOW. WE'RE STILL WONDERING WHERE $400,000 IS PAID OUT AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT WAS FOR. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT IN REFERENCE TO TRANSPARENCY. WHERE IS THE CITY'S MONEY BEING SPENT? FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IS US AS COUNCIL WE DON'T KNOW. CAN YOU EXPLAIN ANY OF THAT? >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, THE ONE ALBUQUERQUE FUND IS ACTUALLY PART OF OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT. IT'S FOUNDATION, HOWEVER, WITH THE ARTICLES WE WENT THROUGH THE STEPS HOW IT SHOULD BE PRESENTED IN A FINANCIAL STATEMENT. IT WAS THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO PRESENT AS SPECIAL FUND. WHICH IS WHAT IT IS IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT. IT'S AUDITED. AS FAR AS THE $400,000, I THINK OUR CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED LAST TIME THOSE NAMES ARE CONFIDENTIAL. AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THAT. I'M SURE THERE MIGHT BE A MECHANISM THAT YOU PERSONALLY COULD BE BRIEFED ON. I WOULD HAVE CITY ATTORNEY ANSWER THAT. >> YES, COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT IN A CLOSED FORUM. I CANNOT DISCUSS INDIVIDUAL CASES WITHIN THIS PUBLIC FORUM. AGAIN, TO REITERATE THE THINGS I SAID LAST TIME. WE MAKE ASSESSM OF A VALUE OF THE CASE AS IT COMES IN. SOMETIMES I RECOMMEND WE SETTLE BEFORE THE LAWSUIT. SOMETIMES THAT'S THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS THINGS THE CITY CAN DO. THAT'S WHAT WE RECOMMENDED. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THE THING THAT WORRIES ME IS WE HAVE A DIRECTOR THAT DID SOMETHING SO EGREGIOUS AND IT COST THE CITY $400,000 AND YOU READ IT AND PAID IT OFF THAT QUICKLY. WITHOUT A FIGHT. WITHOUT US KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON. >>COUN. DAVIS: LET ME INTERRUPT, LET ME REMIND US, ALTHOUGH THERE'S A SETTLEMENT IT'S A LEGAL MATTER. WE DON'T DISCUSS THIS. WE HAVE THE OPTION TO PURSUE EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE A SETTLEMENT ADVISORY BOARD THAT DOES THAT. I WANT TO BE CAREFUL WE DON'T PUBLICLY DISCUSS THOSE ALLEGATIONS. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SETTLEMENT OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FUTURE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT EITHER. WE HAVE AN OPTION TO DO THAT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION BEFORE WE HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERY ONE OF US SHOULD SIT DOWN WITH YOU IN REFERENCE TO THAT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR. THIS CAN BE ANSWERED LATER FOR APD. IF THEY'RE HERE OR IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO TAKE NOTES. THERE WAS AN ARTICLE ABOUT SHOT SPOTTER. I THINK IT'S ASOME -- AWESOME. I KNOW WE REQUIRED MONEY FOR DISTRICT THREE SHOT SPOTTER. MY QUESTION WAS, WHAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT'S BEEN SPENT ON SHOT SPOTTER? AND HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO INSTALL, PURCHASE, EACH SHOT SPOTTER? HOW MANY ARE LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE? HOW MANY HAVE BEEN PLACED THERE AFTER 2021? >> I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU. I'D BE HAPPY TO GET THAT TO YOU. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. IF YOU CAN GET THAT TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I'M A PROPONENT OF IT. BUT SOMETIMES DATA DOESN'T-LOOK AT COMMUNITY SAFETY, BUT THEY HAVE A SENSE OF SECURITY WITH SHOT SPOTTER. AND HOW IT ACTUALLY HELPED NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE ONE I LIVE IN WHICH IS THE MOST AMAZING IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. WE WERE HEARING GUNSHOTS ON A REGULAR BASIS. TO HAVE SHOT SPOTTER AND KNOW THE RANDOM SHOTS DECREASED BECAUSE OF THE SENSE OF THEM BEING THERE. THEY'RE NOT CRIME FIGHTING TOOLS IN THE SENSE OF YOU DON'T GET A SMOKING GUN. THEY HELP IN THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY PEACE. WHEN YOU PICK UP THE CASINGS WHETHER IT'S IMMEDIATELY OR SHORTLY AFTER I KNOW THEY'RE USED AND STORED FOR OTHER POTENTIAL CASES THAT ARE COMING ABOUT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK SINCE WE'VE PUT THEM IN DISTRICT THREE I KNOW THEY WERE THERE INITIALLY. I THINK ONE OF THE TEST AREAS WAS IN THE PERIMETER OF CENTRAL AND COORS WHICH HAPPENS TO BE NEAR MY HOME. AND AFTER SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND HEARING BACK FROM THEM AND HOW THEY FEEL LIKE A DECREASE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE ADVOCATED FOR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING IN DISTRICT THREE. >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR PEÑA, IT HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. WHICH IS WHY WE WANT TO EXPAND IT. WE DO USE IT AS A CRIME FIGHTING TOOL. WE DO RESPOND TO SHOT SPOTTING CALLS. WE COLLECT THE SHELL CASINGS. WE PUT THEM THROUGH TO SEE IF WE HAVE A MATCH FOR GUNS CURRENTLY OR LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD IF WE ARREST SOMEONE WITH A FIREARM WE COMPARE THOSE. I CAN GET THOSE ANSWERS TOMORROW. >>COUN. PEÑA: IT HAS SUBSIDED SINCE IT'S BEEN THERE. THERE WAS ONE PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THERE WAS SHOT SPOTTERS FOUR OR FIVE DAYS IN A ROW WHERE SOMEONE GOT SHOT IN THE CORNER OF BATON AND SUNSET GARDENS. I KNOW THAT THEY USE SHOT SPOTTER AND THE OFFICERS CAME OUT TO SEE WHERE THOSE CARS WERE ON THE NEST AND ALL THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE TODAY. I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. >>COUN. GROUT: I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. JENNIFER BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. IS THERE A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS FOR THE CITY'S OFFICE SUPPLY VENDORS? >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR GROUT, THERE'S SEVERAL OPTIONS. I CAN ANSWER IN QUESTION THREE THAT YOU SENT ME. I CAN TELL YOU WHICH THEY ARE. >>COUN. GROUT: IS THE PRICE THE ONLY FACTOR OR ARE EXTRA POINTS AWARDED FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES? WOMEN-OWNED AND SUCH AS THAT? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, WE HAVE THE PURCHASING ORDINANCE HAS SEVERAL APPLICATIONS OF PROGRAMS. ONE IS THE NEW MEXICO BUSINESS PREFERENCE. WE ALSO HAVE THE VETERAN'S BUSINESS PREFERENCE AND NATIVE-AMERICAN PREFERENCE. >>COUN. GROUT: WHAT WAS THE THIRD? >> NATIVE-AMERICAN PREFERENCE. >>COUN. GROUT: AND MY FINAL QUESTION IS WHO IS THE CITY'S VENDOR FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES AND IS IT A LOCAL BUSINESS? >> WE HAVE THREE. WE HAVE THREE BUSINESSES. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, WE HAVE THREE BUSINESSES. ONE IS MOUNTAIN TOP OFFICE SUPPLY. THAT'S VETERAN AND LOCAL. WE HAVE SANDIA OFFICE SUPPLY WHICH IS DOING BUSINESS AS LOCAL. AND WE ALSO HAVE STRIVE AND DIVERSE WHICH IS ALSO LOCAL BUSINESS. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. I APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S IT. COUNCILOR SANCHEZ. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-PRESIDENT. AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH, IT SAYS YOU ADVISED THE ONE ALBUQUERQUE FUND HAS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ATTACHED AND IT IS AUDITED. NOW, IF THERE'S ANY FUNDING GOING FROM THAT BOOK TO THAT FUND IS THAT AVAILABLE AND IS THAT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? >> CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? I DIDN'T GET THE LAST PART. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YOU ADVISED THAT YOU HAVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE ONE ALBUQUERQUE FUND AND IT'S BEING AUDITED. I ASKED IF THERE'S ANY FUNDING FROM THE BOOK GOING TO THE -- IF ANY FUNDING OR MONEY IS BEING GENERATED BY THE BOOK, IF IT'S GOING TO ONE ALBUQUERQUE IF THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, I'M ACTUALLY NOT AWARE OF THAT. I CAN LOOK INTO THAT. I BELIEVE DIRECTOR SANCHEZ MIGHT BE HERE. IF SHE KNOWS THE ANSWER. >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, FOR EACH BOOK, $2.35 GOES TO THE ONE ALBUQUERQUE FUND. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THE QUESTION I HAD IS THAT AVAILABLE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. IS IT -- >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. CAN THE PUBLIC RECORD OF THE ONE ALBUQUERQUE FUND OPEN THAT ACTUALLY ADDS THE $2 FROM THE BOOK PURCHASE? >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, I AM NOT SURE HOW THEY DO THEIR PUBLIC RECORDING. THEY'RE A 501C3 AND THEY HAVE CERTAIN RECORDING REQUIREMENTS. AUDIT AND ANNUAL REPORTING. I DON'T KNOW THEY SPECIFICALLY HAVE TO BY THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. REPORTING ON HOW MUCH BOCKS HAVE BEEN SOLD THROUGH AMAZON AND OTHER BOOK SELLERS AND OTHER PLACES. WE CAN PROVIDE YOU INFORMATION ON HOW MANY BOOKS HAVE BEEN SOLD WHICH HAVE TOLD US HOW MUCH MONEY GOES TO THE ONE ALBUQUERQUE FUND. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: CAN YOU GIVE A BREAKDOWN BY BOOK? >> COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, I BELIEVE AT THIS POINT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 80 AND 100 BOOKS HAVE BEEN SOLD THROUGH AMAZON AND OTHER BOOK SELLERS. THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $200. THAT HAS GONE INTO THE ONE ALBUQUERQUE FUND. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY FOR THE SALE OF THE BOOK THAT WE PRODUCED FOR THE MAYOR, IF THAT BOOK IS ACTUALLY PROVIDING -- IF WE'RE GETTING MONEY FROM THAT, HOW MUCH MONEY IS COMING BACK TO THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND ALSO IS THAT FUND AVAILABLE TO LOOK AT AND BE SCRUTINIZED BY THE PUBLIC? >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THE BOOK, THE PROJECT, THE DOCUMENT OF 2020 IS A PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY. I WILL SAY I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT THE AUTHOR WROTE. I THINK IT'S A VERY COMPELLING AND THOUGHTFUL AND WELL-RESEARCHED STORY OF OUR COMMUNITY DURING 2020. I KNOW THERE'S SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES THE MAYOR APPEARS IN SOME OF THE PHOTOS, I BELIEVE THE TEXT IS A BEAUTIFUL RENDERING OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING OUR CITY BOTH BY THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, NEIGHBORS, NON-PROFIT LEADERS AND MANY CITY EMPLOYEES. I DON'T SEE IT AS A BOOK FOR THE MAYOR. I SEE IT AS A BOOK FOR THE COMMUNITY. I REALLY HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL READ IT AND MAYBE READ THE TEXT AND THE STORY TELLING BECAUSE IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S POWERFUL. IN TERMS OF THE REPORTING ON THE ACTUAL GENERATING OF FUNDING, AS I SAID, $2 -- BOOKS ARE NOT CHEAP. BOOKS ARE ALSO NOT THE WAY WE GO ABOUT MAKING MONEY. THIS IS NOT A REVENUE PROJECT, THIS IS A DOCUMENTING HISTORY, DOCUMENTING OUR STORIES OF OUR COMMUNITY PROJECT. SO WE NEVER EXPECTED THAT IT WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF OR THAT IT WOULD PAY IT THE CITY BACK FOR THE RESOURCES WE PUT INTO IT. AGAIN, WHEN BOOKS ARE PURCHASED ON AMAZON OR OTHER BOOK SELLERS, $2.35 GOES BACK INTO THE ONE ALBUQUERQUE FUND. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: OKAY. WITH THE ONE ALBUQUERQUE FUND, WHO ELSE IS DONATING TO THAT FUND? >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT A PARTICIPANT IN THE ONE ALBUQUERQUE FUND. I KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE DONATE. I DONATE $10 A MONTH TO THE ONE ALBUQUERQUE FUND FOR HOUSING SPECIFICALLY. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL DONORS WHO WANT TO SEE THEIR DOLLARS GO TO SPECIFIC INITIATIVES WITHIN THE CITY. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: DO THEY GET SPLIT UP BY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES WHEN YOU DONATE? >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR SANCHEZ, I FEEL LIKE I'M STARTING TO SPEAK OUTSIDE OF MY EXPERTISE, I THINK I'LL STALL BEFORE I GET IN TROUBLE. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. I HAVE JUST A FEW QUESTIONS FOR THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT. DIRECTOR. DOES THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT HAVE ANY CONSULTANT ON CONTRACTS? >> YES, THEY DO. >>COUN. GROUT: HOW MANY? >> WE HAVE 13 CONSULTANTS ON CONTRACT. >>COUN. GROUT: WHAT ARE THEY HIRED TO DO? >> THEY GO THE WHOLE SPECTRUM. ARC TECTUREAL DESIGN, ENGINEERING DESIGN. AND DOING FINANCIAL AND MINOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OF THESE CONSULTANTS OR OTHER CONTRACTORS FOR THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT RECENT RETIREES? >> ON THE CURRENT PROMTH -- PROJECT THAT'S BEEN GONE FROM THE CITY FOR QUITE A WHILE HE'S ON THE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION TEAM. >>COUN. GROUT: ANY OF THE RETIREES HAVE A SIX-MONTH WAITING PERIOD? >> HIS WAS WELL PASSED THE SIX-MONTH WAITING PERIOD. >>COUN. GROUT: HE'S THE ONLY ONE? >> WE HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES THROUGH THE TEMP SERVICE CONTRACT SERVICE THROUGH THE CITY WE'VE IDENTIFIED DURING THIS QUESTIONING AND TAKING APPROPRIATE MEASURES. THEY DID NOT MEET THE PERIOD. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. I DID ASK -- I WANTED TO ASK QUESTIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEND TO ME LATER ABOUT TRAVEL WITHIN THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT. I WANTED TO KNOW AND SEE SOME NAMES AND JOB TITLES AND FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF CITY BUSINESS THEY DID AND WHERE THEY WENT AND HOW IT AFFECTED THE CITY. AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE CITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE -- THAT LIST. >> YES, WE'RE PUTTING IT TOGETHER FOR YOU. >>COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. NOPE. OKAY. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE TO THE JOURNAL. I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 6 JOURNAL. WE HAVE A SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >> THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-PRESIDENT. WE'RE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND INTRODUCTIONS. ANY CHANGES TO THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION? SEEING NONE. >>COUN. GROUT: MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. >>COUN. DAVIS: SECOND FROM COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. SEEING NO DISCUSSION. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CALL? >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >> THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU, MA'AM. WE'RE ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR BASSAN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MET ON MARCHT. IN THE MATTER OF R-1010 DO PASS AS SUBSTITUTED. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE REPORT. SECOND FROM COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE MOTION. >>COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MET ON MONDAY MARCH 13 AND REPORTS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. IN THE MATTER OF R-102 AND R-103 THAT THEY DO PASS. IN THE MATTER OF O-65 THAT IT WOULD BE WITHDRAWN. IN THE MATTER OF EC-229, EC-230, AND EC-234 THAT RECEIPT BE NOTED. IN THE MATTER OF O-69, IT WOULD BE WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED. IN THE MATTER OF O-70 AND 0-71 TO PASS AS SUBMITTED. IN THE MATTER OF 0-64,, R-107, R-109 DO PASS AND BE ACTED UPON THE MEETING WHICH THEY'RE REPORTED. THANK YOU. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE REPORTS. >>COUN. GROUT: SECOND. >>COUN. DAVIS: COUNCILOR GROUT ON THAT ONE. MADAM CLERK. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, THE LAND USE PLANNING AND ZONING MET ON MARCH 14. IN THE MATTER OF EC237 RECEIPT BE NOTED. IN THE MATTER OF O72 AND 73 DO PASS AS AMENDED. AND IN THE MATTER OF O76 DO PASS. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >>COUN. GROUT: SECOND. >>COUN. DAVIS: COUNCILOR GROUT OFFERS THE SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU. WE'RE MOVING TO DEFERRALS AND WITHDRAWALS. ARE THERE ANY? SEEING NONE. WE MOVE TO CONSENT. I THINK WE HAVE A FEW CHANGES TO TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA. WE'LL GET STARTED. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCILOR BASSAN, DO YOU HAVE AN ITEM? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PRESENT IT? WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER? >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. IF YOU WANT TO DO SO FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT. >>COUN. DAVIS: WE'RE GOING TO PULL ITEMS G AND K WHICH OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE'LL MOVE AFTER THE CONSENT VOTE. I'M NOT READ THE TITLES BUT WE'LL DO THAT IN A MINUTE. ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE WANT TO THANK ALL THE INDIVIDUALS SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND WELCOME YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION. I WANT TO ASK REALLY QUICKLY, I KNOW MR. BAKTA DOESN'T KNOW THE ANSWER BECAUSE IT'S NOT HIS DEPARTMENT, FOR THE MAYOR'S STAFF HELPING US, WOULD YOU REPORT BACK TO US ON THE STATUS OF FILLING THE REMAINING PERSONNEL VACANCY. I KNOW THE THE CHAIRMAN IS SERVING AN EXPIRED TERM. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT BOARD AND KEEP IT MOVING. I'M GRATEFUL TO FILL THE POSITION TONIGHT. SHE'S A WONDERFUL PERSON. IF THAT'S OKAY, WE ASK THAT YOU REPORT BACK. >> WE WILL -- COUNCILOR DAVIS, WE WILL HAVE HELEN REACH OUT TO YOU. >>COUN. DAVIS: OKAY. COUNCILORS, ANY OTHER CHANGES? SEEING NONE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE'LL TAKE COUNCILOR SANCHEZ ON THE SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BASSAN HAD PULLED TWO ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. IN THE INTEREST OF EXPEDIENCY SINCE SHE'S PARTICIPATING REMOTELY I'M GOING TO NOTE THAT 0-74 HAS A VERY LONG TITLE THAT IS ABBREVIATING BY SAYING AUTHORIZING THE SALE NOT TO EXCEED 34.MILLION FOR THE GO BOND AND $13 MILLION FOR EQUIPMENTS AND CULTURAL FACILITIES STORM SEWERS STREETS AND AFFORDABLE REDEVELOPMENT. I PROMISE THAT'S NOT THE WHOLE TITLE. IT'S GOOD ENOUGH. I MOVE A DO PASS FOR COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. GROUT: SECOND. >>COUN. DAVIS: SECOND FROM COUNCILOR GROUT. COUNCILOR BASSAN, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A FLOOR SUB, IS THAT CORRECT? >>COUN. BASSAN: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE FLOOR SUB PLEASE. >>COUN. GROUT: SECOND. >>COUN. DAVIS: SECOND FROM COUNCILOR GROUT. THAT ITEM IS AVAILABLE ON THE iPAD. ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? ANY DISCUSSION OR ANYTHING FROM COUNCILOR BASSAN? HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE. PLEASE CALL THE VOTE ON THE FLOOR SUBSTITUTE. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >> THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. DAVIS: COUNCILOR BASSAN, WE'VE SUBSTITUTED YOUR BILL. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER? OR READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE? >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I AM READY TO MOVE FORWARD. PLEASE I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. DAVIS: MOTION AND SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >> THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU, MA'AM. COUNCILOR BASSAN ALSO PULLED R-114. AUTHORIZING THE NOTICE FOR BIDS FOR THE SALE OF ALL THE BONDS OR 19.3 CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE GO BONDS. I'LL MOVE A DO PASS. >>COUN. GROUT: SECOND. >>COUN. DAVIS: MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCILOR GROUT. COUNCILOR BASSAN ALSO HAS A FLOOR SUBSTITUTE TO CORRESPOND TO THE PREVIOUS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE A FLOOR SUBSTITUTE ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. GROUT: SECOND. >>COUN. DAVIS: MOTION AND SECOND. ANY COMMENT? DID WE DO IT SFLOITH. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. DAVIS: SEEING NO DISCUSSION. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >> THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BASSAN FOR YOUR PATIENCE. NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: THERE IS AN ALBUQUERQUE, BERNALILLO COUNTY, APS MEETING ON THURSDAY MARCH 23rd. >> WE DIDN'T GET A DO PASS -- >>COUN. FIEBELKORN:'d. >>COUN. DAVIS: >> ABCGC IS MEETING ON THE 23rd AT 5 P.M. AT THE BERNALILLO COUNTY BUILDING AT 415 THIS WILL BE A HYBRID MEETING. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU TO THE CLERK. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO SO WELL. PLEASE REMIND US OF THE MOTION. I THINK WE DID THE SUBSTITUTE, RIGHT? >>COUN. DAVIS: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? CALL THE ROLL. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >> THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US ON TASK. NEXT UP IS OUR FAVORITE PORTION OF THE EVENING. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. MEMBERS CAN PROVIDE LIVE OR VIRTUALLY IF YOU SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC PER OUR INSTRUCTIONS PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA AND WEBSITE ON FRIDAY. HERE ARE THE GROUND RULES EACH PARTICIPANT HAS TWO MINUTES TO PRESENT. YOUR COMMENTS MUST BE ADDRESSED ONLY THROUGH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND DISRUPTIVE COMMENTS WILL RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING. THERE IS A TWO-MINUTE TIME LIMIT AND A BELL WILL RING, IF YOUR PRESENT IN PERSON. FOR THOSE OF YOU JOINING BY ZOOM THERE'S A COUNT DOWN CLOCK ON THE ZOOM AND YOU'LL GET A LITTLE NOISE THERE IF YOU DON'T NOTICE IT, AND WE'LL BE SURE THAT WE DO. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT MR. SCHRADER IS BACK WITH US. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. PLEASE CALL THE NAME OF OUR FIRST SPEAKER. >> OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS BRIAN FOLLOWED BY BARBARA. >>COUN. DAVIS: SOME OF YOU KNOW THIS, IF YOU'RE NEXT UP COME TO THE FRONT ROW SO YOU'RE READY TO GO. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I'M FOLLOWING UP ON MY COMMENTS FROM EARLIER IN THE MONTH. AFTER I EMAILED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, CHIEF OF POLICE AND CITY COUNCIL. THE ONLY RESPONSE I GOT WAS FROM COUNCILOR BASSAN WHICH WAS APPRECIATED. NO ONE REALLY LIKES CRITSOME BUT AS A WRITE ANSWER ARTIST I THRIVE OFF IT. I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS, POLICE OFFICERS AND JOURNALIST WOULD BENEFIT. WHICH BRINGS ME TO A QUOTE. WIDESPREAD INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL -- IT IS SUICIDAL IN THE LONG-TERM. ONE OF THE CRITERIA FOR NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEADERSHIP SHOULD BE A TALENT FOR UNDERSTANDING, ENCOURAGING AND MAKING CONSTRUCTIVE USE OF CRITSOME. I KNOW THERE'S TROLS AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS BAD. CONVERSATIONS ARE A TWO WAY STREET. THIS BRINGS ME TO MY SECOND POINT. LAST TIME I TALKED ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF ACS AND GATEWAY CENTER. BUT YOU'RE LEFT WITH THE HARD CORE ADDICTED AND MENTALLY ILLNESS ON THE STREETS. THERE WAS A HOMELESS MAN MURDERED YESTERDAY UNDER FIRST STREET. AND WHEN I WAS DOWNTOWN LAST FRIDAY, THERE WAS A MAN STARTING FIRES AT A BUS STOP AND THERE WAS A REALLY UNSTABLE WOMAN WHO I BELIEVE ENDED UP ATTACKING 40 CITY CARS THAT DAY. WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE PATROLS. JUST A PRESENCE BY THE POLICE. AND THANKS FOR HAVING ME. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. >> BARBARA FOLLOWED BY CHRIS. >>COUN. DAVIS: WELCOME BACK. >> GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES I WORKED IN CIP. FIRST AS THE CAPITAL PLANNINGER AND CIP OFFICIAL. YOU COMMENTS TONIGHT ARE REGARDING THE 2023GO BOND PROGRAM. THE GO BOND PROGRAM IS A NEEDS-BASED PROGRAM AND NEEDS ALWAYS FAR EXCEED AVAILABLE FUNDS. THE OFF-YEAR PLANNING PROCESS IS A DECISIONMAKING PROCESS DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY THE MOST IMPORTANT NEEDS AND TO MAKE THE VERY PAINFUL DECISIONS WHICH ALIGN THE PROGRAM WITH THE AVAILABLE FUNDING. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THREE PROBLEMS WITH THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE. FIRST, THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE WAS PROVIDED ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING. NEATHTHER ADMINISTRATION NOR THE PUBLIC HAD TIME TO EVALUATE THE CHANGES MUCH LESS COMMENT ON THEM. SECOND, COMPARING THE TWO BILLS IS APPARENT THERE'S A TENDENCY TO RAID GENERIC PROJECTS. I HAVE TO SAY GENERIC PROJECTS ARE NOT SLUSH FUNDS. EVERY ONE OF THE PROJECTS SHOULD HAVE A SUBPROJECT LIST THAT INFORMS YOU ON WHAT THE PRIORITY NEEDS ARE. WHEN YOU BUDGET TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE FINAL COSTS ARE NOT USUALLY KNOWN. GENERIC PROJECTS PROVIDE THE FLEXIBILITY TO ACCOMMODATE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES ON CONSTRUCTION COSTSES, HANDLE EMERGENCIES, AND THEY PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDING FOR STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS. THEY ALSO PROVIDE THE FLEXIBILITY TO RESPOND, TO YOU ALL, WHEN YOU HAVE UNANTICIPATED NEEDS. REDUCING THE FUNDS WILL CREATE IMPACTFUL PROBLEM FOR THE DEPARTMENT. FINALLY, THE REDUCTION OF THE 3% OPEN SPACE LAND ACQUISITION FUND IS REALLY PAINFUL. THE 3% CAN BE PRESERVED AND COUNCILOR GROUT'S DESIRE FOR FUNDS TO REHAB ILITATE -- >>COUN. BENTON: MR. PRESIDENT. AS SOME ADVICE, BUT FROM A FORMER CIP OFFICIAL I'D LIKE TO HEAR. >> THANK YOU. I'LL JUST START THE SENTENCE OVER. THE 3% CAN BE PRESERVED AND COUNCILOR GROUT'S DESIRE FOR FUNDS TO REHAB ILSTATE THE ROUTE 66 EDUCATION FACILITY CAN BE ACCOMMODATED BY SIMPLY EX-PAPPEDING THE SCOPE TO SAY THAT FOR THE 2023 BOND PROGRAM UP TO$1 MILLION MAY ME USED TO REHAB THE EDUCATION CENTER IN THE OPEN SPACE. AND WE KEEP THE FUNDS TO BUY MORE LAND AND COUNCILOR SANCHEZ WE HAVE OUR EYE ON SOME LAND OUT WEST FOR YOU TOO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BASSAN, I BELIEVE YOU HAD A QUESTION OR COMMENT. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO REFLECT IT WAS NOT ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING THAT IT WAS PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL. IT WAS 48 HOURS OR MORE BEFORE IT WAS PROVIDED. PLEASE MAKE SURE EVERYONE -- >>COUN. DAVIS: I THINK YOU DROPPED OFF ON YOUR LAST SENTENCE. I THINK WE GOT THE GIST. MS. TAYLOR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I HOPE YOU'RE BACK FOR FUTURE MEETINGS. NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. SMITH. BEFORE YOU COMMENT I KNOW WE HAVE FOLKS FROM NOB HILL. I WANT TO MAKE A BLANKET STATEMENT. I KNOW YOU KNOW THE RULES. I UNDERSTAND YOU AND SOME OTHER FOLKS WANT TO COMMENT ON THE GENERAL CITY PROCESS FOR APPROVING APPLICATIONS RELATED TO CANNABIS ISSUES. THERE'S A PENDING ZONING QUESTION BEFORE THE CITY ZONING HEARING OFFICER THAT MAY RELATE TO THIS. I'M GOING TO REMIND ANYONE HERE TONIGHT THEY CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT A SPECIFIC APPLICATION BUT YOU CAN SPEAK GENERALLY ABOUT THE CITY PROCESS. I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT FOR THE QUASI-JUDICIAL RULES BUT FOR THE FOLKS NOT HERE AS OFTEN I WANT TO REMIND. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH COUNCILOR DAVIS IN A LOT OF PROJECTS IN NOB HILL AND ALONG ROUTE 66. I ALWAYS APPRECIATE SUPPORT OF LOCAL BUSINESS. I'M HERE REGARDING THE IDO AND LICENSE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR CANNABIS RETAIL. NOB HILL IS APPROACHING DOUBLE DIGIT CANNABIS BUSINESSES. WE KNOW ABOUT THE 600 FOOT REQUIREMENT. WE'VE ALREADY HAD ONE CUPDITIONAL USE APPROVAL AT A PREVIOUS ZHE HEARING. AND THE FACT THAT CONSUMPTION REQUIRES ADDITIONAL USE APPROVAL, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GUIDELINES AROUND THAT. SO, THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOES NOT GET INFORMATION OR ADJACENT BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT AIR HANDLING AS IT RELATES TO THE APPLICATION. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY BIGGEST CONCERN. REMIND THE ZHE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT TIME AND ENERGY INTO COMING UP WITH 600-FOOT DISTANCE. WE'RE MISSING THE BOAT ON WHAT CONSUMPTION LOOKS LIKE AND IT'S CREAING ANXIETY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ADJACENT BUSINESSES. THAT'S ALL I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU. YOU THREADED THAT NEEDLE WELL. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RAFFA FOLLOWED BY TAD. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. TRAFFIC FATALITIES INVOLVING ALBUQUERQUE VULNERABLE ROAD USERS IS FRIGHTENINGLY HIGH. OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS COUNCILOR LEWIS SUGGESTED THE BICYCLE COMMUNITY MUST BE PROACTIVE FOR BICYCLE SAFEGUARDS. IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO TAKE THIS TO A PRODUCTIVE LEVEL. NOT ONLY HAS THE U.S. NOT KEPT PACE, BUT HAS REACHED A 16 YEAR HIGH FOR TRAFFIC FATALITIES. A GREAT PERCENTAGE OF THE INCREASE INVOLVED VULNERABLE ROAD USERS. IN TERMS OF RATE OF TRAFFIC DEATHS PER 100,000 NEW MEXICO IS NUMBER SEVEN. THIS IS A SHAMEFUL STATISTIC WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT. THE WAYS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC FATALITIES ARE KNOWN. SOLUTIONS SUCH AS CREATING BIKE LANES AND ENFORCING CULTURE OF SAFETY ENTAILS NOT ONLY HAVING BIKE LANES BUT CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE THAT RESPECT THE PURPOSE OF BIKE LANES. REDUCING TRAFFIC FATALITIES IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD DO. THIS WOULD BENEFIT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND IMPROVE THE IMAGE IN DESIRABLE PLACES TO LIVE AND VISIT. MY PURPOSE IS TO HELP ACHIEVE BETTER BIKE LANE? -- BIKE LANE ENFORCEMENT. >> TAD FOLLOWED BY RORY. >>-- DESTROYING PRIVATE PROPERTIES. NO ELECTRIC OR GAS IS ON. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DESTROYING -- HOMELESS PEOPLE SETTING FIRE DEPARTMENT. BUILDING, WINDOWS, DOORS, AND NOT ALLOWING EVEN REBUILD IT. UNDER THIS LEADERSHIP, THIS DIRECTOR THAT IS NOTHING SHORT OF GESTAPO. DOING EXACTLY WHAT I REMEMBER WHEN NAZI WENT INTO HOMES. NOW, WHO ARE YOU? NAZI. NOTHING SHORT OF NAZI. YES, I'M FILING LAWSUIT. THIS TIME I WILL PROCEED ALL THE WAY FOR ALL THESE CRIMES AGAINST MOST VULNERABLE. AND ALSO MY ASSOCIATION. TO PURCHASE PROPERTY. THIS TIME I WON'T GIVE UP. AND WE'LL GO TO FEDERAL COURT. UNDER STATE LAW. IT WILL BE CHARGED. I WILL GO THROUGH POSSIBLY JURY TRIAL. THANK YOU. >> RORY FOLLOWED BY DON. >> HOW'S IT GOING? HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M THE OWNER OF EMPIRE LOIBERARY IN NOB HILL. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE CANNABIS CONSUMPTION BUSINESS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PERMIT PROCESS. >>COUN. DAVIS: LET ME MAKE THE RULES CLEAR. THE QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCESS FOR ZONING AS YOU KNOW SAYS YOU HAVE TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT MATTER WITH THE ZONING HEARING OFFICER AND THEY MAKE AN OPTION. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HEAR THE CASE UNTIL IT COMES THROUGH THE PARTICULAR PROCESS. YOU CAN SPEAK BROADLY ABOUT THE CITY'S PROCESS, BUT IF IT RELATES TO A SPECIFIC APPLICATION SUCH AS ONE ON YOUR BLOCK WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HEAR THAT AND I CAN'T LET YOU SPEAK BECAUSE IT PROHIBITS THE COUNCIL FROM HEARING ABOUT THE CASE. >> I'LL TALK MORE BROAD. I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS OWNERS NEED MORE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THESE BUSINESSES BEFORE THEY START OPENING UP IN NOB HILL. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S NINE CANNABIS BUSINESSES. I FEEL LIKE IT'S MOVING NOB HILL INTO THE WRONG DIRECTION. AND I THINK WE SHOULD PUT THE BREAKS ON AND LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE OPEN WITH SHORT NOTICES AND NOT MUCH TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO REACT. THAT'S REALLY IT. I HAD MORE BUT I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT. >>COUN. DAVIS: I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ZONING HEARING WHENEVER THAT IS. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THAT. FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT ALLOWED. I RECUSE MYSELF. AND I FILED MYSELF THE RECUSALAL -- I INURGE YOU TO GET >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> DON FOLLOWED BY JOE. >>COUN. DAVIS: WE'RE EXCITED SEE YOU. WE THOUGHT YOU ABANDONENED US FOR THE COUNTY. BUT GLAD YOU'RE BACK. >> I AM. THANK YOU. NO ONE ON EARTH CAN EXPLAIN WHY AN ALL POWERFUL FAIR, LOVING GOD WOULD REFUSE TO HELP MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BEGGING DESPERATELY FOR HELP FROM WAR, STARVATION, SLAVERY, FLOODS, FIRES EARTHQUAKE, TORNADO, FAMILY VIOLENCE RAPE. JESUS PROMISED THAT GOD WILL HELP THOSE WHO PRAY. JESUS SAID NOT ONE SPARROW WILL FALL TO THE GROUND WITHOUT YOUR FATHER'S WILL. YOU ARE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SPARROWS. I ASK, ARE THE DISASTERS AND ATROCITIES SUFFERED BY MILLIONS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS ACCORDING TO GOD THE FATHER'S WILL? NO GOD HARD AND HELPED MILLIONS OF JEWS, COMMUNISTS, HANDICAPPED IN THE NAZI CAMPS AND GAS OVENS. WHY WOULD I EXPECT GOD TO HEAR AND HELP ME? I WAS A VERY SINCERE, YOUNG CHRISTIAN PREACHER 56 YEARS AGO. FOR MANY YEARS I PRAYED TO, I PREACHED ABOUT, I SANG ABOUT GOD. MY IMAGINARY FRIEND. I SWALLOWED, I SPREAD FEEL-GOOD FALSE ADVERTISING FOR GOD WITH THE HELP OF MANY PEOPLE I SLOWLY WOKE UP. I WAS WRONG. I APOLOGIZED. I WISH WE HAD AN ALL-POWERFUL, FAIR, LOVING GOD. WHO WOULD HELP ALL BEGGING DESPERATELY FOR HELP. BUT, WANTING THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT SO. >> JOE FOLLOWED BY CHRIS. >> I'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU. DO I GIVE IT TO THE CLERK? THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DAVIS, VICE-PRESIDENT GROUT. I'M JOE, ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF EXPLORA. IT THRIVES BECAUSE OF A STRONG PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTS OF ARTS AND CULTURE. WE'LL WRAP UP WITH THE BEST YEAR EVER. WITH OVER 90 PARTNERSHIPS WE'RE ON TRACK TO SERVE 400,000 PEOPLE. WE OPENED X-STUDIO WHICH WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR OVER6,000 TEENS TO YEAR. I COME TO YOU WITH THANKS AND A REQUEST. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY'S SUPPORT TO DEVELOP CRADLE TO CAREER STAEM -- STEAM LEARNING PROCESSES. WE'RE EMBARKING ON ARCHITECTURE DESIGN. WE'RE PROVIDING FULL TIME STEAM BASED CHILD CARE, TEACHER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERSHIP WITH CNM AND IT WILL BE A RESOURCE HUB FOR FAMILY WRAP AROUND. IT'S BEEN INCLUDED IN ADMINISTRATION GO BOND PACKAGE AT $260,000. WE ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THIS ALLOCATION AND CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT. WE'VE RAISED $4.5 MILLION ALREADY, BERNALILLO COUNTY BOND FUNDING AND PRIVATE DOLLARS. A LARGER GO BOND WILL HELP US CLOSER TO THE $12 MILLION. WE'RE ON CURRENT PATH TO BREAK GROUND NEXT YEAR. THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT. WE WOULD LOVE TO SHOW YOU OUR PLANS. >> CHRIS FOLLOWED BY RAHEEMM. >> HI, COUNCIL. COUNCILOR DAVIS, AS A MEMBER OF THE PARATRANSIT ADVISORY PORED -- BOARD. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE ON O-22-47 AND ALLOWING PARATRANSIT MEMBERS OR SUN VAN RIDERS TO SELF-CERTIFY THEIR DISABILITIES. I HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO GOT HIRED AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. AND TODAY IS LITERALLY HIS FIRST DAY RIDING THE SUN VAN BECAUSE HE HAD TO GO THROUGH THEIR APPROVAL PROCESS WHICH TOOK HIM MORE THAN EIGHT MONTHS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK ON SELF-CERTIFICATION AND ANY ASSISTANCE THAT I CAN OFFICER IN HELPING DESIGN THAT PLAN I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE ON OUR BOARD. >> RAHEEM FOLLOWED BY DEBBIE ON ZOOM. >>COUN. DAVIS: WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DAVIS. THANK YOU, COUNCILORS. I AM A PROPERTY BUSINESS OWNER IN NOB HILL. I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD FOR THE NOB HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I'M ONLY SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. THIS IS IN REGARD TO CANNABIS CONSUMPTION LOUNGES. IN THE PROCESS WHEN SOMEONE IS MAKING AN APPLICATION FOR A CANNABIS CONSUMPTION LOUNGE, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE AIR CIRCULATION. THAT'S USUALLY DONE AFTER THE FACT. I'M HERE TO SAY IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE IF THE AIR CIRCULATION PLAN WAS SUBMITTED AT THE SAME TIME AS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE REQUEST. THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE IT WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE WORRIES THAT NEAR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WOULD HAVE REGARDING THE CANNABIS CONSUMPTION LOUNGES. PREVIOUSLY, SOMETIMES THERE'S A STRONG SMELL OF CANNABIS. THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM. WE JUST FEEL THAT IF YOU UPDATED THESE RULES SO THAT THE PLAN WAS SUBMITTED AT THE TIME OF THE REQUEST, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE AS MUCH CONCERN OR WORRY FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND ALSO PEOPLE WOULD BE CONFIDENT THAT THE BUSINESS WAS FOLLOWING THE PLAN THEY AGREED TO. AND I JUST -- THAT'S ALL. I WANTED TO ASK YOU LOOK AT THAT RULE AND SEE ABOUT UPDATING THE PROCESS. THANK YOU. >> DEBBIE FOLLOWED BY PEGGY. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILORS, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO I TALKED ABOUT ZONING ENFORCEMENT IN THE LACK OF PERSONNEL. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT. THAT'S REGARDING HOUSE FORWARD. I CAME ACROSS A REPORT ON HOUSING TASK FORCE IN 2018 PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. ONE OF THE -- TAKE CARE OF ABANDONED PROPERTIES TO PROVIDE MORE HOUSING AND IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT IS SOMETHING THE CITY SHOULD LOOK FORWARD TO. THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT ADEQUATELY STAFFING CODE ENFORCEMENT WHICH THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND IN ADDITION IF HOUSING FORWARD IS GOING TO PASS, THE BETTER JOB NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT INFORMING ALL THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY ABOUT THE ZONING CODE. MAYBE ADS IN A NEWSPAPER AND RADIO. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS ABOUT. THE ADS NEED TO BE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. THE OTHER THING IS THAT THERE WAS A TLOOIPG A WEBSITE FROM AN EMAIL I SAW ABOUT HOUSING FORWARD IT SAYS THAT CASITAS WOULD BE ALLOWED IF THEY'RE NO GREATER THAN 750 FEET AND OFF SITE PARKING. THERE'S NOTHING THAT TALKS ABOUT OFF SITE PARKING. IF THAT'S TRUE, THEN THE WEBSITE NEEDS TO BE UPIDATED. ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MINE IS WE ALREADY HAVE INSTANCES OF FOUR CARS PARKED IN FRONTYARDS. THE ONLY WAY ZONING IS GOING TO SEE THAT IS TO COME BY AFTER HOURS. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING BETTER. THANK YOU. >> PEGGY FOLLOWED BY DALE. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILORS. I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CLAT CONGRATULATE THE MAYOR ON THIS ABILITY TO MOTIVATE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNCIL TO ADAPT A MORE CONSISTENT SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC AND HAVE DISCOURSE ON AMENDMENT. WITHOUT POLICY OR LAW, THESE AMENDMENTS ALSO UNFORTUNATELY FALL VERY SHORT OF MY EXPECTATION FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE. MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR MANY YEARS HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR AMENDMENTS TO OUR ZONE TO BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. I ATTENDED A PUBLIC MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO TO HEAR AN EXPLANATION OF HOUSING FORWARD BUT I LEFT WITH MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. YOU MUST BE AWARE THESE CHANGES MAY REQUIRE A BALLOT INITIATIVE TO MEET THE STANDARDS FOR THE THRESHOLDS OF NOTIFICATION PER THE STATE STATUTE. IT TURNS OUT THESE ZONE CHANGES ARE EVEN MORE THAN SUBSTANTIVE, THEY'RE EXTRAORDINARY. I ASK, WHERE IS THE AMENDMENT TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR BOTH SUBSITANTIVE AND EXTRAORDINARY ZONE CODE CHANGES? WITHOUT AMENDING THE AMENDMENT PROCESS YOU CONTINUE TO USE A BROKEN PROCESS AND IT NEEDS FIXING. YOU ARE LOOKING THE OTHER WAY WHILE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE MAKES IT'S OWN RULE FOR PROMOTING AMENDMENTS. THIS IS A MOCKERY OF THE DEFECTIVE IDO. WHAT A MESS WE'VE GOTTEN INTO. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IF WE FIND OURSELVES WITH MAYOR THAT PROMOTES CORPORATE AGENDA INSTEAD OF SOCIAL AGENDA. WON'T ANY OF YOU STAND UP TO THIS PROCESS CHANGE? THE PROCESS IS PART OF OUR PROTECTION, PLEASE BUILD IT BACK. WITHOUT FIXING THE AMENDMENT PROCESS IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE WILLING AND WAITING FOR YOUR OWN TURN TO GET YOUR AMENDMENTS ON TO THE DOCKET. TALK ABOUT A NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY. >> DALE. PLEASE ACCEPT PROMOTION TO PANELIST. DALE? MR. PRESIDENT, THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. THAT CONCLUDES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE NO APPEALS. OUR NEXT ITEM IS FINAL ACTION. COUNCILOR PEÑA. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. R-123 IS RECOMMENDATION TO THE MID-REGION OF COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR METROPOLITAN PLAN AND FEDERAL FUNDING IN THE PROPOSED FY2020-2025 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA. I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL. WE HAVE MR. MENACCUI. >>COUN. DAVIS: MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCILOR BENTON. THERE ANYTHING ON THIS? OR COUNCILOR PEÑA TO CLOSE. >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR PEÑA, THIS IS THE TIP RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED WHENEVER IT'S TIME, THE CITY IS SENT PROJECTS FOR THE MOST RECENT TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BEING PREPARED. THE REASON FOR IT IS IT IS ESTABLISHED BY CITY ORDINANCE. AND TWO, ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE ORDINANCE IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES ANY APPLICATION TO THE TIP HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AS CITY POLICY. I THINK IN THE WRITE UP WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF ORDINANCE, THE REASON BEING WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED THE TIP WAS MANAGED BY THE RULES OF THE TIP ESTABLISHED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND NMDOT AND ALLOWED FOR A SYSTEM THAT SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE IT WAS DUE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WAS AVAILABLE. ALSO, THE RULES DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY FEDERAL RESTRICTIONS. IT WAS WRITTEN THAT AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE THEY WERE DUE IT WOULD GO THROUGH THE COUNCIL. AROUND 2012 THAT CHANGED. NEW RULES CAME FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND NMDOT. AND WHAT IT DID WAS SET A SYSTEM WHICH WAS VERY DYNAMIC AND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT CHANGED A LOT. THE RESULT IS THAT NOW IT BASICALLY THE FEDERAL RULES ARE SUCH THAT YOU HAVE TO REALLY PREPARE A PROJECT FOR A FEDERAL APPLICATION SOMETIMES STARTING SEVERAL YEARS TO SEE IF IT QUALS FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND GET AN APPLICATION IN PLACE AND SAVE THE MONEY. THE SECOND THING IS WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE. THIS TIME IT WAS FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE APPLICATION WAS DUE. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FOLLOW THE ORDINANCE. AFTER THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED OR AFTER THE WE SUBMIT THE APPLICATION WE SEND THE RESOLUTION DOWN. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REDOING THE ORDINANCE. AND WHAT WE'RE THINKING OF DOING IS ONCE A PROJECT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD QUALIFY, WE WOULD PROBABLY SEND THE PROJECT TO A CLEAN UP RESOLUTION TO BE APPROVED. AND THEN WHEN IT'S TIME FOR THE TIP WE HAVE ALL OF THE PROJECTS APPROVED. WE SEND THE RESOLUTION AND SEND THE APPLICATION IN AND SEND AN EC TO COUNCIL. WE THINK THE TIP PROCESS IS STABILIZING TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN WRITE AN ORDINANCE THAT REFLECTS THE PROCESS. THAT'S WHY IT'S IN LATE. THE TIP ITSELF, BECAUSE THE RULES ARE STRICT ON WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO, BUT CONTINUING EXISTING PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE THE UNSER WIDENING, AND WIDENING -- CONTINUING TO PURCHASE ELECTRIC BUSES. AND A LOT OF GENERIC ACCOUNTS CONTINUING TO BUILD UP OUR SYSTEM OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WITH SIGNALS AND TRYING TO IMPROVE BUS STATIONS AND BUSES LIKE THAT AND PROJECTS LIKE THAT. THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT IS UP ON THIS. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU. ANYTHING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION? LOOKS LIKE A NO. I SEE DIRECTOR MONTOYA IS HERE. HE SAYS NO AS WELL. >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT. MR. MONTOYA, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING. >>COUN. DAVIS: THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU COME AND DO IT ANYWAY. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THE ADMINISTRATION IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION. WE HAVE A MEMBER THAT SITS ON THE TIP SUBCOMMITTEE AS WELL. DEBBIE WAS ABLE TO COMPILE THIS AND PRESENT IT. IT WAS MODIFIED TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN THE BILL WAS INTRODUCED WE WERE LACKING SOME OF THE PROJECTS IN THERE. THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED. WE DO SUPPORT IT. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR PEÑA, COUNCILOR BENTON, ANYTHING TO CLOSE? >>COUN. BENTON: DIRECTOR, AND TOM, I'LL PUT THIS OUT THERE. WHAT IS OUR TIMELINE OR EXPECTED TIMELINE FOR UPDATING IT? APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE HERE AND HOW EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY FOR A LOT OF THAT OVER YEARS. TIMING, OF COURSE WITH THE STATE D.O. T. WHAT IS THAT TIMELINE? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BENTON, LAST WEEK I PREPARED A FIRST CONTEXT DRAFT. THE NEXT STEP IS FOR MYSELF AND MR. MORRISES OF THE COUNCIL STAFF GET TOGETHER AND GO THROUGH THAT AND SEE HOW THAT WORKS. IF THAT IS A WORKING PLAN, AND I'M SURE IT WILL GO THROUGH CHAIN OF COMMAND. IF THE SYSTEM LOOKS GOOD WE'LL GET A DRAFT. AND WE'LL PREPARE A FINAL DRAFT. >>COUN. DAVIS: COUNCILOR PEÑA, ANYTHING TO CLOSE? >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO CLOSE. I JUST URGE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT. THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF PROJECTS THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE CITY. OBVIOUSLY, THINGS TAKE TIME. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM SOME OF THE WRITE UP SOME OF THE PROJECTS WON'T COME ONLINE FOR ANOTHER SIX YEARS. URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. DAVIS: MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS DO PASS FROM COUNCILOR PEÑA WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR BENTON. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. BENTON: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. JONES: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >>COUN. SANCHEZ: YES. >>COUN. DAVIS: YES. >> THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU. LAST ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS EC259. THIS IS ATTEMPT -- OR MAYBE AN TEECHALITY TO OVERRIDE A VETO. IF A COUNCILOR WISHES TO ATTEMPT A VETO YOU MUST MAKE A MOTION TO OVERRIDE. IF NO MOTION IS MADE OR A SECOND IS NOT RECEIVED THE LINE ITEM VITEO STANDS. IF A MOTION IS MADE THE SECOND IS RECEIVED. SIX VOTES NOT OBTAINED IN THE OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO STANDS. EC259 IS A LINE ITEM VETO OF R-22-1 ADJUSTING CERTAIN FUNDS AND PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE EXPENDITURES FOR FY23 CAPITAL FUNDS. IF WE HAVE A COUNCILOR WISHING TO DO SO, IS THERE A MOTION TO OVERRIDE? COUNCILOR BASSAN. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO OVERRIDE THE VETO OF THIS BILL. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? >>COUN. GROUT: SECOND. >>COUN. DAVIS: COUNCILOR GROUT. MR.MELENDREZ, REFRESH US AND REMIND US WHAT A YES AND NO VOTE DOES. AND WE'LL GO BACK TO COUNCILOR BASSAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THE MAYOR WITH HIS VETO MESSAGE SENT DOWN A VETO OF SECTION TEN OF THE BILL. AND IT WAS ESSENTIALLY, AN AMENDMENT INTO THE BILL THAT CREATED THE SECTION TEN THAT DIRECTED THE USE OF ANY VACANCY SAVINGS WITHIN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF FY23 BELIMITED TO PERSONNEL COSTS. THAT WAS THE EX-TENSE OF THE MAYOR'S VETO. SO, A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE TO OVERRIDE THAT VETO IF THAT MOTION PASSES BY A VOTE OF AT LEAST SIX, THEN THAT SECTION TEN WILL REMAIN IN THE BILL AND WILL TRANSMIT THE BILL TO THE CLERK AND BECOME EFFECTIVE. IF THAT MOTION FAILS TO GAIN AT LEAST SIX VOIT VOTES, IF YOU VOTE AGAINST THAT'S A NO VOTE AND THE VETO WILL STAND AND THE MID-YEAR BUDGET WILL GO INTO EFFECT WITHOUT THAT SECTION TEN THAT I EXPLAINED. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU. >>COUN. DAVIS: COUNCILOR BASSAN, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS? WE'LL GO TO OTHER COMMENTS AND THE ADMINISTRATION. COUNCILOR BASSAN FIRST. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, A COUPLE THINGS, I KNOW THIS WAS AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS OFFERED BY THE ADMINISTRATION WHEN THEY BELIEVED THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE AN EITHER/OR SITUATION. AS DID I. I OFFERED THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE BILL WHICH PASSED WHICH RESERVED THE $12 MILLION ADDITION TO TAKE FROM SALARY SAVINGS FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND MOVE IT INTO THIS RESERVE. THAT WAY, IF WE NEEDED MONEY FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THEY COULD COME TO US AND THEY COULD ASK THE COUNCIL FOR REAPPROPRIATION AND WE COULD DO THAT. THE ADMINISTRATION WAS VERY OPPOSED TO THIS AMENDMENT AND THEY REALLY DIDN'T WANT ME TO MOVE IT. AT WHICH POINT I ASKED WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER. AND WILL YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT IT IS. AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHICH OF THE TWO I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE. THE AMENDMENT BEFORE US THAT IS WHETHER WE -- WHETHER THERE'S LINE ITEM VETO OR OVERRIDE THE VETO IS WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED AND GAVE TO ME. I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT IN OUR CURRENT SITUATION AND WITH ALL OF THE -- WHETHER YOU'RE -- WHICHEVER SIDE YOU'RE ON, THE POTENTIAL THAT IF YOU BELIEVE THINGS ARE TRANSPARENT OR ACCOUNTABILITY OR WHETHER YOU'RE BELIEVING THEY'RE NOT. I BELIEVE BOTH AMENDMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE -- POSSIBLE TO DO. IF ANYTHING, WE SHOULD CHALLENGE OURSELVES AS A CITY TO TRY THIS OUT. I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN TRY IT AND SEE. BECAUSE THIS POTENTIAL AMENDMENT VETO IS GOING TO SAY FOR THE LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR DEPARTMENTS DON'T SPEND MONEY ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN SALARIES IF IT'S BEEN ALLOCATED TO SALARIES. THAT SHOULD BE DOABLE. I KNOW WE'RE A PROGRAMMATIC BUDGET IN ALBUQUERQUE. IF YOU NEED MORE MONEY COME TO US AND ASK FOR THE MONEY BECAUSE WE JUST PUT $12 MILLION IN SAVINGS FOR YOU. IF YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE HONEST, TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE I BELIEVE WE SHOULD TRY THIS OUT. THIS WILL PROVE TO EVERYONE THAT WE AS A CITY, AS ONE BURQUE ARE ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSPARENT. I KNOW THIS IS NOT MY CLOSE. I REALLY DO WITH THAT URGE YOUR SUPPORT. I BELIEVE THIS IS POSSIBLE ON OUR BEHALF. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU. I'MIGATE GO TO THE DRAEG AND WE'LL COME . >>COUN. DAVIS: ANYTHING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION? >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I THINK ALL THE PROGRAMS HAVE METRICS. THE DEPARTMENTS ARE EXPECTED TO AGREE WITH THE SERVICES. AND BE ACCOUNTABLE. AS COUNCILOR BASSAN SAID, WE WOULD HAVE PREFERRED THAT YOU HAVE THAT CONTROL IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE YOU CAN CONTROL THE FUTURE THAN MORE THAN WHAT'S IN THE PAST. HOWEVER, WE ARE OKAY WITH THE $12 MILLION BALANCE WHICH THE COUNCIL WANTS TO PUT ASIDE. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT. AND WE IDENTIFIED MORE THAN $12 MILLION. WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY USE THAT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET. IT'S A GOOD IDEA IN SPIRIT. I THINK I'M ACTUALLY AGREEING WITH COUNCILOR BASSAN. WE HAD VERY GOOD DISCUSSION WITH HER. I'M PROUD TO HAVE VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH HER. IN GOOD FAITH, WE PROVIDED THE ALTERNATIVE IT WAS STRICTLY AN ALTERNATIVE. AGAIN, IT PASSED. IN ADDITION TO COUNCILOR BASSAN'S AMENDMENT. I THINK BOTH OF THIS AMENDMENTS MAKE SENSE. HOWEVER, THEY MAKE SENSE INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT TOGETHER. IF IT IS TAKEN TOGETHER, IT BASICALLY TIES THE DEPARTMENTS HAPPENEDS TO DELIVER WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTED TO DELIVER ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE HAS GIVEN 6% RAISE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES. WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY. WE'RE LOSING TALENT. AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HIRE PEOPLE AS YOU KNOW IN PUBLIC SAFETY. WE'RE STRUGGLING. IT'S NOT JUST STOPPING AT PUBLIC SAFETY. I'LL GIVE YOU EXAMPLE OF ACCOUNTING. IN ACCOUNTING THERE ARE FOUR POSITIONS OF PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTING. THEY PLAY CRUCIAL ROLE IN RECONCILING IF FUNDS. ESPECIALLY DURING THE END OF THE YEAR BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE READY FOR THE AUDIT COME JULY 1st. AND WE HELD THOSE FOUR POSITIONS VACANT. THERE ARE NOTAKERS. WE OFFER $75,000. AND WE HAVE LOST PEOPLE TO OUT OF STATE COMPANIES, TO SANDIA, TO STATE. I JUST HAD THE DISCUSSION WITH THE CONTROLLER AND FINANCE DIRECTOR, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY CHALLENGING TO HIRE SOMEONE TO BE READY FOR THE AUDIT IF WE ARE LATE IN THE AUDIT. YOU KNOW, IT HAS CONSEQUENCES AS YOU SAW ON SATURDAY. SANTA FE DOES NOT HAVE THE AUDIT. AND S&P IS GOING TO WITH DRAW THEIR RATING WHICH IS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS A CITY CAN FACE. I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE IN THAT SITUATION. I'M GIVING YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS WHEN WE TAKE THE -- FROM THE DEPARTMENTS ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR. AS LOPPING AS LONG WE'RE ABLE TO FIND THE $12 MILLION TO PUT ASIDE, THIS SEEMS LIKE OVERKILL. I THINK WE WILL BE HURTING THE DEPARTMENTS. THE LEADERSHIP IN THE DEPARTMENTS TO DELIVER WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTED TO DELIVER. IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE. I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF DEPARTMENTS BUY SOFTWARE. THEY BY SUBSCRIPTION TO RENEW THE SOFTWEAR. WE ESTIMATE ALL THOSE THINGS IN GOOD FAITH. YOU KNOW, WE ACCELERATE EVERYTHING IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO DELIVER EVERYTHING AND BUY EVERYTHING THAT WAS APPROPRIATED IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WHEN WE KNOW WE ALL AGREE THAT THE INFLATION IS THERE, EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP. EVERYTHING PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BUY THE PRICES HAVE GONE UP. COMPARED TO WHAT WE THOUGHT ONE YEAR AGO AROUND THIS TIME. WE ARE UNDER BUDGET, NOT KNOWINGLY. BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS. THEY NEED TO DELIVER. IS THERE NO WAY THEY CAN DELIVER THIS WHEN WE ALREADY PUT ASIDE $12 MILLION FROM THE FIRST SIX MONTHS. THE THIRD QUARTER, WE HAVE TEN DAYS LEFT. WE CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE TEN DAYS. IF WE TAKE AWAY THOSE FLEXIBILITY FROM LAST THREE MONTHS, ESSENTIALLY WE'RE TYING THE HANDS OF THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS. SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO SAY, 6% RAISE IS SOMETHING WE CANNOT COMPETE. WE JUST HAVE NO MONEY TO MATCH THAT. THE OTHER THING IS THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNCIL IS WILLING TO APPROPRIATE OR REAPPROPRIATE THE MONEY IF THERE'S ANY, HOWEVER WE HAVE THREE MONTHS LEFT. WHEN WE COME TO THE COUNCIL, IT'S NOT THE COUNCIL'S FAULT, IT'S THE PROCESS. BY THE TIME WE GET SOMETHING WE ASK FOR PERMISSION, IT COMES TO THE COMMITTEE AND COMES BACK TO THE COUNCIL THAT'S THE PROCESS. WE HAVE THREE MONTHS LEFT, I'M NOT TOO SURE HOW WE CAN MANEUVER THAT IN CASE WE NEED MONEY. CONSIDERING ALL THE FACTS AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY PUT ASIDE $12 MILLION ALREADY WHICH IS VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE FY24 BUDGET. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS TO DELIVER WHAT THEY EXPECT TO DELIVER. AND SOMETIMES THEY UNDERSTAND THE MONEY THEY GOT IS AT THE PROGRAM LEVEL. THEY WILL HAVE TO DELIVER. THEY MAY HAVE TO, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTANTS, I DON'T THINK WE'RE ABLE TO HIRE SOMEONE BEFORE THE YEAR ENDS. WE MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH SOMEONE TO COME AND HELP US OUT WITH THE CONSIDERATION AND BE TIMELY AS FAR AS THE AUDIT. CONSIDERING ALL THOSE THINGS, PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS, HOMELESSNESS, I URMING -- URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >>COUN. DAVIS: THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS I RECOGNIZE MYSELF AND GO ONE MORE ROUND AND GO BACK TO THE SPONSOR. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. NO ONE ELSE, I'LL MAKE THIS QUICK. I THINK NO ONE CAN ARGUE THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN FORCEFUL IN SAYING WE NEED TO DO BETTER IN STRUCTURING THE BUDGET AND REAPPROPRIATION FROM SALARY TO OPERATING. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS PRIVATELY, PUBLICLY, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE MUCH BETTER THAN WE DID IN YEARS PRIOR. THANKS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND MR. DAVIS, ALL THOSE FOLKS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T -- I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT BEHIND THIS BUT I THINK THAT IS BETTER IN MY OPINION DONE THROUGH THE PUP COMING BUDGET WHICH WE SHOULD RECEIVE IN TEN DAYS. IT'S THIS COUNCIL'S JOB TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT. THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO PUT BUMPERS. I APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND WE'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED. IT'S A LONG PROCESS FOR GETTING LEGISLATION THROUGH. I MIGHT REMIND YOU THAT TONIGHT'S RELATIVELY SHORT AGENDA IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY AMENDED RULES. THE WORK OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND MAYOR'S STAFF TO GET US TIMELY THROUGH THE PROCESS. OUR STAFF'S DUE DILIGENCE TO GET THROUGH COMMITTEE AND THE HARD WORK OF GOING INTO COMMITTEE WHO DONE THEIR HOME WORK TO GET THINGS OUT WHERE THEY GET UNANIMOUS SUPPORT AND WE GET THOSE ON CONSENT. WE'VE DONE TONS OF IMMEDIATE ACTION ITEMS. I THINK THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THAT. I WILL ARGUE A LITTLE BIT THAT WE CAN'T SAY THE PROCESS TAKES TOO LONG. I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER PROCESS. THAT SAID, I SUPPORTED THE FIRST AMENDMENT, I DIDN'T SUPPORT THE SECOND WHICH IS WHAT THIS VETO IS FOR. I THINK IT'S HARD TO MAKE THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE BUDGET. WITH 90 DAYS LEFT IT'S A CHANCE TO DO THAT. I LOVE THE ADMINISTRATION'S LANGUAGE YOU'VE RECOMMENDED FOR. IT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR AND HOLDING THE SALARY AND HAVING THE CONVERSATION. I THINK COUNCILOR BASSAN AND HER ROLE AS CHAIR WAS ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT STARTED A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND WE SHOULD INCLUDE IT IN THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. I DON'T THINK IT'S HERE. ON THE MOTION TO OVERRIDE I ENCOURAGE COLLEAGUES TO VOTE NO SO WE CAN TAKE THAT $12 MILLION WE AGREED ON AND SET IT ASIDE AND HAVE A BETTER BUDGET NEXT YEAR. I NURJ -N COURAGE TO ENCOURAGE TO VOTE NO. COMMENTS FROM OTHER COUNCILORS BEFORE I GO BACK TO THE SPONSOR? COUNCILOR BASSAN, IT IS YOUR CLOSE. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT. I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS TO BEGIN WITH. MR. PRESIDENT, I'M WONDERING -- I WAS REALLY AGGRESSIVELY ASKED NOT TO MOVE MY AMENDMENT TO MOVE THE $12 MILLION INTO RESERVE BY THE ADMINISTRATION. I'M WONDERING WHY IS THE ADMINISTRATION OKAY WITH LEAVING THAT AMENDMENT AND NOT -- HOW COME THE MAYOR DIDN'T VETO THAT AMENDMENT WHEN THEY PROPOSED THIS AMENDMENT WHICH THEY'RE NOW VETOING? THEY ADIMATELY WORKED TO MAKE SURE I DID NOT MOVE THAT ONE WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE ONE MOST PEOPLE ARE OKAY WITH NOW. YET, THEY OFFERED THIS ONE AND ARE SUDDENLY BACK TRACKING ON THAT. WHY IS IT OKAY TO LEAVE $12 MILLION AMENDMENT AND YET NOW TRY TO VETO THEIR OWN AMENDMENT HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSPARENT FOR THE PUBLIC? >>COUN. DAVIS: MR. BAKTA, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU. >> COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCILOR BASSAN, YOU HAVE A GOOD POINT. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL TO YOU. I THINK YOUR AMENDMENT WAS INTRODUCED FIRST. IT PASSED. I ASSUMED THAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT WOULD NOT BE INTRODUCED. AI MENTIONED BEFORE, BOTH AMENDMENTS HAVE THEIR OWN MERITS. WE CAN LIVE WITH EITHER OF THEM. BUT WE CAN'T LIVE WITH BOTH OF THEM. THAT'S THE POINT. BECAUSE YOUR AMENDMENT PASSED FIRST, I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE PRUDE WANT FOR US TO VETO THE AMENDMENT WHICH IS OUR OWN AMENDMENT. I THINK THAT'S MORE RESPECTFUL. AND THAT IS THE REASON I THINK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION CHOSE TO VETO THE SECOND ONE NOT THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS YOURS. >>COUN. BASSAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AS I RESPECT YOU AS WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DID NOT WANT TO OFFEND ME IN ANY WAY. HOWEVER AT THE SAME TILE -- TIME I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHILE THE DAY WAS BUSY AND WHILE I RECEIVED THE ADMINISTRATION'S AMENDMENT CLOSER TO THE TIME COUNCIL BEGAN AFTER REVIEWING IT, A ALTHOUGH IT WAS VRY SHORT NOTI, I STILL MADE SURE TO RESPOND TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND LET THEM KNOW THAT I WAS PLANNING ON MOVING BOT AMENDMENTS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, MADE THE COUNCIL AWARE BEFORE WE DISCUSSED EITHER OF THE TWO AMENDMENTS TO PLEASEE THINKING ABOU BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME ME EVEN THOUGH WE WERE GOING TO BEOTING ON ONE BEFORE THE OTHER WHICHEVER IT MAY HAV BEEN. WHILE APPRECIATE THE FACT WE DIDN'T WNT TO OFFEND ME, I THINK IT'S ALSO SOMHING THAT'S WORTH NOTING THAT TH COUNCIL STILL VOTED IN THE MAJORITY TO PASS THIS. I BELIEVE THEY THOUGHT THIS W WORTH GIVING IT A TRY. I'MONDERING HOW ALSO MY NEXT QUESON, MR. PRESIDENT,R. BAKTA BOTH AMENDMENTSRE TING BOTH HDS OF THE DEPARTMENT IF WE SUPPT THIS OPTION OF REPROPRIATING THE FUNDS. IF WE REAPPPRIATE THE FUNDS AND WE HAVE MAKE SURE WE DO THE TWO MON OR LESS PROCES I'M WONDERING IS TH TYING BOTH HANDS WHEN WE' REALLY TALKING ABOUT PRIMARY THING OF TRANSPARENCY HERE. I KNOW THAT WE'RE ON AHORT TIMELINE. I BELIEVE THAT IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE SHOULD BOW ABLE TORY THIS THIS IS T MY QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT' RHETORICAL. I DON'T SEE IT AS TYIN BTH HAND I CERTAINLY DO N MEAN, AND I SAID THI BEFORE WN THE AMENDMENTS WERE BEG DISCUED BEFORE THE COUNCIL, I D NOT MEAN TO DEMORALIZE ANY DEPARTMENT. I'M NOT TRYING TO DISHEARN ANY BUT I THINK FXIBILITY FOR THE DERTMENT IN THE L QUTER, I THINK AT'S OKAY. WHY WAS THE ADMINISATION SO OKAY WITH IT BEFORE TAVINGS WAS MOVED. NOW WE HAVEONEY IN SAVI AND WE'REAYG COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, WORK WI , TALK WITH US, LET'S KNO WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING THE MONEY ON, AND THIS IS IN LIGHT OF SOMOFHE OTHER TOPICS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP TOGH AND RECENTY. SOME OF THE THGS THEITY HAVE BEEN PURCHING ARE WITHOUT APPRAL. TH'RE NOT SOMETHING AGREED UP WHEN WE WERE TOLD WHAT THE PRMS RE. I'MONDERINGTILL,OW IS THE $12 MILLN INAVINGS NOT OKAY NOW WHEN IT WAS -- IT'S OKAY NOW BUT IT WASN'TKAY EN. I THINK WE HAVE A RIG TO BE ABLE TO SAY COME TO US AND MKE SUREHAT WE'R TIGHTENG OUR BELT% THE ADMISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATI NOW I HAR WE HAVE ALAT ET. A MONTH A I HEARDE MHTE FANG A SIGFICANT SHORTFAL PER THE ADMINISTRATI'S REMMENDATION AT THEIME A I BELIEVE IN OUR BEST INTE AS FISC RESPONSIBLE GOVERNNT AGENCY WEHOULD TIGHTEN OUR BELTS. AND PERHE PUBLIC'S REQUIRT AND THEIR REQUESHAHEY VE BEEN AIN F A VERY LONG TIME, BE TRANARENT. I BELIEVE THA BOTH OF THESE WILLLLOW US TOE TRANSPART AND REONSIBLEITH THE TYS MOY. I PLEE URG YOUR PPORT. >>COUN. VIS: THANK U, COCILOR. SEEING NO OERDISCUSSION WEL THE VOTE. PLEA CALL THEROLL. VOTE FOR YES ISOR THE ERRIDE. VOTE NOOULD BE STAINHE MAYOS VETO PLSE CALL THEVOTE >>COUN. SSYES. >>COUN. BENTON: NO. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: . >>UN. GROUT: YES CO. JONES: NO. COUN. LEWIS: YES. COUN. PEÑANO. >>COUN. NCHEES. >>COUN. VIS: NO. >> MOTION FL ONA 5 VOTE. >>COUNDAVIS: THE MOTIO ILS. THANK YOU VER MUCH. I THINK WE S A NEW RECORD. COULDO TIS EVERY T WES. LES THINK ABOUT THAT GOING FORWARD. WE WILLEEOU AL. ISEETING ADJRNED.