GOV-TV. >> STAY TUNED FOR THE UP COMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING NEXT ON GOV-TV. >> (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN SPANISH). >> THANKS TO EVERYBODY. AS NOTED IN PRESS RELEASE FROM OUR OFFICE ON FRIDAY AND POSTED ON WEBSITE AND NOTED ON PUBLISHED COUNCIL AGENDA, TODAY'S MEETING CONTINUES SPECIAL PROCEDURES GIVEN THE GOVERNOR'S DECLARATION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND EXTENDED RESTRICTIONS ON GATHERINGS. THIS MEETING AND ALL THE ONES IN NEAR FUTURE WILL BE HELD BY ZOOM. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, CITY STAFF AND MEDIA HAVE ABILITY TO VIEW IN THREE PLATFORMS ON GOVTV COMCAST 16 THE WEBSITE AND YOUTUBE. THESE LIVE STREAMS CAN BE ACCESSED FROM ANY SMARTPHONE TABLET OR COMPUTER AND THOSE WATCHING ON LIVE STREAM, WELCOME. >> OCCASIONALLY WE SEE THAT TECHNICAL GLITCHES BEYOND OUR CONTROL SOME OF THOSE PLATFORMS WILL DELAY OR INTERRUPT. BUT WE POST UPDATES ON OUR TWITTER PAGE FOR ANY ONE WHO IS WATCHING. IF AN OUTLET IS OUT, CHECK US ON TWITTER. VIDEO RECORDINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE. >> WE ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP AT 768-3100. THE COUNCIL ACCEPTS LIVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL AS WRITTEN COMMENTS. WE HAD BOTH TODAY AND MR. MOYA PROVIDED THOSE EARLIER AND WE HAVE A FEW FOLKS IN THE WAITING ROOM SCHEDULED FOR COMMENT. WE HAVE NO PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. SO, WITH THAT, WE MOVE STRAIGHT INTO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING. AS WAS STATED EARLIER, COMMENT WAS TAKEN AND WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP. WE ALSO RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMENTS AND COUNCILORS HAVE INDIVIDUAL EMAILS FROM CONSTITUENTS ACCESSIBLE ON LINE. I ASK THE MODERATORS TO BRING EVERYBODY IN. WHEN THEY ARE READY I'LL GIVE AS YOU FEW RULES OF THE ROAD. WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PAUSE WHILE WE GET OUR SPEAKERS IN. >> Coun. Davis: WELCOME TO THOSE SIGNED UP FOR COMMENTS. YOUR IN OUR MEETING AT THIS POINT. PER THE RULES PUBLISHED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN MOVED IN AND YOU WILL REMAIN MUTED UNTIL YOUR CALLED UPON TO SPEAK. YOU HAVE UP TO ONE AND A HALF MINUTES TO PROVIDE COMMENTS. YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO USE IT ALL BUT YOU CAN TRANSFER IT TO ANOTHER PERSON. AFTER THAT ONE AND A HALF MINUTES, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED. YOU CAN THEN AT YOUR OWN BEHEST MUTE ARE VIDEO AND REMOVE YOURSELF OR OUR MODERATORS HAVE LET EVERYONE IN. YOU HAVE 1 1/2 MINUTES, COMMENTS HAVE TO BE ADDRESS $TO CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WE DON'T ALLOW FOR DEBATE OR CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN COUNCILORS AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UNLESS A COUNCILOR HAS A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. ANY DISRUPTIVE COMMENT RESULTS IN REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING. I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU. WILL YOU MODERATE OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE. >> FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE CHRIS LARRANANGA. >> CHRIS: THANK YOU COUNCILORS. LET ME JUST PULL UP MY WRITTEN COMMENTS HERE. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. THERE WE GO. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO R-20-98. I WANT TO GIVE APPRECIATION TO CITY COUNCIL SENA FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY AND INVESTING IN SOCIAL WORKERS WITH INTEREST IN THE ALBUQUERQUE SAFETY DEPARTMENT. I HAVE HAD PRIVILEGE TO WORK ALONGSIDE FELLOW SORE AL WORKERS AND I SEE THE MOTIVATION THESE STUDENTS HAVE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE COMMUNITY SAFETY DEPARTMENT. THE CLASS IS COMPRISED OF SOCIAL WORKERS OF VAIR YARR IING BACKGROUND BUT WE HAVE SAME INTEREST IN ASSISTING THE VISION IN MAKING THIS DEPARTMENT EFFECTIVE AND AIDING POLICE OFFICERS THAT NEED HELP WITH THOSE THAT HAVE EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE IN COPING WITH ISSUES SUCH AS HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL ILLNESS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER PRESSING ISSUES. AS SOCIAL WORKERS WE HAVE A KEEN INSIGHT ON HOW TO COPE WITH PRIMARY ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY -- THAT OUR COMMUNITY FACES SUCH AS MENTAL ILLNESS AND HOMELESSNESS. IN MY EXPERIENCE AS A SOCIAL WORKER I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND IMPACT THAT TRAUMA AND POVERTY HAVE ON PEOPLE AND I HAVE ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SEE WHAT A DIFFERENCE SERVICES CAN MAKE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS. IN MY EXPERIENCE AS A CASE MANAGER UNDER NEW MEXICO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WAIVER -- >> THANK YOU YOUR TIME IS UP. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JUSTIN GRIFFIN. >> JUSTIN: GOOD AFTERNOON. 7405 SANDIA GLOW COURT ALBUQUERQUE UP IN THE NORTH EAST HEIGHTS. I HAVE LIVED IN THIS SAME RESIDENCE FOR 18 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE VETTER IN ALL OF THE ELECTIONS SINCE WE HAVE BEEN HERE, AUTHORIZED TO VOTE IN. AND I HAVE OVER THE YEARS NOTICED THERE HAVE BEEN SUCH A PROLIFERATION OF THE TEMPORARY SIGNS DURING AN ELECTION THAT APPEAR NOT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S ORDINANCE. WHICH, I HAVE GONE INTO JUST IN THE LAST WEEK, READ A LOT ABOUT IT, STUDIED IT, TRIED TO UNDERSTAND IT AND THEN I WENT OUT AND CHECKED WITH THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITH A PROPERTY OWNER TO CHECK AND SEE IF THEY AUTHORIZED TEMPORARY SIGNS ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR THE ELECTION. NONE OF THEM HAD APPROVED IT AND MOST OF THEM WERE UNAWARE THAT THEY WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL THAT BACKED UP TO THEIR HOUSE. THE ORDINANCE SAYS NO MORE THAN FOUR SIGNS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ON A PREMISES YET IN THOSE OF THESE CASES THERE WERE ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 18 SIGNS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERING JUST TWO PROPERTIES SO, YOU PROBABLY NOTICED AND I HAVE NOTICED IT AND A LOT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE NOTICED IT THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF GETTING COMPLIANCE. >> YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: I SEE TWO COUNCILORS, MR. GRIFFIN STAY WITH US JUST A MINUTE. TWO COUNCILORS WITH QUESTIONS. COUNCILOR SENA I DIDN'T SEE YOU IN TIME. >> Coun. Sena: THANK YOU. MINE WAS JUST IN REGARDS TO THE FIRST SPEAKER COMMENTS ABOUT SOCIAL WORKERS AND I KNOW HE WAS JUST GETTING INTO WHAT HIS CLASS DOES AND I THINK IT IS URGENT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT PERSPECTIVE AND THEIR INTEREST IN THIS NEW DEPARTMENT SO MY QUESTION REALLY IS IF HE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH HIS WHOLE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Coun. Davis: LET ME GET TO COUNCILOR BENTON WITH MR. GRIFFIN AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK. >> Coun. Benton: THANKS IF GRIFFIN. I DID SCAN YOUR EMAIL AT THE LAST MINUTE. DID I SEE IT AND I LOOKED THROUGH IT. I WOULD SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST THAT CERTAINLY IF A SIGN IS PLACED ON A PROPERTY WITHOUT THE OWNER'S PERMISSION THAT PROPERTY OWNER HAS THE RIGHT TO REMOVE THOSE SIGNS. FURTHERMORE, IF PEOPLE SEE ILLEGAL PLACEMENT OF POLITICAL SIGNS, THE WAY TO DEAL WITH IT IS TO MAKE A 311 ZONING COMPLAINT. I HAVE DONE IT BEFORE MYSELF. NEVER ON MY OWN SIGNS, BUT ALWAYS ON OTHER PEOPLES'. JUST KIDDING. ALL KIDDING ASIDE I HAVE SEEN THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CLEAR SITE TRIANGLE WHERE THEY BLOCK VISIBILITY OF INTERSECTIONS. I HAVE SEEN THEM ON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RIGHT-OF-WAY, AMAFCA DRAINAGE RIGHT-OF-WAY ALL THESE LOCATIONS UNLESS THERE IS PERMISSION FROM THE OWNER, ARE NOT LEGAL. SO, IT IS KIND OF A COMPLAINT DRIVEN SYSTEM AS MUCH OF ZONING IS AND THIS IS UNDER THE ZONING DEPARTMENT AS YOU DISCOVERED WHY YOUR RESEARCH AND SO, I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE SUCH ILLEGAL PLACEMENT TO REPORT THEM. IN THE PAST AS FAR AS I KNOW THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL GO REMOVE THEM IN SOME CASES. ENTITIES LIKE THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OR STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE AMAFCA, FLOOD CONTROL AUTHORITY WILL ALSO REMOVE THEM FROM THEIR PROPERTY WHEN THEY SEE THEM. BUT IT IS KIND OF A COMPLAINT DRIVEN PROCESS. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. GRIFFIN FOR JOINING US. GOING BACK TO MR. LARRANGA AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILOR SENA. WE'LL GIVE YOU A FEW EXTRA MINUTES TO FINISH YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE PROGRAM TO ANSWER COUNCILOR'S OR' QUESTION. >> THANK YOU FOR THE ADDED TIME. I WANTED TO STRESS THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING UNDER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY WAIVER FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS, NEW MEXICO STATE PROGRAM. IT HAS A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO TREATING INDIVIDUALS ON A LEVEL OF PERSON-CENTERED SO IT IS EXTREMELY HOLISTIC AND WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO STRESS WAS AS A SOCIAL WORKER I FULLY UNDERSTAND IMPACT WHEN NEEDS ARE NOT MET FOR INDIVIDUALS AND I WANTED TO REFERENCE THE HIERARCHY OF NEEDS. CAN LEAD TO ILLNESS PARTICULARLY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. INDIVIDUALSS WHO PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS NOT MET MAY DIE. WHEN SAFETY NETS ARE NOT MET, POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS MAY OCCUR. LACK OF SELF ESTEEM OR INABILITY TO SELF ACTUALIZE AND MAY ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO DEPRESSION OR ANXIETY. PRIOR TO THE CURRENT PANDEMIC ALBUQUERQUE EXPERIENCED 27% INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS AND A 57% INCREASE IN CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS IN 2019 ACCORDING TO ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL ARTICLE IN 2020. SO, I JUST WANTED TO JUST KIND OF AGAIN STRESS IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING R-20-98 AND I WANT TO EXPRESS A SPECIAL GRATITUDE AND THANKS TO COUNCILOR SENA AND TO ALL OF YOU FELLOW CITY COUNCILORS. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION. YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR. >> Coun. Sena: I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE STUDENTS AT NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY AND THE PROGRAM IS MASTERS IN SOCIAL WORK FOR PUTTING IN THERE RESPONSE AND EMAILS IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE TUITION SYSTEM. SO, THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. CHRISTOPHER RAMIREZ. >> CHRISTOPHER: GOOD AFTERNOON. . I WANTED TO COME AS A CARE AND PRESIDENT OF THE TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD TO TALK ABOUT A RECENT RESOLUTION WE PASSED ASKING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO EXTEND ILLUMINATING BARRIERS DURING CODE OF. OTHER COMMUNITIES IN LOS ALAMOS, SANTA FE HAVE DONE THIS TO MAKE SURE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS ARE MORE SAFE DURING COVID-19. THIS ALLOWS THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES TO HAVE ACCESS TO MORE RESOURCES INSIDE THEIR HOUSEHOLD. SO, AGAIN, WE ARE COUNTING ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO ELIMINATE FARES DURING COVID-19 AND CONTINUING TO LOOK AND EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE TO ELIMINATE FARES AS A EQUITY ISSUE EVEN AFTER COVID-19 ISN'T AN ISSUE. I WANT TO BRING UP IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THE CITY RECEIVED 27 MILLION IN CARES ACT UPONY FOR THE TRANSIT. MONEY FOR THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT AND THIS MORE THAN ALLEVIATES THE TRANSIT FARES. WE HAVE SEEN REDUCTION OF 50% OF RIDERS SO EVEN THOUGH 1.5 MILLION IN FARES WHICH WOULD BE FOR THE YEAR, 750,000 APPROXIMATELY FARES IF IT IS THE SAME AS THE REDUCTION IN OVERALL RIDERS, WOULD BE MORE THAN -- >> YOUR TIME IS UP. >> CHRISTOPHER HANGOUT. I THINK COUNCILOR BENTON HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU. >> Coun. Benton: CHRISTOPHER, PERSONAL THANKS FOR SERVING ON THE TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD ALONG WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS. AND FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. COUNCILOR DAVIS AND I HAVE KIND OF BEEN PUSHING ON THIS. I KNOW AND MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR MR. RAEL IF HE IS AVAILABLE. OR SOMEONE FROM ADMINISTRATION. BUT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT CARES ACT MONEY UNLIKE OTHER CARES ACT FUNDING DOES NOT EXPIRE IN THE TRANSPORTATION ARENA. I KNOW THAT IS THE CASE FOR THE RIO METRO TRANSIT DISTRICTED AND PRETTY SURE IT IS FOR OUR TRANSIT DEPARTMENT. CAN WE VERIFY THAT OR DO YOU KNOW MR. RAMIREZ? YOU CAN ANSWER MAYBE YOURSELF. >> Coun. Davis: MR. BACA I ALSO WHAT HING IN. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I THINK YOUR CORRECT, ADMINISTRATION COULD ANSWER BETTER THAN MYSELF BUT THE DIRECTOR DID INFORM US WHEN DID LET US KNOW ABOUT THE 27 MILLION WAS THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS LOOKING AT USING PART OF THE FUNDS THIS FISCAL YEAR AND SAVING SOME FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR AS WELL WHICH MADE SENSE TO US ON THE TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS ACCORDINGLY. WHAT WE WANT TO SAY IS THOSE CARES ACT FUND WHICH WE KNOW OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE HAVE ALLEVIATED EXPENSES IN THE FISCAL YEAR FOR PEOPLE MOST IMPACTED LIKE TRANSIT DEPENDENT BUS RIDES. >> Coun. Benton: WE'LL LET ADMINISTRATION RESPOND BUT WITHOUT QUESTION THIS MAKES SENSE. WE ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENCE IN OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM AND DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB BUT THE WHOLE THING OF DEALING WITH PAYING FARES IS OBVIOUSLY A CHALLENGE IN TERMS OF THE PANDEMIC. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. MR. BACA I SAW YOU COME OFF MUTED. WHEN WE MENTION MONEY I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN. >> BACA: COUNCILORS, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT IT IS TRUE THAT THIS MONEY DOESN'T EXPIRE, HOWEVER, IT IS NONRECURRING. IT IS ONE-TIME MONEY SO THAT ALL I WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR BUDGET OFFICER LAWRENCE IS HERE IF HE WANTS TO WEIGH IN WITH MORE DETAILS. >> LAWRENCE: THANK YOU. MR. BACA IS RIGHT, IT DOES NOT EXPIRE AND WE DID RECEIVE 27.3 MILLION AND AGAIN THE IMPORTANT PARTIES IT IS NONRECURRING. ONE TIME FUNDING. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU ALL. THAT WAS YOUR QUESTION, SO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IF YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP. >> Coun. Benton: NO. >> Coun. Davis: MR. RAMIREZ ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> WE HAD TWO MORE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK BUT THEY HAVEN'T JOINED THE MEETING. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Coun. Davis: FOR THE REST OF OUR GUESTS JOINING US FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA LATER, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO THE WAITING ROOM. WE'LL TAKE A 15 SECOND TECHNICAL BREAK AND THEN MOVE INTO THE REST OF THE AGENDA. >> WE ARE TRYING TO DO THINGS A LITTLE CLEANER SO WE CAN KEEP US TOGETHER. WE HAVE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 40 PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING BECAUSE OF BUDGET SO IT TAKES US LONGER TO BE SURE WE GET PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACES. WE ARE LETTING THEM TAKE THE LEAD. A COUPLE HOUSE KEEPING THINGS FOR FOLKS FOLLOWING ALONG. AS WE ALWAYS TRY TO DO, WE'LL TAKE A DINNER BREAK AROUND 5:00 OR 5:30. SO, IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THOSE ITEMS, YOU MIGHT BE FREE TO COME BACK AND JOIN US AFTER OUR 5:00 OR 5:30 DINNER BREAK. OTHER THAN THAT WE WILL DO THE CITY'S BUDGET AS SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA AT THE ENDS OF THE MEETING THIS EVENING. SO, THAT WE ARE NOT RUSHED TO GET OTHER ITEMS AND GUESTS OUT OF THE WAY. THOSE OF YOU HERE ONLY FOR THE BUDGET, WE WON'T GET TO THAT BEFORE THE DINNER BREAK. CAN YOU JOIN US AFTER THAT DINNER BREAK. WE DON'T HAVE ANY ECONOMIC DEVELOP MEANT DISCUSSIONS. COUNCILORS DID NOT SUBMIT ANY QUESTIONS BUT WE OPEN THE FLOOR IN CASE SOMEBODY HAS LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS OR ITEMS. I DO THAT NOW. USE YOUR RAISE YOUR HANDS BUTTON. I SEE COUNCILOR SENA. WE WILL GIVE HER THE FLOOR. >> Coun. Sena: THANK FOR THAT. I KNOW IN THE PAST COUNCIL MEETINGS I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR PARKS AND REC ABOUT TRASH PICK UP AND OPEN SPACE AS WELL BUT THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY IN RECOGNITION OF PARKS DEPARTMENT. A CONSTITUENT OF MINE WHO IS ALWAYS ON TOP OF PREZDIO PARK WANTED TO EXTENDS HIS GRATITUDE TO MARQUEZ IN KEEPING UP WITH THAT PARK AND REALLY APPRECIATION AFTER GOING ON A FIELDS TRIP WITH ALL OF OUR PARKS TO ENSURE THAT IT IS WELL KEPT, ESPECIALLY NOTING (INAUDIBLE) COMPLIMENT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND I WANTED TO NOTE OUR CONSTITUENTS APPRECIATION FOR KEEPING UP WITH THE PARKS. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: I KNOW PARKS DIRECTORS ARE IN HERE SOMEWHERE AND I AM SURE WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM. SOMEBODY FROM THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT AND I SEE THE DIRECTOR, PLEASE WEIGH IN. >> OF DIRECTOR SIMON? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILOR SENA, THANK YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATE HARD WORK OF FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES AND I WILL PASS ON THOSE KIND WORDS. >> Coun. Davis: ANY OTHER ITEMS Q AND A FOR THE ADMINISTRATION? GOING ONCE, TWICE AND WE ARE GOOD. EVERYBODY IS OFF THE HOOK FOR THAT ONE. I THINK YOU HAVE A MOTION RELATING TO THE JOURNAL. >> Coun. Gibson: THANK YOU. I MOVE THE JOURNAL FROM -- HOLD ON -- >> Coun. Davis: I THINK OCTOBER 5. COUNCILOR ZNA OFFERED ZNA OFFEE SECOND. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Coun. Davis: S ANY CHANGE TO LETTER OF INTRODUCTION? NONE REPORTED. ANY LAST MINUTE CHANGES. SEEING NONE. THE MOTION? >> Coun. Gibson: I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE? >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> 9-0. >> Coun. Davis: COUNCILOR GIBSON, START US WITH COMMITTEES. >> Coun. Gibson: ABSOLUTELY. THE FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MET ON MONDAY, ACT 12 AND REPORTS OUT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. IN THE MATTER OF EC-152 THAT RECEIPT BE NOTED. IN THE MATTER EC-165, EC-166, EC-167 AND EC-174 THAT THEY WESTBOUND APPROVED. IN THE MATTER OF R-105, THAT IT DO PASS. IN THE MATTER OF R-107, THAT IT DO PASS AS AMENDED AND BE ACTED ON AT MEETING AT WHICH IT IS REPORTED. I MAKE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. I SEE A COUPLE OF SECONDS INCLUDING COUNCILOR BENTON. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> 9-0. >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MET ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 AND REPORTS OUT FOLLOWING ITEMS. IN THE MATTER OF O-37 AND R-99 THAT THEY DO PASS AS AMENDED. AND ACTED ON AT MEETING AT WHICH REPORTED. IN THE MATTER OF R-98 IT DO PASS AS SUBSTITUTED AND AMENDED AND ACTED UPON AT MEETING AT WHICH REPORTED. IN THE MATTER OF R-85 THAT IT DO PASS AND BE ACTED ON AT MEETING AT WHICH IT IS REPORTED. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE REPORTS. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE A SECOND FOR THAT. ANY DISCUSSION. >> CALL THE VOTE. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. HE HAVE. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. NEXT UP DEFERRALS AND WITHDRAWALS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF MOTIONS HERE. AND BE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHERS. COUNCILORS, I MOVE DEFERRAL UNTIL NOVEMBER 2 FOR EC-144 WHICH IS ON TONIGHT'S -- I BELIEVE IT IS CONSENT MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATION OF AWARD TO NEW MEXICO BIOPARK SOCIETY. ANY DISCUSSION? (PASSES UNANIMOUSLY) >> Coun. Davis: SELECTION OF CITY AUDITOR, WITHDRAWN FROM CONSIDERATION. I MOVE WITHDRAWAL OF OC-11. >> SEEING NO DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE PLEASE. (VOTE UNANIMOUS) >> Coun. Davis: ANY OTHER DEFERRALS OR WITHDRAWALS. >> Coun. Davis: CAN WE DO THAT WHEN WE GET TO FINAL ACTIONS. >> Coun. Gibson: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Coun. Davis: ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR DEFERRAL OR WITHDRAWAL. WE'LL MAKE A NOTE TO DO THAT WITH FINAL ACTIONS. FOR CONSENT, THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO CONSENT AGENDA? FOR THOSE OF YOU ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA WHO ARE BEING APPOINTED TO SERVE ON BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS, WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING FROM HOME, THANK YOU. ONE OF THESE DAYS WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU IN PERSON, FOR NOW TAKE OUR THANKS. >> MADAM CLERK? >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. 9-0. >> Coun. Davis: ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNCILOR ZNA. >> Coun. Sena: THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT 3:00 P.M. VIA ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCE. >> Coun. Pena: ALBUQUERQUE BERNALILLO COUNTY GOVERNMENT COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY OCTOBER 22 IS CANCELLED. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS. SEEING NONE. MR. MELENDRES YOUR ON DECK. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE NEXT TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. AC20-9. PLANNING AND ZONING FOR APODACA APPEAL. I AM GOING TO ASK MR. MELENDRES TO EXPLAIN THE APPEAL. ARE YOU WITH US? >> MELENDRES: THANK YOU. THIS MATTER IS APPEAL FROM THE ZONING HEARING EXAMINER. REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IN THE SANTA BARBARA MARTINEZTOWN AREA. ESSENTIALLY, A PROPERTY OWNER OWNS APPROXIMATELY HALF ACRE OFF OF BROADWAY. PROPERTY IS ZONED MXM. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY USED IN PART AS A CONSTRUCTION OFFICE BUT ALSO HAS SOME CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL STORAGE GOING ON. THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL STORAGE IS NOT PERMITTED IN OFFICE USE AT THAT SITE. APPLICANT CAME IN FOR CONDITIONAL USE TO TRY TO GET A SELF STORAGE APPROVAL AT THE SITE. ZONING HEARING EXAMINER CONSIDERED THAT REQUEST AND ULTIMATELY DENIED THAT REQUEST BASED ON DETERMINATION THAT THE POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THAT AREA DID NOT ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED USE. IN ORDER TO GET A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPROVED, IT HAS TO BE DEMONSTRATED BY APPLICANT THAT THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. ZONING HEARING EXAMINER DETERMINED THIS USE WAS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THAT DECISION WAS APPEAL TO THE LAND USE HEARING OFFICER. HE REVIEWED THE ZHE AND RECOMMENDS ZHE BE CONFIRMED WITH RESPECT TO THAT DENIAL. THE OFFICER ALSO FOUND THE FINDINGS SUPPORTED WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CONCEPT THAT THE PLAN DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR SELF STORAGE AT THIS LOCATION. THE HEARING OFFICER ALSO IDENTIFIED SORT OF A SECONDARY INDEPENDENT BASIS FOR DENYING THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST AND THAT IS THAT IF THE OUTDOOR STORAGE COMPONENT IS APPROVED THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONSTRUCTION OFFICE WOULD TURN THIS INTO A CONTRACTOR'S YARD WHICH IS A DEFINED TERM IN IDO AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE IS THIS ALLOWED IN THIS ZONE. SO, LUHO DETERMINED NOT ONLY TDID THE ZHE CORRECTLY DENY BUT ALSO THAT THE REQUEST COULD NOT BE APPROVED IN THIS ZONE WITHOUT VIOLATING UNDER MXM REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOU TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO ACCEPT OR REJECT RECOMMENDATION OF THE LAND USE HEARING OFFICER, TO DENY CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BASED ON MATERIAL IN THE RECORD. IF YOU DETERMINE THAT CAN YOU NOT ACCEPT THE LAND USE HEARING OFFICERS RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME WE'LL SCHEDULE FOR A FULL HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. >> Coun. Davis: I APPRECIATE IT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION. I SEE COUNCILOR JONES. >> Coun. Jones: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE LUHO RECOMMENDATIONS. >> Councilor Bassan: SECOND. >> Coun. Davis: ANY DISCUSSION? >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU. I WANTED TO ASK. >> MY UNDERSTANDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTED OUR PROCESS IN THIS SO FAR. >> MELENDRES: YES, COMPONENT OF THE IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOOD, SANTA BARBARA MARTINEZTOWN DID PARTICIPATE IN THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS. ALL IN OPPOSITION TO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND SUPPORTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LAND USE HEARING OFFICER. >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU. I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THEIR VIGILANCE ON THIS AND SUPPORT OF THE PROCESS THAT IS ESTABLISHED AND ALSO THE FACT THAT ZONES SUCH AS MXM ARE TYPICALLY ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE KNOW THAT THE SANTA BARBARA MARTINEZTOWN IS A UNIQUE PART OF TOWN WHERE THERE IS KIND OF A CRAZY QUILT MIX OF ZONING. UNDER IDO THERE REMAINS A CERTAIN ASPECT OF THAT WHICH WE ALL KNOW WE WANT TO WORK TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO CORRECT. BUT, I DO APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT OF THAT AND I AM REMINDED AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK MR. MELENDRES. I THINK THIS IS ROUGHLY THE FOURTH APPEAL WE HAVE HAD UNDER IDO WITH REGARD TO ISSUES THAT AFFECTED NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL USES AND PROTECTIONS AND IN SOME CASE ADDED PROTECTIONS PROVIDED WITHIN THE IDO. IS THAT CORRECT? >> MELENDRES: THAT IS CORRECT. THROUGH LAST YEAR AND THIS, WE HAVE SEEN A SERIES OF REQUESTS COME THROUGH LARGELY IN THE FORM OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS ATTEMPTING GET COMMERCIAL USES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THOSE HAVE BEEN DENIED OR REMANDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND LAND USE HEARING OFFICER BASED ON REQUIREMENTS OF THE IDO AND COMP PLAN THAT ARE RELATIVELY NEW THAT EXIST BECAUSE THE OF THE IDO AND PLAN UPDATES. >> Coun. Benton: THANKS. I DO RECALL THOSE. IN THIS CASE IT SEEMS LIKE THE HEARING OFFICER AND THE LUHO WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT SO THAT IS GREAT AND OTHER CASES IN THE PAST, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OVERTURNED SOME PREVIOUS DECISIONS BUT I THINK THAT SYSTEM IS WORKING. I JUST WANT TO -- YOU KNOW -- WE HAVE BEEN BEATING THIS DRUM FOR A WHILE AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS SINCE IDO WAS ADOPTED BUT I WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT AND IN THIS CASE I AM CERTAINLY GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOTION AND WE ARE THE BACK STOP BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE LEVELS ALONG THE WAY WHERE COMMUNITIES CAN AND SHOULD BE HEARD WITH REGARD TO PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO PUSH THE LIMITS. IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, THIS ZONE MORE OR LESS REPLACED NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND THIS PROVIDES -- THIS ILLUSTRATES, I THINK THAT WE HAVE PROTECTIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO STAND BEHIND. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL TO ACCEPT LUHO RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINDINGS? SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE VOTE. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. 9-0. >> Coun. Davis: JUST A SECOND COUNCILORS. WE WILL MOVE ONTO YOUR ITEM R-107. I AM SORRY. LET'S DO THAT REAL QUICKLY. OF YOU HAD ASKED TO US TAKE THIS EARLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE SPECIAL GUESTS. SO, COUNCILOR GIBSON R-107, THEN TO OPEN SPACE QUESTIONS. >> Coun. Gibson: THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS ALLOWANCE FOR US. R-107 IS MAKING FINDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE REGULATION OF WINROCK TOWN CENTER TAX INCREMENT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 1 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF SUPPORT ORDINARY LIEN TAX INCREMENT BONDS, RATIFYING AND APPROVING SALE OF THE BONDS SERIES 2020 AND AUTHORIZING AMENDMENTS TO THE OPERATIONS AGREEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION TREATMENT PREVIOUSLY ENTERED INTO THE BY THE CITY WITH RESPECT TO SUCH DISTRICT. MOVE DO PASS AND MR. PRESIDENT WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS BILL SHOULD THEY NEED TO BE ANSWERED. >> Coun. Davis: I SEE A NUMBER OF OUR GUESTS FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL BORREGO OFFERED SECOND. I SEE A NUMBER OF GUESTS. FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILOR BASSAN HAS TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AND SHE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. I'LL LET YOU RECOGNIZE YOUR GUESTS AS YOU SEE FIT. COUNCILOR JONES HAS A QUESTION. >> Coun. Gibson: START WITH THE QUESTION. >> Coun. Jones: THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT I JUST WANTED TO SAY HELLO TO JILL. WHENEVER WE SEE HER WE ARE DOING SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE CITY. >> Coun. Gibson: WOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL TO GET A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THIS OR -- OKAY. I SEE SOME NODS. >> Coun. Davis: YEAH, IF I LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY EXPLAIN IT AND COUNCILOR BASSAN IS BACK. >> Coun. Gibson: WOULD YOU MIND DOING A RECAP OF WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES? >> SWEENEY: CERTAINLY. YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE CITY RESOLUTION APPROVING A SUBORDINATE LIEN BOND TRANSACTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WINROCK TID AND COMPLETION OF CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE DISTRICT INCLUDING THE RING ROAD. YOU'LL RECALL THAT YOU REVIEWED THIS TRANSACTION AS DID FGO AND DEBT COMMITTEE BACK IN JANUARY. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT TIME THE WORLD CHANGED AS WE ALL KNOW AND THAT TRANSACTION WAS PUT ON HOLD. WE ARE BACK WITH YOU NOW FOR A PIECE OF THAT TRANSACTION, THE SUBORDINATE LIEN IN ORDER TO FINISH CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE SPECIFICALLY THE ROADWAY AND PARK THAT HAS BEEN PROMISED TO PARTICULAR TENENTS. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN REVIEWED, SCALED DOWN PROJECT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AGAIN BY FGO AND BY THE DEBT COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT IS READY WITH YOUR BLESSING TO GO FORWARD WITH THE SALE OF THE BONDS, MOVING TOWARD -- MOVING FORWARD A CLOSING -- FORWARD TO A CLOSING. >> Coun. Davis: COUNCILOR GIBSON YOU'RE THE FLOOR. WE'LL LEAVE IT TO TO CLOSE OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OTHER GUESTS. >> Coun. Gibson: I AM READY TO CLOSE UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS. >> Coun. Davis: SEEING NONE. WE'LL TAKE THAT AS A CLOSE AND ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE VOTE. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. FOR HELPING US WITH THAT. MS. SWEENEY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. BACK TO APPROVALS. OC-12, APPOINTMENT TO OPEN SPACE BOARD. IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A STEP BACKWARDS AND GO BACK A PAGE. >> SINCE WE HAVE NOT YET TAKEN UP THIS MOTION, I WILL MAKE -- MS. SCHULTZ I'LL BRING YOU IN FOR JUST A MINUTE. WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THIS IS AN UNUSUAL PROCESS FOR AN APPOINTMENT. WE HAVE AN UNUSUAL PROPER, ONE THAT WE DON'T USE VERY OFF EVEN IN OFTEN IN TERMS OF VOTING. WE'LL MS. SCHULTZ TO EXPLAIN THAT. WILL YOU GIVE US BACKGROUND? >> SCHULTZ: THANK YOU. OC-2012 IS SELECTION FOR A CANDIDATE TO THE OPEN SPACE ADVISORY BOARD. AT PRESENT, THERE IS ONLY ONE VACANT SEAT ON THE OPEN SPACE ADVISORY BOARD HOWEVER COUNCILOR ^ S HAVE PUT FORTH TWO NAMES. IN INSTANCE OF THAT, COUNCIL RULES DICTATE YOU CHOOSE A CANDIDATE VIA BALLOT. IF WE WERE IN PERSON I BELIEVE THE CLERK OF THE COUNCIL WOULD TYPICALLY WALK A BALLOT UP FOR YOU TO FILL OUT. WE ARE REMOTE AND WE COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT PROCEDURE. BEFORE I GET INTO THAT PROCEDURE, THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR TONIGHT ARE MS. TASHA YOUNG CURRENTLY ON THE OPEN SPACE ADVISORY BOARD UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT. >> MS. KAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE PRONUNCIATION OF HER LAST NAME. CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF AND TELL US HOW YOU PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME. >> SURE. HI. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> MY LAST NAME IS BUNQU. >> FULL BIOGRAPHIES IN THE STAFF REPORT PRESENTED TO THE COUNCILORS OVER THE WEEKEND. I WILL NOT GO INTO THE DETAILS. YOU ALL WERE ABLE TO READ THOSE. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES, THEY ARE HERE. WHEN WE GET TO VOTING THIS IS THE PROCEDURE THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED MOVING FORWARD WITH. THIS AGENDA ITEM WILL BE TABLED TO COUNCILORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEND EMAIL THAT OUTLINES FIRST AND SECOND CHOICE. THEY WILL NEED TO INCLUDE BOTH NAMES IN THE EMAIL WITH A NO. 1 OR A NO. 2 NEXT TO THEM. WHILE THIS ITEM IS TABLED MS. ORTEGA WILL TALLY THOSE VOTES AND MAKE THE PRESIDENT AWARE OF WHEN THEY ARE TALLIED. WE WILL BRING IT BACK UP AND ANNOUNCE WHO RECEIVED THE MOST NO. 1 SLOT VOTES. WITH THAT SAID I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCILORS MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES, OFF SPACE INDIVIDUALRY BOARD OR VOTING PROCEDURE FOR TONIGHT. OF. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU, WELL DONE. >> Coun. Gibson: I WANT TO RECOGNIZE BOTH NOMINEES AND THAT I CAN THEM FOR THEIR INTENT TO GIVE GOOD SERVICE TO THE CITY. BOTH OF THEM ARE VERY QUALIFIED AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE. I THINK WHENEVER ANYBODY WANTS TO HELP THE CITY AND EXPERTISE THEY DEVELOPED I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING. SO, THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. SEE COUNCILOR PENA AND ZNA. FIRST QUESTIONS ABOUT PROCESS. LET THE CANDIDATES SPEAK AND THEN COME BACK FOR QUESTIONS. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT PROCESS? >> Coun. Pena: THANK YOU. I AM NOT SURE WHAT PROCESS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I GUESS THIS RELATES IT TO. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT IS DIFFICULT WHEN WE GET PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SERVE TO BEGIN WITH I AM PRETTY HAPPY WITH YOUNG SHE HAS BEEN WILLING TO SERVE ALL THIS TIME, BUT TO SEE KAY HERE AND KNOWING WE PASSED THAT DIVERSITY ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, IT IS DIFFICULT TO -- IT IS KIND OF UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE HERE IN FRONT OF US. IS THIS TYPICAL? I GUESS THIS HAPPENED BEFORE. I AM TRYING TO REMEMBER. >> Coun. Davis: I AM GOING TO ASK MS. YARA TO WEIGH IN BECAUSE SHE WAS DISCUSSING THIS EARLIER. >> MS. YARA: THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN MY YEARS. NORMALLY THERE IS INCUMBENT WILLING TO GET REAPPOINTED. COUNCILOR SENA HAS HER APPOINTEE AND NOTHING TO SAY SHE CAN'T BRING FORTH APPOINTEE. SO, IN THE PAST WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED IT USUALLY HAS RELATED TO EITHER THE COMMITTEE OR INSPECTOR GENERAL OR CITY AUDITOR POSITIONS THAT ARE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL. IN THE MOST RECENT CASE I REMEMBER, THERE WERE TWO CANDIDATES. WE ACTUALLY HAD A TIE VOTE AND WE HAD TO FLIP A COIN TO SEE WHO WOULD BE THE APPOINTEE. SO, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. >> Coun. Pena: INTERESTED TO HEAR HOW LONG MS. YOUNG HAS SERVED AND HOW DIVERSE THAT BOARD IS. UNFORTUNATELY I SAY A BUNCH OF THINGS AND THEN I MISQUOTE THEM BUT YOU KNOW I AM INTERESTED IN DIVERSITY BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO START THERE, YOU KNOW, WITH NO DISRESPECT TO MS. YOUNG. >> Coun. Davis: WE'LL LET MS. YOUNG ADDRESS HER SERVICE IN HER STATEMENT. I WILL LET MS. SCHULTZ ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT DIVERSITY. >> SCHULTZ: CAN I GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THE FIRST QUESTION PRETTY QUICKLY AS WELL WHICH IS MS. YOUNG WAS FIRST APPOINTED IN 2017, SO SHE SERVED FIRST FOUR YEAR TERM AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEAR TERM. AS FOR THE DIVERSITY OF THE BOARD, I AM TRYING TO THINK OFF THE TOO MUCH MY HEAD WHO THE MEMBERS ARE. I AM NOT SURE OFF THE TOO MUCH MY HEAD BUT I THINK I COULD PROBABLY GET THAT FOR YOU PRETTY QUICKLY IF I HAD A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO GOOGLE THE MEMBERSHIP. >> Coun. Davis: I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE FLOOR AWAY IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW-UP BUT PERHAPS WE CAN RESEARCH AND COME BACK AFTER THE CANDIDATES SPEAK. >> SCHULTZ: I AM LOOKING AT THAT LIST. IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO TALK ABOUT THE NAMES RIGHT NOW I CAN GO AHEAD AND DO IT. WE HAVE CAUCASIAN MALE, A CAUCASIAN FEMALE. COULD IT AM NOT SURE HOW HE SELF IDENTIFIES BUT MALE, TAYLOR, IS A PERSON OF COLOR AND A MALE. MS. MCCOMB, NOT SURE HOW SHE WOULD SELF IDENTIFY BUT SHE IS A FEMALE. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. ANY FOLLOW-UP? >> Coun. Pena: NO, THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: NEXT I HAVE COUNCILOR ZNA AND WE WANT TO GIVE THE CANDIDATES A CHANCE TO SPEAK. >> Coun. Harris: I UNDERSTOOD THAT COUNCILLOR GIBSON HAD ACTUALLY GIVEN THE GO AHEAD FOR COUNCILOR SENA TO PUT SOMEONE FORWARD AND THEN REALIZED THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO COULD BE REAPPOINTED. SO, IT WASN'T ACTUALLY THAT COUNCILOR SENA DID NOT INTEND TO PUT SOMEBODY COMPETING. AFTER THE FACT THE INCUMBENT PUT HER NAME IN. CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT PROCESS. >> Coun. Davis: COUNCILLOR SENA HAD HER HAND UP. IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND PERHAPS AND THEN WE'LL LET COUNCILOR GIBSON RESPOND. >> Coun. Sena: THANK YOU FOR THAT. ACTUALLY MY COMMENTS WAS TO ACTUALLY CLARIFY AS TO WHY I PUT THIS NAME FORWARD. I MADE A GOT FAITH NEVER KNOWING THERE WAS THIS VACANCY AND DISCOVERING IT WAS A PERSON FOR REAPPOINTMENT. I REACHED OUT THAT I HAD THIS YOUNG WOMAN OF COLOR WHO I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT. THERE WAS CONFUSION THERE BUT SHE SAID TO GO AHEAD SO I DID PUT THAT NAME FORWARD. THERE WAS THE DISCOVERY THAT MS. YOUNG DID WANT TO SEEK REAPPOINTMENT. WE WILLY WE PUT TWO NAMES FORWARD AND WE ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE -- TO AVOID THIS PROCESS. SO I DID MAKE THE CONCERTED EFFORT TO REACH OUT AND YOU KNOW I DO APPRECIATE BOTH CANDIDATES FOR SUBMITTING THEIR NAMES AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE OF COURSE WE ALSO HOPE TO FILL OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THANK THEM FOR SERVICE. BUT THAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY WE PUT THE TWO NAMES FORWARD. >> Coun. Davis: GIVE THE FLOOR TO COUNCILOR GIBSON IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND. >> Coun. Gibson: THANK YOU. AS I RECALL THIS STARTED OUT WITH TWO TERMS ENDING. WE HAD, I THINK, APPOINTED AND CONFIRMED MR. TAYLOR BUT AT THE TIME I GOT THE CALL FROM COUNCILOR SENA WAS SOMETIME AFTER THAT AND I FORGOT ABOUT TAYLOR BUT I HAD GOTTEN A QUESTION, EMAIL QUESTION, FROM MS. YOUNG INDICATING SHE WOULD LIKE A REAPPOINTMENT. I SAID, SURE, GO AHEAD AND PURSUE THAT. BUT WHEN COUNCILOR SENA AND I TALKED, I THINK IT WAS A VERY SIMPLE BUT UNFORTUNATE MISUNDERSTANDING BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT I REMEMBER ASKING, WAS THIS AN OPEN SEAT AND OPEN SEAT TO ME MEANT IT WAS BEING PURSUED FOR A REAPPOINTMENT. SO, THAT WAS -- CERTAINLY I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCILOR SENA UNDERSTANDING OF OPEN SEAT WAS NOT THAT. SO, THAT WAS JUST THE CRUX OF THIS. I AM SORRY FOR THIS AWKWARDNESS. I REALLY ALBUQUERQUE I THINK (INAUDIBLE) WE CAN TAKE THE VOTE AS IS PRESCRIBED FOR US AND, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY HOPE THAT BOTH OF THESE VERY FINE WOMEN WILL CONTINUE TO STILL WANT TO HELP SERVE THE CITY IN WHATEVER WAY THAT THEY LIKE. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. THAT WAS YOUR QUESTION. NEXT COUNCILOR. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU. I THINK THAT FOR ALL OF US COUNCILORS THIS IS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. IS TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT KIND OF THE SORT OF CRUX OF THE MATTER, CONFUSION, EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND I READ BOTH OF THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEY ARE BOTH HIGHLY EDUCATED, BOTH PEOPLE THAT HAVE, I THINK, IN THE GOOD OF THEIR HEART, I DON'T KNOW EITHER ONE OF THEM AND LOOK FORWARD TO LISTENING TO THEM BUT THEY ARE WANTING TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR CITY. IT IS, AS I SAID, IT IS A GOOD PROBLEM FOR US TO HAVE, IS TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED. REGARDLESS OF WHO WE APPOINT TODAY I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE POSSIBLY LOOK FOR POSITIONS FOR THE PERSON WHO WASN'T APPOINTED THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SERVE IN, YOU KNOW, AND CONTRIBUTED IN A POSITIVE WAY. SO, I WANT TO AHEAD OF THE MATTER THANK BOTH OF THESE PEOPLE, BOTH OF THESE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS FOR WANTING TO HELP OUR CITY. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. I I'LL TAKE THE PRIVILEGE OF THE CHAIR AND REMIND FOLKS WE RECRUITING FOR A NUMBER OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INCLUDING ETHICS, POLICE OVERSIGHT AGENCY AND OTHERS. A NUMBER OF OTHERS THAT COME DOWN FROM COUNCIL AND MAYOR. THAT IS EXCELLENT POINT. COUNCILOR SENA. >> Coun. Sena: THANK YOU FOR THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I MADE THAT CONCERTED EFFORT AND IT WASN'T THROUGH MY UNDERSTANDING OR KNOWING WHAT OPEN VACANCY MEANS. I MADE THAT EFFORT SAYING MY UNDERSTANDING THERE WAS SOMEONE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND I ASKED IF THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS STILL BEING CONSIDERED AND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WEREN'T, I PUT THIS NAME FORWARD. IT IS JUST A BIG MISUNDERSTANDING. I WANT TO KNOW I HAVE ALSO ASKED HELEN MAESTAS THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT DEALS WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR ALL VACANCIES SO THAT CONFUSE DOESN'T ARISE WHERE THE SITUATION MAY COME ABOUT AGAIN. HOPEFULLY WE UNDERSTAND WHO UNE VACANCIES ARE UP AND WHO ARE REAPPOINTMENTS. >> Coun. Benton: AS SPONSOR OF THE OPEN SPACE BILL THAT KIND OF CHANGED THIS NOMINATING PROCESS A FEW YEARS BACK, I REALLY WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILOR ALTHOUGH AWKWARD, THIS IS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE INTEREST OF BOTH MS. YOUNG TO SERVE HER SECOND -- A SECOND TERM AND MS. BUMKIA TO GET INVOLVED IN OPEN SPACE, BECAUSE IT IS DEAR THE MY HEART AND -- THE WAY WE SET THIS UP, THIS DIDN'T USED TO BE THE CASE, THE MAYOR JUST APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE COUNCIL HAD ADVICE AND CON CONSENT. WE CHANGED THAT TO SAY ALTERNATING APPOINTMENTS BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR. EARLY ON, WE NEED TO FINALED OUR APPOINTMENT AND MAYOR HAD TO FIND HIS APPOINTMENT. NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE REALLY INTERESTED IN OPEN SPACE SYSTEM AND POLICY, WHICH, AS WE KNOW, OPEN SPACE SYSTEM IN ALBUQUERQUE IS ONE OF THE FINEST IN THE COUNTRY. >> Coun. Davis: NO OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROCESS, I WILL YIELD THE FLOOR TO TWO CANDIDATES, MS. YOUNG AND MS. -- WE WILL MOVE ONTO VOTING IF COUNCILORS HAVE NO FOLLOW-UP. >> MS. YOUNG, BEGIN WITH YOU. TELL US BUT INTEREST AND I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE REMARKS FOR COUNCILORS AHEAD OF OUR VOTE. THANKS FOR JOINING US IN THIS ODD TIME AND WEIRD WAY. >> WE ARE NOT ABLE TO HEAR YOU. >> YOUNG: THANK M R. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I THINK I CAN DO THIS IN ONE MINUTE. I HAVE ALREADY SENT YOU SOME INFORMATION. I CONTACTED EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND YOUR POLICY ANALYST. THAT WAS A WONDERFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME. I AM INTERESTED IN SERVING A SECOND TWO YEAR TERM AND QUICKLY, THREE THINGS. I PARTICULARLY WOULD -- I AM ON THE NEW INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE AND I THINK THAT IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NEW VEHICLES FOR TRANSPARENCY THAT THE CITY HAS AND THE OPEN SPACE I HAVERY BOARD CAN PLAY A PART IN CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN DEVELOPERS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE CITY. I AM GOING TO TALK MORE OFTEN TO MY COUNCILOR ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THE OPEN SPACE ADVISORY BOARD IS DOING IMPACTED KNOW SHE IS INTERESTED AND I THINK THAT IS A WAY IN WHICH I WOULD BE ACTIVE IN A NEW WAY AND FINALLY, I AM VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD. I AM THERE TO SUPPORT THE CHAIR. TWILA IS A WONDERFUL CHAIR, SHE IS A BRANCH BANK MANAGER AND AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC, HER SCHEDULED IS OFTEN UNPREDICTABLE SO THAT IS JUST PART OF MY ROLE TOO TO BE THERE WHEN SHE NEEDS ANYTHING FROM ME. JUST FINALLY I AM HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU FOR BEING SO CONCISE AND BRIEF. WE'LL LET MS. B SPEAK NEXT. GO AHEAD. >> KAY: THANK YOU AGAIN, GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MS. YOUNG WAS SO BEEF. I AM GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO GET THE CHANCE TO KNOW ME A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO, MY FAMILY CAME FROM LAOS AS DISPLACED PEOPLE AND CAME HERE AS REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS AND UNDOCUMENTED. I MYSELF, GREW UP IN ALBUQUERQUE. I WAS BORN HERE. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY HOME AND PUBLIC LAND AND OPEN SPACE AND PARKS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PLACE OF SANCTUARY FOR ME ESPECIALLY AS SOMEBODY FOR A LOT OF NEW MEXICANS WAS VERY FOREIGN AND NOT SURE IF I AM FROM HERE OR WHAT MY BACKGROUND. IT IS ALWAYS A CALMING PRESENCE TO GO OUTSIDE AND IS A PART OF WHO I AM. I HAVE SUCH A DEEP LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR THAT. I DID GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. MY BACKGROUND IS IN PUBLIC HEALTH. WHEN I CAME BACK TO NEW MEXICO I SERVED AS A STAFFER AT NEW MEXICO ASIAN FAMILY CENTER AND I BECAME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. IT WAS A PLACE I CALLED HOME. I FELT SO MUCH IDENTITY IN BELONGING THERE AND THE COMMUNITY BUILDING AS PART OF MY ROLE WAS A CRITICAL PIECE FOR ME OF REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE BUILD BELOVED COMMUNITY ACROSS ALBUQUERQUE FOR ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE FROM AND THAT CONTINUES TO RESONATE IN EVERYTHING THIS I DO. I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON RACIAL EQUITY ACROSS THE NATION BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE STATE AND I AM ALSO DOING A NUMBER OF THINGS THROUGH MY NEW JOB AT THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY WHICH I JUST CAME ON IN APRIL LOOKING AT FEDERAL PUBLIC LAND AS PART OF THE CLIMATE AND EXTENSION CRISIS SOLUTION. THROUGH THAT I STARTED WITH SENATOR HEINRICH LOOKING AT HOW DO WE BRING TOGETHER LEADERS OF COLOR AND TO UP LIFT VOICES SO THAT CENTERS ON WHAT I HAVE BEEN CHAMPIONING LAST FEW MONTHS. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE IN ALBUQUERQUE TO THE OUTDOORS. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HOW DOES TRANSIT PLAY A ROLE IN THAT AND HOW DOES THAT LOOK FOR COMMUNITIES WHO DON'T NECESSARILY GET THAT OPPORTUNITY OR IT MAY BE UNSAFER FOR THEM TO DO SO. SO A LOT OF ACCESS PIECE IS WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR TO HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD ON AND ALSO HOW DO YOU EMBRACE COMMUNITY IN ALL THOSE PIECES TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ENGAGED AS WELL AND HAVE A SAY AS TO WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR OPEN SPACES. THINGS THAT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ARE THINGS THAT AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, RIGHT, FEDERAL IMPACT STATE AND LOCAL SO THERE IS A LOT OF TIES THERE BUT THE LAND WATER CONSERVATION FUND WAS FULLY FUNDED SO THAT IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT FOR SO MUCH OF US IN THINKING THROUGH HOW DO WE LEVERAGE FEDERAL DOLLARS. AS PART THAT WE ARE TRYING TO WORK ON THE PROCESS, STATE-WIDE COMPREHENSIVE OUTDOOR RECREATION WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT OF APPLYING FOR THE FUND FOR THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IT IS ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW DOES THE CITY ALIGN WITH THE STATE AND LOU DO WE PARTNER WITH ENTITIES LIKE NEW MEXICO STAND LAND OFFICE AND TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDS. THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THINKING ABOUT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT THE OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND, HOW DO YOU LEVERAGE LWCS, LEGACY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND THEN NEWLY ESTABLISHED OUTDOOR EQUITY FUND THROUGH THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND THINKING THROUGH HOW MANY SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS GOT THAT MONEY THIS YEAR AND HOW CAN THEY PLAY AUREOLE IN SUPPORTING THE CITY IN WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO. THE THING THAT EXCITES ME ALSO IS THE CO-MANAGE MEANT PIECE, RIGHT? WE HAVE SEEN THIS IN THINGS LIKE PETROGLYPH OPEN SPACE. HOW DOES THE NATIONAL PARKS WORK WITH THE CITY AND IT IS ABOUT PROTECTS LAND FOR ACCESS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. ALSO HOW DO WE WORK WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ACROSS THE CITY TO GET THEM ENGAGED IN A MEANINGFUL WAY AND NOT JUST A CHECK THE BOX KIND OF THING. LASTLY, JUST A BIG THANK YOU FOR WHAT WAS REFERENCED BUT EQUITY THAT YOU PASSED EARLIER, FOLLOWING UP WITH MS. YOUNG SO GRATEFUL FOR HER SERVICE. I THINK IT REALLY IS AN AWESOME THING AND A GOOD THING AND A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THAT WE HAVE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND RACIAL EQUITY AND THINKING THROUGH WHAT DOES INCLUSION LOOK LIKE. IT IS A PLEASURE TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL TODAY. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. I WANT TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ONE MORE ROUND OF QUESTIONS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES OR FOLLOW-UP COMMENTS. COUNCILORS, FIRST CALL, LAST CALL FOR ANY OTHER FOUL OR OTHER FOLLOW-UP OR COMMENTS. >> Coun. Sena: I APPRECIATE BOTH OF THEM FOR BEING IN THIS AWKWARD POSITION, BURKS AGAIN, A GOOD POSITION BECAUSE WE GET TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AMONG OUR APPOINTEES WHICH DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN. SO, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT AND I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO BOTH CANDIDATES BEFORE THIS TO GET CLARIFICATION AS TO HOW THEY VIEW OPEN SPACE BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MS. YOUNG TO KIND OF STATE A LITTLE BIT MORE. I MEAN, FOR ME MY VISION OPEN SPACE EXPANSION AND AREAS THAT COULD BE PEOPLE STANDING TEXASLY VIEWED AS OPEN SPACE IN THE FUTURE, I SEE IT MORE GOING WEST WARD, IMPACTS ESPECIALLY MY DISTRICT. ANY WAYS THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY LEVERAGE FUNDING TO SUPPORT OUR OPEN SPACE OR IF YOU'RE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT THE TRUST FUND AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO USE THAT FOR PURCHASING MORE LAND. WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ON THAT. >> YOUNG: THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BOARD RIGHT NOW IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL CAN SPEAK FOR THE BOARD. AND, WHEN IT IS APPROPRIATE TO DO THAT. ISSUES THAT ARE RAISED ARE CERTAINLY ISSUES THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING. BEST USE OF THE FUNDS THAT WE VHOW TO LEVERAGE FUNDING, WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE MORE OPEN SPACE, I BELIEVE, THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE U.S. THAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I HEARD WHEN I WAS APPOINTED TO THE BOARD BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE ALWAYS MAKING THE BEST USE OF OUR FUNDING. I DON'T HAVE A PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY RELATED TO THE USE OF OPEN SPACE. I THINK I AM STILL LEARNING A WHOLE LOT. THE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE WHICH WAS ENACTED BEFORE I CAME ON THE BOARD IS A WONDERFUL TOOL. I THINK THAT ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT I REALLY WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY FOLKS INCLUDING THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE. THEY HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. BOARD AND ADVISORY BOARD -- I HAVE EXCELLENT STAFF AND I HAVE LEARNED A WHOLE LOT FROM THEM BUT OTHER THAN LISTENING TO PEOPLE, MAKING THE BEST USE OF THE MONEY, RECOGNIZING ALSO THAT THIS IS PUBLIC MONEY, BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC, I DON'T HAVE A PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY TO EXPOUND. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. >> Coun. Davis: DO YOU HAVE FOLLOW-UP? >> Coun. Pena: I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION. SOMEBODY SAID A FOUR YEAR TERMED AND THEN I HEARD MS. YOUNG SAY SHE WOULD BE SERVING TWO YEARS. I WANT CLARIFICATION ON THATTENED I MAY HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION ON THAT. >> I AM SORRY. BOTH OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE INCORRECT. I THINK I SAID 4 YEARS AND MS. YOUNG SAID TWO. I COLLECTED THE ORDINANCE FOR THE BOARD AND IT IS A THREE YEAR TERM. >> Coun. Pena: YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. IS IT A LIMIT IN TERMS OF TWO, 3 YEAR TERMS OR IT CAN GO ON BEYOND THAT? >> SCHULTZ: APPOINTEES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS AND THAT IS IT. >> Coun. Pena: THANK YOU. MY NEXT QUESTION IS, MS. YOUNG SAID SHE SERVED ON THE IDO COMMITTEE. DOES KAY SERVE, ON ANOTHER COMMITTEE OR WOULD THIS BE THE FIRST TIME? >> Coun. Davis: MS. SCHULTZ, I WANT TO CLARIFY. I BELIEVE MS. YOUNG WAS MENTIONING SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE OPEN SPACE ADVISORY BOARD. CAN YOU CLARIFY FOR US. >> SCHULTZ: THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS A SPECIAL WORKING TECHNICAL GROUP. COMPRISE $OF OPEN SPACE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS WHO LOOK AT ISSUES AND POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE. >> Coun. Pena: THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: COUNCILOR JONES. >> Coun. Jones: I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE A CORRECTION HERE. I THINK IF I HAD GONE THROUGH ALL THE YEARS OF -- (INAUDIBLE). I WOULD LIKE TO BE CALLED DOCTOR. DR. YOUNG, THANK YOU FOR OUR PATIENCE WITH US AND MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT RECOGNIZING YOUR EDUCATION. >> Coun. Benton: JUST QUICKLY. YOU KNOW, WITH REGARD TO WAY WE SET UP COMMITTEES WITH TWO TERM LIMITS. MY PHILOSOPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT IF SOMEONE IS ON THE BOARD WHO IS VERY ACTIVE, WHO IS ENGAGED AND WORKING HARD FOR THE BOARD, I TEND TO SUPPORT THAT PERSON. BY AM THRILLED THAT WE HAVE GOT ANOTHER REALLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATE AND I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY THE NEXT APPOINTMENT WOULD BE THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT AND THAT IT WOULD BE IN '21; IS THAT CORRECT MS. SCHULTZ. >> SCHULTZ: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILLOR BENTON, YES, THAT IS CORRECT. NEXT VACANCY OCCURS SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 AND THE MAYOR'S TURN TO CHOOSE AN APPOINTEE. >> Coun. Benton: I WOULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT KAY FOR THAT POSITION CONSIDERING HER VERY GOOD QUALIFICATIONS AND THE INTEREST IN THE LAND WATER CONSERVATION FUND OF COURSE IS REALLY -- WELL, I AM SURE THE WHOLE BOARD IS FOCUSED ON THAT AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT PRESENTS TO LEVERAGE FEDERAL AND LOCAL MONEY AND HATS OFF TO SENATOR HEINRICH FOR PUSHING ON THAT AND A BIPARTISAN MAJORITY OF CONGRESS FOR SUPPORTING IT AND EVEN MY PRESIDENT, I GUESS, I CAN CALL HIM THAT. SO, I WILL IN DEFERENCE TO MY LONG-STANDING APPROACH TO THESE THINGS. SOMETIMES WE SEE PROPOSED REAPPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY, TRULY NOT THAT ENGAGED. ALSO, I STRONGLY SUPPORT COUNCILOR PENA'S INTEREST IN THIS AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT UP BEFORE SHE AND I I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCILOR BORREGO TOOK ON THE QUESTION DIVERSITY AND WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB, BUT I THINK IN THIS CASE, SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY AND SERVING AS VICE CHAIR, THAT WILL PROBABLY BE REFLECTED IN MY VOTE BUT I DON'T WANT IT MISUNDERSTOOD. >> Coun. Sena: THANK YOU. I REALLY HOPE MY EFFORT IN PUTTING KAY'S NAME WAS REALLY TO ADDRESS WHAT WE PUT FORWARD AND PUTTING MORE DIVERSITY AND EQUITY ON THE BOARDS AND I THINK THAT SHE ALSO SPOKE ON HOPING TO PUT THAT ACROSSING TO THE BOARD, NOT JUST ADVISORY BOARD BUT MAKING OUR OPEN SPACE MORE AVAILABLE TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT TO LOOKING AT ALL VACANCIES ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE IT MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU FOR BOTH OF THEM FOR PUTTING YOUR NAMES FORWARD. I HOPE THAT WHATEVER THE VOTE MAY THAT BE WE CAN STILL RELY ON PUTTING THEM ON ANOTHER BOARD AND COMMISSION BUT AGAIN I REALLY STRESS THAT I JUST WANT TO THANK KAY FOR PUTTING HER NAME FORWARD AND DEALING WITH ALL OF US BUTCHERING HER NAME AND RECOGNIZING HER EXPERIENCE AND AS A DAUGHTER OF REFUGEES AS WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR FAMILY STORY AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Pena: I THINK SHE CLOSED AND I WANTED TO SAY AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AGAIN AND KAY, I JUST AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID. I KNOW WITH OPEN SPACE THAT I STRUGGLED TO GET MONEY IN A SENSE THAT SOMETIMES OPEN SPACE BOARD DIDN'T KIND OF SEE EYE TO EYE SO I ACTUALLY MET WITH CONGRESSIONAL FOLKS TO TALK ABOUT IT AND THERE WAS LOTS OF GRANTS THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR FOR OPEN SPACE THAT WE WEREN'T FOLLOWING UP. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MONEY THAT WE ARE KIND OF -- EVERYBODY IS WORRIED ABOUT THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE BUT WORKING TOGETHER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOU SAID THERE IS ACTUALLY OPPORTUNITY FOR LOTS OF MONEY FOR OPEN SPACE. IT IS ABOUT US ORGANIZING AND PARTNERING. >> IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE WE DON'T GET SECOND CHANCES LIKE THIS AND NEXT YEAR SHE COULD AND IF SHE DECIDED TO GO ONTO ANOTHER BOARD OR WHATEVER, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY -- WHEN LOOKING AT DIVERSITY WE NEED TO ACT SO I HOPE THAT IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT FOR KAY, SHE DEFINITELY DOES APPLY NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS WHEN THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE COMING IN FRONT OF US. I THINK THE TIME FOR CHANGE IS NOW. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, WE MOVE TO SPECIAL PROCEDURE FOR VOTING ON THIS. WE'LL TAKE A ONE MINUTE BREAK. AS MS. SCHULTZ REMINDED US, THIS IS NORMAL PROCESS FOR BALLOTS BUT BY REMOTE, IT IS EMAIL. EACH COUNCILOR ISSUES ASKED TO SEND EMAIL INDICATING ORDER OF THEIR PREFERENCE. I REALIZE IT IS A MOOT POINT TO PUT THOUGHT NAMES IN, BUT THAT IS WHAT THE RULES SAY. INDICATE A NO. 1 TO THE NAME OF YOUR FIRST PREFERENCE AND NO. 2 TO YOUR SECOND PREFERENCE. C ORTEGA CABQ.GOV. WE'LL TAKE A ONE MINUTE BREAK. (COUNCIL IN RECESS) >> Coun. Davis: BRING YOUR VIDEO BACK ON LINE SO WE CAN COUNT YOU AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A VOTE TO TABLE THIS MOTION TO GET A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS OUT OF THE WAY WHILE THE CLERK TALLIES THE VOTES. COUNCILORS AFTER YOU SENT YOUR EMAIL, TURN YOUR VIDEO BACK ON SO WE CAN JOIN YOU. I AM GOING TO ASK MS. BACA TO REDUCE THE VIDEO OR MOVE THOSE FOLKS BACK TO THE WAITING ROOM FOR A FEW MINUTES WHILE WE DO OTHER BUSINESS, WHATEVER IS MOST CONVENIENT. SEEMS LIKE YOURS IS THE LAST VOTE NEEDS TO BE RECORDED. THERE WE GO. IT MAY TAKE A SECOND. TOTALLY FINE. WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WHEN MS. ORTEGA TELLS US SHE HAS ALL THAT, THEN WE'LL COME BACK. >> Coun. Pena: THANKS. SHE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT. I THINK I SENT THE IN EARLY. >> Coun. Davis: THE CLERK SAYS SHE STILL HASN'T SEVERED IT. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO TEXT HER FOR THE MOMENT OR JUST RESEND ONE. SOMETIMES THE INTERNET IS NOT AS GOOD. >> Coun. Pena: I'LL DO THAT. THANKS. >> Coun. Davis: I AM GOING TO MOVE TO TABLE OC12 SO THAT WE GIVE STAFF TIME TO TALLY THOSE VOTES. I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE OC12. JUST FOR THE MOTION TO TABLE, CALL THE VOTE PLEASE. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. Z. >> Coun. Davis: YES. THANK YOU. COME BACK TO THAT AND LET MS. ORTEGA AND THE TEAM WORK WITH COUNCILORS TO MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE IS RECORDED APPROPRIATELY. >> Coun. Pena: I KNOW WE ARE VOTING BUT IT IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD WHAT WE VOTE ANYWAY CORRECT. >> Coun. Davis: THAT IS CORRECT JUST LIKE THE ORIGINAL BALLOTS, THE CLERK WILL ATTACH EMAILS TO THE RECORD FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD. >> Coun. Pena: OKAY. THANKS. >> Coun. Davis: NEXT UP WE GO BACK TO OUR FINAL ACTIONS. COUNCILLOR GIBSON, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO YOU ON ITEM A O-28. I BELIEVE YOU HAD PREPARED US FOR A MOTION FOR A SUBSTITUTE AND A DEFERRAL. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. THANK YOU. >> SO, ON COMMITTEE SUB O-28 REPEALING THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION 13-6-1, THROUGH 13-6-99, PAWNBROKER ORDINANCE AND REPLACING IT WITH NEW ORDINANCE AMENDING EXISTING REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO PAWNBROKERS AND EXTENDING REGULATIONS TO PRECIOUS MATERIAL DEALERS AND SECONDHAND RETAILERS. I MOVE A DO PASS AND WOULD LIKE TO MOVE A FLOOR SUBSTITUTE. >> Coun. Davis: MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS FOR DO PASS AND COUNCILOR HASSLES INTRODUCED FLOOR SUB IN YOUR PACKET. I THOUGHT I SAW A SECOND FOR THE FLOOR AUB. THE MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR FOR A FLOOR SUB IN YOUR PACKET. I SEE NO DISCUSSION SO I AM GOING TO CUE UP THE CLERK. >> THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, WOULD YOU CALL THE VOTE. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> CLERK: 9-0 ON THE FLOOR SUB. >> Coun. Davis: BACK ON THE BILL AS SUBSTITUTED TWICE. >> Coun. Gibson: THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE A DEFERRAL AS SUBSTITUTED TO NOVEMBER 2. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND THAT AND ALOCK WITH COUNCILOR SENA. ANY DISCUSSION? WE'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE ON MOTION FOR DEFERRAL. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> CLERK: 9-0. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. THE CLERK HAS HALLIEED VOTE FOR CANDIDATES -- TALLIED VOTES. >> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL THE VOTE ON THE MOTION TO TAKE OC12 OFF THE TABLE. WE ARE GOING TO ASK OUR NOT RAIDERS CANDIDATES COME BACK. >> (VOTE UNANIMOUS) >> Coun. Davis: WE ARE BACK ON OC12. ASK THE CLERK TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A MOTION MUCH CONFIRMATION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SELECTED. >> CLERK: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. DR. YOUNG HAS RECEIVED THE LOWEST NUMBER OF VOTES -- >> Coun. Davis: FOR THE RECORD, IT IS NUMBERS ONE AND TWO, SO LOWEST NUMBERS. CONGRATULATIONS MS. YOUNG TO OPEN SPACE ADVISORY BOARD. >> Coun. Gibson: SECOND. >> Coun. Davis: ANY DISCUSSION. >> CALL THE VOTE ON THE MOTION OF CONFIRMATION. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. 9-0. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING AND WE THANK BOTH CANDIDATES FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT AND WE HOPE THAT OTHERS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR ALL POSITIONS THAT WE AVAILABLE. NEXT UP WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO AGENDA. >> O-38. >> O-38. >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU. ADOPTING A UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND TECHNICAL CODES PRESCRIBING MINIMUM STANDARD RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ALTERATION MOVING REPAIR, USE OF OCCUPANCIES, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. I MOVE DO PASS. >> Coun. Gibson: SECOND. >> Coun. Benton: THIS IS AS DESCRIBED IN THE STAFF WRITE-UP A TECHNICAL CORRECTION AND I'M ASK -- I MEAN -- I'LL ASK MS. SCHULTZ, I BELIEVE, IS AVAILABLE TO GIVE A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THIS. THIS DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING WITH REGARD TO THE ENERGY CODE OR ANYTHING ELSE. IT IS A TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO THE CODE. >> SCHULTZ: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILLOR BENTON, YES, THAT IS CORRECT. WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL MADE UPDATES TO THE UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE CODE EARLIER THIS FALL, THERE WAS KIND OF ERRONEOUS PIECE IN THE LEGISLATION THAT UNINTENTIONALLY REPEALED SOME PIECES OF THE UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND DIDN'T PUT THEM BACK IN, BUT THEY NEEDED TO BE PUT BACK IN, SO, THIS IS A FIX TO THAT, TO MAKE SURE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CAN CONTINUE TO ACCEPT BUILDING PERMITS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ARE IN PLACE AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. I ECHO SENTIMENT THIS DOES NOT MAKE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO ELECTRICAL CODE, PLUMBING OR THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE. THOSE CODES WILL STAY IN PLACE AS THE COUNCIL DECIDED THEY SHOULD EXIST IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. >> Coun. Davis: COUNCILLOR BENTON, ANYTHING FURTHER? >> Coun. Benton: URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> CLERK: PASSES 9-0. >> Coun. Davis: I BELIEVE WE HAVE GUESTS IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR R-18 RELATING TO THE PROCESS WE DISCUSSED SEVERAL MEETINGS OF EVERITT ROAD. LET THOSE PEOPLE IN AND THEN WE GO TO COUNCILOR SENA TO MOVE THE BILL. THAT INCLUDES CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER AND POTENTIAL BUYER OR THEIR REPRESENT. FLOOR IS YOURS. >> Coun. Sena: R-18 IS A NUISANCE SUBSTANDARD DWELLING OR STRUCTURE IN NEED OF ABATEMENT ON AEVERITT ROAD IT I MOVE DO PASS FOR THE PURPOSE OF A CONVERSATION BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY DIRECTOR WILLIAMS, THAT OUR GUESTS ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT. >> Coun. Davis: I SEE DIRECTOR WILLIAMS AND SO, FIRST, FOREMOST, COUNCILOR SENA THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION. I WANT TO GIVE MR. WILLIAMS DIRECTOR AT PLANNING OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US UPDATE ON THE PROPERTY. THEN WE WILL GO TO THE GUESTS. >> DIRECTOR: COUNCILORS, WE LEARNED LATE LAST WEEK THAT A REPORTED SALE OF THE PROPERTY IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR QUICKLY WITH INTENTIONS BY THE NEW OWNER TO REHABILITATE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND GET IT READY TO GET MOVE-IN READY. DETAILS OF THAT I'LL LEAVE TO THE PARTICIPANTS. BUT, AS I SAID BEFORE, WE'RE CONCERNED PRIMARILY ABOUT COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE STANDARDS, SO, IF COUNCIL DEEMS IT APPROPRIATE, DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BE OPPOSED TO GIVING SOMETIME TO LET THE SALE GO THROUGH AND NEW OWNERS START WORKING ON THAT PROPERTY AND REPORT BACK AT SOME POINT. >> Coun. Davis: WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO THE GUEST OR MOTION TO MODIFY? >> Coun. Sena: I DO HAVE A MOTION. BEFORE I DO THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND POTENTIAL BUYERS AS IT WAS A BIG CONDITION OF THE POTENTIAL DEFERRAL OF THIS, TO SPEAK WITH THEM. IF THEY CAN CHIME IN ON THE PROJECT. >> Coun. Davis: YOU HAVE BEEN PATIENT WITH US AND WELCOME BACK. GOOD TO SEE YOU. CAN YOU GIVE US UPDATE ON THE PROPERTY. >> YES, I WENT IN THE LAST MEETING I MENTIONED THAT I HAVE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND WE HAVE NANCY WHO IS ON STAND-BY TO VERIFY THAT. >> Coun. Davis: SHE WAS WITH US EARLIER BUT SHE HAD TO LEAVE. WE KNOW SHE WAS HERE AND HEARD THEY ARE MOVING IN THAT PROCESS. IF YOU WANT TO TELL US ANYMORE ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT IS FINE. I BELIEVE COUNCILOR ZNA IS PREPARED TO GIVE YOU TIME TO FINISH THAT THAT SALE. >> IT IS WITH A TITLE COMPANY AND I AM WAITING FOR HER TO GIVE ME A CALL SO WE CAN SIGN OFF ON THE PAPERWORK AND STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THE TITLE COMPANY. IT IS FOR SURE SALE. I AM WAITING -- ACTUALLY, NANCY IS WAITING FOR YOU ALL TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO DO TODAY Z SHE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SALE. IT IS IN THE HANDS OF THE TITLE COMPANY WAITING FOR THIS MEETING TODAY TO SEE WHAT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING IS. >> Coun. Davis: CONGRATULATION S ON MOVING FORWARD. I BELIEVE YOU SAID YOU MIGHT HAVE A MOTION P & L . >> Coun. Sena: I MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER FOR 60 DAYS SO WE CAN GET A PROGRESS REPORT AND ALSO POSSIBLY CONGRATULATE HER FOR THE SALE OF THIS PROPERTY. HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH PROCESSES LIKE THESE BUT IT IS A WAY OF PUSHING A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE CAN GET ALL PARTIES INTERESTED AT THE TABLE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COPSING ON THIS, SO, HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A GOOD STATUS REPORT IN 60 DAYS. >> YOU ARE WELCOME AND THANK YOU FORGIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING ON. >> I DO APOLOGIZE. >> Coun. Davis: APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION. >> Coun. Benton: SECOND. >> Coun. Davis: WE'LL LET YOUR FOLKS KNOW ABOUT THAT MEETING WILL BE DECEMBER 21 JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS. IF YOU COMPLETE YOUR SALE AND HAVE YOUR PAPERWORK, BE SURE THE PERSON AT CITY YOU ARE WORKING WITH GETS A COPY BEFOREHAND SO WE CAN GET THAT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THAT WILL BE THE DAY FOR THE NEXT MEETING. CALL THE VOTE ON MOTION TO DEFER UNTIL DECEMBER 21. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> 9-0 ON THE DEFERRAL. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BACK IN DECEMBER TO CONGRATULATE YOU. >> NEXT UP, IS 20-104. COUNCILOR BENTON? >> Coun. Benton: I DON'T MIND. I APPRECIATE YOUR SPONSORSHIP OF THIS AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE YEARS. I WAS THE SPONSOR OF THE ORIGINAL MTMP BILL AND THAT HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS NOW IT HAS BEEN IN PLACE AND THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE TO THAT BILL WHICH IS OF INTEREST OF EVERY CONSTITUENT IN OUR CITY WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. THIS IS NOT ADDRESSING MAJOR THOROUGHFARES BUT ADDRESSING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. THE ORIGINAL BILL GREW OUT OF A SPEED HUMP. IT WAS CALLED THE SPEED HUMP PROGRAM. IT WAS A PROCESS FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR AND GET SPEED HUMPS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE DMD DEPARTMENT WAS INTERESTED AT THAT TIME IN KIND OF MAKING IT A BIT MORE ROBUST IN TERMS OF WAYS TO SLOW TRAFFIC THAT ARE NOT JUST SPEED HUMPS BUT ALSO MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE DATA THAT JUSTIFIES INSTALLATION OF THESE KIND OF DEVICES. SOMETIMES HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU, ROUGHLY HALF OF MY CONSTITUENT LIKE SPEED HUMPS AND OTHER HALF DON'T. THERE ARE MANY OTHER MORE MODERN WAYS OF SLOWING TRAFFIC. WE STILL EMPLOY SPEED HUMPS AS WELL BUT A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THIS, MR. PRESIDENT. I KNOW THAT IT IS SOMETHING YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE INTERESTED IN AS WELL. APPRECIATE YOUR SPONSORSHIP OF THIS. THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND I'LL MOVE A DO PASS. >> Coun. Davis: I'LL TAKE PRIVILEGE OF SECONDING THAT. THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALL CARE ABOUT. SOMETHING ADMINISTRATION HAS WORKED WITH US ON IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. I REMEMBER LAST ADMINISTRATION, WE CHALLENGED DMD ALMOST WEEKLY FOR A WHILE TO GET RID OF A BACKLOG OF MORE THAN 200 NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTS FOR SPEED STUDIES AND SOLUTIONS TO SPEED ISSUES. THIS ADMINISTRATION WORKED WITH US TO TRY TO DO SOME OF THAT. WE ARE INCHING UP TO GET INTO ANOTHER BACKLOG. THIS IS A GOOD SOLUTION, SOMETHING COUNCILOR SANCHEZ WORKED ON BEFORE HIS PASSING. I AM GRADUATE TO SEE THE WORK WITH ADMINISTRATION TO INCLUDE MONEY IN THE BUDGET FORESTER IN THE QUARTER CENT SO WE CAN START DOING MORE STUDIES TO GET ANSWERS MORE QUICKLY. I AM EXCITED THAT AS I TOLD A NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY WE HAVE ALL -- THIS IS THE ONE PLACE WHERE WHEN WE CALL YOUR CITY COUNCILOR OR MAYOR WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THIS PROCESS IS BUILT IN COMMUNITY. REQUIRES NEIGHBORHOODS TO PETITION THE CITY. WE HAVE TO FOLLOW GUIDES OF THE EXPERTS. IT IS A PLACE WHERE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY ISSUES LIVE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY ONCE EXPERTS TELL US THERE IS A PROBLEM, THEY COME TO US TO ASK FOR THE FUNDS TO FIX THOSE THINGS, TO INSTALL SPEED BUMPS OR PREVENT ACCIDENTS WITH EXTRA STOP SIGNS, ET CETERA. WE OFTEN DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO DO IT. I APPLAUD THE PUTTING FUNDING INTO THIS PROGRAM AND THESE CHANGES WILL MAKE ALL THAT WORK BY NEIGHBORHOODS -- SOLUTIONS MORE ACCESSIBLE AND NOT GETTING FRUSTRATED. THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR DOING THAT. I SEE A NUMBER OF COUNCILORS WHO WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS. >> Coun. Sena: I JUST WANT TO REALLY THANK SPONSORS FOR ADDRESSING THIS AND THANKS MR. MENICUCCI AS WELL AS MY OWN CONSTITUENTS FOR DIGGING IN DEEP ON THE MANUAL ANY TIME I HAVE ANY TRAFFIC ISSUE I CALL THEM FOR THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE KNOW HOW OF WHAT IT TOOK TO GET THIS MANUAL FORWARD. AS I TALKED TO MR. FOREST TODAY, IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT AND AS WE SEE, THERE IS CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AND WE CAN PUT THOSE FORWARD DOWN THE ROAD BUT THIS IS A BIG CONCERTED EFFORT AMONG MANY WHO PUT FORTH THE MANUAL. THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO THANK TOM FOR WORKING ON THIS PARTICULAR MANUAL. I HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF REQUESTS IF MY DISTRICT FOR SPEED HUMPS AND KIND OF ENCOURAGED COMMUNITY TO WAIT A BIT BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR EFFORT IS GOING TO MAKE THEIR REQUEST A LITTLE MORE EXPEDITED AND A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT. SO, I JUST REALLY THINK THAT IT IS GOOD THAT WE ARE GETTING THIS DONE BECAUSE IT WILL HELP IN A LOT OF INSTANCES WHERE WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SPEEDERS AND ISSUES THAT, YOU KNOW, GO BEYOND THE SCOPE OF OUR SORT OF JURISDICTION AND SO I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP MY COMMUNITY FOR SURE. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: COUNCILLOR BENTON I HAVE YOU NEXT IN LINE. >> Coun. Benton: SAME KUDOS TO MR. MENICUCCI. HE HAS A LOT ON HIS PLATE AND COMES THROUGH. PLEASURE TO WORK WITH HIM AND HE HAS GOT GREAT RELATIONSHIPS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THESE MATTERS SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND ALSO I WANT TO GIVE DUE CREDIT TO DMD AND ADMINISTRATION AND A GUY WHO I THINK IS THE BEST TRAFFIC ENGINEER, YOU KNOW, IN THAT POSITION, IN THE CITY DURING MY TIME, AND THAT IS TIM BROWN WHO HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB AND HE UNDERSTANDS THE BALANCE, THAT THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT MOVING CARS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND RECOGNIZES ALSO THAT IT IS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO TACKLE THESE PROBLEMS THAT SOMETIMES SEEM TO BE INCREASING WITH AGGRESSIVE DRIVING THAT IS GOING ON IN OUR CITY. APPRECIATE YOU AS A CO-SPONSOR. LEAVE IT FOR YOU TO CLOSE. >> Coun. Davis: I WANT TO SAY WE GAVE MS. SWEENEY A RESUME BOOSTER AND WE'LL DO THAT FOR MR. MENICUCCI AS WELL. >> Coun. Harris: I WAS WONDERING, THIS ISSUE ACTUALLY REVERSES SOMETHING IS THAT WE CONSIDERED VERY CAREFULLY AT ONE POINT. AT ONE POINT WE REALIZED BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN FOUR HILLS IF EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TO GO OVER THE SPEED HUMPS WE NEED TO HAVE EVERYBODY POLLED. I THINK THAT IS TAKING AWAY FROM THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER THIS FOR TWO WEEKS BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH DMD SEE IF WE CAN SORT THROUGH A PROBLEM WE HAVE IN MY DISTRICT. >> Coun. Davis: LET ME BE SURE WE GET IT ON THE RECORD THE RIGHT WAY. COUNCILOR HARRIS MOTION FOR DEFERRAL FOR TWO WEEKS. AT THE MOMENT I DON'T SEE A SECOND. I AM GOING TO PUT A PIN IN THAT. >> Coun. Pena: SECOND. >> MENICUCCI: YOU COULD DEFER IT BUT WHEN YOU HAVE -- I CAN CHECK WITH MR. BROWN -- WHEN YOU HAVE A STUDY COME FORWARD THEY LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF THE VEHICLES. SO, I THINK IT IS THAT WHEN THEY PICK A STREET -- WHEN YOU MAKE APPLICATION YOU MAKE APPLICATION FOR A STREET, IF IT IMPACTS BIGGER AREA, PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE AN ENTRY STREET, THEN I THINK TRAFFIC ENGINEER HAS OPTION TO INCLUDE OTHER VEHICLES OR IF THEY DON'T INCLUDE OTHER STREETS SHE THEY HAVE OPTION TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER THE SOLUTIONS ARE ON THE STREET REQUESTED, IT COULD HAVE IMPACTS BEYOND THAT AND THAT THEY ARE NOT ADD VERSELY AFFECTING OTHER STREETS BEYOND THAT. THAT IS PART OF THE PROJECT WHEN THAT FIRST COMES IN. I THINK ALSO WE HAVE OPTION, I BELIEVE, ANY POINT IN TIME IT IS MTMP PROCESS AND DIRECTOR CAN SAY WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF ANOTHER TRAFFIC STUDY. WE HAVE OPTIONS TO KEEP IT OPEN THAT WAY THERE. THOSE ARE TWO OPTIONS WHEN A STREET IS IMPACTFUL. I HAD TO TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT NOTES BUT WHEN DO YOU MAKE APPLICATION, YOU MAKE APPLICATION FOR YOUR STREET, HOWEVER, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER REVIEWS IMPACTS ON OTHER STREETS AND HOW THE PROGRAM GOES FORWARD NOT TO IMPACTED OTHER STREETS OR TRAFFIC ENGINEER OR DIRECTOR CAN ALWAYS DECLARE THAT YOU KNOW, WE ARE JUST GOING TO GO LOOK FOR A BROADER TRAFFIC STUDY. >> Coun. Davis: DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE YOUR MOTION TO DEFER? >> Coun. Davis: THIS HAS BEEN PENDING FOR A WHILE. >> Coun. Harris: TWO WEEKS TO CLEAN-UP THIS ISSUE THAT I HAVE. IT SOUNDS LIKE -- NO, I AM NOT SATISFIED BASED ON WAILED FROM MR. MENICUCCI THIS IS GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT IT MIGHT AFTER I HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT. ING FOR A >> Coun. Benton: I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'LL SUPPORT COUNCILOR HARRIS BECAUSE I KNOW HE HAS BEEN THROUGH THE WARS ON THIS STUFF AND SOME OF US HAVE BUT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING. AND I DON'T THINK, I REALLY WANT TO SAY COUNCILOR HARRIS, I HOPE THEY CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS BUT I THINK THEY ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. I THINK THEY ARE MAKING IT EASIER NOT NECESSARILY FOR SPEED HUMPS BUT FOR NEIGHBORS TO COME TOGETHER AND WEIGH IN. WE KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO CONDUCT A VOTE OF EVERY USER OF EVERY STREET WHEN WE DID THESE THINGS. BUT AGAIN THEY ARE TYPICALLY -- I KNOW IN YOUR CASE THIS WAS KIND OF A SIGNIFICANT ENTRY WAY TO THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN YOU HAD YOUR CHALLENGES WITH THIS ISSUE. SO, NOT EVERY STREET IS THE SAME. AS I SAID BEFORE, NOT EVERY CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS THE SAME. I HAVE MY CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THEM AND THE WAY THEY DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES BUT I'LL SUPPORT THE DEFERRAL BUT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. I HOPE COUNCILOR HARRIS CAN GET THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND WE GET IT MOVING. >> Coun. Harris: THANKS. >> Coun. Davis: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION FOR DEFERRAL. SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE ON MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: (STEPPED AWAY). >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. WE'LL CALL COUNCILOR PENA EXCUSED FOR THE MOMENT. >> 8-0 ON THE DEFERRAL OF R-104 TO NOVEMBER 2. >> Coun. Davis: GIVE IT A SECRETARY AND SEE IF WE CAN GET COUNCILOR PENA BACK. THE NEXT ITEMS REQUIRE HER AS ACO SPONSOR. >> HERE IS WHAT WE ARE THINKING. WE A MEMORIAL AND THEN R-85, LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, RACIAL EQUITY CRITERIA. I THINK WE CAN HANDLE BOTH OF THOSE BEFORE WE TAKE A DINNER BREAK AND WE'LL COME BACK AND JUST DO THE REST OF THE BUDGET BILL. THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS TO EITHER OF THOSE AND DEADLINE IS PAST. I HOPE WE CAN GET COUNCILOR PENA BACK TO GET THOSE OFF. >> WE HAVE GUESTS FOR THOSE. GIVE US A SECOND AND SEE IF WE CAN GET COUNCILOR BACK AND THEN FOR ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER GUESTS, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF DINNER BREAK AFTER TWO ITEMS AND COME BACK AND DO THE BUDGET. WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN GET HER BACK IN JUST A SECOND. >> SHE IS RECONNECTING. >> WELCOME BACK. WE WAITED ON YOU BECAUSE BOTH OF THE TWO ITEMS WE THOUGHT ABOUT TAGGING UP BEFORE DINNER REQUIRED YOU BECAUSE THEY ARE YOUR BILLS. WE WERE GOING TO MOVE NEXT TO YOUR MEMORIAL WITH COUNCILOR BORREGO. IF IT IS OKAY WITH YOU, WE'LL TAKE THAT LAST ITEM R-85, CIP RACIAL EQUITY AS WELL AND THEN DO A DINNER BREAK AND COME BACK AND DO BUDGET. IF YOUR PREPARED AS SPONSORS. NEXT UP WOULD BE E, MEMORIAL 5. >> Coun. Borrego: I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR PENA FOR CO-SPONSORING THIS. IF YOU REMEMBER AT THE LAST BUDGET MEETING, WE DISCUSSED OUR AMAZING AND WONDERFUL SENIOR VOLUNTEERS AND HOW MANY MEALS THEY HAVE SERVED DURING COVID-19 AND SO, WE ALSO HAD ANNA SANCHEZ. I AM NOT SURE IF ANNA IS IN THE ADMINISTRATION CONFERENCE ROOM. YOUR THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE GUESTS WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT THIS MEMORIAL DOES IS RECOGNIZES THE SENIOR CORE VOLUNTEERS COMPOSED OF FOSTER GRANDPARENTS SENIOR COMPANIONS AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY SERVICE DURING THE TIME OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC TO SENIOR CITIZEN POPULATION OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. THIS PARTICULAR MEMORIAL ALSO OFFERS ANY FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE THEY MAY NEED. SO WTHAT, I WOULD MOVE M-5. AND I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO ANNA AN , DIRECTOR OF SENIOR AFFAIRS. >> Coun. Davis: IS THAT YOU JOINING US IN A MASK? >> YES, I AM, THANK YOU. IF I MAY I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SPONSORS OF THIS FOR THIS RECOGNITION. WE DO HAVE SEVERAL GUESTS ON THE LINE INCLUDES CLUING ALL THE CORE MANAGERSES AND. MANY CONSTITUENTS ARE IN ZOOM LAND. I DO KNOW OUR DEPARTMENT IS EXTREMELY -- OUR VOLUNTEERS STEPPING UP TO HELP WITH MEAL SERVICE, A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THEM. >> Coun. Pena: DID WE HAVE A SECOND? >> Coun. Davis: WE HAD COUNCILOR PENA. >> Coun. Borrego: DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING. >> Coun. Pena: I AM FADING IN AND OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE INTERNET. YOU KEEP FREEZING ON ME. I DIDN'T HEAR A LOT OF WHAT WAS GOING ON BUT I WANT TO SAY, CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK WE PASSED THAT BILL OR I THINK WE PASSED THAT AMENDMENT, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT YOU KNOW HOW WE LOOK AT SENIOR POPULATION MOVING FORWARD BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY WITH THE SMALL AMOUNT OF BUDGET THE DEPARTMENT HAS, 2.7, IT IS AROUND THERE EVERY YEAR AND I THINK YOU DO AN AMAZING JOB IN TERMS OF THE WORK YOU DO, AMOUNT OF MEALS YOU SERVE AND THE FACT THAT YOU DO IT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER. THAT IS PRETTY EXCEPTIONAL WHEN YOU GET THAT MANY PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER. IT IS HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SO CONGRATULATIONS. >> Coun. Borrego: I WONDERED IF WE COULD HEAR FROM ANY OF THE GUESTS BECAUSE THEY DID TAKE THE TIME TO COME ON BOARD TO JOIN US. >> Coun. Davis: WE DON'T HAVE ANY GUESTS FOR THIS ITEM IN THE WAITING ROOM. I THINK DIRECTOR SANCHEZ IS SPEAKING FOR THEM. >> Coun. Borrego: I SAW THE AMERICORPS SENIORS ON THE LINE. >> DON'T BELIEVE SHE IS IN THE WAITING ROOM. >> Coun. Borrego: URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Coun. Davis: SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE VOTE. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. THANK YOU OUR SENIOR CORPS VOLUNTEERS FOR YOUR SERVICE. JUST REARRANGING AGENDA FOR JUST A SECOND. IF YOU CAN HEAR US, YOU AND COUNCILOR SENA HAVE R85. WHOEVER WANTS TO PRESENT IT FLOOR IS YOURS. >> Coun. Pena: UP TO YOU COUNCILOR GO AHEAD. >> Coun. Sena: MOVING R-85, SUPPLEMENTING PRIORITIES FOR THE CAPITAL IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE BY IMPLEMENTING A RACIAL EQUITY CRITERION. >> Coun. Pena: SECOND. >> Coun. Davis: EXPLAIN THE BILL AND THEN WE'LL GO TO QUESTIONS OR ADMINISTRATION. >> Coun. Pena: I CAN JUST BE BRIEF ABOUT IT. IT IS KIND OF LIKE THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON LOOKING AT EQUITY AND ALL FACETS OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT. INSTITUTIONAL, THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW AND PEOPLE ARE ASKING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, CREATE REAL SYSTEMIC CHANGE AND HOPEFULLY, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR CIP BUDGET, THIS IS PART OF THE CRITERION IN TERMS OF HELP GUIDE AND IMPROVE EQUITY POLICIES IN DEVELOPMENT OF CAPITAL IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM. >> Coun. Davis: I SEE COUNCILOR BASSAN HAS A QUESTION. >> Councilor Bassan: THANK YOU. I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT RACIAL EQUITY AND DIVERSITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE IMPROVE THE RACIAL EQUITY POLICIES IN ALBUQUERQUE. HOWEVER, AS A COUNCILOR OF DISTRICT 4 I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE SAYING THAT I AGREE TO ALWAYS PRIORITIZE ANYWHERE POTENTIALLY BEFORE NECESSARILY LOOKING AT MY DISTRICT. I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER TO ALL MY CONSTITUENTS AND ABLE TO DO THAT. TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS IN UNDER SERVED AREAS OF THE CITY. IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME, IS THAT ALWAYS ON RACIAL EQUITY OR NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A POOL IN DISMY DISTRICT BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS UNDER SERVED COULD MEAN A VARIETY OF THINGS. I FIND IT RKYKY I WAS ELECTED TO PRIORITIZ NEEDS O DISTRICT 4 USING THE BUDGET AND THEN ALSO ON A SECONDARY LEVEL LOOK A WHOLE OF ALBUQUERQUE. >> Coun. Gibson: THANK YOU SO, I AM ALSO VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF USING ANPPROACH OF MANG SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN UND SERVED F FOR SO MAMANY YEARARS TO ELEVATE THEM, YOU KNOW,, TO MAKAKE SURE THAT E DO EVERYING AT WE CANO VEVE THEM WHAT IS NEEDEDED IN HBORHOODS. 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ANAN CASASESHEHE REALLYOO BUBUTHERERE A A NEIGHRHRHOO TH H HAVE GDD TNSNS SESERVE,E INOWOWNT ALALBUERERQUT HA E ECOCONOMIMIC POPORTUNITY,OR AME.E. W WANT T R RININDSS ALALL T THSSSSUE A AROUNUNDDQUQY ARAR N NS S SIM POV O UNUNTTHCICITYTY B W WE DOO VEVE TTTATATA. AV T THATT DAT I IUR DIDISTRIININGENSUSUS DATATAA GUABLYOOOOHOHO B BUTEE ARABTTOO LKK AT I FOR RESTSTRICTG. I J JUSTST WTT TOO REMEMINDD COCICILO I W WAS P PREPAPAREDDOO VOVO YES BECSESEE H W WORDD ONON TSSNN THELALASTST C CYCLE T THINK IISIS B BETTER R TO DOT A OINCECE. TO MEETT PERERMANTNN CLCLESOOINGG F FORRD. A A ALREAALHRHROU CI P PROAMAM. MOMONEYSSLLLLOCEDEDPRPROG ARE E BEINBUBUILA C CONTS ARARE OT. W W WEREE TEFEFERHAHAT, T THA PRIDIDES F A S SIGIGFIFICANTNT AMOUOUNT O O E EXISTGG P PROS TO CONTINUEUE TO BEE AOCOCAT THTHOUTT THISISROROVION. , I U UNDANDDHYHY C COUILILOR BORRO O NTNTS D DEF T THERE TOAVAVE F FURTHERTUDYDYUT I RENDOUH PUTUTSS U US FARTHEHER WNWN T THERIRIORORITS LILIST. SOSOMEINING FOFOR C CONDEDERA. 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THTHISSS SOMETHING THATT I IEEL WEWE ARE GETNGNG T TO T THEHE PT WHERWEWE ARERE BINING KE TO SSSS JUDGMENTTNDND SAYEES O OR INEQUAUALIESES I IN OUR OWN STCTCT. I A AM UNCOMRTRTAB W WITH TATAT IMMOT EXPERT O ON RACIAIAL EQUALITY ORNENEQUALITY. I I K K BY SO MUCH CONTINUOUSS DIDISCUSSION ABOUT AAYAYS BEING EXTREMY Y FOCUSED ONRACIAL EQLILITYIERERNANALLY FEEL I KNKNOW THAT I HAVEE S SPON TO SOME CONSTITUESS W F FL,L, THAT IT IS CREATINGG CONVERERSAONON WHE SEEMINGLY RACISTST I AND OF ITSELF. I JUSTT REALALLY A STRUGGLIN WITH FDIDING A BALANCE BETWEEN THE CONVSASATIONON THATE SHOULD B B HINING INRDER T TO FIFI THIHISSQUITY WHO LEAVING HEHER PEOPLE OUTTNN TH OTHER E E OF THE SPERURU SO, I FEE LIKEEGAGAINHE WAY ISIS IWOWORDED, I I DOHIHINKK THTHATT ISNING MORE AVAVIL IN CTATAIN DIRECTIONS THANERS AND TREFORE I IT WOULD NOTOT E EQUITABLE. >>>> Coun. Benton: I I THIHINK S ININ THE FISCALEAEAR. CAPITAL BUDGET A AND PUTUT FOH THE FIRST AMENDMENT INVOVOLVG EQUYY IN OURUR CIP PROGRAM. IT WASOTASASED ONACIAL EQUITY B BUTASED ON IGIGHBORHOOD DISINVEVESTMENT AND SO PROBAYY MORE OF AN ONONOMIC STANDARD. AND SO I A AM ILILID TO SUPPPPOR A BILL LI T TH B BUT, YOU KNOW,W, T STAFFFF WRITE-UPP ON THIS BILL WHICH I IT LOOKS LIKEKE IT WAS BY MS. MONTANO AT THE TIME, TALKS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT CONTINUING DELOPMENT, LET ME G THE LANGUAGE CORRECT. DEVELOPMENT O OF THESE CRITERION. SO, IS THIS ESTSTABLISHING ANN ABSOLUTETE CRITERION OR IS THIS LEADING UP TO ADMINISTRATATION TO FURTHER DEVOP A CRITERION? I GUESS THAT WAS MY QUESTION. >> Coun. Pena: I MIGHTURN THIS OVER TO THE STAFF BECAUSE IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THA AS PART OF -- AS SOON AS THIS CIP BUDGET WHICH WAS ALRLREADY STARTED THAT WE WOULD DEVELOP A CRITERION AND HOPEFULLY IT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED BUT I'LL LET STAFF ANSWER THAT. >> YARA: SO, WHEN THIS WAS DRAFTED I THINK INTENT WAS TO HAVE THIS RACIAL EQUITY CRITERION GUIDE THE PROCESS. I DON'T READ HERE THAT WE ARE NECESSARILY SETTING OUT A SPECIFIC PROCESS. I JUST NOTE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 2021CIP PROCESS. IT STARTED THIS SUMMER. I SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE CIP OFFICIAL IS HERE BUT IN CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM, SOME OF THE TOOLS FROM THE TOOL KIT THAT THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION USES, WERE USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL BY THE END OF DECEMBER. AND SO, THEY DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY USE A RACIAL CRITERION AS IT WERE FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE REVIEWING BUT IT WAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO, THAT IS ALREADY IN MOTION. IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION NOW OR AT A LATER DATE, I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO WORK WITH DMD TO DECIDE HOW EXACTLY WE WOULD ROLL THIS REQUIREMENT FOR THE 2023CIP. >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: COUNCILOR SENA. >> Coun. Sena: I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT YOU KNOW WE ALSO INCLUDED IN A PREVIOUS RESOLUTION WHICH I BELIEVE WE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY THAT OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION WOULD PROVIDE MORE TOOL KITS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE BETTER DECISIONS WHEN IT COMES TO POLICIES THAT GOVERN THE CITY. I WANTED TO KNOW THEY WERE ACTUALLY VERY HELPFUL IN THE PROCESS IN ADDING RACIAL EQUITY CRITERION WHEN AWARDING NONPROFIT GRANTS. THEY JUST PROVIDED THAT AS A GUIDANCE TO US. WE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY THINK OF IT JUST SOLELY ON THAT BUT WE DID APPLY IT TO GIVE MORE CONSIDERATION TO THOSE THAT WERE CRITICALLY UNDER SERVED. AGAIN IT IS JUST A TOOL COMMIT OUR TOOL BELT. IT IS JUST A TOOL KIT ON OUR TOOL BELT. >> Coun. Pena: ARE WE VOTING ON THE DEFERRAL? I'LL JUST SAY MY PIECE. I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZE I REALLY THOUGHT THIS WAS A NO BRAINER. THIS ISN'T ANYTHING TO ME AS COUNCIL SENA STATED EARLIER. WHEN I READ IT I LOOKED AT IT AS UNDER SERVED AREAS. WE ALL HAVE. IF YOU LOOK AT ANY DISTRICTS WE ALL HAVE UNDER SERVED AREAS IN OUR DISTRICTS, NEIGHBORHOODS, COMMUNITIES AND SO, YOU KNOW, I ENVISIONED IT AS US LOOKING AT OUR PARTICULAR DISTRICTS AND FOCUSING ON WHERE THE NEED IS THERE. PRIORITIZING THAT AND HOW WE BRING THAT FORWARD. IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT EARLIER VOTE ABOUT RACE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY NOW. YOU KNOW. I KNOW THESE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS SO I FEEL LIKE AS A PERSON OF COLOR I AM EXCITED THAT WE ARE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT BEING UNCOMFORTABLE, PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE BEEN UNCOMFORTABLE FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD ACCESS OR OPPORTUNITIES OR THE ABILITY TO DO SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE NOW BEING BROUGHT TO LIGHT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, RACIAL JUSTICE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, INSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE. SO I HAVE BEEN PUMPING OUT RESOLUTIONS AND WHOEVER WILL CO-SPONSOR WITH ME I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE IF THERE IS EVER AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY PUSH THESE TIMES OF BILLS FORWARD IT IS NOW. YOU KNOW. THIS ISN'T ABOUT MAKING ANYONE UNCOMFORTABLE IF YOU'RE NOT OF COLOR. BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS AND DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE OVER AND OVER AGAIN HOW WE ARE NOT REPRESENTED, HOW WE ARE NOT GETTING OUR VOICES HEARD, HOW WE ARE LOOKING AT -- I LOOK AT BUDGET EACH YEAR AND I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS TO REPRESENT THEIR DISTRICT. FOR ME, MY DISTRICT IF PARTICULAR, WHEN I LOOK AROUND I SEE THAT WE PREDATE THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE YET WE LACK SOME OF THE BASIC SERVICES THAT OTHER AREAS SHALL AFFORDED. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS COUNCIL THAT WAS ON COUNCIL WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN CIP COMES AROUND I PUT IT ALL INTO A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WE HAVE AND I JOKED WITH HIM, I SAID I WISH I HAD LUXURY OF PUTTING IT IN ONE COMMUNITY CENTER. WE HAVE SO MUCH DEFICIENCIES LIKE LIGHTING AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SIDEWALKS AND CURBS PANNED COMMUNITY CENTERS, THAT, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION AND WE HAVE BEEN UNCOMFORTEDDABLE FOR A LONG TIME. WHEN I LOOK AT THESE THINGS, I DON'T WANT TO BRING THEM TO LIGHT BUT IN TERMS OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET ALONE, AND I DIDN'T DO THE MATH BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS WAS A NO BRAINER BUT, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR FY20, 73% OF THE OPERATING MONEY FOR FY20 WENT EAST OF THE RIVER. ONLY 27% LANDED WEST OF THE RIVER. I DIDN'T WANT TO GET INTO WHERE AND HOW BECAUSE I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT ALL OUR COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW. I HAVE SAID IT BEFORE, THERE ARE UNDER SERVED PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. WE NEED THE START PUTTING OUR ATTENTION THERE. I WILL SHUT UP AND I CANNOT SUPPORT THE DEFERRAL. >> Coun. Davis: MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS DEFERRAL. WE'LL LET YOU CLOSE. >> Coun. Borrego: I THINK IT IS INTERESTING TO HEAR THIS CONVERSATION AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT COUNCILOR PENA. THANK YOU FOR THE RESEARCH ON THAT BILL OR ON THOSE NUMBERS RATHER. THAT IS KIND OF WHAT MY POINT IS, I GIST, I GUESS, HAVING HA0 YEAR BACKGROUND IN PLANNING, I STILL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE MAKE-UP OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE BREAK DOWN IS IN COUNCILOR GIBSON'S DISTRICTS, FOR EXAMPLE. OR, I MEAN, I HAPPEN TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, EVEN -- WELL, I THE BREAK DOWN IN MY OWN DISTRICT BUT I HAVEN'T TAKEN THE TIME TO LOOK AT EVERY DISTRICT TO DETERMINE HOW THIS WOULD BE SORT OF IMPLEMENTED. IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR, I PROPOSED BILL AND IT DID PASS THAT GAVE THE CIP STAFF A NEW CRITERIA TO MEET WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS AS THEY MOVED FORWARD IN THE CIP PROCESS. THAT WAS CHANGE THE BY THE COUNCIL RESPECTIVELY TO THAT COULD BE DONE THROUGH A SURVEY. SO, THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED THE CIP PROCESS. THERE IS A SURVEY THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO NOW TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS LACKING IN EACH RESPECTIVE DISTRICT. SO, THEY ARE ALREADY SORT OF UNDER THE GUN TO COME UP WITH THAT CRITERIA. NOW WE ARE ASKING THEM, IF THIS PASSES TONIGHT, TO PUT ANOTHER CRITERIA ON WHEN THEY ALREADY STARTED CIP PROCESS. SO THAT IS WHAT MAKES ME A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE IS THAT WE ARE CREATING MORE CRITERIA THAT THE STAFF HAS TO TO DEAL WITH AND -- HAVING BEEN A STAFFER BEFORE, IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO MOVE FORWARD AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM CHANGE COURSES. THAT IS WHAT MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE AND THAT IS WHY I AM ASKING FOR THE DEFERRAL. IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR BILL, MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS WE SHOULD IMPLEMENT IT IN THE NEXT CIP PROCESS. BECAUSE THE STAFF HAS ALREADY STARTED THEIR CIP PROCESS. SO, FOR THAT REASON, I STILL THINK THAT MAYBE WE NEED MORE INFORMATION AND I STILL SUPPORT A DEFERRAL. >> Coun. Davis: FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH, I HAVE BEEN CONVINCED OTHERWISE AND THINK I MIGHT SUPPORT THE DEFERRAL AS WELL. SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE, MOTION TO DEFER UNTIL DECEMBER 21. >> Councilor Bassan: NO. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. Z. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: NO. >> Coun. Sena: NO. >> Coun. Davis: YES. DEFERRAL PASSES 6-3. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. WE HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH EVERYTHING EXCEPT OUR BIG BUDGET BILLS SO WE ARE GOING THE TAKE A BREAK AT THIS POINT. WE'LL BE BACK LET'S CALL IT 30 MINUTES WHICH IS 10 AFTER 6 :00. WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO MAKE THAT WORK BY QUARTER AFTER. BE BACK AT 6:10 READY TO GO THEN WE'LL TAKE UP THE BUDGET BILLS WHICH IS LAST THING WE HAVE. WE ARE GETTING AHEAD. GREAT JOB. (COUNCIL IN RECESS) >> COUNCIL IN RECESS, STAY TUNED. ) >> (COUNCIL IN RECESS. STAY TUNED) >> Coun. Davis: WELCOME BACK, PART TWO OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. NEXT UP COUNCILORS ONLY ITEMS LEFT ARE THOSE RELATING TO THE CITY'S BUDGET. SO, I THINK WE'LL LET COUNCILLOR BENTON PRESENT EACH ONE. THEN, FOR MAJOR BUDGET BILLS WE HAVE TWO PACKETS OF AMENDMENTS WE'LL GO THROUGH. IF YOU'RE WITH US, WOULD YOU INTRODUCE O-37, RELATING TO SOLID WASTE ORDINANCE. THAT IS EASY ONE TO DO FIRST. >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU. O-37 IS AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY. MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE ORDINANCE TO UPDATE EFFECTIVE RATE -- DATE OF RATE CHANGE AMENDING RATE TABLE APPENDIX TO INCORPORATE INCREASE IN THE RATE APPENDIX AND AMENDING THE RATE TABLE TO INCORPORATE FY '21 RATE INCREASE IN THE RATE APPENDIX. MOVE A DO PASS. >> Coun. Davis: S ABOUT BASS SECOND. >> Coun. Davis: WE HAVE ALL DIRECTORS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. I WANT TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ADMINISTRATION IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK OR ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED SO IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY. I AM SEEING NO DISCUSSION FROM COUNCILORS. OH, SENA. >> Coun. Sena: AFTER SPEAKING WITH CONSTITUENTS AND SHARING THEIR STORIES, STRUGGLES THEY ARE FACING RIGHT NOW, I WON'T BE IN SUPPORT OF THE RATE INCREASE. I WISH THEY WEREN'T IN UNFORTUNATE POSITIONS OF FOOD INSECURITIES OR EVICTIONS BECAUSE OF COVID-19 BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE REAL IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING OUR SOLID WASTE AND BEING ABLE TO UPKEEP MEDIANS AND OUR COLLECTIONS OF THAT WASTE, SO, I AM GOING TO BE SAYING NO TO THIS AND THANK CONSTITUENTS THAT REACHED OUT BUT I IMAGINE IT WILL PASS. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. COUNCILLOR BENTON TO CLOSE. >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU. I AM SPONSORING THIS AT THE REQUEST OF THE ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT IT OVER THE MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I THINK AS THE COUNCILOR ALLUDED TO, THIS DEPARTMENT IS TAKING ON MORE AND MORE IN TERMS OF MEDIAN MAINTENANCE, THAT SORT OF THING, ALSO REALLY ARE. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU, SIR. >> Coun. Davis: DURING THE BREAK WE LOST SOME INTERNET CONNECTIONS. IF WE LOSE CHAIR OR KEY STAFF INSTEAD OF NORMALLY GOING TO THE VICE PRESIDENT WE GIVE US A MINUTE TO TRY TO REJOIN. WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO HERE IS WE ARE GOING TO -- THERE IS NO NEED TO READ LINE BY LINE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. THEY ARE GOING TO SHARE THEM ONLINE. WE'LL ASK YOU TO GIVE A QUICK SUMMARY. ADMINISTRATION IS HERE AND MS. YARA IS HERE TO HELPED PREPARE MOST OF THESE SO SHE'LL BE AVAILABLE AS WELL. WE ARE GOING TO SHARE THEM ON LINE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THEM. BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OF THEM I WANT TO BE SURE THE CLERK HAS THAT CHANCE TO CATCH UP TO US. HOUSE KEEPING NOTES TO KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING SLOWLY. COUNCILOR BENTON YOU HAVE WHAT WE CALL NO. A. THAT WILL BE AMENDMENT NO. 1. >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU. I I'LL MOVE FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 1. AND THIS IS LABELED A IN THE PACKET. THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS AND MINER TECHNICAL ERRORS WITHIN THE ORIGINAL BILL. >> Coun. Jones: SECOND. >> Coun. Davis: BACK TO THE SPONSOR. ANY QUESTIONS? >> Coun. Benton: URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Coun. Davis: NO DISCUSSION ON THE SPONSOR HAVING CLOSED ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT 1 M. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: -- >> Coun. Davis: HE'LL BE BACK. PUT HIM IN THE BACK. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. 9-0 ON AMENDMENT NO. 1. >> Coun. Davis: WE GOT QUICK THERE. COUNCILLOR BENTON YOU HAVE NO. B, 2, IF YOU OFFER IT. >> Coun. Benton: MOVE FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 2 AND THIS IS SIMPLE. I AM SPONSORING THIS BY REQUEST OF ADMINISTRATION. AND COUNCILORS THIS -- WHEN WE WERE HAVING OUR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE NEW PROPOSED NEW DEPARTMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR AND THAT WE AMENDED SOFFITS FUNDING AT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THIS WAS ONE ITEM THAT WE COULD ASK ECONOMIC DIRECTOR TO EXPLAIN BUT I'LL MOVE THAT. >> Coun. Davis: ITEM B IS FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 2. OFFER A SECOND MYSELF. DIRECTOR JARAMILLO, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE IF ADMINISTRATION HAS COMMENTS ABOUT RESTORING FTHIS FUNDING. >> TO THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCILORS THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I WILL BE BRIEF. I WILL START WITH YOU ALL KNOW THIS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, OUR CURRENT INITIATIVE PROGRAMS, OUR CONTRACTORS, OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITIES, ARE AND HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL DURING COVID-19. AND A ROBUST BUDGET THAT SUPPORTS OUR EFFORTS HAS REALLY DIRECT I BELIEVE PACT UPON THE SURVIVAL OF MOST VULNERABLE BUSINESSES. EVEN AS WE DESPITE THE PANDEMIC TRADITIONAL FORMS OF ECONOMIC PROGRAMS AND OUTREACH CANNOT CEASE. IN FACT, WE BELIEVE THAT WE MUST BOLSTER THESE EFFORTS NOW IF WE ARE EVEN TO MAINTAIN OUR POSITION IN 2021 AND BEYOND. THE SELLING OUR CITY, MARKETING OUR STRENGTH, HIGHLIGHTING OUR SUCCESSES AMID COVID-19 AND ENSURING WE HAVE EXPERTISE FROM THE RIGHT PEOPLE IS THE ONLY WAY TO CONTINUE THAT MOMENTUM THAT WE HAVE BUILT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS IN THE AREAS OF RECRUITMENT AND EXPANSION AND, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS FUNDING WILL BE USED TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE AND CONNECT THE CORE AND ASSIST OUR PARTNERS, STAKEHOLDER. SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WITH CARRYING OUT THE MISSION OF THIS DEPARTMENT. THAT IS RETENTION, RECRUITMENT AND EXPANSION. OVER THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS, THIS FUNDING HAS ENABLED US TO LAND SEVERAL COMPANIES AND WE BELIEVE THAT THEIR RECRUITMENT WOULD NOT HAVE SUCCEEDED IF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAD NOT BEEN SUPPORTED BY INDUSTRY EXPERTS IN COMMUNICATION, MARKETING PROFESSIONALS AND ESSENTIAL CONTRACTORS. AS YOU ALL KNOW JUST LIKE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF HAS LIMITED CAPACITY TO CONDUCT ALL THE NECESSARY PR, MEDIA AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT STRATEGIES TO REALLY ENSURE THAT THE ALBUQUERQUE STORY GETS TOLD TO THE APPROPRIATE AUDIENCE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND IN AN OPTIMAL WAY. TWO COMPANIES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IN 2019 THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT TO ALBUQUERQUE ABOVE GROUND STORAGE A RESULT OF ALBUQUERQUE, NO. 1 IS A COMPANY NAMED KIRS POWER, DECIDED TO COME TO ALBUQUERQUE. THEY ARE INNOVATIVE CLEAN TECH ENGINEERING COMPANY. CHOOSE ALBUQUERQUE FOR NEW ENGINEERING CENTER. TO SUPPORT THEIR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS THE COMPANY WILL INVEST UP TO 125 MILLION ON THE CAMPUS OVER AT MESA DEL SOL TO CREATE MORE THAN 65 HIGH PAYING JOBS. AND JABEL IS ANOTHER MAKING A 42 MILLION INVESTMENT FOR TECHNOLOGY. THOSE ARE JUST SOME PROJECTS AND ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT AND THEN I'LL FINISH HERE, SINCE 2018, THIS DEPARTMENT HAS ACCOMPLISHED 10LDA PROJECTS RESULTING IN JUST UNDER 3,000 JOBS AND THREE IRB'S, RESULTING IN 181,800,000 OF INVESTMENT IN LAND, BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT. I'LL JUST STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Coun. Davis: BACK TO THE SPONSOR. I AM SORRY, COUNCILOR SENA HAS A QUESTION. >> Coun. Sena: THIS IS NOT SPECIFIC FOR THE DIRECTOR JARAMILLO. MORE OF THE QUESTION ON THE AMENDMENT. ONLY BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS A SIMILAR AMENDMENT SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSING THE NEW DEPARTMENT DOWN THE WAY. I AM CURIOUS IF SOMEONE FROM ADMIN OR EVEN SPONSOR POSSIBLY THINKING OF GETTING SOURCE OF FUNDING AND PUTTING IN A NON-REOCCURING FUND BALANCE FOR THIS NEW DEPARTMENT. I AM HOPING IT CREATES STABILITY SO IF SOMEONE CAN ACTUALLY SPEAK UP ON THAT OR DISCUSS OR AT LEAST ADDRESS SOME OF MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE FUNDING. >> Coun. Davis: ACTUALLY I THINK MS. YARA CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THEY INTERSECTED IS PREPARED TO DO THAT. >> MS. YARA: COUNCILOR SENA, AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF YOU WOULD BE PULLING THE 270,000 FROM NONRECURRING FUND BALANCE. THAT MEANS IT IS NOT A SURE THING FOR FY '22. THE COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO ENSURE THAT THAT AMOUNT WAS STILL APPROPRIATED TO THE NEW DEPARTMENT GOING INTO FY '22. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OCCURRING AND NONRECURRING. SO, IN A WAY IT STAND OUT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THIS WOULD BE, I BELIEVE, NONRECURRING MONEY. WE WOULD NEED TO WORK THIS OUT WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE IF THERE WAS A DESIRE TO MAKE IT RECURRING. >> Coun. Davis: DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? ADMINISTRATION IS AVAILABLE TO WEIGH IN. >> Coun. Sena: I WANT TO HEAR THEM WEIGH IN. I THINK MS. YARA KIND OF ADDRESSED MY MAIN CONCERN BUT ONLY BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO RELATING TO ANOTHER AMENDMENT DOWN THE ROAD I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THEM NOW. >> NAIR: IN BRIEF, PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH THAT NONRECURRING FUND IS OF COURSE ABILITY TO FUND PERSONNEL AND ASSOCIATED COSTS. WE WOULD ALWAYS WANT TO USE RECURRING FUND FOR THAT. THAT SAID WE ARE SO CLOSE TO ENDS OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND EVEN CLOSER TO PREPARING FY '22 BUDGET THAT WE COULD EASILY MAKE USE OF NON-LAW ENFORCEMENT RECURRING FUND IN THE CURRENT YEAR WITH A CLEAR PLAN TO TURN THOSE INTO RECURRING FUNNELED WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COUNCIL AS WE MOVE TOWARDS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. WHILE ORDINARILY I WOULD MAKE EMPASSIONED PLEA NOT TO USE THESE IN THIS CATEGORY, I THINK WE ARE IN A SPECIAL SITUATION. >> Coun. Davis: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILLOR BENTON TO CLOSE. >> Coun. Benton: URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> CLERK: >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> AMENDMENT 2 PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Coun. Davis: ITEM C WOULD BE FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 3. >> Coun. Benton: MOVE FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 3. THIS IS ON PAGE 2 LINE 32, COMMUNITY EVENTS INCREASE AMOUNT BY $8,000. THIS IS FOR CASA BARELAS A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB. THEY ARE ON FOURTH STREET, HAVE OUTDOOR SPACE THAT HAS BEEN NICE DURING THE PANDEMIC. AND DO A LOT OF -- PROVIDE A VENUE FOR A LOT OF GOOD CULTURAL PROGRAMS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> Coun. Davis: IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL OFFER ONE MYSELF. WE'LL TAKE THAT, COUNCILLOR BENTON TO DISCUSS NO. 3 OR TO CLOSE. >> Coun. Benton: URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> PASSES ON A 9-0 VOTE. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. NEXT UP WOULD BE COUNCILOR PENA AND BORREGO, ITEM D, FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 4. >> Coun. Pena: THANK YOU. FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 4 IS ON PAGE 5 LINE 21 ENTITLED NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING DECREASE AMOUNT IN PARENTHESES BY ONE MILLION. EXPLANATION IS THAT THIS AMENDMENT WILL REQUIRE THAT THE ONE MILLION OPERATING CONTINGENCY PROPOSED FOR NEW DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE FUNDED FROM AVAIL NOT RECURRING FUND BALANCES. ONE MILLION RESTORED TO APD'S BUDGET. SO, AGAIN, MY WHOLE THING, BUDGET FEAR AFTER BUDGET YEAR IS CONCERNED WITH EVEN AMOUNT OF MONEY WE SPEND ON COMMUNITY POLICING. I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT IT NEEDS TO BE MORE DOLLARS AS YEARS PROGRESS BECAUSE WE'RE ESPECIALLY NOW, TURNING TOWARDS COMMUNITY POLICING, SO, I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULDN'T TAKE THE MONEY FROM OUR COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAM AND THE FACT THAT IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE SHINING STARS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD JUST KEEP THANKFUL. URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU COUNCILOR BORREGO FOR THE SECOND. >> I GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN THE BILL AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT TO QUESTIONS. COUNCILOR BORREGO? >> Coun. Borrego: I SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY POLICING EFFORTS AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THEIR BUDGET INTACT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHERS I'LL TAKE MYSELF FIRST. IF THERE ARE OTHERS TO FOLLOW. BRIEFLY, I WANTED TO ASK MR. DAVIS IN THE BUDGET OFFICE, I SAW YOU WITH US EARLIER, IF YOU COULD VIEW UP. IF YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY, HOW MUCH DID APD REVERT AT THE ENDS OF FY20. DURING EARLY BUDGET CONVERSATIONS IT WAS ROUGHLY 10 MILLION AND THERE WERE ENCUMBRANCES THAT WERE LEFT. I THINK THERE WAS SEVERAL MILLION DIDN'T SPEND LAST YEAR. >> CURRENT INFORMATION IS 3.1 MILLION FOR APD. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. COUNCILORS MAYBE IT IS NOT A QUESTION. I THINK I WILL OPPOSE THIS AMENDMENT AND SAY THE REASON THAT WE TARGETED THE ONE MILLION FOR THE NEW AGENCY AS A REMINDER THE NEW AGENCY WE ARE FUNDING TRANSITION OF COAST TEAMS AND NEEDLE PICK UP AND NEW DIRECTOR AND DATA ANALYST AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY SUBSTITUTE WE PASSED AT COW, BUT INCLUDED A MILLION FOR FUTURE OPERATIONS AT REQUEST OF ADMINISTRATION WHO SAID THEY THINK THEY CAN HERE MORE PEOPLE, THEY NEED MONEY TO ADD NEW TEAMS TO DO THE WORK AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT. THE POINT OF THIS IS TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE CALLS THAT ARE NONE LAW ENFORCEMENT RELATED. APD REVERTED MORE THAN THREE MILLION IN UNSPENT MONEY LAST YEAR. THEY HAVE THE FUNDING TO DO IT AND PART OF THIS IS MAKING THE POINT THAT WE ARE RIGHT SIZING THE BUDGET TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. USING THIS AS EXTRA LEG. A MILLION IN A 2,020,000,000 IS MARCH LESS THAN I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REALLOCATE BUT I THINK THE IS A REASONABLE START. IT NEVER BEEN EXPECTED -- APD NEVER SPENT ALL OF THEIR BUDGET. WE ARE FULLY FUNDING ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, ALMOST 100 AT MAYOR'S REQUEST TO GET US TO 1100. 50 MORE FTE'S PLUS A BIG VACANCY THAT IS AMBITIOUS HIRING GOAL THAT I WANT TO FUND. QUITE FRANKLY APD EVERY YEAR -- NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING IS NOT JUST THE COPS ON BIKES. IT IS EVERY FIELD SERVICE OFFICER WHO WORKS NOT NO INVESTIGATE IT OR ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE. IT IS ALL THE POLICING THAT WEARS A UNIFORM. THIS IS NOT CUTTING OUT OF OPERATIONS. THEY DID NOT USE THUMB ALL THIS MONEY LAST FIVE YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE. IT IS A REASONABLE PIECE AND IMPORTANT TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE THIS FROM A POLICE RESPONSE THAT IS LARGELY NOT NECESSARY. SO FOR THAT REASON I OPPOSE FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 4. >> Coun. Benton: I SHARE THOSE THOUGHTS AND REALLY WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT BUDGET, AND MS. YARA MAY WANT TO FACTS CHECK ME BUT I THINK THIS CATEGORY OF COMMUNITY POLICING IT IS SORT OF UNFORTUNATE LINE ITEM TO BE TAKING THIS MONEY FROM. IT DOESN'T DIMINISH THE COMMUNITY POLICING EFFORT IN ANY WAY. MY UNDERSTANDING OF OUR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH APD ABOUT THIS SOURCE OF FUNDS IS THAT THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF REVERSINGS LIE WITHIN THIS LINE ITEM. CAN MS. YARA CONFIRM THAT, BUT WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS BOTH PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH REGARD TO THE REALISTIC EXPECTATION OF HOW MANY NEW POSITIONS WILL BE FILLED IN THIS REALLY HALF OF A YEAR THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. >> IT IS UNLIKELY THAT WE WOULD BE NEEDING THIS MONEY FOR THAT PURPOSE. I THINK WE ARE ALL COMMITTED TO THIS NEW DEPARTMENT. WE SUPPORT IT, WE APPLAUD ADMINISTRATION FOR BRINGING FORTH THE IDEA OF THIS NEW DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND WE NEED TO FULLY FUND IT BUT MS. YARA, I THINK, TWO QUESTIONS, ONE AM I CORRECT ABOUT THOSE POSITIONS AND ABILITY TO FILL THEM AND THEN, TWO, IF THIS WERE TO BE PULLED OUT WHAT WOULD BECOME OF THAT FUNDING IN THE NEW DEPARTMENT OR WHERE WOULD IT COME FROM. >> YARA: SO, JUST NEED TO REALIZE WE ARE HALFWAY INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR. IF WE ARE FUNDING ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS THERE WILL BE SALARY SAVINGS AND SPECIFICALLY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING LINE, NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING IS BIGGEST PROGRAM STRATEGY THAT POLICE HAVE. IT ENCOMPASSES MOST OF ALL THE COMMAND AND FIELD STAFF AND ALSO THE PRT TEAM THAT COUNCILLOR PENA IS REFERRING TO IS COMMUNITY POLICING PIECE SO THIS WOULDN'T NECESSARILY DEFUND EXISTING STAFF FOR PROGRAMS BUT IT WOULD JUST HAPPEN TO THE SALARY SAVINGS THAT WE ARE EXPECTING THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR. I FORGET WHAT THE SECOND QUESTION WAS COUNCILOR. >> Coun. Benton: IF THIS WERE TO PASS WHAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE IF WE ARE GOING TO FULLY FUND THE NEW DEPARTMENT AS ANTICIPATED BY THE COUNCIL. >> YARA: AFTER THIS FISCAL YEAR WHEN WE GET FY 22 BUDGET FROM ADMINISTRATION IT WOULD BE COUNCIL'S TASK TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH RECURRING FUNDING TO ALLOCATE TO THE NEW DEPARTMENT IN WHATEVER VERSION IS PERCEIVES AND YOU ALL APPROVE SO, AT THIS POINT I THINK AGAIN WE WANT TO TAP INTO THE NONRECURRING FUND BALANCE FOR THIS YEAR GIVEN OUR SITUATION AND SO JUST THE COUNCILORS NEED TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE GO FORWARD MOST FUNDING IN FY22 WILL NEED TO BE RECURRING. >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU. >> Coun. Sena: THANK. JUST THE SAME CONCERN. I KNOW WE WERE TRYING TO ADDRESS IT BEFORE BUT MAKING SURE THAT IT IS CLEAR THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND THE SAME AMOUNT APPROPRIATED FOR NEXT YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT. JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. >> Coun. Davis: I'LL THROW THAT TO LAWRENCE AND RENE. >> YOUR CORRECT, WE WILL HAVE TO FIND THAT AMOUNT NEXT YEAR AND IN FUTURE FISCAL YEARS. THIS YEAR IT WOULD BE TAKEN FROM NONRECURRING HOWEVER WHEN YOU GO TO COMPILE FISCAL YEAR 22 WE NEED TO TURN THAT INTO RECURRING FUNDING. >> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES MR. PRESIDENT, 3.1 MILLION FOR APD HAS BEEN FULLY ENCUMBERED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE CAD SYSTEM AND FOR THE MONITOR. >> Coun. Sena: I THINK THAT JUST CLARIFIED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: MR. DAVIS I WITNESS TO CLARIFY THE YOU CAN REMIND ME I BELIEVE IN FY '19 APD REVERTED 7.4 MILLION AND LAST YEAR 3.1, THOSE ARE REENCUMBERRED FOR OTHER PURPOSES BUT TRADITIONALLY APD HAS REVERTED DOLLARS BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR OTHER PURPOSES EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN REALLOCATED OR REENCUMBERRED; IS THAT RIGHT. >> THAT WOULD BE CORRECT. ANY ENCUMBER THEM FOR OTHER INITIATIVES DID YOURING THE FISCAL YEAR. >> Coun. Davis: I KNOW THAT IS WITH COUNCIL'S CONSENT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. I WANT TO GO BACK TO UPON SUPPORT SUPPORT COUNCILORS TO CLOSE. >> Coun. Pena: I AM SORRY. NO. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Coun. Davis: WE ARE CLOSED. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE FOR AMENDMENT NO. 4. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: NO. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: NO. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: NO. THAT PASSES ON 6-3 VOTE. WE ARE ONTO ITEM E FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 5. >> Coun. Sena: FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 5? >> Coun. Davis: YES IT IS SHARED ON THE SCREEN IF YOU NEED IT. >> Coun. Sena: I MOVE NO. 5. YOU CAN SEE THE LANGUAGE THERE, PRETTY SIMPLE HARD TO WHAT I PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET COW MEETING AND REDUCED TO HALF A MILLION AND GOING INTO THE MEAT OF IT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADMINISTRATION DISCUSS IT A LITTLE MORE AND THOSE INVOLVED WITH THE REIMBURSEMENT AND EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP THROUGH HR. >> Coun. Davis: JUST FOR THE RECORD I'LL OFF AREA SECOND FOR OFFER A SECOND FOR THE CLERK TO RECORD. >> ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN INVOKED. >> THANK YOU FOR SPONSORING THIS. I WANTED TO SAY I THINK ORIGINALLY WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE MILLION AND NOW IT IS 500,000 WE WERE CONSIDERING THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR TUITION AND TRAINING AND CIU'S A LOT OF SOCIAL WORKERS PUT OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET. WE HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER TODAY FROM A SOCIAL WORKER WHO IS A STUDENT AND HAS ACTUALLY SOUGHT INTEREST IN COMING TO WORK FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS OTHERS FROM NMSU AND WE THINK THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE A GREAT. IT IS CARROT WHEN WE ARE OFFERING THESE POSITIONS TO REALLY HELP OUR MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS TO WANT TO COME WORK AT THE CITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PASSION FOR IT BUT TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THEIR THEIR EDUCATID SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT AND DISCUSSED IT WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES TO DISCUSS WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE TO CYFD, WE'LL PAY FOR PART OF YOUR MASTERS OR BACHELORS AND IN TURN WOULD YOU DEDICATE ONE TO TWO YEARS OF YOUR TIME FOR THE CITY. >> Coun. Sena: THANK YOU. AS WAS STATED IT IS THE CARROT AS INCENTIVE. WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO KEEP THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THIS PROGRAM LONG-TERM AS WELL OTHER THAN JUST STAYING FOR TWO YEARS, CAN YOU HAVE PART OF YOUR EDUCATION PAID FOR. SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ALREADY DO WITH A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, POLICE. AGAIN I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. WE HEARD FROM SOCIAL WORKER STUDENT EARLIER AS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF IT AND WHY PEOPLE DO IT. IT IS BECAUSE OF PASSION. LET'S CREATE THAT PATH WAY. >> Coun. Davis: COUNCILOR BASSAN HAS A QUESTION. >> Councilor Bassan: I JUST WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE COUNCILOR SENA, GRATEFUL THAT YOU DID NOT TOTALLY LET THIS GO AND CAME BACK WITH WHAT I SEE AS A GOOD COMPROMISE. LIKE I SAID BEFORE I AM FOR TRAINING AND I SEE THIS AS THERE IS A SOME BOUNDARIES TO IT AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I DO SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Borrego: THIS QUESTION IS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. I WONDER HOW MUCH FUND BALANCE THEY ARE EXPECTING IN GENERAL FUND AS A RESULT OF THIS BUDGET. THANK YOU. WE BEGAN WITH ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF 40 MILLION, ANTICIPATING A LOT OF AMENDMENTS. WE ARE SEEING SOMEWHERE NOW BETWEEN 35 AND 36 MILLION. >> Coun. Davis: BACK TO THE SPONSOR. >> Coun. Sena: URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Coun. Davis: GIBSON AND BASSAN, FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 6. >> I SEE BUDGET CONFERENCE ROOM WANTED TO MAYBE MAKE A COMMENTS. ARE YOU STILL THERE? >> CHAIR DAVIS, WE WANT CLARIFICATION ON THE LAST AMENDMENT WHETHER OR NOT THE APPROPRIATION WAS RECURRING OR NONRECURRING. WE DON'T BELIEVE THE EXPLANATION INCLUDES THAT. >> Coun. Davis: I'LL DEFER TO MS. YARA WHO HELPED PREPARE IT. >> MS. YARA: ACTUALLY, I DRAFTED IT WITHOUT DESIGNATING NONRECURRING OR RECURRING BECAUSE I THINK I WANTED THE BUDGET OFFICE TO GIVE US SOME INSIGHT AND ALSO LET COUNCILOR SENA TALK ABOUT WHAT HER INTENT IS. >> DURING THESE STRESSFUL FINANCIAL TIMES OF COURSE I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS NONRECURRING, GO THROUGH THIS FISCAL YEAR AND SEE HOW MUCH YOU SPEND AND REVISIT IT NEXT YEAR. >> Coun. Davis: SOUNDS LIKE MR. DAVIS IT IS UP TO YOU. SHE IS NODDING. DEALERS CHOICE, WHATEVER BEST SUITS YOUR PURPOSE THERE. WE CAN REVISIT WITH THE SPONSOR OFF LINE IF NECESSARY. >> GIBSON AND BASSAN BACK ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 6. >> Councilor Bassan: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 6 APPROPRIATING 87,000 FROM AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE, NONRECURRING, IN THE GENERAL FUND AND DESIGNATES THOSE FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF A ONE TIME LOAN SUM PAYMENT OF 100 TO CITY EMPLOYEES EARNING LESS THAN $15 PER OUR. CITY COUNCILORS EXCLUDED. THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS TO RECEIVE ALLOCATIONS TO BE ADJUSTED IN FUTURE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT DUE TO TAXES AND OTHER RELATED DEDUCTIONS WE HAD TO DO THIS FOR AMENDMENT. IF I AM WRONG MS. YARA PLEASE CORRECT ME. >> Coun. Davis: I ASSUME I THINK COUNCILLOR GIBSON IS SECOND FOR THAT? >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Davis: MAYOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM WANTS TO WEIGH IN. YOU WANTED TO INCLUDE CITY COUNCILORS. >> NAIR: TWO CLARIFICATIONS WE WOULD FIND HELPFUL. ONE THIS WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE MORE THAN THIS NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES JUST IN PART-TIME IN SOME OF OUR SUMMER PROGRAM DEPARTMENTS LIKE PARKS AND FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES. IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL, ALL OF THIS IS SUBJECT TO NEGOTIATION WITH THE BARGAINING UNITS AND WE WOULD NEED AGREEMENT FROM THE DIFFERENT UNIONS THAT HAVE EMPLOYEES IN THIS CATEGORIES. >> Coun. Davis: YOU WANT TO ADD A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT ANYWHERE. WE ARE TAKING THE COMMENTS HERE WITH THE CLERK RECOMMENDING MAYBE JUST A SPONSOR'S AMENDMENT TECHNICAL CHANGE HERE THAT WOULD CLARIFY FULL-TIME. OTHER PARTIES SORT OF ADVISORY. WOULD THE SPONSORS BE OPEN TO THAT? >> Councilor Bassan: IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WE AGREED TO 865 EMPLOYEES AND YOU SAID SPECIFICALLY AT LAST MEETING OF COW WE WERE KIND OF USING THAT AS A METRIC. IS THAT HOW MANY FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES? >> MS. YARA: THANKS. SO, LIKE I MENTIONED AT COW, WE BASED ON YOUR CALCULATION ON THE BUDGET OFFICE'S SALARY MASTER AND WE CAME UP WITH NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. IF MR. DAVIS COULD CONFIRM WITH ME, DOES THAT SALARY MASTER INCLUDE LIST MS. NAIR IS TALKING ABOUT OR EXCLUDES THEM. I JUST NEED THAT CLARIFICATION. >> DAVIS. I BELIEVE IT EXCLUDES THEM. WHEN YOU LOOK AT LISTING IT INCLUDES NO. 5 86 EMPLOYEES THAT MS. YARA INITIALLY INDICATED. WE WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM 586 POSITIONS. >> Coun. Gibson: IF I MAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT DOES EXCLUDE PART-TIMERS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS THE TOOL THAT WE USED AND I AM FINE WITH THAT. IF COUNCILOR BASSAN IS. >> Councilor Bassan: YES, I AGREE WITH YOU. >> Coun. Davis: CLERK WILL MAKE THE NECESSARY TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT TO REFLECTS IT IS FULL-TIME TO MATCH THE SALARY MASTER AND WE'LL THAT IN CLEAN-UP. COUNCILORS OTHER DISCUSSION ON AMENDMENT NO. 6. I AM TRYING TO DRAG THIS OUT A SECOND BECAUSE I SEE COUNCILLOR PENA STEPPED AWAY. IF ANYONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT A WONDERFUL IDEA THIS IS, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME. I THINK IT IS GREAT. I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA. COUNCILOR SEFA WANTS TO SAY THE SAME. >> Coun. Sena: YES, I ALSO WANTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK SPONSORS FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT TECHNICALLY COUNCILORS -- (INAUDIBLE). >> Coun. Davis: SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION BACK TO. SUPPORT OF RESCUES TO CLOSE WHICH THEY SORT OF DID. ANY FURTHER COMMENT? >> Councilor Bassan: I JUST REAL QUICK, COUNCILLOR GIBSON, I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Coun. Gibson: I ALSO WILL URGE SUPPORT ON THIS. IT IS NOT VERY MUCH MONEY BUT IT MIGHT COVER A UTILITY BILL. >> Coun. Davis: ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. MS. ORTEGA. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 6. S ABOUT BASS YES. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Coun. Davis: OF ITEM G WHICH WOULD BE FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 7. >> Coun. Gibson: THANK YOU. SO, I WON'T READ THE LINES AS YOU SUGGESTED. ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING IS MOVING 100,000 AND DESIGNATING IT FOR HOUSING VOUCHERS TO BE DISTRIBUTED AS PER THE GUIDANCE OF THE MAYOR'S TASKFORCE ONVIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. I'LL MOVE THIS AMENDMENT FOR APPROVAL. >> Coun. Davis: I THINK THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT AND COUNCILOR BASSAN OFFERS THE SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> Coun. Gibson: THANK YOU. I DO URGE YOUR SUPPORT. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING. LET ME JUST ADD 1 OTHER THING BEFORE I CLOSE, THAT IS, VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FIND THEMSELVES LITERALLY TRAPPED DURING MANY MONTHS OF THIS PAST SHUT DOWN SO 100,000 WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS GETTING PEOPLE IN SAFE HOUSING. THANK YOU. URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: ABSOLUTELY YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Coun. Davis: NEXT UP IS MY AMENDMENT FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 8. I AM GOING TO CUE UP FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR TO HELP ME WITH THIS. SEE IF WE CAN WORK THROUGH IT. THIS AMENDMENT ESSENTIALLY TAKES THE TWO MILLION APPROPRIATION FOR HOMELESS HOUSING VOUCHERS THAT WAS APPROPRIATED LAST YEAR IN ONE TIME MONEY AND PUTS IT ON A CONTINGENCY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. AS WE RECALL RELEARNED THROUGH BUDGET PROCESS THE MONEY WE ADDED LAST YEAR WASN'T FULLY SPENT IN THE COMMUNITY. A GOOD CHUNK WAS NOT. SOME OF IT -- MAJORITY OF HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED BUT VERY LITTLE SPENT BY THE CONTRACTED ORGANIZATIONS. SO, DIRECTOR PIERCE HAS SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO HER AND MYRA AND LISA, HER STAFF, SHAWN IN OUR OFFICE ALONG WITH OTHERS VLOOKED ALTA LOOKED AT HN DO THIS TO GET THE MONEY MOVING MORE QUICKLY. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS WE ARE EXPLORING BUT AS DIRECTOR AND I DISCUSSED OVER WEEKEND WE ARE REAL CLOSE BUT NOT READY TO DO A FULL APPROPRIATION AND LINE ITEM. >> I SEE DIRECTOR PIERCE. I SEE THROUGH AND THEN TO COUNCILORS. YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ON A PLAN. I WONDER -- WE TALKED ABOUT NOT TRYING TO RUSSIA PLAN THROUGH BUT GET ONE QUICKLY. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS IDEA TO KEEP THIS MONEY AVAILABLE FOR HOUSING VOUCHERS FOR THE YEAR. >> PIERCE: CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, NO, WE REALLY THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT THING AND APPRECIATE THIS AMENDMENT TO KEEP THE MONEY IN THE CITY BUDGET. WE HAVE BEEN WORK HARD TO LOOK PAT HOW WE -- WHAT WE CAN DO TO WIDEN THE PIPELINE, SO TO SPEAK BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PEOPLE ON WAITING LISTS. LOOKING AT BOTH SUPPLY AND DEMAND BECAUSE THIS INCLUDES HOW WE WORK WITH APARTMENT OWNERS AND SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT OUR PROVIDERS ARE EXPERIENCING THERE. SO OVER THE LAST WEEK WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE GETTING THESE VOUCHERS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE BARRIERS. WE HAVE MET WITH THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, TO SEE HOW THAT SYSTEM IS WORKING. WE HAVE MET WHERE ONE APARTMENT OWNER, NEW MEXICO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND ACTUALLY GOT BACK INTO TOWN TODAY SO I GOT A RESPONSE TO HIM AS I CITED BARRIERS WE ARE EXPERIENCING ON THE SUPPLY SIDE WITH LANDLORDS SEPARATING UTILITIES WITH RENTAL AMOUNT THAT POSE AS BARRIER FOR HOUSING VOUCHERS. IT ALSO POSE AS BARRIER WE PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR RENTERS' INSURANCE SO WE HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK BARRIERS ON THE SUPPLY SIDE BUT I APPRECIATE THIS AMENDMENT. WE WANT A LITTLE MORE TIME TO GET THE SPECIFICS ON HOW MANY VOUCHERS WE CAN PLACE WITH THIS MONEY AND NEW PLANS IN PLACE. I ALWAYS DO WANT TO REMIND US BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH GOOD NEWS IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WE DID HOUSE ABOUT 742 HOUSEHOLDS. THROUGH OUR SYSTEM. I THINK WE ARE FINE TUNING, DOING SOME REALLY IMPORTANT WORK. I AM GLAD THIS HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PLACED INTO HOUSING. WE KNOW WE CAN DO BETTER AND APPRECIATE THIS AMENDMENT. >> Coun. Davis: THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WHILE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE, IT IS NO SMALL TASKFORCE TO BEING HAVE THAT OVER 700 PEOPLE HOUSED ON A YEARLY BASES AT ALL LEVELS OF SUPPORT FROM ACUTE ISSUES WITH HIGH LEVEL CASE MANAGEMENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FOLKS THAT ARE SUCCEEDING AND FINDING JOBS AND SELF SUPPORT. SO, CERTAINLY, I APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCILORS? >> Coun. Borrego: I AM GOING TO YIELD TO COUNCILOR BASSAN BECAUSE MY DOG IS BARKING. >> Councilor Bassan: I JUST REAL FAST IT WAS JUST REALLY DISAPPOINTING AND HEART BREAKING FOR TO US SEE THAT 51 OF THESE VOUCHERS HAD NOT BEEN USED AND I KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC WONDERS WHY. I AM REALLY GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH AN ANSWER AND THEN I AM ALSO GRATEFUL TO YOU MR. PRESIDENT FOR COMING UP WITH SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN INSURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN OR WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE UPON IT. WE ALL AGREE THIS IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM HERE AND THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN NEED. SO, TO NOT BE HELPING THEM WHEN IT IS TIME, I THINK THAT IS THE GUT WRENCHER SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DIDN'T LET THIS FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS BECAUSE I THINK ALL OF US WERE CONCERNED AT OUR LAST MEETING WHEN THIS ISSUE CAME UP. I APPRECIATE DIRECTOR PIERCE AND ALL OF HER STAFF BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE A REALLY VERY, VERY DIFFICULT JOB AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO EVERYDAY. ONE OF THE AREAS I AM CONCERNED WITH IS PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE STREET AND NEED HELP IMMEDIATELY SO IN DEVELOPING YOUR PLAN, IF THERE IS HOPEFULLY A PORTION OF THOSE VOUCHERS THAT ARE SET ASIDE FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED IMMEDIATE RELIEF AS I INDICATED AT OUR LAST MEETING, THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO I RECOMMENDED TO YOUR DEPARTMENT WHO WAS LIVING IN HIS CAR AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK COUNCILLOR PENA BROUGHT UP A SIMILAR SITUATION. SO, IF THERE IS JUST A LITTLE PERCENTAGE ALLOCATED AND I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF THOSE OUT THERE, BUT, AT LEAST WE KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAYBE GO THROUGH THAT ENTIRE PROCESS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ENTIRE PROCESS IS VERY TIME CONSUMING AND IT IS A PROCESS. BUT, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT NEED IMMEDIATE RELIEF SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> Coun. Davis: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. DIRECTOR PIERCE THANKS FORWORKING ON THIS. YOU HAVE WORKED THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEK TEND TO GET IT STARTED. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK FROM YOU. FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 8. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Coun. Davis: COUNCILOR JONES YOU HAVE HONOR OF HAVING LAST AMENDMENT, FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 9. >> Coun. Jones: THIS IS AMENDMENT TO DECREASE AMOUNT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES BUT IN FACT WE ARE PUTTING THE FULL 400,000 BACK INTO IT. THIS WILL AMEND AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE TO SUPPORT INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE HAVE (INAUDIBLE). >> Councilor Bassan: SECOND. >> Coun. Jones: THANK YOU. URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Coun. Davis: COUNCILOR BENTON WE ARE BACK OUR BILL AS ATIMES AMENDED. >> Coun. Benton: AND A FEW TILES BEFORE THAT. >> Coun. Benton: THANKS COUNCILORS FOR THOUGHTFUL AMENDMENTS. I APPRECIATE THEM AND JUST WANT TO THANK YOU COLLECTIVELY AS COLLEAGUES FOR THIS WORK. ONE MORE BUDGET BILL TO PASS FOR OBJECTIVES BUT I THINK I'LL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR FISCAL STAFF, STEPH YARA AND MR. MU ANY Z AND MR. GRIEGO AMONG OTHERS. THE COOPERATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND DEPARTMENT, FISCAL PEOPLE, SO, I THINK IT IS A GOOD BUDGET. IT IS MOSTLY LARGELY WHAT THE MAYOR PROPOSED AND I THINK HE PROPOSED A GOOD BUDGET. WE TWEAKED IT SOMEWHAT BUT I THINK WE ARE ALL GOING TO THE SAME DIRECTION. THAT IS A GOOD THING. URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Coun. Davis: THANK YOU. BEFORE WE DO, MS. YARA ASKED FOR OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A PRIVILEGE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. WE DO THAT. >> MS. YARA: I JUST WANTED TO TAKE TIME TO THANK OF THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS THIS YEAR. IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED BUDGET YEAR FOR US. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK TWO NEWCOMERS TO THE PROCESS. THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN KEY POSITIONS, MR. LAWRENCE DAVIS, NEW BUDGET OFFICER, THIS IS HIS FIRST BUDGET AS WELL AS JESSY MUNIZ AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE STAFF AND THAT INCLUDES CHRISTINE, CITY ECONOMIST, ALL OF THE BUDGET ANALYSTS UP IN MR. DAVIS' OFFICE JANE LINDA JENNIFER KEVIN, EMMA, MICHAEL AND ALSO FROM MY SIDE, OUR STAFF OF POLICY ANALYSTS TO DO DOUBLE DUTY DURING BUDGET, TOM, NICHOLE JOSEPH SHANA JEFF AND JULIAN AND OF COURSE OUR BUDGET CHAIR, MR. BENTON. ALSO A PLEASURE TO DO THIS UNDER YOUR GUIDANCE. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: ONE OTHER BUDGET BILL WHICH WILL BE OBJECTIVES. COUNCILLOR BENTON, I THINK YOU CLOSED. THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD ONE FOR MS. YARA. >> CALL THE ROLE ROLL ON R-98. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: -- WE'LL COME BACK TO HIM. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> Coun. Davis: MARK HIM AS EXCUSED PLEASE. >> COUNCILOR BENTON ONE MORE BILL, R-99, WOULD YOU CARRY US THROUGH PLEASE. >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU. R-99 IS ESTABLISHING OUR ONE YEAR OBJECTIVES FOR THE CITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021. TO MEET FIVE YEAR GOALS. I MOVE A DO PASS. >> Coun. Sena: SECOND. >> Coun. Benton: THANK YOU. THEORIES ESSENTIALLY THESE ARE OBJECTIVES FOR A HALF OF A YEAR AS MENTIONED BY MS. YARA THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN UNUSUAL YEAR BUT THESE ARE IMPORTANT -- THESE OBJECTIVES ARE VERY IMPORTANT AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WITH REGARD TO HOW WE MOVE FORWARD IN DEPARTMENTS AND VARIOUS GOALS OF THE CITY. I GUESS WE'LL MOVE ONTO AMENDMENTS AND MAKE SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT ONES. >> Coun. Davis: WE ARE SHARING THOSE. >> Coun. Benton: VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN DIRECT THE TRAFFIC HERE, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Coun. Davis: COUNCILOR JONES HAS REQUESTED FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 1. >> Coun. Jones: THIS IS A. >> Coun. Jones: (INAUDIBLE). >> Coun. Davis: WE HAVE A SECOND OF COUNCILOR BASSAN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Coun. Davis: FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 2. >> Coun. Pena: THANK YOU. PAGE 5 AFTER LINE 29, INSERT THE FOLLOWING, OBJECTIVE 4. DEVELOP A PLANNING DOCUMENT TO CREATE A PROGRAM THAT FORMAL ICES USE OF THE SUNPORT LAND SLIDE AREAS BOTH INDOORS AND OUTDOORS TO UTILIZE THE FACILITIES STATUS AS PREMIER ENTRANCE TO THE CITY AND ICONIC DESIGN OF THE TERMINAL AS VENUE TO DISPLAY ART, CULTURE AND HUMAN BE ARY BUTTES OF THE CITY. THE PLAN COULD INCLUDE INVENTORY OF REQUIRED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BEST UTILIZE FACILITY FOR THIS PURPOSE, SUBMIT A STATUS REPORT AND PRELIMINARY PLANNING DOCUMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER FY 21 AND THIS WILL BE AVIATION DEPARTMENT. EXPLANATION THIS AMENDMENT ADDS A PRIORITY BUDGET OBJECTIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT GOALS DIRECTLY AVIATION DEPARTMENT TO UTILIZE SUNPORT'S STATUS AS PREMIER ENTRANCE INTO THE CITY AND ICONIC DESIGN AS TERMINAL AS A VENUE TO DISPLAY, ART, CULTURE AND PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE CITY. THIS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. >> Coun. Davis: MS. ORTEGA WILL MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION IN THE MISSPELLING. >> ANY DISCUSSION? >> Coun. Sena: SECOND. >> Coun. Davis: ANY DISCUSSION. >> Councilor Bassan: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I RARELY GO TO THE AIRPORT, WELL, ESPECIALLY NOW BUT EVEN BEFORE AND EVERY TIME I GO THAT LOW RIDER EXHIBIT IS JUST REALLY COOL. SO, THANK YOU. BECAUSE I THINK IT IS REALLY FUN TO SEE SOME OF THAT CULTURE AND SEE A NEW WAY OF THINKING WITH ART, SO, I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Benton: YEAH APPRECIATE THE INTENT HERE. I CERTAINLY I GUESS I DO USE THE AIRPORT QUITE OFTEN AND I LOVE IT. I LOVE THE CLICK OF THE BRICKS WHEN I GET BACK TO ALBUQUERQUE BUT ALSO JUST THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL VENUE FOR ART AND CULTURE OF THE CITY SO IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WOULD ENHANCE IT. I JUST WANTED TO HEAR FROM DIRECTOR ALLEN AND SEE HOW SHE SEES THIS AND DOES SHE HAVE CAPACITY TO TAKE ON THIS ANALYSIS AND SO FORTH. >> ALLEN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OBJECTIVE. IT HAS BEEN A GOAL OF MINE TO DO EXACTLY WHAT THIS OBJECTIVE ASKS ACTUALLY. SO, COUNCILLOR PENA MENTIONS THAT THE LOW RIDERS EXHIBIT AND COUNCILOR BASSAN THAT WAS VERY POPULAR SO EXCITED TO DO MORE AND SHOWCASE INCREDIBLE THINGS THAT OUR CITY AND STATE HAS TO OFFER. AIRPORT BEING FRONT DOOR IS PERFECT PLACE TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE COMING YEARS. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO REMIND YOU ONE OF THE BIGGEST COLLABORATORS IS THE CITY GROUP THAT HAS BEEN A COLLABORATOR FOR BRINGING YOUNGER HAR ADVERTISES TO THE FOREFRONT. IT WAS A GRANT FROM THIS CITY COUNCIL MAYBE THREE BUDGETS AGO THAT GOT THAT ORGANIZATION STARTED WITH A FEW LOCAL ARTISTS WHO WANTED TO PARTNER WOULD LOCAL ARTISTS OUT OF TOWN AND PROFILE THEM IN BIG CITIES. CITY COUNCIL FUNDED THAT AND OUT OF THAT GREW THIS ARTIST COLLECTIVE THAT HAS BEEN DOING SOME AMAZING WORK TO PROMOTE LOCAL TO PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WILL WORLD FOR ALBUQUERQUE. IT WAS A GREAT USE OF THIS COUNCIL'S DISCRETIONARY FUND. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS COUNCILLOR PENA. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> Coun. Pena: I TOO WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR ALLEN. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK HER TO SPEAK BUT GLAD YOU DID THAT. I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE HER IN TERMS OF REALLY TALKING ABOUT OUR HISTORY AND CULTURE. I KNOW SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HAD EARLY ON LOTS OF TIMES OF THE SEASONS PEOPLE COME TO SEE LOTS OF OUR ART AND HISTORY, IT IS NOT NECESSARILY HIGHLIGHTED. FOR IT TO BE IN ONE OF THE GATEWAYS INTO THE CITY WHICH IS THE MAIN GATEWAY AND THAT IS THE AIRPORT IT IS WONDERFUL. UNFORTUNATE THING IS I HAVE A FEAR OF FLYING SO I HAVEN'T HAD TO BE AT THE AIRPORT TO SEE THE DISPLAY BUT LOTS OF MY LOW RIDER FRIENDS REALLY SEND ME PICTURES AND APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THEY CAN PUT THEIR CARS THERE. IT IS LIKE FOR SIX MONTHS BUT THEY REALLY TAKE PRIDE IN IT AND THEY JUST LOVE HOW WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING PART OF OUR DEEP HISTORY AND CULTURE, SO, THANK YOU DIRECTOR ALLEN AND ALL YOUR STAFF. URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Coun. Davis: MADAM CLERK. >> S ABOUT BASS YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. Z. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: FINALLY COUNCILOR BORREGO, NO. 3. I AM SORRY, COUNCILOR HARRIS. >> Coun. Harris: I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH COMPUTER AND MISSED VOTE ON THE BUDGET. IS THERE ANYWAY TO CORRECT THAT WITHOUT DOING A BUNCH. >> Coun. Davis: AFTER WE CONCLUDE THIS BILL COULD YOU MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE. WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER AND THEN REVOTE ON THE BUDGET BILL IF YOU SO CHOOSE. >> Coun. Harris: THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT. >> Coun. Davis: YES, THAT WOULD BE FINE. >> Coun. Harris: LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I WAS HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND COULDN'T GET IT DONE. I'LL LET IT GO. THANKS. >> Coun. Davis: SO NOTED. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU. WHAT I AM DOING HERE IS IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE TALKED AT OUR BUDGET MEETING, COW, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET OBJECTIVE. I AM JUST ADDING IN REPRESENTATIVE FROM BERNALILLO COUNTY AND FROM THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO BECAUSE THIS IS THE OBJECTIVE TO HELP WITH OUR NEW DEPARTMENT THAT BASICALLY HELPS WORK WITH THE HOMELESS AND MENTALLY ILL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THESEN CAMPMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO AS MUCH COORDINATION AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE CAN COORDINATE WITH. THIS IS REALLY JUST AS ADVISORY ROLE. THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY -- I MEAN THEY WOULD SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE AS ADVISORS. SO I WOULD URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Coun. Benton: SECOND. >> Coun. Davis: ANY DISCUSSION FROM OTHER COUNCILORS? GOING ONCE. GOING TWICE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> Coun. Borrego: URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Coun. Davis: BACK ON YOUR BILL AS AMENDED. >> Coun. Benton: THIS IS A REALLY GOOD SET OBJECTIVES AND AGAIN THANK EVERYONE HERE AND MY COLLEAGUES AND STAFF THAT HELPED US WITH THESE AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BUT OTHERWISE I'LL CLOSE AND URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Coun. Davis: THERE MAY BE A FEW OTHERS. I WANT TO ADD MY APPRECIATE PARTICULARLY TO YOU FOR MANAGING THIS. THIS IS THE STRANGEST BUDGET YEAR ANYBODY CAN REMEMBER LONG BEFORE I WAS HERE OR OLD TIMERS WERE HERE. WE HAVE NEVER HAD A BUDGET THAT LASTED SIX MONTHS THAT CHANGED EVERY SIX MINUTES BUT SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER WE MANAGED TO GET THAT FAR WITHOUT KILLING EACH OTHER AND QUITE FRANKLY WE HAVE HELD YOUR EMPLOYEES HARMLESS LIKE UN40'S NATIONALLY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GIVE RAISES TO OUR CITY EMPLOYEES WHICH WAS REALLY OUR INTENT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WHEN ECONOMY WAS DOING SO MUCH BETTER BUT I THINK IT IS PRETTY REMARKABLE THAT FROM THE FINANCE OFFICE AND BUDGET OFFICE DOWN TO COUNCIL STAFF AND OTHERS AND TO, MR. CHAIR AND OTHERS, WE MADE IT A PRIORITY TO PROTECT EMPLOYEES AND WE HAVE DONE THAT. SO FAR. EVEN HELD THEM HARMLESS FROM INCREASES IN MEDICAL PREMIUM PAYMENTS ON THEIR SIDE BY THOSE ONE TIME PAYMENTS AND FINDING A CREATIVE WAY TO GET THROUGH THAT. WE DIDN'T GET TO DO THE FUN COOL THINGS WE LOVE TO DO IN A GREAT BUDGET YEAR BUT WE ARE ON A BETTER TRACK THAN MOST SADLY IN NEW MEXICO AND BETTER THAN THE STATE AT THE MOMENT. AS THIS THING CONTINUES I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB, I EXPECTS WE'LL BE BACK AND SOME OF THE LESSONS WILL STICK WITH US AND BE USEFUL. MR. CHAIR YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. I HAVE DONE TWO BUDGETS UNDER YOU AND YOU DO MAKE IT COLLABORATIVE AND EVERYBODY COMES AWAY WITH A SENSE THAT OUR NEEDS WERE MET. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. >> Coun. Borrego: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. FELLOW COUNCILORS AND TO ADMINISTRATION. FOR ALL OF US WORKING COOPERATIVELY. I SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT NOT ONLY AS A CITY COUNCILOR BUT AS A PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR AND I JOKE AROUND AS WE ARE THE COVID-19 COUNCILORS AND I DON'T THINK A LOT OF COUNCILORS HAVE EVER BEEN IN THAT POSITION BEFORE. TYPICALLY OUR BUDGET WOULD HAVE BEEN ADOPTED ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AGO. HERE WE ARE ADOPTING THE BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, FIVE MONTHS LATE. BUT, IT HAS BEEN AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PROCESS AND I THINK EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES WE DON'T ALL AGREE ON EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AGREED TO DISAGREE AND WE HAVE LEARNED TO COMPROMISE AND WORKED TO COMPROMISE. WE HAVE HAD JUST AN AMAZING STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION STAFF, EVERYONE THAT HAS WORKED TOGETHER TO PULL TOGETHER. I THINK THAT IS A REFLEXION OF OUR CITY. IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY AND ALL OF US HAVE HAD THIS SORT OF WEIGHT ON OUR BACKS OF HAVING THE BUDGET DELAYED. COUNCILLOR BENTON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS. I AM GRATEFUL BECAUSE I KNOW THAT TONIGHT I AM GOING TO GO TO SLEEP AND I AM NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT, OH, GOSH, WE HAVE TO WORK ON THOSE AMENDMENTS AND GET THAT BUDGET DONE BUT WE ARE ALREADY INTO OUR NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE AND HOPEFULLY COVID-19 WILL GO AWAY AND WE'LL HAVE A CURE FOR IT AND WE CAN EVENTUALLY SLEEP A LITTLE MORE SOUNDLY DEAL WITH DAY-TO-DAY PROBLEMS WITHOUT COVID-19 IN THE WAY. THANK YOU. >> Coun. Davis: ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE TO CLOSE ON R-99? >> Coun. Benton: URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Coun. Davis: SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, MS. ORTEGA, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE ON R-99. >> Councilor Bassan: YES. >> Coun. Benton: YES. >> Coun. Borrego: YES. >> Coun. Gibson: YES. >> Coun. Harris: YES. >> Coun. Jones: YES. >> Coun. Pena: YES. >> Coun. Sena: YES. >> Coun. Davis: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AS AMENDED. >> Coun. Davis: WE MANAGED TO DO THE BUDGET AND ALL THINGS CONSIDERED A RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THANKS TO ALL THE WORK WE DID AHEAD OF TIME. TWO WEEKS AND RIGHT BACK AT IT AGAIN. INCLUDING, I THINK, A COUPLE OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU ALL, THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK. THERE BEING NO OTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. (MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:32:00 P.M.)