City Council - Regular Meeting

COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. WELCOME, EVERYONE. THIS IS THE 11th MEETING OF THE 27th COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. ALL COUNCILORS ARE PRESENT THIS EVENING. WE'LL MOVE TO A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. WE'RE PUTTING IT UP ON THE SCREEN. IF ANYONEP -- WANTS TO JOIN AND BRUSH UP ON ENGLISH OR SPANISH, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. COUNCILOR CHAMPINE.

COUN. CHAMPINE: MADAM PRESIDENT, CIVIC PLAZA PARKING PASSES ARE PROVIDED FOR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. YOU CAN OBTAIN THEM NEAR THE ENTRANCE CHAMBERS. AND ON LIVE STREAMS THROUGHOUT FOUR PLATFORMS. GOVTV CHANNEL 16, GOVTV WEBSITE, YOU UP TO AND ZOOM. THE LIVE STREAMS CAN BE ACCESSED PROM SMART PHONES TABLETS AND COMPUTERS. THIS MEETING IS CLOSED CAPTIONED,IA NAY ABLE THE SE YOU MAY ENABLE THE SERVICES AT THIS TIME. THE RECORDING OF THIS AND ALL PAST COUNCIL MEETING WILL REMAIN VUBL ON THE-WEEK SEBWIT. PLEASE CALL 505-768-3100 FOR ASSISTANCE DURING BUSINESS HOURS 8:00 A.M. TO 5 P.M. MONDAY THREE FRIDAY. COUNCIL WILL TAKE A BREAK AT 7 P.M. IF NEEDED. WE TONIGHT TOONT'S PROCEED NO PERSONAL ATTACKS AND NO APPLAUSE OR SNAPPING OR OTHER OUTBURS DURING THE MEET. THE PRESIDENT WILL PROVIDE ANYONE CAUSING A DISRUPTION -- ONE WARNING. ANYONE CAUSING A DISRUPTION UPON THE SECOND AND CONTINUOUS DISRUPTION THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL BE ASKED TO CLEAVE THE CHAMBERS AND IF NECESSARY SECURITY WILL BE ASKED TO ESCOURT THE PERSON OUT OF THE CHAMBERS. SUCH REMOVAL WILL BE EFFECTIVE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING. IT CONTINUED DISRUPTION OCCURS, THE PRESIDENT MAY VES THE MEETING UNTIL THE ORDER IS RESTORED AND IF NECESSARY MAY CLEAR THE CHAMBERS OF PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN THE DISTURBANCE. THE MEETING WILL GO SMOOTHER IF WE'RE RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE ANY

QUESTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. I THINK WE'RE ALL SAVING THEM FOR LATER. AWESOME. WE'RE GOOD. MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION FROM MS. TURNER, THE DMD DIRECTOR, WHO WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE VULNERABLE ROAD USERS CAMPAIGN AND EFFORTS. MS. TURNER, YOU'RE LOOKING DIFFERENT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT -- COUN. CHAMPINE: WE'RE GOOD. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WE HAVE OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR TO DO THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECT ARE WITH MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU A MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. NEXT SLIDE. JUST A REFRESH ON THE TRAFFIC CODE. FLASHING BEACONS NEEDS PEOPLE TO STOP AND REMAIN STOPPED UNTIL THEY CROSS SAFELY. RIGHT NOW, THE PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS CONTINUING TRAFFIC SAFETY AWARENESS WHICH BRING US TO THE MAIN POINT, NEXT SLIDE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPANISH SPEAKING COMPANION CAMPAIGN. THIS ONE RIGHT HERE SAID -- [ SPEAKING SPANISH ]. THIS IS EVERY CORNER IS A CROSSWALK MESSAGE TRANSLATED FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING AUDIENCE. IF YOU -- IN THE SPIRIT OF THE CAMPAIGN, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN A MANNER THAT CAN BE CAPTURED BY THE INTENDED AUDIENCE. [ SPEAKING SPANISH ]. STOP FOR EVERYONE. [ SPEAKING SPANISH ]. I'M LETTING OUR SPANISH-SPEAKING ADONCE WE HAVE A DEDICATED WEBSITE. WHICH INCLUDES VIDEOS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL IN SPANISH.

AND WE'RE ALSO COORDINATING OUTREACH WITH TELEMUNDO AND SPANISH-SPEAKING STATIONS. WE TRANSLATED ALL OF THE ASSETS. AND DUBBED THE AUDIO VISUAL WITH SPANISH SPEAKING VOICE ACTORS WHERE APPROPRIATE AND USED SUBTITLED IN SOME INSTANCES TO PRESERVE THE CORE MESSAGE. OUR INTENT WITH THIS IS TO INCREASE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT CAN LEARN ABOUT NOT ONLY THE TRAFFIC CODE UPDATES, BUT TRAFFIC SAFETY ENGENERAL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS UPDATE.

COUN. CHAMPINE: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. APPRECIATE IT. COUN. CHAMPINE: COUNCILOR ROGERS.

COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. I JUST WANTED TO -- FOR ALL THE PUBLIC -- I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WATCHING IN THE AUDIENCE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF YOU SEE THE COMMERCIAL OR SEE IT ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA, SHARE THEM. SHARE HAD INFORMATION OUT. IN MAY ALONE, WE'VE HAD FOUR PEOPLE STRUCK BY CARS. WE HAD MAY 11th ROBERT MONTOYA. THAT WAS ON CARLISLE, AND MAY 13th HAD A GENTLEMAN STRUCK ON LOMAS NEAR JUAN TABO AND ANOTHER ON ACOMA AND EUBANK. EVEN WITH THE CAMPAIGN WE'RE STILL SEEING IT IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR APD, YOU ACTED REALLY FAST ON THE ROBERT MONTOYA ACCIDENT AND MADE AN ARREST. PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION AND WATCH FOR VULNERABLE ROAD USERS. IN MAY ALONE, WE'VE ALREADY HAD FOUR FOLKS HIT AND KILLED IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU.

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATION.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT. WE'RE NOW ON TO THE JOURNAL. I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MAY 4th JOURNAL. THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR ROGERS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE NOW ON COMMUNICATIONS AND INTRODUCTIONS. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION? EC-146, I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR PLACING EC-146 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. IT'S THE RECOMMENDATION OF AWARD FOR AUDIT SERVICES. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. COUNCILOR GROUT.

COUN. GROUT: MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR PULLING R-24 OF THE FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AND PLACING IT ON THE JUNE 1st, 2026 COUNCIL AGENDA FOR ACTION. IT'S AMENDING THE ADAPTED CAPITAL IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE BY SUPPLEMENTING CURRENT GRANT APPROPRIATIONS AND APPROVING NEW PROJECTS. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES, UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILOR ROGERS.

COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR PLACING R-31 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR ACTION. IT'S APPROPRIATING FUNDS WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 OPERATING BUDGET TO SUPPORT JUNETEENTH ACTIVITIES. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: MADAM PRESIDENT, R-3 # -- ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION FUND AND PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 2027. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. FOR R-32. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: I MOVE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED FOR PLACING R-34 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR ACTION. IT'S AMENDING THE ADOPTED CAPITAL IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE BY SUPPLEMENTING CURRENT GRANT APPROPRIATIONS AND APPROVE W AGNEW -- APPROVING A NEW PROJECT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. VICE PRESIDENT CHAMPINE.

COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MADAM PRELZ. I MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE R-36. ADJUSTING FISCAL YEAR 2026 OPERATING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN FUND AND PROGRAMS. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR -- COUNCILOR PEÑA. WAS THAT A RULE SUSPENSION? COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. COUN. CHAMPINE: I DID READ IT WRONG.

COUN. PEÑA: WE HAD A TOUGH DAY. FOR RULE SUSPENSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WITH THAT, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. THERE'S A MOTION, AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT FOR APPROVAL OF THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. REPORTS OF COMMITTEE. COUNCILOR LEWIS.

COUN. LEWIS: MADAM PRESIDENT, THE FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MET ON MONDAY, MAY 11. REPORTS, EC-95, 98, 101, APPROVED. 102, 107, BE NOTED. ARE R-22, 35, DO PASS. AND R-29, WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. O-24 BE WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE REPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT CHAMPINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. NO, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. COUNCILOR GROUT. COUN. GROUT: MADAM PRESIDENT, THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MET ON THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026 AND REPORTS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. IN THE MATTER OF R-17, DO PASS AS SUBSTITUTED AS AMENDED. AND BE ACTED UPON AT THE MEETING WHICH IT'S REPORTED. R-28 DO PASS AS SUBSTITUTED AS AMENDED AND BE ACTED UPON AT THE MEETING IN WHICH IT IS REPORTED. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE REPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT CHAMPINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE ON TO DEFERRALS AND WITHDRAWALS. COUNCILORS, ANY DEFERRALS AT THIS TIME? COUNCILOR GROUT. COUN. GROUT: MADAM PRESIDENT, EC-126, IS APPROVAL OF THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO ADD FUNDS THROUGHOUT FIVE COUNCIL LEGAL SERVICES BETWEEN -- AND THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. I MOVE DEFERRAL TO JUNE 1st.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR BASSAN FOR DEFERRAL TO JUNE 1st OF EC-126. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE NOW ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA WHO ARE BEING APPOINTED TO SERVE ON A BOARDORY COMMISSION THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. I MOVE PROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. THERE ARE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING. WE'RE NOW ON FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS. THERE ARE NONE. APPEALS, WE HAVE NONE THIS EVENING. NOW, WE'RE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FIRST SPEAKER IS JAMES FOLLOWED BY TAD.

COUN. PEÑA: I APOLOGIZE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN PROVIDE LIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON TO THE COUNCIL OR VIRTUALLY IF THEY SIGNED UP PER THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE AGENDA AND ON OUR WEBSITE ON FRIDAY. HERE ARE THE PUBLIC COMMENT GROUND RULES, EACH PARTICIPANT HAS ONE MINUTE TO PRESENT. COMMENTS ARE TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCILORS ONLY THROUGH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND ANY DISRUPTION WILL RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING. AND THERE IS A ONE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT THAT'S BEEN -- AND THE BELL WILL RING TO INDICATE YOUR TIME IS UP. PLEASE CALL THE NAME OF THE FIRST SPEAKER, WHICH YOU ALREADY DID. JAMES FOLLOWED BY TAD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

GOOD EVENING. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M FROM DISTRICT FOUR. I'LL BE SPEAKING IN MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF HOPE WORKS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I'M IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE R-26-17 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE. THIS INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL 100,000 THERE FOR THE DAY SHELTER. THIS ENSURES HOPE WORKS SUSTAINS SERVICES TO AN AVERAGE OF 300 HOMELESS PEOPLE EACH DAY. MANY OF THE FOLKS ARE SUFFERING FROM DISORDERS. THESE SERVICES ARE OFFICERED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8 A.M. TO 4 P.M. IT'S A VITAL DROP OFF AND PICK UP CESSION POINT TO THE GATEWAY POINT SHELT. I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I WALKED INTO THE SHELTER AS A HOMELESS PERSON OVER A DECADE AGO AND HOW THAT SHELTER DRAMATICALLY CHANGED MY LIFE. IT PROVIDES A SAFE SEMI STRUCTURED SUBSTANCE FREE SPACE OUT OF THE ELEMENTS. YOU CAN CAN FEEL SAFE BECAUSE THERE'S ROUND THE CLOCK SECURITY PRESENT. NO WEAPONS ARE ALLOWED INSIDE THE GATE. YOU CAN FEEL LOVE AND COMPASSION BECAUSE THE STAFF THAT WORK THERE ARE ALWAYS IN A POSITIVE MOOD FROM THE DIRECTOR TO THE SECURITY GUARDS, THEY TREAT WITH EVERYONE WITH LOVE, KINDNESS AND RESPECT.

TAD FOLLOWED BY FRANCESCO.

MY NAME IS TAD. WELL, TOO MANY DAGS THAT'S WHY WE HAVE LIMITS FOR SPEAKER ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT HOMELESS PEOPLE. NOT ALL HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE BAD PEOPLE. VICTIMS OF SO MANY, MANY -- I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO OVER. BUT INCLUDING DISCRIMINATION, BANKING, HOUSING, ET CETERA. BANKING, DISCRIMINATING. CREDIT CARDS AND SO ON. THANK YOU.

FRANCESCO FOLLOWED BY MIKE.

IN ADDITION TO WRONGFULLY BEING DENIED MY RIGHT TO SPEAK AT PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, THIS GOVERNING BODY IN CUPRECCISH ARBITRARY MALICIOUS VIOLATION TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH ENGAGES IN PREFERRED SPEECH WHILE SUPPRESSING UNPOPULAR SPEECH. IN SPITE OF -- A PREVIOUS CITY COUNCILOR RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR WAS DOXED BY HIS POLITICAL OPPONENT BY HAVING THE LOCATION OF HIS FAMILY HOMES POSTED ON HER CAMPAIGN WEBSITE. HARMFUL, VIOLENT SPEECH IS A LINE THAT SHOULD NEVER BE CROSSED. RECKLESSLY WALKING AROUND ALBUQUERQUE WITH THE SEVERED HEAD OF A SITTING PRESIDENT IS NOT ONLY DISGUSTING, IT SHOULD BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD AND ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. I SUBMIT FURTHER WRITTEN NOTICE TO CITY COUNCIL.

MIKE FOLLOWED BY HIDELIZA.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M MIKE, AND I SUPPORT THE BILL R-O-14. NOT BECAUSE I LACK COMPASSION, BUT BECAUSE I BELIEVE OUR CITY MUST MOVE TOWARD REAL SOLUTIONS INSTEAD OF ALLOWING DANGEROUS AND UNHEALTHY ENCAMPMENTS TO CONTINUE GROWING IN FRONT OF BUSINESSES AND PUBLIC SPACES. ALBUQUERQUE IS BEGINNING TO CREATE PROGRAMS THAN DO MORE THAN SIMPLY CREATE TEMPORARY SHELTER. WE NOW HAVE ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON WORKFORCE TRAINING, FINANCIAL EDUCATION, RECOVERY SUPPORT, AND PERMANENT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. THIS GIVES PEOPLE A TRUE SECOND CHANCE. THIS BILL IS NOT ABOUT CRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS, IT'S ABOUT ENCOURAGING MOVEMENT TOWARD SERVICES, STABILITY, AND LONG-TERM SUPPORT WHILE ALSO PROTECTING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYEES, AND THE COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE WE CAN LEAD WITH BOTH ACCOUNTABILITY AND EMPATHY, AND I ASK YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BILL.

-- FOLLOWED BY RICKY.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. I AM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF HOPE WORKS. I JUST WANT TO ECHO OUR BOARD SECRETARY THAT THE ADDITIONAL $100,000 FUNDS YOU AMENDED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE -- PLEASE PROVIDE THAT FUNDING FOR OUR ORGANIZATION. WE SERVE PRECARIOUSLY HOUSED AND UNHOUSED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS. AND THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD SUSTAIN OUR DAY SHELTER TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AN AVERAGE OF 300 PEOPLE EACH AND EVERY DAY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND ALSO SERVES AS A PICK-UP AND DROPOFF POINT FOR GATEWAY WEST FOUR TIMES A DAY, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE ADOPT THIS BILL TO SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU.

RICKY FOLLOWED BY SHEILA.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. I'M A SERVIENT I BELIEVE THE UNHOUSED DESERVE MORE THAN JUDGMENT, THEY DESERVE OPPORTUNITY. WHEN SOMEONE IS STRUGGLING IT'S EASY FOR SOCIETY TO ONLY SEE THE PROBLEM. THE HUMAN BEING MAY NEED A REAL CHANCE TO BETTER THEMSELVES. AS A PERSON IN RECOVERY, I KNOW HOPELESSNESS CAN BE A CYCLE. I ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED AND TREATMENT SHELTERS, HOUSING PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICE, THEY HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES. STABILITY GIVES THEM ROOM TO THINK, HEAL, WORK RECOVER AND BECOME A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY. WE CANNOT EXPECT PEOPLE TO CHANGE WHILE LEAVING THEM STUCK IN SURVIVAL MODE. IF YOU WANT A SAFER COMMUNITY AND STRONGER PEOPLE WE HAVE TO INVEST IN PATHWAYS OUT OF HOPELESSNESS, NOT PUNISH PEOPLE FOR BEING THERE. THANK YOU.

SHEILA FOLLOWED BY MALIK.

HI. I'M SPEAKING ON O-14 ON THE HOMELESSNESS. I'M SPEAKING FROM LIVED EXPERIENCE. AND I AM ASKING YOU PASS THIS BILL FOR THE HOMELESSNESS AND YOU JUST GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO GIVE US MORE FUNDING AND OPEN MORE RECOVERY HOMES TO SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE. TO REBUILD, RECOVER, TO GET STABLE HOUSING. TO HELP THEM RECAPTURE THEIR LIVES BACK BECAUSE I WAS ONCE ONE OF THE PERSONS. NOW I LIVE TODAY TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE AND TO REACH BACK FOR EVERYONE THAT'S LEFT BEHIND. I ASK THAT YOU JUST PLEASE GIVE THEM A CHANCE. THANK YOU.

MALIK FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEN, COUNCIL WOMEN. I STAND ON THE FACTS. WE'RE NOT HERE TO CRIMINALIZE HOMELESSNESS. WE'RE NOTS HERE TO PUNISH PEOPLE FOR BEING POOR, DISPLACED, ADDICTED OR CAUGHT IN THE HARD SEASON. HOMELESSNESS IS NOT THE CRIME. THE CRISIS IS THE ISSUE. WE ALSO CANNOT IGNORE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN FRONT OF US. WE CANNOT CLOSE OUR EYES WHERE OUR SIDEWALKS BECOME CAMPS AND BUSINESSES STRUGGLE TO OPERATE. AND WHILE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE LEFT OUTSIDE WITH NO STRUCTURE, DIRECTION AND NO REAL SUPPORT. THE BILL O-14 IS NOT ABOUT PUNISHING PEOPLE AWAY OR PUSHING PEOPLE AWAY, IT'S ABOUT PUSHING THE SYSTEM TO RESPOND. SLEEPING OUTSIDE OF BUSINESSES, BLOCKING SIDEWALKS, AND CAMPING IN PUBLIC WALKWAYS CANNOT BE THE FINAL ANSWER. THAT'S NOT DIGNITY, THAT'S NOT THE SOLUTION. WE NEED ORDER AND OUTREACH. THANK YOU.

JONATHAN FOLLOWED BY MANNY.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. BEING UNHOUSED ISN'T JUST ABOUT BEING HAVING A PLACE NOT TO SLEEP. WITHOUT STABLE SHELTER PEOPLE ARE EXPOSED TO EXTREME WEATHER, LOSE SLEEP AND FACE HIGHER RISKS OF ILLNESS, AND INJURY AND MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES. FINDING SUPPORT GAVE ME HOPE, AND STABILITY TO KEEP GOING WHEN LIFE FELT IMPOSSIBLE. GETTING A JOB WAS ANOTHER TURNING POINT. IT GAVE PURPOSE AND ROUTINE AND THE ABILITY TO START BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE. FOR THE FIRST TIME I WAS MOVING FORWARD INSTEAD OF JUST SURVIVING. SUPPORT GAVE ME BELIEF IN MYSELF AND GAVE ME THE CHANCE TO SUCCEED. PEOPLE NEED MORE THAN JU THEY NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES. THANK YOU.

MANNY FOLLOWED BY MARY ANN.

GOOD EVENING. THERE WAS A TIME IN MY LIFE WHEN I WAS IN A DARK PLACE. NO DIRECTION, STABILITY OR SENSE OF WHERE I WAS. LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION, OR ARE UNHOUSED, UNEMPLOYED, OR FIGHTING BATTLES MOST NEVER SEEN. I FELT ALONE. I DIDN'T HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM. I DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN. I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH HOPE LEFT. WHAT CHANGED MY LIFE IS A COMBINATION OF THINGS. GOD, SOBRIETY, DEDICATION AND SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE WHO GENERALLY CARED ABOUT MY RECOVERY. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME I WAS HAVING PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T JUDGE ME AND BELIEVED I COULD REDEEM MY LIFE EVEN WHEN I DIDN'T BELIEVE IN MYSELF. I'M SOBER, WORKING FULL TIME AND GOING TO CNM. A FEW YEARS AGO I COULDN'T THINK OF SAYING THAT. WHEN YOU COMMIT TO CHANGE AND YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY REAL SUPPORT, YOUR LIFE CAN SHIFT. IF MY STORY PROVIDES ANYTHING, IT'S THAT PEOPLE DON'T FAIL BECAUSE THEY'RE BROKEN, THEY FAIL BECAUSE THEY'RE ALONE AND WE HONOR PEOPLE BY HELPING THEM. AND NOW LETTING THEM LIVE IN PLACES THAT WERE NOT MEANT TO BE OWNED.

MARY ANN, FOLLOWED BY CHANCY.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I HAVE WORKED IN THE FIELD OF THE HOMELESSNESS AND UNHOUSED WITH THOSE WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE. PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, WE DID HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS THAT WERE IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY WERE FACING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE JUST ADDICTION. WE HAD SINCE THE PANDEMIC LEARNED THAT IT'S NOT JUST ONE OR THE OTHER. AND WHEN FOLKS ARE UNHOUSED AND THEY'RE RESORTING TO GO TO ENCAMPMENTS, THEY NEED SUSTAINABLE, LONG-TERM, PAUSE E SOLUTIONS THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS EVER LASTING. I RUN A VERY SUCCESSFUL WOMEN'S RECOVERY HOME. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE PRIVATELY FUNDED. IT IS A STRUGGLE SOMETIMES. THESE FOLKS NEED TO HAVE SOME PLACE TO GO. I URGE YOU TO PLEASE HELP US GET THE FOLKS OFF THE STREETS, BUT FIND A SUSTAINABLE POSITIVE LONG-TERM OUTCOME SO THEY CAN HAVE A GOOD LIFE. THANK YOU.

CHANCY FOLLOWED BY DANIEL. DANIEL FOLLOWED BY LISA.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I HAVE -- SINCE I GOT A MINUTE I'LL GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. IT'S LOGICAL. HOUSING FUNDS MATTER BECAUSE THEY SAVE LIVES. RESTORE DIGNITY AND GIVE PEOPLE A REAL CHANCE TO BUILD AND REBUILD. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I'M LIVING PROOF WITH THE STABILITY I'M GETTING, STRUCTURE AND SUPPORT, IT CAN DO WONDERS. SOMETHING IS HAPPENING TO ME, AND THAT'S OPPORTUNITY. I'M GETTING MY DIGNITY BACK FROM IT. I ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM AND THE FUNDING BEHIND IT. THEY'RE NOT JUST A BAND-AID, THIS IS A SOLUTION TO HELP BREAK THE CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS AND ADDICTION, AND CREATE A SAFER STRONGER FUTURE FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME AND THE CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAKE IT A GREAT DAY. GOD BLESS.

LISA FOLLOWED BY LIZ.

MAY I PLEASE GIVE THIS TO EACH OF THE COUNCILORS? WHAT YOU ARE RECEIVING IS A REPORT THAT WAS GENERATED BY 30 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE MET ON SATURDAY, COALITION FOR SAFER STREETS IN ALBUQUERQUE. THANK YOU TO OUR CITY COUNCILORS WHO WERE ABLE TO JOIN US. WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON IS WHAT IS WORKING IN ALBUQUERQUE. AND THERE ARE LOTS OF ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO GIVE DIRECT SERVICES, BUT WE FIND WE DON'T HAVE PLACES TO PUT PEOPLE. AND $500 FINE OR 30 DAYS IN JAIL IS NOT COMPASSIONATE. YES, WE WANT PEOPLE OFF THE STREET. HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE FOUND FROM OUR EXPERTS. THE REPORT THAT WE PUT TOGETHER IS IMPERICALLY BASED AND RESEARCH BASED AND HAS -- YOU ASKED US TO COMPARE TO DIFFERENT CITY. DENVER, HOUSTON, PHOENIX. DENVER TRIED THE ZONE THING AND ENDED UP WITH MORE EXCESSIVE FORCE. CRIMINALIZATION IN BERNALILLO COUNTY COSTS $160 PER NIGHT. UP TO $450 PER NIGHT FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS. YES, WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREET, BUT WE DON'T HAVE PLACES TO PUT THEM. NOON DAY IS LOSING FUNDING BY JUNE 30th. WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT PEOPLE? YES, YOU NEED THEM OFF IT THE STREETS, BUT WHERE DO YOU PUT THEM? LIZ FOLLOWED BY LIZ. LIZ FOLLOWED BY CHRISTOPHER. CHRISTOPHER FOLLOWED BY COURTNEY.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER. I'M HERE TO SPEAK FROM LIVED EXPERIENCE. THERE WAS A TIME IN LIFE WHERE I WAS HOMELESS AS A CHILD. KNOWING WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE SCARED AND TRYING TO SURVIVE WHILE TRYING TO BE A PARENT AND HOLD EVERYTHING TOGETHER, MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT EXPERIENCE. DURING THIS TIME I WISH THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE AND PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON REAL HELP AND RECOVERY AND TREATMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO HELP PEOPLE GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. THAT'S WHY I STAND HERE BEHIND THE VISION OF THIS BILL AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS CREATING A PATHWAY FOR PEOPLE THAT EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO RECEIVE SUPPORT, STRUCTURE, TREATMENT, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO RECOVER AND GET OUT OF THE STREET SAFELY. PEOPLE THINK HOMELESSNESS IS JUST STRICTLY ABOUT HOUSING, BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT. IT'S ADDICTION. IT'S TRAUMA. IT'S MENTAL HEALTH. AND IT'S SURVIVAL. WHY DO I KNOW? BECAUSE I LIVED IT. THANK YOU.

COURTNEY FOLLOWED BY DINEA.

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY HAVE NO TEMP ORAL OR JUR WHEN IT COMES TO INTERNATIONAL LAW. WE'RE STANDING AT THE CRUX OF THE JENSET OF THE POOREST AMONG US. THE GRANTS PASS DECISION GREEN LIGHTED AN ERA OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. THE ACLU REPORTED THAT CITIES HAVE INTRODUCED OVER 320 BILLS CRIMINALIZING UNHOUSED PEOPLE, NEARLY 220 PASSED. THE VERACITY WHICH WE SANCTIONED VIOLENCE AGAINST OUR COMMUNITIES IS TELLING. PROPUBLICIA EXCHANGED THIS WINTER, I FILMED WASTE MANAGEMENT TAKING A HAMMER TO SOMEONE'S PALLET SHELTER DURING SWEEP FOR HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESSNESS. THEIR FAMILY PHOTOS STREWN ABOUT. STANITATION WORKERS BATTLED FOR BETTER WAGES, WORKERS YIELD POWER. PLEASE HELP US.

DINEA FOLLOWED BY NAY-NAY.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCILORS. I SPOKE AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT MY SITUATION CONCERNING 30-DAY TERMINATION NOTICE AND -- WHEN I WAS TRYING TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH HIM. I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY PEOPLE WHO WERE VERY UNDERSTANDING AND -- [ INAUDIBLE ]. COMBINED EFFORTS I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A PROPERTY THAT FIT MY NEEDS. AND FILLING THE APPLICATION PROCESS WAS TWO WEEKS IN MY CURRENT SPOT. MY BIGGEST OBSTACLE IS FINDING A WAY TO TRANSFER MY BELONGINGS FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER. I NEED TO KNOW THERE ARE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT ME GETTING MY BELONGINGS TO MY NEW SPOT. I WORKED HARD TO NOT LOSE MY VOUCH ANSWER GET EVERYTHING ELSE IN ORDER. -- SO WE CAN CROSS THE FINISH LINE TOGETHER. THANK YOU.

COUN. PEÑA: BEFORE YOU CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU REACHED OUT TO HER AND ASSISTED HER. IT SEEMS LIKE SHE HAS ANOTHER HURDLE TO GET OVER. IF YOU CAN REACH OUT TO HER, I APPRECIATE IT. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WAS LOOKING FOR THE DIRECTOR OF TRIPLE-H. WE'LL REACH OUT. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUN. CHAMPINE: I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCILOR ROGERS.

COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GLAD WE'RE ABLE TO ASSIST. MELINDA FOLLOWED BY JULIE.

HI. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT ROADWAY SAFETY AND THE BROADER TREND WE'VE BEEN SEEING IN ALBUQUERQUE THIS YEAR. WHILE THE BACK TO BACK CRASHES AND FATALITIES HAVE BEEN TRAGIC AND PAINFUL FOR ME PERSONALLY AND FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALSO STARTED TO SEE INDICATIONS FROM CRASH DATA THAT THE INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT SAFER ROAD WAY DESIGN HAVE BEEN HELPING US MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THAT PROGRESS REALLY MATTERS BECAUSE ROADWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS DO NOT ONLY PROTECT PEOPLE, THEY PROTECT EVERYONE ON THE ROAD INCLUDING DRIVERS, FAMILIES, CHILDREN, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND HELP REDUCE TRAUMA, HEALTH CARE COST AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. AS SOMEONE WHO LOST THEIR DAUGHTER, I KNOW THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT ABSTRACT AND THE WORK MATTERS TO FAMILIES ACROSS ALBUQUERQUE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BUILDING ON THIS MOMENTUM. AND THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU.

JULIE FOLLOWED BY DEBBIE.

MY NAME IS JULIE. I'M THE SHELTER DIRECTOR FOR HOPE WORKS. I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR 300 PEOPLE A DAY. WE FIND IT DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE WITHOUT FINANCIAL SUPPORT. WE REALLY NEED THE FUNDING SO WE CAN CONTINUE FEEDING THE HOMELESS POPULATION, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THOSE THAT ARE DOING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ISSUES. THANK YOU.

DEBBIE FOLLOWED BY ALTHEA. ALTHEA FOLLOWED BY GRACE.

CAN I GET OVERHEAD? I AM -- I WANT TO SHARE -- THERE WE GO. I WANT TO SHARE THIS. THIS IS CALLED THE SAFE SYSTEM PYRAMID. IT IS SOMETHING THAT PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS HAVE GENERATED AND CREATED TO SHOW INTERVENTION WHEN IT COMES TO STREET SAFETY AND EFFICACY. ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUAL EFFORT THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THAT CHANGE TO TAKE PLACE AND BE EFFECTIVE. AND OVER HERE, ON THE OTHER DIRECTION, THE AMOUNT OF IMPACT THAT POPULATION HEALTH CAN HAVE ON THE VARIOUS CHANGED. AS YOU CAN SEE, EDUCATION IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT REQUIRES LOT OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH AND NOT AS MUCH IMPACT AS CHANGING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT MIGHT BE OR OTHER LATENT SAFETY MEASURES. I ENCOURAGE YOU AS WE'RE TALKINGB ABOUT STREET SAFETY TO REMEMBER THE PYRAMID AND THINK ABOUT OUR PYRAMID AND YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT IS THE GREATEST IT CAN. THANK YOU FOR COUNCILOR ROGERS TO LISTING THE NAMES.

GRACE FOLLOWED BY DAVID.

I'M HERE TO INFORM YOU THAT THE PEOPLE OF -- I'M SORRY. I'LL WAIT. I'M HERE TO INFORM YOU THAT THE PEOPLE OF ALBUQUERQUE HAVE LOST OUR FAITH IN THINGS GETTING BETTER. WAGES STAY THE SAME WHILE PRICES ACROSS THE BOARD CONTINUE TO RISE AND MORE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE USED FOR GENOCIDE. AND RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING MISUSED BY THIS MAYOR. HE IS USING THEM TO LINE HIS POCKETS AND OVER SATURATE OUR STREETS WITH POLICE. WE NEED HIGHER WAGES. WE NEED INVESTMENT IN YOUR PEOPLE. ALL WE SEE ARE -- KEEP THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE AND KEEP US HURTING. I THINK ABOUT RONALD REAGAN'S QUOTE ABOUT THE NINE MOST DANGEROUS WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, I THINK OF NINE SCARIER WORDS THAN I'M FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND I'M HERE TO HELP. THOSE WORDS ARE I WORKED ALL DAY AND CAN'T FEED MY FAMILY. PEOPLE IN THE CITY ARE SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW AS I'M UP HERE. AS SOME OF THE KIDS GO HUNGRY, YET THE WORDS ARE NOT TREATED WITH THE SAME URGENCY AND LEVEL AS RONALD REAGAN'S, WHY IS THAT?

DAVID FOLLOWED BY SOS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO SAY THAT -- I MISSED OUT ON A FEW THINGS IN THE LAST MEETING. YOU STARTED THE MEETING WITH GUNS AND THE VIOLENCE OF THE GUNS OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. IT WAS HORRIFIC AND DISPICABLE. THAT WAS UTILIZED TO RAM UP A CAMPAIGN TO PUSH THIS BILL TO TAKE PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS. THERE'S GUNS WERE OWNED BY PERMITTED GUN OWNERS THAT DON'T LIVE DOWNTOWN AND AREN'T HOMELESS. WHY DO WE UTILIZE THE GUN INFORMATION THAT TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY THAT THE HOMELESS ARE CAUSING THREAT TO? HOMELESS IS -- WE'RE THE OVERNIGHTERS. YOUR LONG-TERM NEIGHBORS. SO, I THINK THE WHOLE PUSH TOWARDS GUNS AND US BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR IT IS WRONG. SOS ON 4th, THE NEXT SPEAKER. I WANT TO SAY WE HAVE -- I'M THE NEXT SPEAKER. SOS ON 4th. SOS ON 4th.

COUN. PEÑA: SIR, YOUR TIME IS UP.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SOS ON 4th. YOU'RE TAKING MY TIME. SO, SOS ON 4th. I DEFINITELY THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO STRIP OUR STREETS OF WRONGDOING BUT WE'RE GOING AT THE WRONG ANGLE. WE NEED TO PROMOTE DOWNTOWN AS ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. WHERE MAYBE IT'S MORE HARSH ON THE CRIMES COMMITTED DOWN THERE AS A SOLUTION. BECAUSE WE NEED SOME TYPE OF RECOGNITION THAT DOWNTOWN IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S KNOWN TO PEOPLE. ESPECIALLY PEOPLE COMING DOWNTOWN, NEED THAT REPRESENTATION. IT'S WRONG TO CONTINUE TO COUNT ON DOWNTOWN. WE HAVE AN ABSENT MAYOR WHO DOESN'T MAKE CONTACT WITH THE HOMELESS. ESPECIALLY. AND DOES HIS PART -- I SAY THAT AS BEING PART OF THE FIRST CAMPAIGN. IT WAS AT THE COFFEE DOING THE RAIL RUNNER AND PROMOTING THAT. I WAS FOUNDER OF STREET APQ.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP. NEXT TIME, IT'S A STRICT RULE. ONE MINUTE PER PERSON. WE WON'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. JAMES FOLLOWED BY BRICK.

MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILORS, I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL WISHES TO ACT TO IMPROVE OUR CITY BY SOLVING PROBLEMS. THAT WILL NOT BE REALIZED BY PASSING MEASURES THAT SUPERFICIALLY HELP OR COMFORT SOME BY PUNISHING OTHERS. YOU CANNOT HIDE THE DREADFUL AFFLICTION OF HOMELESSNESS IN ALBUQUERQUE BY PASSING ORDINANCES LIKE O-26-14 THAT SWEEP PEOPLE TO FURTHER TRAUMA AND DAMAGE OR CRIMINALIZE THEM, THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE POPULATION. THE CONSEQUENCE OF THIS WILL INCREASE THE LONG-TERM COST TO OUR COMMUNITY. IF PEOPLE ARE REFUSING SERVICES, FOR YEARS, IT IS PAST TIME TO STUDY HOW THEY ARE BEING ASKED AND BY WHOM. THE CITIZENS OF ALBUQUERQUE NEED AND EXPECT YOU TO ENGAGE WITH EACH OTHER TO ENACT WIN-WIN LEGISLATION NOT AN ENDLESS CYCLE OF 5-4 VOTES DELIVERING WIN-LOSE OUTCOMES. ULTIMATELY THE LATTER WILL MAKE ALL RESIDENTS OF ALBUQUERQUE LOSERS. THANK YOU.

BRICK FOLLOWED BY LEX.

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, FIRST OFF I WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE STAFF WORK WITH ME THIS MORNING. AND NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS. JUST MOVING PAST THAT, I HEAR LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE HOMELESS SITUATION. I HAVE BEEN HOMELESS IN THE PAST. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE FOLKS HELP ME OUT LONG THE WAY. IT SEEMS THAT WHEN SOMEONE REACHES OUT AND HELPS YOU UP, HERE COMES THE GOVERNMENT TO KNOCK THEM BACK DOWN. IT SEEMS THAT'S BEEN THE PRACTICE IN THE PAST. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO ALWAYS BE THE PRACTICE. I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE SPEAKING OUT, VIGILANT AGAINST GOVERNMENT TYRANNY. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. I WILL SPEAK SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF POLICE. MOST OF THE TIME. BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S WHERE IT COMES FROM. IT COMES FROM MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW. YOU PERSONALLY HAVE PASSED THE ORDINANCES. YOUR ORDINANCES TEND TO BE RIGHT ON THAT BORDER WHERE IT CAN BE MISUNDERSTOOD. AND THE POLICE OFFICER SAYS THEY CAN VIOLATE THE LAW. WE HAVE THE RIGHTS.

LEX.

PRESIDENT, COUNCILAL MEMBERS. LET SPEAK ABOUT THE LAW A LITTLE BIT. I THINK I BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION OVER A YEAR AGO THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE NOT SIGNED THEIR OATH AS THE LAW DICTATES. ARTICLE 20, SECTION 1, OF THE NEW MEXICO CONSTITUTION. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU FOLKS SIGNED AN OATH. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SOME OTHER FOLKS THAT HAVE SIGNED THEIR OATHS. WHY AREN'T THE POLICE SIGNING THE OATH? WE LOOK AT THIS LAW THAT THE POLICE ARE SUPPOSED TO ENFORCE, WHY ARE THE SHERIFF'S REQUIRED TO SIGN AN OATH? AND I HAVE SHERIFF THAT SIGNED OATH. IS IT THAT YOU'RE THE FINAL HOOK? BECAUSE YOU'RE BREAKING THE LAW. I'M PUTTING YOU ALL ON NOTICE --

COUN. PEÑA: THAT'S YOUR FIRST NOTICE. YOU'RE BREAKING THE LAW. I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT FROM THE GOOD PEOPLE HERE. I'M GOING TO TAKE IT FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY THAT YOU DON'T PAY PREMIUMS TO OR TRY TO AVOID A DIFFERENT WAY. YOU NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. MADAM PRESIDENT, JANICE AND SARAH ARE NOT LOCATED ON ZOOM. AND JANET WAS HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES. THAT CONCLUDES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE NOW -- MADAM PRESIDENT. SARAH. THANK YOU. COUN. PEÑA: YOU'RE IN PERSON. I AM. IT'S RARE.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT. FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY OFFICIALS, THE CITY ATH PATHWAY REQUIRES MULTIPLE MOVES IN ONE YEAR'S TIME. FOR SOMEBODY TO HAVE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. STABILITY IS DEFINED BY THE CAME BRIDGE DICTIONARY AS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GOING TO MOVE OR SHIFT. THIS IS CONTRARY TO STABILITY. ASKING PEOPLE TO MOVE FROM STREETS TO SOS TO GATEWAY WEST AND GIBSON AND RECOVERY CENTER AND MAGICALLY INTO HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT. REQUIRING LESS MOVES AND DISPLACEMENT DOES NOT CREATE STABILITY. IT LACKS PROGRAMMING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO CONNECT WITH EMPLOYERS, DEVELOP JOB SKILLS ALONG THE WAY AND CONTINUE EDUCATION. PLEASE INVEST IN HOUSING. THAT WILL BE A BETTER SOLUTION. AND CHEAPER. ANOTHER TOPIC I HAVE LEARNED TO RESEARCH THAT SEVERAL YEARS HAVE GONE BY BEFORE APD OFFICERS HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING IN HARM REDUCTION AND DE-ESCALATION. PLEASE LOOK TO WHO WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

COUN. CHAMPINE: SGLP THAT CON . COUN. PEÑA: THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE ON APPROVALS. EC-142, MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF JEREMY SMITH TO THE AIR QUALITY BOARD. I MOVE CONFIRMATION. SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER. COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. CALL UP THAT SPEAKER. COUNCILOR GROUT RECUSED -- COUNCILOR LEWIS, I'M SORRY.

WE HAVE DEBBIE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. IT APPEARS SHE'S NOT PRESENT. THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT.

COUN. PEÑA: ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? WITH THAT, THERE WAS A MOTION AND SECOND FOR CONFIRMATION OF EC-142. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. THAT CARRIES ON A 7-1. WE'RE NOW ON FINAL ACTIONS. COUNCILOR GROUT, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, COUNCILOR ROGERS. O-23.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE -- O-23 IS AMENDING THE POLICE OVERSIGHT ORDINANCE TO CLARIFY CPOA'S AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE APD PERSONNEL. I MOVE DO PASS. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN AND ROGERS. ONE OF THE SPONSORS TO OPEN.

COUN. GROUT: I'LL JUST START AND I'LL LET OTHER COUNCILORS SAY A FEW WORDS. THIS BILL AMENDS THE POLICE OVERSIGHT ORDINANCE TO CLARIFY THE CPOA MAY ALSO INVESTIGATE NON-SWORN PERSONNEL WHO PERFORM PUBLIC-FACING ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS. THESE INCLUDE POLICE SERVICE AIDS, TRANSIT SAFETY OFFICERS, AND PRISONER TRANSPORT OFFICERS. I DO URGE YOUR SUPPORT. I WILL SAY WE WORKED WITH THE CPOA, APD, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE REFORM AND THE APOA. AND ALL ARE SATISFIED WITH THIS VERSION OF THE BILL. THIS MAKES IT CLEAR THAT ANYONE WEARING A CITY UNIFORM AND PERFORMING A LAW ENFORCEMENT JOB FUNCTION IS HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD AS -- OF ACCOUNTABILITY. I WILL ADD A FEW MORE THINGS. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR WORKING SO DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE IT WAS DONE PROPERLY. SO THAT ALL PARTIES ARE IN AGREEMENT. I THINK IT'S A BIG FEAT. WE SHOULD DO IT MORE OFTEN.

COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. COUN. FIEBELKORN: NOTHING TO ADD, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUN. GROUT: I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. PUBLIC COMMENT. OH, WE DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. BRICK FOLLOWED BY THOMAS.

I WAS BRIEFLY LOOKING OVER THIS ONE. UNSWORN PERSONNEL DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DETAIN. I'M KIND OF CONFUSED BY THAT. UNSWORN PERSONNEL DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DETAIN. COUNCILOR GROUT, I'M IN YOUR DISTRICT. I DON'T SUPPORT THIS. I DON'T SUPPORT THIS AT ALL. CPOA IS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE POLICE. THEY WORK FOR THE POLICE STATION, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE POLICE. AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HOLD UNSWORN STAFF ACCOUNTABLE WHEN YOU CAN'T HOLD YOUR OWN POLICE ACCOUNTABLE? NOT SIGNING AN OATH. YOU'RE GOING TO HOLD UNSWORN OATH, UNSWORN PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH THE CPOA? IT'S AN OVER-BROAD VIEW OF THIS. I KNOW. JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM THAT VIEW, 20,000 OR 30,000? I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE WHEN YOU DON'T HOLD THE POLICE ACCOUNTABLE.

THOMAS FOLLOWED BY TAD.

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF UNSWORN PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AT ALL, LET ALONE THE POLICE THAT AREN'T SWORN. NOW YOU'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE ANOTHER LAYER OF INSOLATION OF LAYERS TO -- I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP, IT'S THE DAMN LAW. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO UPHOLD AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES. WE'VE GOT INSTANCES HERE WHERE YOU GUYS WANT TO STOP AN INVESTIGATION SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WAS REFERRED TO MEDIATION. THAT'S LIKE GETTING BEAT UP BY FIVE COPS, GOING TO MEDIATION AND FINDING THE FIVE COPS WITH A BAT. MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO BOW OUT OF MEDIATION. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO ENTAIL. YOU STILL MEAD -- NEED TO INVESTIGATE.

TAD FOLLOWED BY MERVIN.

MY NAME IS TAD. WELL, HERE IS PUBLIC SAFETY WE'RE TALKING ON THE LAST MEETING. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT, WRITING THE TICKET OR RESPONDING TO -- EXCUSE ME -- WOULD YOU STOP? WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT, WRITING TRAFFIC TICKET OR RESPONDING TO STOLEN VEHICLE, INCLUDING OVER $30,000 OF MERCHANDISE ON THE VEHICLE? TO THIS DAY, OVER 60 DAYS, NO ONE -- NO POLICE REPORT. YES, I WENT WITH -- WELL, THEY GAVE ME OVERSIGHT TO FILE COMPLAINT. I MAKE MY STATEMENT ABOUT DIANA FROM OVERSIGHT HOW I FEEL ABOUT HER AND WHAT JOB SHE'S DOING.

ANYWAY, WE DO NOT HAVE PROTECTION FROM APD.

GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE FINAL ACTIONS ON O-26-23. I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A NEED TO ADDRESS THE LAWLESSNESS THAT IS INVOLVED WITH THE APD AND OFFICERS OF THE METROPOLITAN SECURITY DIVISION. ON 30th, 2025, I WAS HIT BY A DRIVER DRIVING A SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT VEHICLE. I WAS PINNED UNDERNEATH. MY KNEE WAS SHATTERED. MY TIBIA SHATTERED. MY FOOT SUFFERED TWO FRACTURES. OUT OF THAT, THE PSA WROTE A FALSE POLICE REPORT. ALSO THE METRO SECURITY DIVISION WROTE FALSE REPORTS. I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR. I WAS AT A RED LIGHT. WHERE HAD A RIGHT OCROSSEN MRNG ALL OF ALL OF THIS HAS COME TO FALSIFIED NEW MEXICO CRASH INVESTIGATION REPORTS, NO NOTIFICATION BY THE APD WHEN I APPEAL TO THEM. I WANT THIS COUNCIL TO KNOW AND I WANT ALBUQUERQUE TO KNOW THAT APD IS LAWLESSNESS IN THE CITY. THAT'S WHY CRIME REIGNS. THEY'RE COMMITTING THE ACTION OF CRIME THEMSELVES.

I THINK I GOT IT WORKING. I'M IN DISTRICT TWO. I AM SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO O-26-23. THE MOST INTERESTING PART TO ME ABOUT THE NEW CHANGES HERE HAS TO DO WITH THE LANGUAGE AROUND INCLUDING APD SWORN OFFICER AND NON-SWORN PERSONNEL. HERE, IT INCLUDES POLICE SERVICE AIDS, TRANSIT SAFETY OFFICERS, POLICE PRISONER TRANSPORT UNITS. I HOPE THIS WOULD INCLUDE METRO SECURITY. THEY WOULD ALSO BE SUBJECT TO INVESTIGATION FOR THEIR DIRECT INTERACTIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHICH HAVE BECOME GREATER AND GREATER. I HOPE THAT WE WOULD START TO SEE THE SOMCRITERIA APPLIED TO OTHER FOLKS INTERACTING WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY IN THAT REGARD. I THINK THERE IS A BIG LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO APD. I THINK THAT SOME OF THESE OTHER DIVISIONS LIKE METRO SECURITY HAVE USED THE LESSER TRAINING THAT THEY'RE HELD TO AS WELL AS THE LOWER STANDARDS OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO GET AWAY WITH THINGS THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD KNOW BETTER, AND THEY'RE LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO LOOK AT MEASURES THAT CAN HOLD THE POLICE INTO THE LIGHT MORE SO IN ISSUES WHERE THEY'RE REPRESENTING YOU ALL AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT. COUN. PEÑA: THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE BACK ON O-23. COUNCILOR GROUT, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, COUNCILOR ROGERS. COUNCILOR ROGERS.

COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO CLEAR UP A COUPLE THINGS WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT. THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS TO MAKE SURE NOW AS SOME OF OUR PSAs DO MORE DUTIES THAT ARE SWORN OFFICERS ARE USUALLY DOING, WE NEED TO HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER THAT AS WELL. I THINK WE'RE DOING THIS TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE OTHER AVENUES FOR INVESTIGATIONS FOR OTHER -- LIKE METRO SECURITY. INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE CITY WHERE THOSE ARE INVESTIGATED. THERE'S STILL OVERSIGHT, JUST NOT THE CPOA. WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS THIS IS A TRUE COLLABORATION, LIKE COUNCILOR GROUT SAID, OF US WORKING WITH APD AND KRRBG C MRNG CPOA TO MAKE SURE PSA HAVE OVERSIGHT. WE ASKED APD TO DO DISCIPLINE AROUND PSA. TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A DISCIPLINE STRUCTURE THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM SWORN OFFICERS. WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT WORK TO STRENGTHEN THOSE THINGS. I THINK -- TO COUNCILOR GROUT'S POINT, THIS IS A BIG FEAT TO GET EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE TO AGREE ON SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OVERSIGHT OF OUR POLICE FORCE. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I'M GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE THAT WORKED WITH US ON THIS. AND AGAIN, WE DO ANNUAL REVIEWS AND THE CPOA DO ANNUAL REVIEWS OF THESE THINGS. WE CAN CONTINUE TO TWEAK IT AND GERT GET BETTER. THAT'S COUNCIL RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE SURE NOW THAT THE DOJ IS NOT HERE THAT WE DON'T GO BACKWARDS. WE TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY AS A TEAM. THANK YOU. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR GROUT TO CLOSE. COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR ROGERS AND COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR O-23. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOU HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE NOW ON TO O-26, ADOPTING NEW AN ARTICLE ON REVISED ORDINANCES ADDING ARTICLE 12 TO BE KNOWN AS STORM WATER UTILITY ORDINANCE. SECTION 2, DEFINITIONS TO INCLUDE DEFINITION OF ADAPTED GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 15. I MOVE A -- WELL -- I MOVE A DO PASS INITIALLY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER. SO EVERYONE IS AWARE, WE HAVE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS. AS SPEAKERS ARE COMING UP, WE HAVE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS. A-H. I'M NOT SURE WE'LL GO THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS THIS EVENING. BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET, IT WILL GIVE PEOPLE TIME TO DIGEST THIS BILL. I INTEND TO REQUEST DEFERRAL TO THE JUNE 1st MEETING SO WE CAN PASS THE AMENDMENT AT THAT TIME.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE HAVE MICHELLE FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN ON ZOOM WHO I'M NOT SEEING IMMEDIATELY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE HE'S NOT IN THE BUILDING.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCILOR PEÑA, COUNCILORS. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PARTICULAR BILL. EVERY MONSOON, ALBUQUERQUE FLOODS. IT'S THE DIRECT RESULTS OF CONSEQUENCES OF DECADES OF PAVED PARKING LOTS AND SURFACES THAT SHED WATER INSTEAD OF ABSORBING IT. THE MORE PAVING, THE WORSE IT GETS. THE LONGER WE LET IT SIT, IT'S NOT GETTING BETTER. THIS IS A PROTECTED FUND THAT CAN'T BE REDIRECTED ELSEWHERE. THE FACT IT ACTUALLY GOES TO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH GETTING RID OF THE PERMEABLE PAVEMENT OR INSTALLING PERMEABLE PAVEMENT MADE OF PLANTING, AND BIO SWELLS, EVERYTHING THAT'S DESIGNED FOR OUR ARID CLIMATE. AND THE FEE STRUCTURE WAS SHIFTING TO ACTUALLY CHARGE PROPERTIES BASED ON HOW MUCH IMPERVIOUS SERVICE THEY HAVE. LARGE PAVED PARKING LOTS PAY FAIR SHARE. THANKS.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, BENJAMIN IS NOT ABLE -- THERE HE IS. HE JUST GOT ON. BENJAMIN ON ZOOM.

APOLOGIES. I JUST BECAME AVAILABLE. THIS IS REGARDING O-26, I BELIEVE. MY COMMENT IS PRETTY SIMPLE. BASICALLY, I THINK THIS LEGISLATION IS FANTASTIC. AND YOU SHOULD ALL VOTE FOR IT. I ALSO THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF VERY SIMPLE THINGS WE COULD BE DOING TO HELP MITIGATE STORM WATER RUNOFF, SUCH AS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF IMPEERMIABLE SERVICE IN THE CITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF PARKING IN THE CITY THAT WE DON'T NEED. AND IF I COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, IT WOULD BE THAT WE REDUCE -- THE BILL INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE STORM WATER UTILITY TO THE CITY ABOUT LEGISLATION THAT COULD BE CHANGED IN ORDER TO IMPROVE STORM WATER CONDITIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO CHANGE.

HAT CONCLUDES ? THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT. THANK YOU.

COUN. PEÑA: WE'RE BACK ON THE BILL. I MOVE DEFERRAL TO THE JUNE 1st COUNCIL MEETING. AND THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS. I DISCLOSED THAT EARLIER. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET FOR EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO ABSORB AND READ UP ON ALL THE AMENDMENT AND WE'LL PASS THE AMENDMENTS AT THE -- OR NOT -- AT THE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DEFERRAL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES, 5-4. WE'RE NOW ON O-29, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE.

COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. O-26-29 AMENDING THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, CITY ATTORNEY ORDINANCE ROA1994, PART TWO. MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FOR DO PASS. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT FOR DO PASS OF O-29.

COUN. CHAMPINE: THIS BILL AMENDS THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATED TO CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICIALS SPECIFICALLY PROVISIONS PERTAIN TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND CITY ATTORNEY. THIS BILL INTENDS -- WILL AMEND THE SECTION GOVERNING THE AUTHORITY AND DOOUALITY DUTIES TO CLARIFY THE CITY ATTORNEYS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RESPONSE AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITH CLIENTS. THE CITY, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, ADDITIONALLY THE BILL AMENDS THE PROVISION GOVERNING THE PROCEDURES FOR CONTRACTING WITH THE ATTORNEYS TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO DICTATE PROCEDURES FOR WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL RETAINS OUTSIDE COUNCIL.

MADAM PRESIDENT, THERE'S A CURRENT INVESTIGATION HAPPENING. I FEEL LIKE POTENTIALLY THAT MAY HAVE SOME IMPACT OR EFFECT ON THIS. SO, I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THAT AS POTENTIALLY THIS MIGHT BE FRONT OF THE RESULTS OF THAT INVESTIGATION THAT IS HAPPENING. COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WILL DISAGREE. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT PARTICULAR ONE. IT HAS TO DO WITH ANOTHER INCIDENT. NO. COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR BASSAN. >> NARRATOR: MADAM PRESIDENT, .

COUN. BASSAN: MADAM PRESIDENT, WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION FOR LEGAL COUNCIL ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS GETTING AHEAD OF IT? I DON'T WANT TO JEOPARDIZE ANY PENDING INVESTIGATION. AT THE SAME TIME, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THIS ORDINANCE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN, THIS IS A PERSPECTIVE MEASURE. THE -- WHETHER THIS HAS IMPACT ON THE CURRENT INVESTIGATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY IS VERY LIKELY LITTLE. I'M SORRY. COUNCILOR BASSAN --

COUN. BASSAN: MY QUESTION IS NOT WILL IT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE INVESTIGATION. IS IT BAD TIMING, SINCE THERE'S PENDING INVESTIGATION? I FEEL LIKE TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO WHEN THERE'S PENDING LITIGATION OR SOMETHING TRADITIONALLY, WE DO WAIT UNTIL MAKING BIG CHANGES OR DECISIONS. I DO -- I CAN HEAR THE SAME CONCERNS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE WILL TO BACK UP THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT COULD GET US IN TROUBLE LATER IF IT'S GOING TO AFFECT -- NOT NECESSARILY HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE INVESTIGATION -- BUT GET US WRAPPED UP UNTIL SOMETHING WE COULD OTHERWISE AVOID WITH DEFERRAL.

LIKE I SAID, THIS IS PERSPECTIVE IN NATURE. I WOULD NEVER ARGUE AGAINST MORE CAUTIOUS ROUTE. IF THAT WERE -- I WOULD CALL THAT IS VERY SAFE POSITION. COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR ROGERS.

COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST -- I GUESS I TRIED TO READ IT AND READ IT A COUPLE TIMES. I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT DOES. I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WHY. MAYBE THE OTHER INCIDENTS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT. I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO ASK THAT HERE. I'M HAVING HARD TIME MYSELF. COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO WEIGH IN AS WELL. BASED ON COUNCILOR BASSAN'S QUESTION.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I DON'T SEE THIS ORDINANCE AS RELATED TO THE INVESTIGATION. THIS ORDINANCE, TO ME, FUNCTIONALLY RESTATES THE RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT FOR ATTORNEYS. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD ACTUALLY AFFECT MUCH OF A CHANGE. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE RELATED. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. ADMIN? COUNCILOR CHAMPINE TO CLOSE. COUN. CHAMPINE: URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR O-29. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, NO. THAT FAILS ON A 6-4. I'M SORRY. YOU GOT THAT? OKAY. COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR BACA, O-30. COUN. BACA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AMENDING THE DOWNTOWN VACANT PREMISES ORDINANCE. CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE 2-24. I MOVE A DO PASS.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, FOR O-30. COUNCILOR BACA TO OPEN. COUN. BACA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS FOLLOW-UP TO THE BILL THAT WE PASSED LAST YEAR IN ANTICIPATION OF WORKING OUT SOME OF THE OLDER BUILDS DOWNTOWN WITH THE COLLAPSE, UNFORTUNATELY, OF LINDY'S WE THOUGHT WE'D MAKE CHANGES TO HOPEFULLY PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. AS WE ANY, LINDY'S IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED. LEAVING A HOLE IN DOWNTOWN AND IN OUR HEARTS, TO SOME DEGREE. I URGE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COUNCILORS? ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? OKAY. YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. ALTHEA FOLLOWED BY JAMES.

MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT PYRAMID I SHOWED YOU ALL, THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL IN TERMS OF CHANGING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT ZONING CHANGES ARE EFFECTIVE IN HELPING REDUCE VIOLENCE AND HELPING RECUSE SAFETY CONCERNS. I EXPERIENCED SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY. I DON'T HAVE A LONG ENOUGH TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT. IT INVOLVED THE BUS AND SOMEONE GETTING KICKED OFF THE BUS. AND IT WAS ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. I WAS SO GRATEFUL THAT LITTLE BEAR COFFEE WAS SITTING THERE OPEN FOR DRINKING HOURS BECAUSE I JUST WENT THERE. BECAUSE IT WAS SAFE. THE MORE BUILDINGS THAT ARE VACANT AND MORE BUILDINGS OPEN ARE LESS PLACES THAT WOMEN AND OTHER GENDER MARGINALIZED PEOPLE CAN GO IN TIMES WHEN THEY DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO FOLLOW THEM HOME. I WENT TO LITTLE BEAR COFFEE AND WAITD FOR MY FRIEND TO PICK ME UP. I WAS SAFER FOR IT. PLEASE PASS.

JAMES FOLLOWED BY TAD.

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, THE IMPACT OF VACANT BUILDINGS AND LOTS ARE NOT CONFINED TO DOWNTOWN CORE. THEY BLIGHT RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL AREAS OF ALBUQUERQUE THAT ARE FAR CONSEQUENTIAL. MOST INSPIRING OF TRULY AFFORDABLE HOWING FOR THE 25% OF HOUSEHOLD AMI IN ALBUQUERQUE IS OCCURRING RIGHT NOW ON WHAT WAS UNTIL RECENTLY A VACANT LOT. THE 20 HOME COTTAGE DEVELOPMENT AT 161 CHAMMA WILL OFFER SUSTAINABLE RENT AT $1.25 PER SQUARE FOOT. THIS COMMUNITY, COUNTY AND STATE COLLABORATION OFFERS AN UNMATCHED MODEL FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGES IN OUR CITY. O-26-30 PROVES YOU HAVE THE POWER AND TOOLS TO PENALIZE THE PASSIVITY OF EMPTY BUILDING OWNERS AND YOU COULD REINFORCE IT TO BLUNT THE PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVATION OF LAND BANKING. PLEASE ENACT AND DEPLOY IT CITYWIDE.

TAD FOLLOWED BY JANICE ON ZOOM.

MY NAME IS TAD. AGAIN, NOW, LET'S TAKE A LOOK WHAT'S GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN. ALL THE RAILROAD -- WAS PERCHED BY THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE BY MAYOR MATTY -- MARTY CHAVEZ. NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING? NOTHING. NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACK, THERE IS ALSO BIG -- IT USED TO BE OFFICES. AGAIN, THEY WON'T SELL IT. THEY WON'T DO IT. BOARDED ACROSS THE STREET. NOW, EXCUSE ME. NOW, LET'S GO TO THE NORTH. CHAVEZ, ALL THESE PARKING LOTS. NO, WITH THIS LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY, NOTHING IS EVER GOING TO CHANGE. THANK YOU.

JANICE.

HELLO. I'M LOOKING LIKE A GHOST. GOOD EVENING, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IT WAS NICE TO RUN INTO YOU OUT IN THE WILD OF ALBUQUERQUE. TO THE REST OF THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'M SPEAKING ON O-26-30. SIMILAR TO O-26-14, AS SOMEBODY WHO LIVES WALKING DISTANCE FROM DOWNTOWN AND SPENDS A LOT OF TIME DOWNTOWN, I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN MY DISTRICT BECOME DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THE ORDINANCES AND THINGS ENFORCED THEREFROM OTHER PARTS OF TOWN. I REALLY AM RELUCTANT TO SEE PEOPLE CRIMINALIZED DOWNTOWN. I AM RELUCTANT TO SEE VACANT BUILDINGS PURSUED DIFFERENTLY. I AGREE WITH JAMES IN REGARDS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE TOWN. I THINK JAMES HAS DONE GOOD WORK ON MAPPING THAT. THEY HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH VACANT BUILDINGS. AND I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT, BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME THE FUNDS COLLECTED FOR THE REGISTRATION WOULD BE SPENT. THE LAST ISSUE IS 1,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IS A REALLY DIFFERENT COST THAN A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. I LIVE IN A 1,000 SQUARE FEET. I KNOW HOW BIG THAT IS. THAT'S A SMALL BUSINESS. I THINK THE SCALE FOR 15,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING SITTING VACANT SHOULD BE MORE THAN PROPORTIONAL FOR THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. I ENCOURAGIA TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS AND LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WHEN YOU'RE GETTING AWAY WITH $5,000 TO LET IT SIT AS SUCH. AND MAYBE USING A DIFFERENT FORMULA BASED ON BUILDING'S WORTH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO COME UP WITH PROPERTY TAX. IT SEEMS REALLY UNFAIR IT YOU CAN AFFORD A BUILDING OF THAT SIZE, $5,000 IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET. I ENCOURAGE SOME MORE THOUGHT ON THIS ONE.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. BENJAMIN WILL NOT SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. HE'S SPEAKING ON R-17. THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT. COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR BASSAN.

COUN. BASSAN: MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE SOME -- QUITE A BIT OF ROBUST CONVERSATION ON THE COUNCIL WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PASSING THIS A WHILE BACK. I KNOW THAT VACANCIES ON THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR FOR SOME BUSINESS OWNERS WERE A BIG CONVERSATION AND THE CONCERNS MANY OF US EXPRESSED. I WONDER IF I CAN ASK PLANNING QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE I ALSO BELIEVE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LINDY'S -- I THINK IT WAS AT THE LAST MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I BELIEVE IT WAS DIRECTOR VARELA OR SOMEBODY POINTED OUT THAT STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO. I'M NOT SURE THIS WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS THAT GO INTO THE PROPERTIES TO DO THE SAME KIND OF ELABORATE INSPECTIONS. I'M WONDERING, DIRECTOR VARELA, IF WE WERE TO PASS THIS, HOW IS IT -- WOULD IT HAVE HELPED PREVENT LINDY'S FROM COLLAPSING WITH THIS ABILITY? IF THIS ORDINANCE WERE IN PLACE, WOULD THAT HAVE HELPED LINDY'S FROM COLLAPSING? AND HOW WILL IT HELP THE DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS MOVING FORWARD IF WE PASS THIS?

COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, COUNCILOR BAC -- RIGHT NOW, IT IS MIXING APPLES AND ORANGES ON THIS BILL. IT IS USING THE VACANT BUILDING ORDINANCE AS A MECHANISM FOR SOMEBODY -- MOST LIKELY A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, WHO WOULD BE QUALIFIED TO DO A STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION TO GET INTO A BUILDING AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE WE'RE PREFERRING NOT TO MIX THOSE TWO ITEMS. IF CITY COUNCIL FEELS AS A POLICY YOU WANT TO EXPAND THE VACANT BUILDING SANCTIONS TO INCLUDE ALSO VACANT SECOND FLOORS AND SUCH, THAT IS A CITY COUNCIL DECISION. MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN THIS FIRST WENT THROUGH IS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GROUND FLOORS, WHICH ARE STREET LEVEL AS PEOPLE WALK THROUGH, ARE ACTIVATED AND WE WANTED TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO LEASE THAT PORTION OF THEIR BUILDING SO IT WOULD BE HELPING PREVENT CRIME AND SUCH. AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMY. BUT TO EXPAND THAT TO THE SECOND FLOOR, I THINK MIGHT HAVE THE EFFECT OF GREATLY CAPTURING QUITE A FEW MORE BUILDINGS. IF THE IDEA IS TO PENALIZE THEM FOR BEING VACANT AND MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEM OR SELL THEM, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD APPROACH. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE PROBABLY A BIG DISCUSSION. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, CODE ENFORCEMENT GOES OUT ON A COMPLAINT-BASED BYSSUS -- BASIS FOR STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS, LINDY'S IS A GOOD CHAMPION. WE COULD SEE THERE WRNG WE BROUGHT IN THE CERTIFIED

BUILDING OFFICIAL FROM THE CITY. SHE HAS A LOT MORE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS THAN JUST THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO LOOK AT THE BUILDING. WE TOOK THE FURTHER STEP OF HIRING THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING FIRMS TO GIVE US A SECOND OPINION. BASED ON THAT ADDED EXPENSE AND PROTECTION, THE CITY FELT COMFORTABLE SAYING THE BUILDING OF THAT SIZE AND VALUE DOES NEED TO COME DOWN. OTHER CITIES HAVE APPROACHED THIS WITH THE OLDER BUILDINGS. THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE THAN VACANT BUILDING SANCTIONS. THEY REQUIRE A STRUCTURAL SURVEY OF THE FACADE. AND THE REPORTS GET SUBMITTED TO THE CITY. AND WE COULD SPEND TIME STUDYING WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO THOSE AT A CERTAIN AREA OR HAVE THEM DEPENDENT ON THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING OR AGE OF THE BUILDING. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BETTER APPROACH FOR TAKING CARE OF THE LINDY'S ISSUE THAN MIXING THIS IN WITH THE VACANT BUILDING ORDINANCE, WHICH HAD AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PURPOSE. BOTH VERY GOOD PURPOSES, BUT WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE TIME TO WORK WITH THE SPONSOR, PERHAPS EITHER SEPARATING AND COME UP WITH A FACADE INSPECTION REQUIREMENT BY STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS OR SOMETHING ELSE. RIGHT NOW, WE SEE THIS AS HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC. I ALSO WAS TELLING STAFF EARLIER THAT PEOPLE USE THE PHRASE MORE WITH LESS. CODE ENFORCEMENT IS NOW AT THE LESS WITH MORE STAGE OF THE GAME. WE'RE GOING TO DO LESS AND LESS OF ENFORCEMENT OF OTHER ORDINANCES AS WE GET MORE AND MORE BURDENS PLACED UPON UNLESS

THEY'RE ACCOMPANIED BY SIZABLE APPROPRIATIONS. COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU. THAT HELPS ME. I STILL HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS WE DID WHEN WE WERE OCING ABOUT THE VAC I KNOW THERE'S BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. I DON'T WANT TO SEE VACANT PROPERTIES. I WANT THEM TO BE FILLED UP AND SUCCEED. I WANT A DYNAMIC DOWNTOWN AND CITY. I ALSO WANT OUR BUILDINGS TO NOT COLLAPSE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. MY CONCERNS REMAIN THE SAME THAT I HAD DURING THE CONVERSATION FOR VACANT BUILDINGS. I DON'T THINK THAT THIS SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING TO FIX THE VACANT PART.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BASSAN. WE SHOULD PASSED THE AMENDMENT. I'M SURE COUNCILOR BACA IS GOING TO ASK YOU -- THE AMENDMENT HELPS YOU SUPPORT WHAT HE'S TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH OR IF HE STILL HAS THE OPINION OF MORE TIME. DO YOU WANT TO READ THE AMENDMENT FIRST?

COUN. BACA: THANK YOU. IF I CAN RESPOND TO THE COMMENTS OF DIRECTOR VARELA. I'M SURPRISED AND SHOCKED TO SAY THIS IS TWO DIFFERENT BILLS. WE STARTED THIS LAST YEAR. WE DID TALK ABOUT HOW NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS WERE CONCERNED THAT THE VACANCY -- THE OTHER VACANT BUILDINGS WERE GOING TO CAUSE THEIR BUILDINGS HARM. SPECIFICALLY LEAKS IN THE ROOF AND SO FORTH. THAT WAS ONE OF THE INTENTIONS OF THIS BILL. THAT WAS PRETTY CLEAR WHEN WE DEBATED THIS LAST YEAR. WE DID LOOK AT -- I DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO WORKING WITH THEM FOR MORE TIME. WE DID LOOK AT SOME OF THESE -- THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS TO HELP BUILDING OWNERS. WE'RE NOT OUT TO PENALIZE. SO LONG AS SOMEONE ACTUALLY WANTS TO WORK WITH US. IT'S THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY ABSENT AND DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING. WHEN WE LOOK AT ORDINANCES IN OTHER CITIES THAT THE DIRECTOR IS REFERRING TO, THE CITIES CHARGE THE OWNERS TO GET THEIR FACADES CHECKED EVERY YEAR. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PENALIZE OR CHARGE OR COST MORE MONEY. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING GOOD STEWARDS AND GOOD LANDLORDS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. MAKE SURE, HEY, WE SCALED BACK FROM THREE FLOORS TO THE FIRST FLOOR TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS. AND WHEN LINDY'S COLLAPSED, THE FIRST THING THE INSPECTOR TOLD ME WAS IF I HAD BEEN IN THE SECOND FLOOR, WE COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS. SO, THE INITANT TENT WAS INTENT WAS FOR FOLKS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE FINE. THE INTENT WAS TO BE PROACTIVE, AS THE DIRECTOR KNOWS. THE INTENT WAS TO GENERATE -- THERE'S A REASON THERE'S A FEE. TO PAY FOR PROACTIVE WORK.

AT THE CITY WE'RE REACTIVE WHEN CUP PLAINTS CAME IN. WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH LINDY'S. IT WAS AN ACTIVE BUILDING ON THE FIRST FLOOR EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FALLING APART ON THE SECOND FLOOR. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS AMENDMENT. AND I'M FINE WITH DEFERRAL AFTER THAT. ON PAGE TWO OF THE ORDINANCE, AMEND SECTION 14-24-7. FOLKS KNOW WE PUT IN A LOT OF EXEMPTIONS. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HURT FOLKS. WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO HELP OUT MORE. THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET EXEMPTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF -- BECAUSE WE KNOW SEVERAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE VACANT HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR DECADES, LINDY'S WASN'T THE ONLY ONE, WE DO WANT TO CREATE AND MAKE SURE -- WITH THE DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS, THAT WE CAN SEND SOMEBODY IN THERE TO LOOK AROUND. THEN SEND IN THE FIRE MARSHAL OR SOMETHING THAT COST MONEY, WHICH WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO AVOID BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO CHARGE PEOPLE MONEY. UNLIKE THOSE OTHER ORDINANCES THE DIRECTOR REFERRED TO. THIS ADDS TO THAT. RESPONSIBLE PARTY FAILS OR REFUSES CONSENT FOR INSPECTION DUR REASONABLE HOURS, THE PREMISES SHALL BE DEEMED VACANT AND ASSESSED THE FEE.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A POTION, MOTION AND SECOND FOR COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. COUN. BASSAN: I HEAR WE DON'T WANT TO CHARGE AND PENALIZE BUSINESSES. YOU KNOW, THIS LITERALLY SAYS WE'RE GOING TO PENALIZE AND CHARGE YOU IF YOU DON'T -- IF YOU FAIL TO REFUSE ACCESS TO PROPERTY. I HAVE CONCERNS WITH THAT. COUN. PEÑA: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCILOR BACA TO CLOSE.

COUN. BACA: THANK YOU. AS I SAID BEFORE, SOMEONE HAS TO ABSOLUTELY NOT WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEIR BUILDING TO NOT ASSESS THE FEE. THIS MAKES SURE WE CAN SEE THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING AND MAKE SURE IT'S NOT GOING TO FALL ON THEIR NEIGHBOR BECAUSE DOWNTOWN IS UNLIKE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE BUILDINGS ARE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BACA. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. WHO WAS THE SECOND? COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. COMMITTEE AMENDMENT -- THIS SHOULD SAY FLOOR AMENDMENT. I THINK THERE'S A TYPO ON YOUR AMENDMENT. IT SHOULD SAY FLOOR AMENDMENT. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. SECONDED BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, NO. THAT AMENDMENT PASSES. I DIDN'T GET THE NUMBERS. 7-2? 7-3? I'M SORRY. THEN WE HAVE COUNCILOR BACA BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED. I WOULD SAY, BEFORE I SEND IT TO YOU, I HOPE THAT YOU WOULD REQUEST DEFERRAL.

COUN. BACA: I REQUEST DEFERRAL FOR TWO WEEKS TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND FOR DEFERRAL OF O-30. COUNCILOR CHAMPINE.

COUN. CHAMPINE: I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE LINDY'S AND SUCH. IF ANYBODY WAS DOWNTOWN IN THE PAST YEAR AND HALF SAW THAT THE WALL WAS BULGING OUT, MASSIVELY. IF THIS PASSES AND MOVES FORWARD IN YOUR VISION AND YOU SEE THAT, THAT WARRANTS THE CITY TO COME IN AND INSPECT THE BUILDING. IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN OBVIOUS CLUE LIKE THAT, WHAT WARRANTS SOMEBODY TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO INSPECT YOUR PROPERTY?

COUN. BACA: MADAM PRESIDENT, MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE -- I HAD MANY, MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OWNERS OF LINDY'S ABOUT THE BUILDING AND STATUS. THEY HAD AN ACTIVE BUSINESS ON THE GROUND FLOOR. THEY ALSO HAD HAD AN APARTMENT WITH 37 CATS. WHICH IS NUTS. PER HIM AND OUR CONVERSATION, I TOLD THEM DIRECTLY I CAN SEE THE SHIFT TWO DAYS AGO. HE SAID HE HAD SOMEONE COME OUT AND LOOK. OUR ORDINANCES AS WRITTEN TODAY -- THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THAT, REALLY. HOWEVER, ON TOP OF THAT, OVER THE YEARS -- THIS IS HAPPENING BEFORE. EVERYONE WAS WORRIED ABOUT OTHER BUILDINGS, THE CREST, AND GIZMO BEFORE THAT. ALL THESE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN EMPTY FOR DECADES ARE CONNECTED TO NEIGHBORS, AND THE NEIGHBORS REACHED OUT AT VARIOUS TIMES BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED. WE JUST HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING. THAT'S WHERE THIS ORDINANCE CAME IN LAST YEAR TO TRY AND DO SOMETHING. WHEN WE PASSED IT IN ORDER TO GET IT PASSED WE SCALED BACK. HOW MANY FLOORS INVOLVED. WHEN I TALK TO EXPERTS, THEY SAY IF THE FIRST TWO FLOORS ARE GOOD, THEN YOUR WILDING SHOULD BE FINE. WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN THAT GO OVER TWO FLOORS. EVEN THE CREST IS OVER TWO FLOORS EVEN THOUGH IT'S EMPTY FOR 46 YEARS. WITH THESE AMENDMENTS, IT'S THE PROACTIVE LETTING US SEE THE BUILDING AND WHAT'S GOING ON TO PROTECT IT. NOT ONLY THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR THEMSELVES, IN THIS CASE WHEN WE

TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY OWNER, AS MUCH AS I'M SAD ABOUT IT, BUT ALSO NEIGHBORS THEY'RE NEXT TO. THAT'S WHAT ALL THIS IS. WITH THESE AMENDMENTS, WE HAVE THAT AUTHORITY. COUN. CHAMPINE: MADAM PRESIDENT, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. AGAIN, WITH LINDY'S YOU HAD A BULGING WALL. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A CLUE SAYING THIS IS NOT SOUND OR WE SHOULD QUESTION THE STRUCTURE. YOU SAY THE CREST BUILD, IF THERE'S NO OBVIOUS REASONS FOR US AS A GOVERNMENT TO GO IN AND SAY SHOW ME YOUR BUILDING AND INSPECT IT, WHAT GIVES US THE GROUNDS TO SAY LET US IN? BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN EMPTY FOR 46 YEARS?

COUN. BACA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR, YEAH. THAT'S ACTUALLY THE POINT. LINDY'S, ALTHOUGH IT WAS BOWING IT WASN'T BOWING RIDICULOUSLY UNTIL THE LAST MONTH. EVEN THEN WE SENT FOLKS AND LOOKED AT IT. WE HAD FOLKS CALL DOWN TO DIRECTOR TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING ABOUT IT. THEY SAID THEY'RE DEALING WITH IT. IT DID TAKE NEIGHBORS COMING AND THE NEWS SHOWING UP FOR A BUILDING THAT WAS OBVIOUS. NOW THINK ABOUT THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE NOT OBVIOUS. YOU'RE A PROPERTY OWNER, I'M A PROPERTY OWNER. ANY BUILDING THAT HASN'T BEEN MAINTAINED FOR 46 YEARS HAS DAMAGE. LET'S BE FLAGRANT ABOUT THAT. NOW, WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE? I DON'T KNOW. IT'S CONNECTED TO TWO OTHER BUILDINGS.

COUN. CHAMPINE: COUNCILOR, WE'RE GOING TO ASSUME IF IT'S EMPTY THEY'RE NOT DOING THE MAINTENANCE? COUN. BACA: YES. COUN. CHAMPINE: OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MADAM PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO DEFER.

COUN. PEÑA: YES. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. I HAD FORGOTTEN TO ASK COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. I WAS AWARE OF THAT. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE QUESTION BEFORE WE DEFER. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR FOR DEFERRAL OF O-30. I THINK COUNCILOR TELLES MADE THE SECOND FOR DEFERRAL. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. OKAY. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN MADE THE MOTION FOR DDEFERRAL. THIS WILL BE TO THE JUNE 1st MEETING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU PUT YOUR HANDS UP. I'M COUNTING TO TEN INSTEAD OF NINE. STAFF REALLY NEEDS A LOT OF HELP. OKAY. NOW, WE'RE ON THE BILL OF THE EVENING.

I WANT TOLET YOU KNOW ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES IN THE INTENT OF MAKING SURE THE OLD BUILDINGS ARE IN DECENT SHAPE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE COUNCILORS AND CITY COUNCIL ON SOMETHING THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU THAT IS ACCEPTABLE WITHIN A COUPLE WEEKS. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. SO IS THE COUNCILOR. WORKING TOGETHER IS ALWAYS THE ROUTE TO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW, WE ARE ON R-17. COUNCILOR GROUT, BY REQUEST.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. R-17 IS APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATING GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. JULY 1st, 2026 AND ENDING JUNE 2027. ADJUSTING FISCAL APPROPRIATIONS AND APPROPRIATING CAPITAL FUNDS. I MOVE DO PASS. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT CHAMPINE FOR DO PASS OF R-17. COUNCILOR GROUT TO OPEN.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. BEFORE WE START DEBATE AND AMENDMENTS, I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND OUR COUNCIL STAFF. THIS WAS A CHALLENGING BUDGET. WE FOUND TWO MAJOR ERRORS. THE STATE CLEARLY TOLD US IN DECEMBER THAT THEIR GRANT FUNDING FOR GATEWAY WAS CONTINGENT ON ADMINISTRATION SUBMITTING PLAN FOR OPERATIONS. THE OPERATION DIDN'T -- THE ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T DO THAT. IT WILL COST $16 MILLION EVERY YEAR TO RUN THAT FACILITY. AFTER THEY REALIZED THEIR MISTAKE, THE ADMIN ASKED FOR $6 MILLION AND SAID THEY WOULD COME BACK AT THE MID-YEAR CLEANUP FOR THE REST. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A REAL PLAN. IT WILL SATISFY THE STATE REQUIREMENT IS STILL AN OPEN QUESTION. PERHAPS MORE CONCERNING IS THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET DID NOT CARRY OVER AN $11.8 MILLION FUND BALANCE FROM 2026 -- FISCAL YEAR 26 TO THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BALANCE SHEET. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT ACCOUNTING METHOD HAS BEEN USED. WE ASSUMED IT WAS A MISTAKE. THE ADMINISTRATION IS MAINTAINING THE PROJECTED BALANCE SHOULD NOT CARRY OVER BECAUSE IT'S JUST A PROJECTION THAT HASN'T BEEN REALIZED. HOWEVER, IF THEY STICK TO THEIR BUDGET, AS THEY HAVE SAID PUBLICLY THEY WILL, THE FUND BALANCE WILL BE REALIZED. THE COMMITTEE SUB BEFORE YOU ASSUMES THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL CLOSE FISCAL YEAR 26 AT BUDGET. AS PROMISED. AND REQUIRED BY LAW. IT TAKES $11.8 MILLION PROJECTED FUND BALANCE AND IMPLEMENTED THE STATED PRIORITY OF EVERY COUNCILOR TO BRING OUR LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEES TO THE 25th

PERCENTILE ACCORD TO THE EVERGREEN CLASS STUDY DONE THREE YEARS AGO. WE ALSO HEARD AND IMPLEMENTED FEEDBACK FROM THE CITIZENS WHO CAME AND SPOKE. LIBRARIES INCREASED BY 50,000 CL AND MOVED I.T. INTO RECURRING. OPEN SPACE RESTORED $669,000. ANIMAL WELFARE INCREASED BY $580,000 TO RESTORE THE ANIMAL CARE POSITIONS THE MAYOR CUT. BIO PARK, INCREASED BUDGET BY $83,000 AND MOVED FOOD AND MEDICINE TO RECURRING. IN PARKS MANAGEMENT WE INCREASED BY $906,000. AND TRANSIT, WE INCREASED BY $680,000 FOR DRIVERS AND MECHANICS. WITH THAT SAID, THIS IS A WORKING DOCUMENT. WE'LL NEVER BE PERFECT. PUT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE IT MORE EXCELLENT. WE CAN KEEP WORKING. CITY COUNCILORS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH CARRYING THE PROJECTED FUND BALANCE, LET'S AMEND IT BACK. TO DO THAT WILL TAKE 1.8% FROM EACH DEPARTMENT. I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. WE DO HAVE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS THAT I THINK WILL BE GOOD. WE HAVE -- AGAIN, WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE CURRENTLY. MADAM PRESIDENT.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GROUT. THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND. IN YOUR PACKET, THERE'S A MANAGEMENT A, FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. COUNCILOR ROGERS.

COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE IS ON PAGE 8, AFTER LINE FOUR, INSERT THE FOLLOWING. GUARANTEED -- FOR $586,000. PAGE NINE, INSERT PROJECT NAME HOUSING VOUCHER FUND FOR $586,000. THIS AMENDMENT -- DESIGNATED MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE BASIC INCOME COHORT WHICH IS ALREADY BEGUN. WE FOUND OUT WE DIDN'T FUND THE COHORT FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF TIME WHICH MEANS WE WOULD HAVE TO STOP THOSE PAYMENTS TO FAMILIES THAT ARE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE THEM FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THIS ALSO CREATES A TRANSFER TO EN LACE FOR HOUSING VOUCHERS. THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM I FOUND MISSING FROM THE COMPLETELY MISSING FROM OUR BUDGET. TAKING AWAY HOUSING VOUCHERS FOR FOLKS FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS. SO, NOT TO BELABOR THE WORK WE'VE DONE. EQUITY INVESTMENT, BECAUSE WE HAVE RECOVERY HOUSING, HOUSING STABILIZATION, RE-ENTRY FROM TRAUMA WRITTEN INTO ORDINANCE. THANK YOU BUDGET TEAM FOR HELPING WITH THIS TODAY. THAT WILL BE THE CLEANEST WAY TO FIX IT IN THE BUDGET. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. SECOND BY COUNCILOR TELLES. SHE REALLY WANTED TO BE THE SECOND ON THAT ONE. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCILORS? COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FUND 202, IS THAT THE MARIJUANA BILL? COUN. ROGERS: YES. CORRECT. COUN. CHAMPINE: MADAM PRESIDENT, JUST ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION. THE GUARANTEED INCOME, THAT PROGRAM STARTED HOW MANY MONTHS AGO?

COUN. ROGERS: IT JUST FINISHED THE FIRST YEAR, WE PASSED IT FOR THREE TOTAL. WE FUNDED IT CORRECTLY. BUT THE ADMINISTRATION MADE THE DECISION TO SPLIT THE APPROPRIATION BETWEEN HHH EVENLY AND THE COHORT. WHICH LEFT SOME GAPS. INSTEAD OF FUNDING THE COHORT AND GIVING HHH WHATEVER IS REMAINING, THAT WASN'T HOW THE MONEY WAS SPLIT. NOW WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A GAP. COUN. CHAMPINE: MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN I ASK WHY WE DIDN'T DO IT THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN?

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, WE -- I'M ASKING DYLAN, OUR DIRECTOR, TO COME UP HERE. I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE OUR INTENT WAS TO FULLY FUND IT. LAST YEAR, WE SPLIT THE AMOUNT IN HALF AND GAVE HALF TO TRIPLE-H AND HALF TO OEI. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING AGAIN THIS YEAR. HELLO, COUNCILORS. COUNCILOR PEÑA. MAY I SPEAK? COUN. PEÑA: YES.

THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, AS FAR AS THE RESOLUTION FROM LAST YEAR THAT WAS ONE-YEAR OF GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME PILOT PROGRAM. WE UNDERSTOOD WE'LL HAVE TO COME PACK TO CITY COUNCIL TO REQUEST APPROPRIATION FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS OF THE MULTI-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM. RIGHT NOW, WE COMPLETED THE FIRST COHORT WHICH IS -- NOW WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SECOND, WHICH IS OPPORTUNITY YOUTH. THE FUNDING FOR IT IS BEING EXPENSED. WE'RE WANTING TO CONTINUE THAT THROUGH THIS CURRENT BUDGET.

COUN. CHAMPINE: MADAM PRESIDENT, AM I UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY? WE PASSED A BILL THAT SAID WE'RE GOT GIVE X-AMOUNT OF DOLLARS FOR A THREE-YEAR PROGRAM. CORRECT? WE SAID THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY IS GOING TO THIS THREE-YEAR PROGRAM. AND IT WAS SPREAD AND MOVED INTO A DIFFERENT ONE AND YOUR UNDERSTANDING IS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK AFTER YEAR ONE TO ASK MORE MONEY EVEN THOUGH WE GAVE IT ALL THE MONEY?

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION. THE PLAN IS TO FUND -- CONTINUE TO FUND COHORT ONE WITH THE MONEYS THAT ARE THERE AND ALSO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT COHORTS TWO, MOVING FORWARD. PERSPECTIVELY. THAT IS THE PLAN WITH THE CURRENT AMOUNT THAT WAS PUT INTO THE BUDGET. BECAUSE THE FULL AMOUNT WAS NOT EXPENDED LAST YEAR FOR COHORT ONE. THE INTENT IS TO CONTINUE TO FUND COHORT ONE AND ALSO BE ABLE TO FUND COHORT TWO WITH WHAT WAS PUT IN THE BUDGET.

COUN. CHAMPINE: WHEN WE PASSED THAT IN THE ORIGINAL DEAL, AND THAT MONEY WAS GIVEN FOR A THREE-YEAR PROGRAM, IS THAT CORRECT? MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. COUN. CHAMPINE: YES, WE GAVE X-AMOUNT OF DOLLARS. LET'S SAY $10 MILLION -- THE NUMBER DOESN'T MATTER. THE MATTER IS WE FUNDED A PROGRAM FOR THREE YEARS. MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, YES. COUN. CHAMPINE: ONE YEAR LATER, WE'RE BACK ASKING FOR MORE MONEY BECAUSE THERE'S NO MORE MONEY?

NO, MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, IT'S AN APPROPRIATION THAT CONTINUES. LAST YEAR, YES, IT'S A THREE-YEAR PROGRAM. LAST YEAR WAS FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF IT. AND THEN, WE'RE CONTINUING IT INTO THE SECOND YEAR AND ADDING A SECOND COHORT TO IT. COUN. CHAMPINE: OKAY. MADAM PRESIDENT, MY FINAL QUESTION IS FOR THE SPONSOR.

COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, FOR ASKING ME MR. VICE PRESIDENT. THIS IS SOME OF THE WORK I DID WITH EQUITY AND INCLUSION. WE'RE REALLY WATCHING THIS CLOSELY. IT WASN'T EXPRESSLY WRITTEN HOW THE APPROPRIATION EXACTLY HOW THEY WERE TO SPLIT IT UP. WE DIDN'T MAKE IT SPECIFIC. WE JUST APPROPRIATED $4 MILLION FOR THE TWO PROGRAMS. MY EXPECT AZ WAS SHORE UP THE FUNDING FOR THE THREE YEARS FOR THE FAMILIES RIGHT AWAY INSTEAD OF STARTING COHORT TWO AND THREE. THEY SPLIT THE MONEY HALF TO HHH AND HALF TO OEI. MY EXPECTATION WAS WE SHORE UP THE PROGRAM FOR THREE YEARS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO FUND THESE FAMILIES. THE TRUTH IS THEY STOPPED RECEIVING FUNDING AS OF MARCH 2026. WE HAD TO FIX THAT BECAUSE I WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THE MAYOR TO FIX BECAUSE WE STOPPED PAYING THE FAMILY. WE CANNOT PROMISE PEOPLE SOMETHING. I UNDERSTAND -- THIS IS NOT DYLAN'S DECISION. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE HIM GET THE HEAT FOR THIS BECAUSE HE JUST GOT THE AMOUNT FROM HIS ADMINISTRATION. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS FOR US TO SHORE UP COHORT ONE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK FOR MORE FUNDING. BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY PROMISED THIS TO THE FAMILY.

COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR LEWIS AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

COUN. LEWIS: JUST TO GO BACK TO SOME BASICS. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW OR I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT VERY WELL. MAYBE IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR THIS TOO. MAYBE FOR THE SPONSOR, OR FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT A COHORT IS? AND THEN, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COHORT ONE AND TWO. AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE CREATING ANOTHER PROGRAM HERE WITHIN THE MONEY THAT'S DESIGNATED. BECAUSE THERE'S A TRANSFER OF MONEY TO DIFFERENT FUNDS. AND THE OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE WE CREATED PROGRAMS BASED ON A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF POT MONEY THAT'S GOING TO BE TAXED. IS THAT POT MONEY TAX GOING UP OR GOING DOWN? OR IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO FUND HE'S PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN BY CREATED BY THE CITY ENTIRELY OFF THE REVENUE OF POT MONEY?

COUN. ROGERS: THAT'S GREAT QUESTION. THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I PUSHED FOR HAVING CANNABIS REV FEW ON GRT PAUSE WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE FUNDS. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, WE DON'T WANT TO RUN OUT OF FUNDS ON THAT. THE TRUTH IS WE DO HAVE SOME REVENUE IN FUND 202. WE'RE NOT IN THAT SITUATION NOW. I THINK THAT'S WHY I -- AS A PROPONENT OF GUARANTEED INCOME, I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GOING TO START TWO AND THREE COHORTS. THIS IS A PILOT. A COHORT IS THE FIRST GROUP OF FAMILIES THAT RECEIVE THE FUNDING. WE'RE ALSO RESEARCHING THIS. THAT'S THE FIRST COHORT. THEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND DEPARTMENT STARTED COHORT TWO OUT OF THE SAME FUNDING INTENDED FOR COHORT ONE. THAT'S MY ISSUE. WE WANT TO DO THIS. AGAIN, WE WANT TO STICK TO THE ONE COHORT WE HAVE BEFORE WE STARTED MORE, TAKING FUNDING AWAY FROM COHORT ONE. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS IT.

COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR LEWIS AND WE'LL GO TO MS. MARTINEZ. COUN. LEWIS: MADAM PRESIDENT, WE CREATED A PROGRAM FOR COHORT ONE. I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE IS THERE ENOUGH DRUG MONEY -- YOU KNOW, FOR COHORT ONE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT HANDING OUT CASH TO THIS COHORT? IS THERE GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR WHAT WE PROMISED TO THEM?

MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I MAY? COUNCILOR LEWIS, THIS GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME PILOT PROGRAM IS GOING THROUGH THE PHASE APPROACH. FOR YEAR ONE, WE HAVE THREE COHORTS. WE NEED THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE THIRD GRADERS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND COHORT TWO IS OPPORTUNITY YOUTH. AND COHORT THREE WILL BE JOB TRAINING ASSISTANCE. SO, RIGHT NOW, WE COMPLETED COHORT ONE. THE FIRST YEAR. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF COHORT TWO. FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH. WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE RESOLUTION THAT CAME THROUGH, THAT WAS BY OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS THE FIRST IMPLEMENTATION OF YEAR ONE.

COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR LEWIS. COUN. LEWIS: MADAM PRESIDENT. WE MADE THIS COMMITMENT TO COHORT ONE BASED ON HALF THE DRUG MONEY GOING TO HHH AND HALF OF IT GOING TO COHORT ONE. BASED ON PROJECTIONS OF MONEY COMING IN, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FULFILL THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE TO THE FAMILIES THAT WERE GIVEN FREE MONEY TO -- WITH THIS DRUG MONEY?

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR LEWIS, YES. I MEAN, I STOOD UP HERE WITH DIRECTOR LARA AT THAT TIME AND WHICH SHE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL WAS TO START COHORT ONE WHICH WAS TO FUND FAMILIES IN TWO AREAS OF THE CITY THAT WERE THIRD GRADE FAMILIES. AND THEN, THE PLAN WAS TO CONTINUE THOSE FAMILIES FOR THREE YEARS. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THEN THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT COHORT TWO WHICH IS HELPING THE YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES. BASICALLY, YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE DISCONNECTED. I KNOW THERE'S A THIRD COHORT. YES, I WILL GET BACK WITH THE TEAM -- BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE INTENTION IS TO USE THE FUNDING FOR THE FIRST COHORT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT THE MARCH. I THINK THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO FUND THOSE FAMILIES AND THE INTENTION IS TO CONTINUE TO FUND THOSE FAMILIES. AND MOVE FORTH. I'LL CHECK WITH THE DEPARTMENT BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'S ENOUGH FUNDING TO CONTINUE THOSE FAMILIES BECAUSE WE DID HAVE SOME FAMILIES DROP OFF THROUGH ATTRITION. AND THEN, FUND THOSE YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES.

COUN. PEÑA: ARE YOU DONE, COUNCILOR LEWIS? OKAY. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS BEFORE I GO BACK TO COUNCILOR ROGERS. ARE YOU TELLING US THAT THIS AMENDMENT ISN'T NEEDED? I'M GOING TO SAY OUT OF DUE RESPECT FOR COUNCILOR ROGERS, IT'S SOMETIMES CONFUSING TO HEAR ON THE DAIS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GET INVOLVED IN PROGRAMMING BUT I HEAR EXPERIENCE ABOUT PROGRAMMING AND HOW THINGS SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T BE WORKING. I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND CFO. YOU'RE SAYING THE MONEY WE HAVE CURRENTLY FOR -- THAT WAS MY BILL. THE MONEY WE HAVE FOR THE GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME IS SUFFICIENT AND AS A RESULT OF PEOPLE NOT COMING BACK OR COMPLETING IT, YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE ADDITIONAL COHORT?

MADAM PRESIDENT, WHEN I STOOD UP HERE, THAT WAS MY INTENTION. WHEN I SPOKE TO ALL OF YOU. THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I DON'T OVERSEE THE OFFICE ANYMORE. THAT TRANSITIONED IN EARLY YEAR. THAT'S WHERE I'M SAYING I'M HAPPY TO GET MORE CLARITY ON THIS ISSUE. BECAUSE THAT WAS THE INTENTION OF THE PROGRAMMING. THERE WAS ENOUGH FUNDING. AND IF YOU LOOK AT LAST YEAR, THEY DIDN'T ONLY USE APPROPRIATION FOR COHORT ONE.

COUN. PEÑA: I'M HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I'M ASKING THE QUESTION. THE DEPARTMENT SEEMS TO TO HAVE A DIFFERENT FEEL. I WONDER IF WE TABLE THIS UNTIL THE END AND FIND OUT WHETHER THIS MONEY IS NEEDED OR NOT NEEDED. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE DIRECTOR IS. WAS THIS MONEY NEEDED OR NOT NEEDED? BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM ADMIN AND COUNCILOR ROGERS. MADAM PRESIDENT, IT IS NEEDED. AND IT WILL ALLOW CONTINUITY FOR THE FOLLOWING COHORT.

COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR ROGERS, CAN WE TABLE THIS UNTIL THE END? JUST TO HAVE CONFIRMATION. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR ANY OTHER COMMENTS. I'D LIKE TO TABLE IT UNTIL THE END SO WE CAN WORK WITH.

COUN. ROGERS: I THINK THE ISSUE IS CLEAR. DIRECTOR SAYS THEY NEED THE MONEY. THE CFO SAID SHE'S NOT OPEN OVER THIS DEPARTMENT AND DOESN'T REALLY KNOW. I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR BECAUSE I MEET WITH OEI ABOUT THIS TO GET UPDATES ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. IT MEANS A LOT TO ME IN MY DISTRICT. HERE'S THE QUESTION I ASKED. QUESTION, WHEN IS THE FUNDING ENDING FOR THE WOODIER PILOT AND CARLOS REY PILOT? THIS BODY ONLY APPROVED COHORT ONE. THE ADMINISTRATION AND DEPARTMENT MADE THE DECISION TO USE THE MONEY WE APPROPRIATED FOR COHORT ONE TO START TWO OTHER COHORTS. NOT THAT I'M AGAINST THEM. I'M ALL ABOUT IT. HERE'S THE ANSWER I RECEIVED ON APRIL 29th FROM DEPUTY DIRECTOR COOPER. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. YEAR ONE COHORT ENDED ON MARCH 25th. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING DUE TO ATTRITION AT APS SCHOOLS THAT IS PRESENTLY COVERING YEAR TWO COHORT. WE DO FOUGHT HAVE FUNDING FOR THE THIRD YEAR. THIS IS A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. THIS WILL FUND THE PROGRAM FOR THE ENTIRE THREE YEARS. WHICH IS WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE HAPPENS BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY PROMISED THESE FAMILIES THE MONEY. I DON'T NEED ANY MORE CLARIFICATION. I'VE DONE MY HOMEWORK. I ASKED YOUR DARPT DEPARTMENT. I ASK THE COUNCILAL TO TAKE A VOTE. I TRUST THE WORK I'VE DONE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

COUN. PEÑA: I -- WE HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE STANDING HERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHIME IN QUICKLY? I'M ACTUALLY ASKING AS A COURTESY. I WANT TO SPORT -- SUPPORT THIS. I'M ASKING COUNCILOR ROGERS TO TABLE THIS UNTIL THE END TO GET THIS WORKED OUT. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET WE'RE GETTING A LINE IF THE SAND. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOLUTIONS SO WE CAN MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD.

COUNCILOR PEÑA, COUNCILOR ROGERS, WE WITH -- WE HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE WAY THE AMENDMENT IS WRITTEN. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S APPROPRIATING ONE MILLION DOLLARS THAT THE FUND DOESN'T HAVE. ACCORDING TO -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THIS ON THE OVERHEAD. WE'RE SHOWING A $55,000 FUND BALANCE. WE'VE APPROPRIATED $2.25 MILLION. OUR CONCERN IS THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IS IT'S APPROPRIATING THE MONEY NOT AVAILABLE.

COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU. I WILL BE WILLING TO TAKE THE TABLING SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT THIS WITH OUR TEAM. I'M HAPPY TO TABLE. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF THE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILOR BASSAN AND COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN CAN WAIT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCILOR ROGERS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. THIS ITEM IS TABLED. WE'RE ON ITEM D, FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. COUNCILOR BACA.

COUN. BACA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. PAGE FOUR, LINE 14 TITLED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY $24,000. THIS IS FOR THE BARELAS MAIN STREET. WE CAUGHT IT AT THE LAST MEETING THAT THEY HAD BEEN AT $80,000 AND REDUCED TO $56,000. THE CITY HAS AN AGREEMENT THEY NEED TO BE FUNDED AT $80,000. WE'RE CORRECTING THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE. $24,000 IS NOT MUCH FOR US. BUT FOR THESE FOLKS, IT'S PROBABLY QUITE A BIT.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND SECOND FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR BACA TO CLOSE. COUN. BACA: I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. COUN. PEÑA: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES. NOW, WE'RE ON PACKET C, FLOOR AMENDMENT THREE. COUNCILOR GROUT.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FLOOR AMENDMENT THREE, ON PAGE FOUR, LINE 12, ENTITLED COUNCIL SERVICES, REDUCE THE AMOUNT BY 50K AND TRANSFER -- ON PAGE FOUR, AFTER LINE 12, INSERT THE FOLLOWING. CAPITAL ACQUISITION FUND 305. ON PAGE 13, AFTER LINE 50, INSERT THE FOLLOWING, URBAN FORESTRY AND URBAN TREE ANCOPY GRANT. THE EXPLANATION IS REALLOCATING $200,000 TO URBAN TREE CANOPY GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY R-22-82 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING CITY'S NEIGHBORWOODS PROJECT AND RELATED URBAN TREE PLANTING. IT TRANSFERS 150 FROM EXISTING CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS ASSOCIATE WOULD THE FORESTRY FUND AND TRANSFERS AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 FOR NON-RECURRING APPROPRIATION FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM. PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT TO CONSOLIDATE AND PRIORITIZE THE AVAILABLE FUNDING TOWARDS DIRECT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE URBAN TREE CANOPY GRANT PROGRAM AND NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM RELATED ACTIVITIES IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COUNCIL'S ADOPTED DIRECTION. SUPPORTING EXPANSION OF THE ALBUQUERQUE URBAN FOREST AND NEIGHBORHOOD TREE CANOPY INITIATIVE.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. COUN. PEÑA: MOTION, AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILORS, ADMIN? COUNCILOR GROUT TO CLOSE.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. THIS WAS COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN AND I -- WE LOVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM. WE THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. WE KNOW OUR CONSTITUENTS DO AS WELL. ONE OF COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN'S REQUEST WAS THAT WE FUND IT MORE FULLY SO THAT EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, EACH YEAR, WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ONE TREE PLANTING. WHAT WE FOUND IS WITHIN OUR BUDGET THAT WE NEEDED TO DO IT EVERY OTHER YEAR. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE NOW ON -- MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN I SEE ALL THE HANDS THAT VOTED FOR IT? COUN. PEÑA: IN YOUR PACKET LABELED D IS FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. THIS IS COUNCILOR GROUT, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, COUNCILOR BACA. COUN. GROUT: COUNCILOR BACA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THIS ONE?

COUN. BACA: SURE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. PAGE SEVEN, LINE TEN ENTITLED NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING, DECREASE BY $100,000. LEGAL SERVICES DECREASE BY $200,000. THIS IS HALF OF THE PROPOSED AMOUNT. AND THE AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE FOR THE REMAINING $100,000. THIS IS A DIVERSION PROGRAM THAT'S GETTING QUITE A BIT OF NOTICE. WE WANT TO HELP OUR UNHOUSED FOLKS. IF SOMEONE GETS PICKED UP AND ARRESTED, RATHER THAN GOING TO JAIL, THE DIVERSION PROGRAM GETS THEM INTO HOUSING OR SUPPORT PROGRAM. I THINK THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PROGRAM.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILORS? COUNCILOR BASSAN.

COUN. BASSAN: MADAM PRESIDENT. I DON'T SUPPORT THE DIVERSION PROGRAM IN LEGAL SERVICES PER OUR CONVERSATION AT THE LAST MEETING. I WANT TO ASK FROM APD IF THEY CAN COME UP AND EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING. I KNOW THIS IS ONLY $100,000. BUT THERE ARE A FEW AMENDMENTS TONIGHT THAT TO ME IF WE END UP APPROVING ALL OF THEM WOULD GUT THIS PART OF APD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IF WE CHOOSE TO DO THAT.

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN, IF WE'RE SPEAKING DIRECTLY ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING, THAT FUND GOES DIRECTLY TOWARD OUR AMMUNITION SUPPLY AND SUBSTATION AND MAINTENANCE THERE. THAT INCLUDES CLEANING. STAFFING BOTH PATROLS AND SUBSTATIONS. IT INCLUDES SPECIALIZED UNITS. WHETHER THAT'S HORSE MOUNTED, CANINE, BIKE OFFICERS. SUPPLIESES AT THE SUBSTATION, AND THE CADETS AND SUPPLIES AND UNIFORMS FOR THEM AS WELL. IF WE LOOK AT CUTTING THE BUDGET FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING, WE WOULD SEE POTENTIALLY A LOSS IN STAFFING. WE HAVE ALREADY DONE CERTAIN THINGS TO ADDRESS THAT BUDGET. MEANING WE HAVE CUT TRAINING AND TRAVEL FOR OUR SWORN POLICE OFFICERS. WE CUT THE CLEANING SERVICES TO OUR FACILITIES. WE HAVE CUT OVERTIME. WE HAVE AN AUDIT ON SUPPLIES. WE NO LONGER HAVE PRINTERS INSIDE OF OFFICES. WE HAVE ONE PRINTER IN EACH SUBSTATION WE'RE UTILIZING. AND WE WOULD HAVE TO REVERT SOME OF OUR CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. COUN. PEÑA: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSE, NO. THAT'S 3-6. 6-3. SORRY.

COUN. GROUT: MADAM PRESIDENT, FLOOR AMENDMENT FIVE. ON PAGE FOUR LINE 14 ENTITLED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY $150,000. THIS AMENDMENT INCREASES THE MARKETING RETENTION AND EXPANSION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NON-RECURRING ITEM BY 150 FROM AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE FOR TOTAL OF $200,000. COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE. COUNCILOR GROUT TO OPEN.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS ONE IS -- SPECIFICALLY HAS TO DO WITH AREA. WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH AREA. ALBUQUERQUE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE. IT IS A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT. IT SAYS $200,000. THEY ONLY APPROPRIATED $50,000 FOR THEM. THIS MAKES THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM FULL. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE ON F IN THE PACKET. FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. ON PAGE FIVE, LINE TEN, ENTITLED STREET SERVICES FUND 110, INCREASE AMOUNT BY $2.4 MILLION. PAGE FIVE, LINE TALITY TEN, INCREASE BY $50,000. ON PAGE TEN, LINE NINE, ENTITLED GENERAL FUND, DECREASE AMOUNT BY 11 -- $2.4 MILLION. THIS AMENDMENT DECREASES THE TRANSFER FROM AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT FUND 289 TO THE GENERAL FUND AND INCREASES MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT BY $2.4 MILLION. FOR THE STREET LIGHTING CONTRACT. AND OPERATING -- OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AND ALSO INCREASES NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING BY 50K FOR APD DRAG RACING TACTICAL PLAN NON-RECURRING ITEM USING AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. COUNCILOR GROUT TO OPEN.

COUN. GROUT: LET'S SEE. LET ME FIND MY NOTES FOR THIS ONE. I'M CALLING THIS THE VISION ZERO AMENDMENT. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE COMMITTEE SUB LEFT THE MAYOR'S BUDGET -- THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE LET THE MAYOR'S BUDGET FOR VISION ZERO INTACT. IN THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE, WE TOOK PART OF THE PROJECTED FUND BALANCE AND APPROPRIATED IT FOR CROSSING GUARDS, STREET LIGHTING, AND DRAG RACING ENFORCEMENT. ALL OF WHICH ARE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE THIS AMENDMENT. AND IT DOES KEEP THE $1.2 MILLION FOR CROSSING GUARDS. AND IT MOVES THE STREET LIGHTING INTO THE GENERAL FUND FOR DMD. AND IT MOVES THE PRIORITIES FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECTS. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT ONE. FOR THIS VISION ZERO. IT IS IMPORTANT. WE UNDERSTAND. AND THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD PUT IN THERE ARE ALSO FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. BUT, LISTENING TO OUR PUBLIC, WE UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL. SO, WITH THAT, I MOVE DO PASS.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DO PASS OF FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. COUN. GROUT: MADAM PRESIDENT. BUDGET STAFF. COUN. PEÑA: MR. MOTSCO.

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, WHEN WE MOVE THIS ONE BACK THE STAFF AND I -- WITH YOUR DISCUSSION ON SATURDAY, WE MADE A LITTLE ERROR. WE ACTUALLY DON'T NEED LINES ONE AND TWO. LINE THREE WOULD SUFFICE TO MOVE IT BACK OUT OF 289 INTO 110. WE DON'T WANT TO DOUBLE TAKE FROM THE OTHER TWO FUNDS. COUN. GROUT: OKAY. WE MEAD -- NEED TO TAKE OUT LINE THREE. HOW SHOULD IT BE WRITTEN?

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, I'M ASKING YOU TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO AMEND A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WAS ON THE DAIS AT 5 O'CLOCK. WE WOULD NEED TWO-THIRDS OF THE BODY'S VOTE. WE WOULD AMEND THIS AMENDMENT TO TAKE THIS AND STRIKE LINES ONE AND TWO AND LEAVE LINE THREE. COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. I HAVE COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN TO SPEAK. I'M GOING TO GO TO THE DIRECTOR.

MADAM PRESIDENT, YOU'RE AMENDING AN AMENDMENT. YOU CAN DO THAT. WE DO HAVE THE COMPUTER SET UP. IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT. YOU CAN AMEND AN AMENDMENT UP TO TWO TIMES. AFTER THAT, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO AFTER ROBERT'S RULES. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. COUN. FIEBELKORN: MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO AMEND FLOOR AMENDMENT SIX BY DELEING LINES ONE AND TWO LEAVING NUMBER THREE ALONE.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S AN AMENDMENT TO AMEND AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR TELLES. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. COUN. CHAMPINE: JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. I THOUGHT I WAS FOLLOWING ALONG. IF WE GET RID OF ONE AND TWO LEAVE THE DECREASED AMOUNT, DO WE NEED DIRECTION OF WHERE WE'RE PUTTING IT? DID I BLANK OUT ON THAT?

COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, THE MONEY -- THE APPROPRIATION IS ALREADY IN STREET SERVICES AND NEIGHBORING POLICING. ALL WE NEED TO DO IS TO DECREASE THE GENERAL FUND MONEY FOR THOSE AMOUNTS. COUN. CHAMPINE: MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS -- BASED ON THE LAST AMENDMENT THAT FAILED OF TALKING AWAY $100,000, WE'RE NOW ADDING $50,000 TO NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING? BUT IT'S DIRECTED TOWARD DRAG RACING, CORRECT?

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, WE'RE NOT -- WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE $50,000. IT'S ALREADY IN THERE. COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU. COUN. PEÑA: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SOME SEEING NONE. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN TO CLOSE. COUN. FIEBELKORN: URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND TO AMEND FLOOR AMENDMENT SIX BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. SECONDED BY COUNCILOR TELLES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. 8-0. NOW, WE'RE BACK ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST REAL QUICKLY. I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR GROUT FOR HER WORK ON THIS. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AROUND VISION ZERO. AROUND THE BUDGET PROPOSAL WE HEARD LAST WEEK, EVERYTHING THAT WAS COMING OUT OF THE VISION ZERO FUND WAS IN FACT VULNERABLE ROAD USER SAFETY. WE JUST HAD DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON WHETHER VISION ZERO SHOULD BE NEW PROJECTS ONLY OR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR GROUT FOR BEING OPEN TO REFUND -- GOING BACK AND ADDING BACK INTO VISION ZERO MOSTLY NEW PROJECTS. I THINK THAT WAS JUST A VERY KIND THING TO DO FOR ALL THE CONCERNS WE HEARD. THANK YOU.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. WE ARE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX AS AMENDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. THAT'S 9-0. FIRST ONE I GOT RIGHT TONIGHT. WE ARE NOW ON G. FLOOR AMENDMENT SIX. THIS IS COUNCILOR GROUT. SEVEN. I'M SORRY. COUNCILOR GROUT AND COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN, ON PAGE TEN, AFTER LINE NINE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING. THE FOLLOWING APPROPRIATIONS ARE HEREBY MADE TO FUND 289 VISION ZERO PROJECTS PER ATTACHMENT A. THIS AMENDMENT INTRODUCES ATTACHMENT A WHICH CONTAINS A LIST OF PROGRAMS VISION ZERO PROJECTS AND EXPENSES. IT APPROPRIATES THE AMOUNTS WITHIN FUND 289 FOR THE PROJECTS ON ATTACHMENT A. HERE'S ATTACHMENT A. COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILORS? ADMIN? NO ONE. SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR -- COUN. GROUT: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT -- THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AFTER THURSDAY'S MEETING, THE DEPARTMENT EXPRESSED THEY HAD A LIST OF PROJECTS THEY HAD PLANNED. SO, WE ASKED THEM TO SEND THAT PLAN LIST SO WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT. SO, WE'RE PLEASED THAT WE GOT IT IN OUR HANDS. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ALL GET IMPLEMENTED IN THE NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU FOR THE CLOSE. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH WAS ABLED H. COUNCILOR GROUT. COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. COUN. PEÑA: WE ONLY HAVE 82 MORE TO GO.

COUN. GROUT: WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF LETTERS. THIS IS FLOOR AMENDMENT EIGHT. ON PAGE NINE, AFTER LINE 26, INSERT THE FOLLOWING NEW SECTION. THE DETERMINATION OF THE TOTAL HOUSING VOUCHER FUNDING IS BASED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S AVAILABLE ROLLING BALANCES AND HISTORICAL EXPENDITURE PATTERNS. IN THE EVENT ADDITIONAL HOUSING VOUCHER FUNDING IS DETERMINED NECESSARY DURING FISCAL YEAR 2027, AVAILABLE MID-YEAR FUNDING SHALL BE PRIORITIZED FOR CONSIDERATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR HOUSING VOUCH ER ASSISTANCE. THIS CLARIFIES THE INTENT OF THE REDUCTION OF THE $1.5 MILLION ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOUSING VOUCHER FUNDING WITHIN THE HEALTH HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS DEPARTMENT. THE REDUCTION REFLECTS THE DEPARTMENT'S CURRENT AVAILABILITY OF ROLLING BALANCES AND PRIOR YEAR FUNDING THAT HAS NOT BEEN FULLY EXTENDED WITHIN THE FICKLE YEAR. INDICATING WHILE CONTINUING OPERATIONS. THE AMENDMENT DETERMINES THAT SHOULD AVAILABLE MID-YEAR FUNDING BE REQUIRED, THIS PROJECT WILL BE PRIORITIZED BY THE COUNCIL.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILOR GROUT TO CLOSE.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. THE OTHER NIGHT, AGAIN, THE FUND BALANCE SHOWS THERE ARE A LOT OF HOUSING VOUCHERS AVAILABLE. AND THAT NIGHT WE FOUND OUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING THE DASH BOARD WAS UPDATED. IT WASN'T AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. OR SAID IT WAS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCILOR ROGERS AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. VERY IMPORTANT THIS IS ACCURATE. THAT WE'RE GETTING THE VOUCHERS OUT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. PROVIDER ARE BEING PAID. AND PEOPLE ARE BEING HOUSED. THIS IS A PRIORITY. IN SIX MONTHS, IF WE NEED SOME MORE VOUCHERS, THIS WILL BE A PRIORITY TO GET IT EXPANDED. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE. LABELED I IN YOUR PACKET. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE IS ON PAGE THREE, LINE 17, ENTITLED COMMUNITY EVENTS, DECREASE THE AMOUNT BY $340,000. ON PAGE SIX LINE 26 ENTITLED OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT INCREASING BY $250,000. PAGE SIX LINE 28 ENTITLED RECREATION, DECREASE BY $60,000 ON PAGE SEVEN LINE TEN ENTITLED NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING DECREASE. 71, LINE 27 TRANSFER TO TRANSIT OPERATING FUND, INCREASE BY 250. ON PAGE 11, LINE 24 ENTITLED STRATEGIC SUPPORT INCREASE BY $250,000.

COUN. PEÑA: MOTION AND SECOND FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE. SECOND BY COUNCILOR TELLES. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS AMENDMENT?

COUN. FIEBELKORN: I'D LIKE TO -- THIS AMENDMENT IS REALLY DOING ONE THING. IT'S TAKING THE FUNDS WE HAVE ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET FOR FREEDOM 4th AND ALLOCATING THEM TO TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HIT VERY HARD BY THIS BUDGET. OPEN SPACE, I THINK WE HEARD -- I DON'T THINK HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCREASE IN OPEN SPACE AND THIS WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT THAT TRANSIT HAS TO TRANSFER TO APD TO PAY FOR TRANSIT SECURITY. I JUST THINK THAT IN A BUDGET LIKE THIS IT'S SO TIGHT, WE'RE BARELY MAKING PAYMENTS MEET FOR REALLY IMPORTANT DEPARTMENTS. IT FEELS QUITE GROSS TO BE SPENDING $500,000 ON A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT LASTS FOR ONE DAY. AND REQUIRES $100,000 IN OVERTIME PAYMENT FOR APD ALONE.

COUN. PEÑA: ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. THE DECREASES SHOULD ADD UP AND INCREASES SHOULD ADD UP AND IT SHOULD BE THE SAME NUMBER, CORRECT? CAN SOMEBODY MATH FOR ME REAL QUICK? I'M NOT ADDING THAT PROPERLY.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: MADAM PRESIDENT, IT'S $340,000 FROM COMMUNITY EVENTS, $60,000 FROM RECREATION AND $100,000 FROM COMMUNITY POLICING. AND I'M TALKING HALF OF THAT BACK TO TRANSIT AND 250 TO OPEN SPACE. COUN. CHAMPINE: PLUS DECREASE OF 100 FROM -- COUN. FIEBELKORN: 340 PLUS 60 PLUS 100 IS FIVE HUNDRED. IF YOU DIVIDE BY TWO, THAT'S 250 EACH. COUN. CHAMPINE: JUST MAKING SURE.

COUN. PEÑA: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN TO CLOSE. COUN. FIEBELKORN: I URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR TRANSIT AND FOR OPEN SPACE. COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, NO. WE ARE NOW ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 10. LABELED J IN YOUR PACKET. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TEN. ON PAGE FIVE LINE 18, DECREASE BY $180,000. PAGE 6, LINE 26, OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT, INCREASE BY $180,000. THIS IS A MOVE TO TAKE SOME FUNDS AWAY FROM GATEWAY CENTER THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDED UNDER A GROW GRANT FROM THE STATE THAT I GOT FROM SPEAKER MARTINEZ. WE NEED $180,000 LESS FOR THE GATEWAY CENTER THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE BUDGET. SO MOVING THAT 180 THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE BURJT -- BUDGET TO OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT TO FUND SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FUNDED.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE ADMIN ABOUT THIS. I WOULD ASK DIRECTOR RAMIREZ TO WEIGH IN ON THIS, MADAM PRESIDENT. COUN. PEÑA: ON YOUR WAY UP HERE, IT'S I'M STRUGGLING TO DO ANY DECREASES TO GATEWAY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN COMMITTED TO THIS SINCE ITS INCEPTION.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE GROW FUNDS ARE RELATIVELY NEW. THAT IS WEAVED INTO THE BUDGET. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO ANALYZE WHETHER THAT CUT IS NEUTRAL OR HAVE ANY HUGE IMPACT IN REGARDS TO OUR PROGRAM AS WE JUST LAUNCHED. I UNDERSTAND IT WAS NEW FUNDING THAT CAME FROM THE STATE. I'M NOT AWARE WHETHER IT WOULD HAVE A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE OR NEUTRAL WITHOUT ANALYZING THAT FUNDING BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER IT HAD IT BEFORE.

COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. COUNCILOR GROUT. COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I CAN CONFIRM THAT THESE GROW FUNDS WERE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE YOUTH GATEWAY. WHEN COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN -- WHEN WE ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO OUR LEGISLATORS TO GIVE THESE FUNDS, SHE WAS SO EXCITED WHEN HE CALLED AND SAID THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO GIVE MY MONEY TO. I CAN CONFIRM THAT THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE YOUTH GATEWAY. FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN TO CLOSE.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AGAIN, THESE ARE GROW FUNDS FROM STATE. I DID VERIFY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION THROUGH A -- MANY, MANY, BACK AND FORTH QUESTIONS TO ENSURE THE FUNDS HAD NOT BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE BUDGET. WE DID ALL RECEIVE THAT RESPONSE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. AND THE BACK AND FORTH. THERE'S AN EXTRA $180,000 IN THE GATEWAY YOUNG ADULT, WHICH IS THE FACILITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN 18-25. BECAUSE I DID GET THESE $180,000 FROM THE STATE. ALL I'M DOING IS TAKING THE EXTRA $180,000 THAT IS THERE BECAUSE OF THE GROW FUND AND ALLOCATING IT TO OPEN SPACE BECAUSE WE HEARD THEY ARE VERY SHORT UNDER THE CURRENT BUDGET. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. I THINK WE CLOSED ON THAT, DIRECTOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TEN, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSE, SAME MOTION. 7-2. WE'RE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 11. LABELED K. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 11 IS ON PAGE THREE LINE 17 ENTITLED COMMUNITY EVENTS, DECREASE THE AMOUNT BY $40,000. PAGE SIX LINE 26 ENTITLED OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT, INCREASE BY $40,000. MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS AMENDMENT TAKES AWAY AN AMOUNT BY $40,000 THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE BUDGET FOR THE GATHERING OF NATIONS. AS WE ALL ANY IT'S NO LONGER HAPPENING. THIS YEAR WAS THE LAST ONE. I THINK THIS IS A TECHNICAL ERROR TO BE REMAINING IN THE FLOOR SUB. SINCE WE HAD ANDITIONAL $40,000 I PROPOSE TO MOVE IT TO OPEN SPACE. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY GOING INTO NON-RECURRING OPEN SPACE AND BOSQUE WHICH WE CUT IN THE COMMITTEE SUB. WE WERE TRYING TO GET IT TO THE BARE BONES. THEY ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL. WE HAVE THIS AND I'M DOING IT THAT WAY.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. I DID SAY THERE'S A MOTION, AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR TELLES FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 11. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS. THIS FALLS UNDER COUNCIL SPONSORSHIP SINCE DISTRICT THREE. WE HAD NEVER FUNDED -- I THINK IN THE YEAR I WAS ELECTED IT I STARTED FUNDING IT AT THIS LEVEL. NOW, I LEFT IT IF THE BUDGET JUST SO THAT I CAN CONSULIDATE ALL MY COUNCIL SPONSORSHIPS. I'M ACTUALLY HOPING TO UTILIZE THIS MONEY WITHIN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE SPONSORSHIP. FOR THAT REASON, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FLOOR AMENDMENT 11, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. DID YOU WANT TO SAY THE NUMBER OUT LOUD?

IT FAILS ON A 2-7 VOTE. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. NOW, WE'RE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 12. LABELED M. COUNCILOR BASSAN. COUN. BASSAN: MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M WILLING TO DO THIS. THERE'S AN L IN THE iPAD. COUN. PEÑA: WHO IS THE SPONSOR OF L? I ALWAYS HAVE TO PRINT EVERYTHING. COUN. BASSAN: ON ONE IT WAS L AND IT TURNED TO O. PERHAPS THAT MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM. COUN. PEÑA: LET'S FOLLOW THE PACKET. COUNCILOR BASSAN, FLOOR AMENDMENT M. IT WILL BE FLOOR AMENDMENT 12.

COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE REQUESTED TO BE CO-SPONSOR. MAKE SURE TO ADD HIM. COUN. PEÑA: ADD THAT FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. COUN. BASSAN: POLLING SECTION 8, MRNG. COUN. BASSAN:

COUN. BASSAN: SECTION NINE GENERAL FUND EFFICIENCY REDUCTION TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM FINANCING CAPACITY AND PRESERVE FISCAL STABILITY WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND THE SB ESTABLISHES $3 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND OPERATING EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS. THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT RECURRING REDUCTIONS ACROSS ELIGIBLE GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTAL OPERATING APPROPRIATIONS SUFFICIENT TO ACHIEVE THE INTENT OF THE SECTION AND PROCESS ANY NECESSARY BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THIS RESOLUTION. THE REDUCTIONS AUTHORIZED BY THIS SHALL NOT APPLY TO ALBUQUERQUE FIRE RESCUE SWORN WORSE NEL APPROPRIATIONS, POLICE DEPARTMENT, CITY COUNCIL AND COUNCIL SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS, OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS, OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT APPROPRIATION, OFFICE OF CITY CLERK APPROPRIATIONS, DEBT SERVICE OBLIGATIONS, TRANSFERS REQUIRED BY LAW ORDINANCE SELECTED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING OR EXISTING OBLIGATION. SETTLEMENT OBLIGATIONS. JUDGMENTS OR LEGALLY MANDATED EXPENDITURES AND ANY APPROPRIATION OTHERWISE RESTRICTED PROM FROM IT IS THE INTENT THAT THEY AVOID LAYOFFS OF FILLED TELLTIME EMPLOYEES TO MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE AND -- EFFICIENCIES AND DISCRETIONARY EXPENDITURES, RABBLE ADVERTISING OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND NON-ESSENTIALX PENDITURES BEFORE -- RECURRING SAVINGS GENERATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL ME RESERVED WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND AND SHALL NOT BE REPROGRAMMED EXCEPT BY FUTURE ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR GROSS RECEIPTS TAX REVENUE BOND DEBT SERVICE. CAPITAL FINANCING OBLIGATIONS, OR OTHER LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING PURPOSE. DFAS SHALL PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY PROPOSED RESOLUTION NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS

FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET IDENTIFYING THE REDUCTIONS IMPLEMENTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND THE ESTIMATED RECURRING SAVINGS. AND RENUMBER THE SUCCEED SECTIONS ACCORDINGLY. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. ARE THERE ANY --

COUN. BASSAN: MAY I OPEN? ALMOST AEVEN -- EVERYONE EXPRESSED TO ME THAT THEY WILL SUPPORT BUILDING THE NORTH DOMINGO AQUATIC HAVE. HOWEVER, WE CAN REDUCE THE BUDGET THAT WAS AN OPTION PRESENTED TO ME BY SEVERAL COUNCILORS WHEN I DID AN INCREASE FOR GRT. THROUGH THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT THROUGH COMMENTS BY THE COUNCILORS, YIPE I'M TRYING TO GET AN OPTION TO GET FINAL FUNDING. IF THIS DOES PASS I'LL PROBABLY LITERALLY STAND ON THIS DAIS AND DANCE FOR ALL OF YOU. IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF THIS DOES PASS IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BOND ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES COUNCIL APPROVAL TO SOLIDIFY THE APPROPRIATION FOR FUTURE YEARS AND COUNCILS BECAUSE ONLY AFTER IS THERE A DEBT THAT'S BEEN COMMITTED TO CAN WE MAKE SURE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF FUTURE COUNCIL. I AM TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO FINISH THIS PROJECT THAT'S BEEN DESIRED FOR OVER 20 YEARS BY THE CITY. IT'S NOT JUST A RICH PEOPLE PROJECT. SO, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL AND I'D LIKE TO IF VITE COUNCILOR CHAMPINE TO HELP OPEN IF HE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD.

COUN. CHAMPINE: MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS COUNCIL -- I HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND AS EVERYBODY ELSE. ONE THING I DID NOTICE AND WHAT COUNCILOR BASSAN'S PROPOSAL A COUPLE WEEKS OF RAISING GRT TO GENERATE FUNDS TO COMPLETE SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS BROUGHT UP A VERY VALID POINT. THE CITY SEEMS TO BE CHASING A CARROT. WHETHER IT BE FOR A PARK, OR FOR POLICE CAR VEHICLES OR OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS WITHIN DISTRICT SIX. REPAVING DISTRICT NINE. WE SEEM TO BE CHASING A CARROT. EVERY TIME WE'RE TOLD IT'S GOING TO BE $35 MILLION, YOU GO TO STATE AND FEDERAL AND HERE AND THERE TO FIND MONEY. WHEN YOU COME BACK AND SAY YOU HAVE $35 MILLION, HEY GO GREAT IT'S 47 NOW. NOW YOU GO FIND ANOTHER 12 AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. WE KEEP WASTING TIME AND THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY OF PUTTING STUFF AWAY TO TRY TO IMPROVE NOT ONLY LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, THAT NOTHING EVER GETS DONE. WE'VE GOT TO STOP IT. I PERSONALLY DISAGREED WITH RAISING TAXES. WE FOUND ANOTHER WAY. HE IS TAKING A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY AND GETTING AHEAD OF THE GAME. GET THIS DONE AND OVER WITH. STOP CHASING THE CARROT. BE RESPONSIBLE AND SAY LET'S GET THIS DONE SO WE CAN MOVE TO OTHER PROJECTS AND DISTRICTS THAT NEED INFRASTRUCTURE, LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, PARKS. WHEN SHE PRESENTED THIS, I JUMPED ON IT IMMEDIATELY. I WON'T DANCE ON THE TABLE THOUGH. SOME OF YOUR EYE BROWS WENT UP.

WE NEED TO GET IN THE GAME. I THINK THIS IS A VIABLE WAY OF DOING IT. COUN. LEWIS: MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS. WE'RE ASKING THE DFA -- I GUESS ASKING THEM TO HELP US FIND EFFICIENCIES. HELP US FIND $3 MILLION? COUN. BASSAN: MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR LEWIS, IT'S JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S OUR CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE NOT THE STATE DFA.

COUN. LEWIS: THAT IS -- IN THIS BUDGET, IF WE PASS THIS AMENDMENT, THEY WOULD FIND $3 MILLION MORE AND THAT WOULD BE REOCCURRING. SO IS THERE A SUNSET ON THAT? COUN. BASSAN: COUNCILOR LEWIS, IF THIS PASSES, IN THE BOND ORDINANCE, WHICH IS THE SAME AS WHAT I PROPOSED TO EVERYBODY A MONTH OR SO TO, THERE'S A 20-YEAR SENSET. I CAN'T PUT THAT IN THIS INTO THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE BOND.

COUN. LEWIS: YEAH. MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS A $3 MILLION IN REOCCURRING FUNDS. FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS. BECAUSE IT WOULD BE BONDED OFF OF AND RAISED MONEY FOR THE REST OF THE -- IT WOULD GO TO THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT, CORRECT? COUN. BASSAN: MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR LEWIS, THAT'S CORRECT. JUST TO ADD TO THE BOND THING, I CAN'T APPLY TO A BOND IF I DON'T HAVE A REVENUE SOURCE.

COUN. LEWIS: OKAY. AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, I LIKE IT THE IDEA OF FINDING $3 MILLION, BUT I THINK IF WE CAN FIND $3 MILLION WE CAN FIND $20 MILLION. I ABSOLUTELY KNOW WE CAN FIND $20 MILLION OR $30 MILLION. THAT'S REALLY WHAT I THINK -- WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR, WHEN WE SPEND EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE HAVE AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING. AND WE HAVE TO REALLY RELY ON CAPITAL PROGRAM FOR THOSE DOLLARS. SO, I GUESS THE ONLY REASON WHY I'D BE AGAINST THIS IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. I THINK WE SHOULD FIND $30 MILLION OR MORE AND WE SHOULD BOND THE WHOLE THING FOR 20 YEARS AND DISTRIBUTE THAT BETWEEN ALL NINE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS. AGAIN, I THINK IT'S TAKING A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY OUT OF THE BUDGET YEAR AFTER YEAR DEDICATED TO ONE PROJECT. NOTHING AGAINST THAT PROJECT. I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT WE SHOULD GO FOR ALL OF IT. WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING THAT MAKES A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON EVERY DISTRICT.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LEWIS. COUNCILOR TELLES. COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR COUNCILOR. REGARDING THE POOL, HAS THERE BEEN ANY SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS ABOUT WATER SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE POOL?

COUN. BASSAN: MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR TELLES, WE DECIDED TO -- BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND MYSELF, WE DECIDED NOT TO EVER FEDERALIZE THE PROJECT. THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS. HOWEVER, ENGINEERS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. WE HAVE WORKED WITH AMAFCA FROM THE GET-GO ON EVERYTHING AND PROPER DRAINAGE. AND MAKING SURE WE'RE CONNECTED FROM START TO FINISH. AND MAKING SURE WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN WITH DRAINAGE AND SUSTAINABILITY INSIDE OF THE BUILDING WITH STATE OF THE ART PUMP ROOMS. WHICH ARE INSTALLED. FOR THOSEOFFIA WANT THAT YOU U .

COUN. TELLES: WHO WOULD I ASK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS? ARE YOU ASKING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR? COUN. TELLES: YEAH, OR DMD. WHO CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WATER SUSTAINABILITY? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR TELLES, JENNIFER TURNER, THE DIRECTOR OF DMD.

COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. WE'RE IN THE HIGH DESERT. WE KNOW THAT EVAPORATION IS ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF WATER LOSS. ESPECIALLY HOT, DRY PLACES. ESTIMATES SAY THAT A 500 SQUARE FOOT POOL CAN LOSE ABOUT 12,000 TO 31,000 GALLONS PER YEAR, DEPENDING ON CLIMATE. OUR CLIMATE IS ARID. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IMPACT THIS POOL WILL HAVE HERE WHEN IT COMES TO RUSTING OR SALINIZATION? WE DON'T HAVE WATER. WE'RE NOT PUMPING TO CORRALES. WE DON'T HAVE COLORADO SNOW MELT. WE'RE IN A HUGE WATER CRISIS HERE. AND MY CONCERN IS BUILDING A SWIMMING POOL IS GOING TO HAVE EVEN MORE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE WATER. HAVE WE DONE ANY STUDIES? ANYTHING REGARDING THAT AND THIS PROCESS.

COUNCILOR PEÑA, COUNCILOR TELLES, THE POOL HAS BEEN ON THE CITY'S CAPITAL PRIORITY LIST FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. IT'S BEEN IN DESIGN. IT'S OBVIOUSLY TAKING TIME. THE PROJECT WAS FULLY DESIGNED WITH AN ENGINEERING FIRM AND ARCHITECT. WHENEVER WE DESIGN ANYTHING IN THE CITY, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT MEETS APPLICABLE CITY CODES. AND WE PARTNER WITH PLANNING AND GO THROUGH MANY, MANY LEVELS OF REVIEW. -- SO, WITH RESPECT TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, NO, WE HAVE NOT DONE AN ANALYSIS. I HAVEN'T. ON A SPECIFIC IMPACT ON LARGER DROUGHT ISSUES. THAT SAID, THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE PROCESS WE DO AND WHY WE HAVE THE CODES WE DO. AS A GENERAL MATTER, THE DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH OTHER OFFICES IS ALWAYS LOOKING AT WATER SAVINGS. AND GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE YOU HEARD ALLUDED TO EARLIER, THAT IS ALL ABOUT LEANING INTO NATURE. AND MINIMIZING -- I SHOULD SAY MAXIMIZING WATER CONSERVATION AND USING THINGS LIKE STORM WATER RUNOFF TO -- AGAIN, LEAN INTO NATURE AND MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.

COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. HOW LONG HAS THIS PROJECT AND THOSE PARTICULAR MEASUREMENTS BEEN EVALUATED AS OPPOSED TO WHERE WE'RE SITTING NOW WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND WATER USE? POOLS AND ARID CLIMATES ARE EVAPORATED WATER LOSS MACHINES. WE'RE ALREADY AT A HUGE LOSS. AND I JUST -- I LOVE A SWIMMING POOL. DON'T GET ME WRONG. I CAN SWIM ALL DAY. I LOVE IT. BUT I ALSO LOVE AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS AND BEING ABLE TO ENSURE WE HAVE ENOUGH WATER THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO -- LIKE I SAID, WE CAN'T FILL CORRALES. THEY'RE DRY BECAUSE THE RIO GRANDE IS DRY. THAT'S PART OF THE ALBUQUERQUE-BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. AND I JUST -- YOU KNOW, THE EVAPORATED WATER THAT'S GONE FROM THE USABLE SUPPLY BECAUSE OF SWIMMING POOLS IS A HUGE CONCERN TO ME. I LOVE NORTH DOMINGO BACA. I LOVE HAVING MORE ACCESS TO POOLS AND THINGS THAT CAN COOL PEOPLE DOWN AND ALL OF THAT. WHEN WE HAVE A SCARCE WATER SYSTEM, EVERY GALLON THAT EVAPORATES LEAVES MORE MINERALS, MORE SALT, MORE CHEMICALS BEHIND. WE HAVE SALINATION ISSUES AND INEQUIGSANT MRNG IN AND WE HAVE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MITIGATING ALL OF THAT WITH A SWIMMING POOL. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR.

I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS. I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. SIMPLY BECAUSE WE ARE IN A WATER DROUGHT IN NEW MEXICO. AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP THAT. THANK YOU. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR TELLES. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR CHAMPINE FOLLOWED BY COUNCILOR LEWIS.

COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND MAYBE CODE ENFORCEMENT. ARE WE PLANNING TO -- WE BROUGHT UP A VALID POINT OF WATER RESTRICTION AND LACK OF WATER IN THE RIVER. ARE WE SHUTTING DOWN CAR WASHES AND CITY POOLS WITHIN THE OTHER DISTRICTS IN TOWN? MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE -- [ INAUDIBLE ]. COUN. CHAMPINE: PERFECT. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF WATER AND CONCERNS EVERYBODY HAS. COUN. CHAMPINE: DIRECTOR -- BUT THE ANSWER IS NO. COUN. CHAMPINE: THE COUNCILOR MADE A VALID POINT OF WATER RESTRICTIONS. IT RAISED CONCERNS OF OTHER POOLS IN DISTRICT SIX, SEVEN, THREE, FIVE, ONE, AND EIGHT. ARE WE SHUTTING THOSE DOWN?

UNLESS WE'RE INSTRUCTED TO DO SO BY CITY COUNCIL, THE ANSWER IS NO. THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE PROPOSED, THE DEVELOPER MUST COME IN WITH WATER AVAILABILITY STATEMENT FROM SEPARATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. THAT STATEMENT IS PROVIDED FOR THE WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY THAT IS A GREEN LIGHT FOR THE USE OF THE WATER CALCULATED. COUN. CHAMPINE: MADAM PRESIDENT -- THE ANSWER IS NO.

COUN. CHAMPINE: THIS GOES TO ANOTHER QUESTION. I LOOKED INTO CAR WASHES AT ONE POINT. THE AMOUNT OF CODE AND RESTRICTION TO REUSE WATER. YOU DRIVE BY A CAR WASH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS, BUT WHEN YOU GO BY A CAWASH AND THE AMOUNT OF WATER AND CARS THAT WANT TO BE WASHED. THE AMOUNT OF RESTRICTIONS BEING USED TO RECYCLE WATER WAS MIND-BOGGLING. YOU THINK IT'S WASTING WATER. BUT THE FACT THAT THE FILTRATION SYSTEMS TO REUSE SOME OF THAT -- IS THAT TECHNOLOGY USED WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CITY POOLS TO RECLAIM WATER AND CIRCULATE AND CLEAN?

COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, THAT IS A SEPARATE QUESTION FROM THE EVAPORATION OF WATER THAT GOES INTO THE SKY AND AIR AND AWAY FROM NEW MEXICO. COUN. CHAMPINE: PERFECT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR LEWIS.

COUN. LEWIS: THANKS, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE TOTAL AMOUNT THIS WOULD RAISE. IT'S $3 MILLION A YEAR. AND THE PLAN WOULD BE TO BOND OFF OF IT, CORRECT? YOU BASICALLY GET THE WHOLE $60 MILLION OVER 20 YEARS AND GET THAT RIGHT AWAY. IS THAT THE IDEA? COUN. BASSAN: MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR LEWIS, I'M STRIVING FOR $36 MILLION. YES, THAT IS THE IDEA. COUN. LEWIS: HOW DOES THAT WORK? WHY WOULD IT BE $36 MILLION?

COUN. BASSAN: MY APOLOGIES, MADAM PRESIDENT. COUNCILOR LEWIS, I REALLY WISH THAT OUR BOND COUNSEL WAS HERE. HE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HERE TONIGHT. HE HAS EXPLAINED AND DONE THE MATH ON THE ACTUAL RATES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN WHAT IT WOULD TAKE BASED OFF OF THE E PERCENTAGES THAT INCREASE OVER THE 20 YEARS. AND ALL OF HIS EXPERTISE THAT HE WOULD BE ELOQUENT, SHOULD HE HAVE BEEN HERE, I GOT ALL THE DATA PROM HERE. HE'S THE ONE THAT DEVELOPED THIS AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SHOW US AND PULL FROM SOMEWHERE WITH THE DICTATION TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO FIND IT VERSUS THE OVERALL CUT EVERY DEPARTMENT CITYWIDE BY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE LIKE SOME COUNCILORS ORIGINALLY TOLD ME TO DO SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

COUN. LEWIS: YEAH. I DON'T THINK I SAID THAT. MADAM CHAIR, AGAIN, I'M THINKING THROUGH IT. $3 MILLION WOULD GO TO -- EVERY YEAR FOR 20 YEARS WOULD PAY THE DEBT WHICH IS ABOUT $60 MILLION. WE'D GET -- IF I UNDERSTAND IT, WE GET $36 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT. I THINK WHEN WE'RE DOING THAT ON A BIGGER SCALE IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. I HAVE NOT SEEN IT DONE ON A SMALLER SCALE LIKE THAT. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT THAT COMES OUT OF THE BUDGET EACH YEAR. IF IT WAS $27 MILLION AND WE CAN DO SOME CAPITAL -- RAISE SOME CAPITAL LIKE THAT ON THE PROJECTS WE CAN DO IN EACH OF THE DISTRICTS AROUND THE CITY WOULD MAKE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH, BUT -- THANKS, MADAM CHAIR.

COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR BACA. YOU'RE GOOD? COUNCILOR BASSAN TO CLOSE.

COUN. BASSAN: MADAM PRESIDENT, I DO WANT TO CLARIFY. IT WASN'T COUNCILOR LEWIS THAT MADE THAT COMMENT. THERE WAS A COUNCILOR THAT MADE THAT SUGGESTION. THIS IS A PROJECT IN THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN WHICH WE ALL SEEM TO BE ABLE TO RESPECT THROUGHOUT OUR TIME. IT SEEMS. THERE WAS AN ACROSS THE BOARD RECOMMENDATION FOR A CUT. IT'S A PROJECT THAT AS A 60 METER INDOOR POOL AND SHAWLER -- SMALLER OUTDOOR RECREATION POOL. I CAN GET INTO REASONS OF WHY IT'S A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DRIVER IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF BUDGET, IT'S VOTER APPROVED MULTIPLE TIMES. GO BOND APPROVAL MULTIPLE TIMES. CAPITAL OUTLAY APPROVAL MULTIPLE TIMES. AND THE GOVERNOR. IT IS NOT MY FAULT THAT WE HAVE FULLY FUNDED THIS PROJECT THREE TIMES AND IT STILL KEEPS COMING TO MORE. I'M JUST AS FRUSTRATED AS THE NEXT TAXPAYER. I'M TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO GET IT DONE. IF WE CAN'T GET IT DONE THIS WAY, I'LL TRY SOMETHING ELSE VERY SOON. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. THERE WAS A SECOND BY COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, NO. MOTION FAILS, 5-4. WE'RE NOW ON TO FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 13. THIS IS -- FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 13. JUST MOVING WITHIN DISTRICT THREE, COUNCIL SPONSORSHIP. PAGE 3, LINE 17, DECREASE BY 55. ENTITLED COMMUNITY EVENT, DE21. PAGE FOUR LINE 12 COUNCIL SERVICES INCREASE BY FIVE. PAGE FOUR LINE 14 DEVELOPMENT INCREASE BY 70. PAGE SEVEN, LINE 30, DECREASE BY 125. ON PAGE SEVEN, LINE 30 INCREASE BY 90. THIS DECREASE AND INCREASES SPECIFIC NON-REOCCURRING AMOUNTS WITHIN THE COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE SPONSORSHIP. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'M SORRY. THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ANY DISCUSSIONS? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR -- I'M SORRY. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THIS OUT. I LOOKED THIS WEEKEND AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING TOUCHING THAT GATHERING OF NATIONS AMOUNT. I'M GLAD THIS IS HERE. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. IN THE EXISTING FLOOR SUB THE SOUTHWEST EDUCATION PARTNERS -- TECHNICAL TRAINING AT RFK HIGH SCHOOL IS FUNDED AT $150,000. IS THIS AN ADDITIONAL 125? COUN. PEÑA: NO, THIS IS ACTUALLY DECREASING. THEY HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO ME. I WASN'T SURE WHETHER THEY WERE UTILIZING THESE OR NOT.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: THEY REACHED OUT TO ME AND COUNCILOR BACA AND PUT IT IN OUR REQUEST WHEN COUNCILOR GROUT ASKED US. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT REMAINS IN BECAUSE THAT WAS MINE.

COUN. PEÑA: I WOULD GO TO MR. MOTSCO. -- THIS SPONSORSHIP HAS BEEN UNDER DISTRICT THREE FOR -- I KNOW SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: MADAM PRESIDENT, IT WAS IN DISTRICT SEVEN LAST YEAR AS WELL. MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN IS CORRECT. IT'S FULLY FUNDED AT 150. THIS WOULD DECREASE IT.

COUN. PEÑA: I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THE AMENDMENT TO THE OTHER TO ADD THAT BACK. I JUST HADN'T HEARD FROM THEM. I WAS ASSUMING THEY DIDN'T NEED IT ANYMORE. PRIOR TO -- I UNDERSTAND. I PRIOR TO COUNCILOR BACA BEING ELECTED, IT WAS THE MONEY -- AND I THINK COUNCILORS CAME IN AND ACTUALLY ADDED THEIR NAME RATHER THAN INCREASING THE AMOUNT. SOMETHING THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL MOVING FORWARD. I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT. I WILL REMOVE THE 125, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO ANOTHER LINE ITEM TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT BY THE GENERAL FUND, CORRECT? OKAY. IF YOU CAN READ THAT BACK TO ME, AND THAT WOULD LEAVE THEM WHOLE. AND PLEASE, IF YOU TALK TO THEM, ASK THEM TO REACH OUT. THEY ALL REACH OUT TO ME EVERY YEAR AND LET ME KNOW. AND NO ONE FROM RFK REACHED OUT TO ME.

MADAM PRESIDENT, AS THE STAFF IS PUTTING THIS ON THE SCREEN. SLIGHT REMINDER, YOU NEED TO MOVE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO AMENDMENT NUMBER 13 TO REDUCE IT. TO TAKE THE DECREASE OUT. WHICH WOULD INCREASE IT.

COUN. PEÑA: AND WE COULD INCREASE IT ON THE OTHER ONE BECAUSE WE WON'T BE WHOLE WITH ALL THE PROJECTS. IN THE OTHER AMENDMENT IT WOULD COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND. PERFECT. IF EVERYONE CAN READ THAT FOR THE RECORD, THIS WOULD DECREASE -- WOULD LEAVE A VOID WITH SOME OF THE TRANSFERS OF RESOURCES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. BUT HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT AMENDMENT, IF PASSED, IT WOULD MAKE EVERYTHING WHOLE. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? THIS IS THE AMENDMENT -- FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 13. THIS IS FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO FLOOR AMENDMENT 13. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, NO.

CAN I SEE HANDS ONE MORE TIME?

COUN. PEÑA: YES. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT MOTION CARRIES. NOW, WE'RE BACK ON FLOOR AMENDMENT 13 AS AMENDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. NOW, WE'RE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 14. AND WE'LL HAVE TO AMEND THIS ONE AND IF THE STAFF CAN HELP US AMEND THIS. WHAT THIS IS IS SIMILAR TO DISTRICT THREE. THERE WERE SOME AREAS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, THAT WERE PASSED SPONSORSHIPS THAT I HAD THAT DIDN'T HAVE MY NAME ON THEM. WE HAVE TO CLARIFY. WE'RE ADDING THOSE IN. WE'LL AT THE AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE THAT VOID WE JUST CREATED THROUGH THE LAST AMENDMENT. DO YOU HAVE THAT AMENDMENT PREPARED? OKAY.

MADAM PRESIDENT, WE'RE ADDING THAT AMENDMENT. LINE FIVE, ENTITLED COMMUNITY RECREATION, INCREASE BY $97,000. NOT 7. AND THE TABLE UNDER THE EXPLANATION WOULD INCLUDE THE SOUTHWEST YOUTH PROGRAM. COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. PERFECT. I WOULD MOVE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO FLOOR AMENDMENT 14. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: I'M SORRY, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MIGHT BE CONFUSED. IT WAS THE SOUTHWEST EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TECHNICAL TRAINING RFK HIGH SCHOOL 125 WE DELETED FROM THE LAST ONE. IT SHOULD BE 125, NOT 90. COUN. PEÑA: YOU'RE CORRECT. COUN. FIEBELKORN: THE LAST ONE WE JUST DID WAS FOR RFK HIGH SCHOOL TECHNICAL TRAINING, $125,000. ON THIS ONE, IT SHOULD BE INCREASING $125,000.

MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, THAT WOULD BRING THE TOTAL TO $300,000. THE LAST AMENDMENT WE STRUCK THAT LINE. WE DIDN'T TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM RFK LINE ITEM. WE STRUCK IT FROM THE AMENDMENT. COUN. FIEBELKORN: RIGHT. -- WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO $90,000. WE DID SOMETHING TO 125.

COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN IS CORRECT. WHAT WE DID IS DEDUCTED 125 FROM THE AMENDMENT, WHICH LEFT THE REST OF THE ITEM VOID 125. WE'RE GOING TO CARRY THAT OVER TO THIS AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD BE 125 ALONG WITH WHATEVER ITEM EQUAL 125 ON THE LAST AMENDMENT.

MADAM CHAIR, CAN I BRING UP THE LAST AMENDMENT SO I HAVE THAT CLEARLY WRITTEN?

COUN. FIEBELKORN: IT SHOULD BE THE BOTTOM 125, NOT THE SOUTHWEST YOUTH PROGRAM FOR 90. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. I'M NOT TOUCHING THAT.

COUN. PEÑA: I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL WE GET THIS CLEARED UP. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR BASSAN TO TABLE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 14. WE'LL BE TABLING FLOOR AMENDMENT 14. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, NO. WE'RE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT 15. OKAY. NOW, WE HAVE TO TABLE FLOOR AMENDMENT 14. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, NO. MOTION CARRIES. WE HAVE TABLED TWO ITEMS.

COUN. CHAMPINE: THREE TOTAL. COUN. PEÑA: YES. I WAS REFERRING TO THIS. YES, WE'RE GETTING TO YOU, COUNCILOR ROGERS. WE ARE NOW ON FLOOR AMENDMENT 15. LABELED Q IN YOUR PACKET. THIS IS COUNCILOR BACA. I THINK WE HAS AN AMENDMENT. COUN. PEÑA: WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

COUN. BACA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS BY REQUEST. I'M GOING TO NEED -- SO, WE NEED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO REDUCE $40,000 FROM THE GATHERING OF NATIONS. I NEED HELP FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. HOW DO YOU WANT THIS WRITTEN? COUN. PEÑA: I THINK THE STAFF CAN DO THAT. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. WOULD YOU LIKE US TO TABLE THIS ITEM SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD? OKAY. COUN. BACA: MOTION TO TABLE THE AMENDMENT OR THE MOTION? COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND. MADAM PRESIDENT, WHO WAS THE SECOND ON THE INITIAL MOTION? TO MOVE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 15.

COUN. PEÑA: THE SECOND WAS COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. THANK YOU. COUN. PEÑA: I NEED TO WRITE IT DOWN. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR ROGERS TO TABLE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 15. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, NO. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT 16. COUNCILOR GROUT BY REQUEST.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THIS. THIS IS BY REQUEST. THE EXPLANATION -- I'LL READ THE EXPLANATION. THIS APPROPRIATES FUNDING FOR TRIPLE-H FOR ALIGNING APPROPRIATIONS WITH ASSOCIATED PROGRAMS IN THE NET EFFECT IN INCREASE OF $2.24 MILLION. THIS INCREASE WILL OFFSET THE SAVINGS OF $1.2 MILLION FROM RADIO SUBSCRIBER FEES COVERED BY THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. AND APPROPRIATION OF $1 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE BY COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE CIP INDIRECT OVERHEAD RATE OF 5% AND PASSED AT THE THIRD COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING. 325THEN,000 $325,000 IN SAVINGS WILL REVERT. I ASK FOR A SECOND.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. COUN. PEÑA: MOTION, AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT 16. COUNCILOR GROUT. COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. I WOULD ASK THE ADMINISTRATION TO GO OVER THIS. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, MR. NOEL.

THIS IS THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS INTRODUCED IN THE COW MEETING AND WAS TABLED UNTIL THIS MEETING. OR WITHDRAWN UNTIL THIS MEETING. BASICALLY, THE -- AS IT READS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO READ -- BASICALLY, ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE ARE ACTUALLY THE APPROPRIATION FOR TRIPLE-H AND ITEMS NINE THROUGH THIRTY ARE REDUCTION FOR SUBSCRIBER FEES FOR DTI. AND AS IT INDICATES, THE TOTAL REDUCTION IS $1.5 MILLION. HOWEVER, AS COUNCILOR GROUT READ, $325,000 DID NOT GO TO TRIPLE-H BECAUSE THOSE BELONG TO THE NON-GENERAL FUND. WE CAN'T APPROPRIATE THOSE. OVERALL, I HAVE TABLES ON THE BACK TO HELP WITH THE MATH. THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THAT LAST WEEK. SO THE WAY TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS IS THAT -- AS I INDICATE IN THE FIRST TABLE, AT THE TOP, THE OVERALL -- THIS IS THE TABLE LABELED ADJUSTMENT DETAIL FOR RECONCILIATION. THE TRIPLE-H APPROPRIATION WILL BE $7.1 MILLION. AND IT INDICATES WHAT LINES IN THE DETAIL. TOTAL TO THAT AMOUNT. AND THE NET APPROPRIATION THAT THIS WILL ACTUALLY GIVE TO TRIPLE-H FROM THE LEGISLATION BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME MOVEMENTS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE BEEN BUDGETED IN TRIPLE-H AND THE DEPARTMENT WANTSTHEM -- THE NEW MONEY COMING TO TRIPLE-H IS $6 MILLION.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR GROUT. COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. I UNDERSTAND. COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT ONE THING THAT WAS SAID. THIS IS NOT THE AMENDMENT THAT WE DID NOT VOTE ON AT OUR LAST MEETING. OUR LAST MEETING I ASKED THE ADMINISTRATION GO AND DO MORE WORK ON IT BECAUSE TRANSIT IS NOT A PIGGY BANK AND WE CANNOT TAKE MONEY FROM TRANSIT WHEN THE COW CHAIR IS TRYING TO GET MONEY INTO IT. THIS BEFORE US DOES NOT INCLUDE THOSE CUTS. THEY WENTBACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO GET US A BETTER ANSWER THAT DOES NOT IMPACT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE SAME THING. THANK YOU.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR GROUT TO CLOSE. COUN. GROUT: I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT 16. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, NO. NOW, WE'RE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER S. THAT WILL BE LABELED 17. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. COUNCILOR GROUT.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I STILL NEED TO MOVE THIS? OKAY. ON PAGE THREE, LINE 28 ENTITLED EARLY RETIREMENT, DECREASE BY 75 -- 835. 850. OKAY. 850K. THIS AMENDMENT DECREASES EARLY RETIREMENT TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE. I NEED A SECOND.

COUN. PEÑA: WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO AMEND IT. COUN. GROUT: DO WE HAVE TO AMEND IT? OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MOVE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 17. ON PAGE THREE, LINE 28, ENTITLED EARLY RETIREMENT, DECREASE THE AMOUNT BY $500,000. OKAY. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT. FLOOR AMENDMENT 17. DECREASE THE AMOUNT BY $850,000.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT TO FLOOR AMENDMENT 17. TO CHANGE FROM 500 TO 850. THERE'S SECOND BY COUNCILOR BASSAN. COUNCILOR GROUT. COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. WITH THE AMENDMENTS HAPPENING THAT ARE COMING FROM EVERYWHERE IT'S MAKING IT SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. SO WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. COUN. PEÑA: ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I SUPPORT THIS. DO WE HAVE A RUNNING TOTAL ON THIS FUND BALANCE NOW? WITH THIS AMENDMENT. MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN -- SDMRF I'M . COUN. FIEBELKORN: I'M ASKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

LET ME LOOK AT THAT FOR YOU. COUN. PEÑA: WOULD YOU LIKE US TO TABLE THIS SO YOU HAVE A DEFINITIVE NUMBER? NEVER MIND. MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, $557,000. COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU. COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR GROUT TO CLOSE.

COUN. GROUT: I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. COUN. PEÑA: THIS IS ON THE AMENDMENT TO FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 17. IT'S AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSE, NO. MOTION CARRIES. NOW, WE'RE BACK ON FLOOR AMENDMENT 17. COUN. GROUT: URGE YOUR SUPPORT. COUN. PEÑA: ALL THOSE IN FAVORER, RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. NOW, WE ARE -- WE CAN GO TO FLOOR AMENDMENT T. COUN. GROUT: YES. COUN. PEÑA: I DON'T HAVE THAT ONE.

COUN. GROUT: MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO INTRODUCE FLOOR AMENDMENT T. IT'S RIGHT HERE. COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO SUSPEND THE RULES. THAT'S A TWO-THIRDS VOTE FOR SUSPENDING THE RULES. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, NO. MOTION CARRIES. COUNCILOR GROUT, FLOOR AMENDMENT T. IT WILL BE LABELED FLOOR AMENDMENT 18. ING.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, FLOOR AMENDMENT 18 IS BY REQUEST. ON PAGE 11 LINE ONE, ENTITLED ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, DECREASE THE AMOUNT BY $443,000. ON PAGE 11, LINE 3, ENTITLED COLLECTIONS, DECREASE BY $89,000. ON REF FUSE DISPOSAL CAPITAL FUNDS, DECREASE BY $3.1 MILLION. AND ON PAGE 11, LINE TWO, ENTITLED CLEAN CITY INCREASE THE AMOUNT. THE AMENDMENT APPROPRIATES $3.7 MILLION TO CLEAN CITY PROGRAMS FOR ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP EXPENSES.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT 18. COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO DEFER TO MR. COO WHELAN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, THANK YOU. WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES IS REDUCES A CERTAIN AMOUNT -- THE $3 MILLION BEING TRANSFERRED TO CAPITAL FUND. TO PROPERLY FUND OTHER EXPENSES IN THE CLEAN CITY PROGRAM. THE AMOUNT THAT IS BEING DECREASED FROM THE 653 FUND, WHICH IS CAPITAL FUND, IS FUNDING THAT WILL NOT BE NEEDED IN THE CURRENT YEAR. SEVERAL OF THE LINE ITEMS ARE FUNDED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND FOR THE YEAR THAT'S SUBSEQUENT. THIS ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CLEAN CITY PROGRAM CAN CONTINUE TO FUNCTION ACCURATELY -- PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WE'VE BEEN PROVIDEING.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. COUN. LEWIS: MADAM CHAIR, MR. WHELAN, YOU ALL RAISED EVERY TRASH FEE PICKUP FOR RESIDENTIAL BY A DOLLAR. I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS LINE ITEM. I THINK IT RAISED ABOUT $3 MILLION. IS IT MORE THAN DOUBLE IN COST TO CLEAN UP AFTER TENT ENCAMPMENTS?

COUNCILOR LEWIS, I THINK IT WAS BACK IN 2022. AND THE ACTUAL AMOUNT RAISED BY THAT FEE INCREASE WAS AROUND $2 MILLION. THAT WAS TO BEGIN OUR ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP DIVISION WITHIN OUR CLEAN CITIES DEPARTMENT. AND THE COST HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE HAS WE CONTINUED TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM AND INCLUDE OTHER AREAS WE'RE DOING. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. SEEING NO ADDITIONAL -- COUNCILOR ROGERS.

COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST A QUESTION. THIS CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP, OR IS IT JUST GOING INTO CLEAN CITY PROGRAM AS A WHOLE? IT CAN BE USED ON LITTER AND WEEDS? OTHER ONLY ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP? COUNCILOR ROGERS, OUR CLEAN CITY DIVISION IS THE MAIN DIVISION AND HAS SUBDIVISION. IT WOULD BE OUR ENCAMPMENT DIVISION AS WELL. THEY ALL WORK ON CLEAN CITIES AS FAR AS CLEANING UP THE CITY. THIS ADDRESSES MAJOR CONCERNS WITHIN ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP THROUGHOUT THE CITY. COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ALL $3.7 MILLION IS FOR ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP?

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, YES. EXPENSES RELATED TO CLEANUP. COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE CAN FIND MONEY TO DO MORE ENCAMPMENT SWEEPS, BUT WE CAN'T FIND MONEY TO HOUSE PEOPLE. WONDERING ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU.

COUN. PEÑA: ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 18 AS AMENDED RAISE YOUR -- IN FAVOR OF FLOOR AMENDMENT 18, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. 7-2. OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO DO A COUPLE CLEANUPS. WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF COUNCILOR ROGERS. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ADDRESS THESE REAL QUICKLY. I'LL GO WITH COUNCILOR BACA. WE'LL UNTABLE -- I MAKE A MOTION TO UNTABLE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 15. THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. COUNCILOR BACA.

COUN. BACA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. DO WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT? FOR THIS AMENDMENT. NOT YET? MAYBE IT'S TIME TO TAKE A BREAK WHILE IT'S BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

COUN. PEÑA: WE'RE ALMOST DONE, COUNCILOR BACA. WE'RE GOING TO TABLE IT AGAIN? MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILOR BACA, I'M SORRY. COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE QUESTION?

COUN. PEÑA: WE'RE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 15. YOU WERE GOING TO REMOVE THE $40,000 FOR GATHERING OF NATIONS FROM THE AMENDMENT.

MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I CAN MAKE A SUGGESTION? -- THEY HAVE IT -- OKAY. I THINK WE WANTED TO --

COUN. CHAMPINE: I JUST HAVE AN OFF-THE-WALL QUESTION FOR THE LEGAL TEAM. THESE ARE BY REQUEST COMING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, IS THAT CORRECT? MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, THAT'S CORRECT.

COUN. CHAMPINE: IF THE LAWYERS WANT TO CHIME IN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, BUT THE ADMINISTRATION COMES DOWN WITH THE BUDGET AND GIVE IT TO US WE DO OUR THING AND GIVE IT BACK TO THEM. WHY IS IT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AFTER WE PASS THE DEAL COMES IN AND DOES MORE MANIPILATION TO THE BUDGET? IS THAT PART OF THE CHARTER? COUN. PEÑA: MR. MOTSCO.

MADAM PRESIDENT, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, PER THE CHARTER, ANY BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHETHER IT'S CAPITAL OR OPERATING, CAN BE AMENDED UP UNTIL 5 O'CLOCK OF THE NIGHT OF THE MEETING BEING HEARD. SHOULD THE ADMINISTRATION WANT TO TRY TO CHANGE THEIR PROPOSED BUDGET, AS LONG AS THEY HAVE A SPONSORING COUNCILOR, THEY CAN INTRODUCE THOSE AMENDMENTS BY THE COUNCILOR, IN THIS CASE IT WAS BY REQUEST. I CAN TELL YOU -- I'M SURE COMMITTEE CHAIR GROUT WOULD AGREE, WE GOT MULTIPLE REQUESTS ON SATURDAY. WE DECIDED TO SPONSOR SOME BUT NOT OTHERS.

COUN. CHAMPINE: MADAM PRESIDENT, UNLESS YOU'RE READY TO GO. I CAN ASK ABOUT THE DEAL. MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID. COUN. CHAMPINE: YOU GUYS WERE CONFIRMING SOMETHING ALONG WITH THIS AMENDMENT. ARE YOU DONE CONFIRMING IT? OR ARE YOU MANIPULATING THE NUMBERS? COUN. PEÑA: YOU CAN ASK YOUR QUESTION THEN I HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCILOR GROUT. COUN. CHAMPINE: WHEN WE VOTE ON THIS AND IT GOES TO THE MAYOR, HE CAN LINE ITEM VETO THE THINGS HE LIKES, CORRECT?

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR CHAMPINE, ONLY WITHIN THE RESOLUTION. THESE AMENDMENTS ARE CHANGING NUMBERS IN SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. THEREFORE, IF THE MAYOR WERE TO LINE ITEM A DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THE BUDGET BILL, IT IS A WHOLLY DESTRUCTIVE ACT. AND HE CAN'T USE THAT MONEY FOR OTHER PROGRAMS. THAT FUNDING, WERE IT TO BE IN 110, WOULD GO IN THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE TABLE AND DROP TO THE BOTTOM AND THAT PROGRAM WOULD NOT HAVE FUNDING. MADAM PRESIDENT, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, HE CAN'T CHANGE THE NUMBERS. IT IS EITHER THE NUMBER OR ZERO.

COUN. CHAMPINE: PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR GROUT. COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LAST LINE ITEM. IT SAYS FOR TOTAL OF $200,000 FOR -- STIPULATED IN THE OPERATING AGREEMENT FOR 508 1st STREET. WHAT IS THE OPERATING AGREEMENT?

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, I BELIEVE DIRECTOR SANCHEZ IS HERE. SHE CAN SPEAK WITH THAT.

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR GROUT, A FEW WEEKS AGO, A FEW MONTHS AGO WE PASSED -- CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY APPROVED THE OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH A 516 ART FOR THE NEWLY REIVATED EN RENOVATED SPACE. AS PART OF THIS, IT IS STRUCTURED IN THE SAME WAY THAT EXPLORA'S PARTNERSHIP IS STRUCTURED WITH THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT EXPLANATION. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT HAT WE FOLLOW THROUGH ON THOSE AGREEMENTS. I'M JUST SUCH A FAN OF ALSO THE PARK MANAGEMENT AND MAKING SURE OUR PARKS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY. NOW I UNDERSTAND. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BACA TO CLOSE.

COUN. BACA: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE'RE GOOD? EVERYONE AGREES WITH THIS AMENDMENT? STAFF? IS THIS DONE? MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BACA, THIS ONE IS OKAY.

COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. THIS WOULD BE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO FLOOR AMENDMENT 15. COUNCILOR BACA, WOULD YOU WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE? COUN. BACA: YES, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE AMENDMENT. COUN. PEÑA: I'LL SECOND THAT. COUNCILOR ROGERS. COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M JUST CONFUSED. IF WE'RE STRIKING THE $40,000 FROM THE EXPLANATION. DON'T WE NEED TO STRIKE $40,000 FROM THE TOP NUMBERS?

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR ROGERS, NO. THEY NEEDED TO STRIKE IT FROM THE BOTTOM. I THINK THE ISSUE IS IN THE EXPLANATION IT SAYS THE AMENDMENT INCREASES -- I COULD BE WRONG. THE AMENDMENT INCREASES NONRECURRING FUNDING BY 120. WE'RE TRYING TO REFLECT IT'S ACTUALLY 160. IN THE EXPLANATION IT SHOULD BE A SIX AND NOT A TWO. AND WE'RE STRIKING THE GATHERING OF NATIONS. WE DID NOT INCLUDE THAT IN THE LINE ABOVE BECAUSE IT'S MONEY IN ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BACA TO CLOSE. COUN. BACA: URGE YOUR SUPPORT. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 15. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. THAT'S A 7-2. OKAY. AND NOW WE'RE BACK ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 15 AS AMENDED. COUNCILOR BACA TO CLOSE. COUN. BACA: URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 15. IT WAS SECONDED BY COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. AS AMENDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. THAT PASSES ON A 7-2. NOW, WE ARE ON -- I WILL -- I DON'T KNOW WHICH COMES FIRST. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 13. THERE WAS AN ERROR THAT THEY TOOK OUT THE $90,000. WE HAVE TO ADD THE 90 BACK IN AND THE 125 TO THE NEXT ONE. MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. TO RECONSIDER FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 13. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSE, NO. MOTION CARRIES. NOW, WE'RE BARK ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 13. NOW, I WOULD MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 13 THAT ACTUALLY INCREASES -- DO YOU HAVE THE LANGUAGE? INCREASES THE $90,000.

MADAM PRESIDENT, AS WE'RE ADDING INTO WHAT'S ON IT SCREEN BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT DID STRIKE THE $90,000 WE'RE PUTTING IT PACK IN. THAT'S INDICATED WITH THE BOLD RED. COUN. PEÑA: LET ME KNOW ONCE IT'S COMPLETED FOR THE PUBLIC AND RECORD IT SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR.

AS INDICATED IN THE EXPLANATION, THE $125,000 FOR THE SOUTHWEST EDUCATION PARTNERS CAREER TECHNICAL TRAINING WILL BE COMING OUT OF THE LAST OF THE FUND BALANCE.

COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. WITH THAT, HOPEFULLY THAT IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE RECORD. THERE WAS A -- WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE BY COUNCILOR GROUT. IT'S ON THE RECORD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. NOW, WE'RE BACK ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 13 AS AMENDED. AND THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. NOW, WE HAVE TWO MORE AND WE GET TO HAVE DINNER AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AFTERWARDS. IT WILL GIVE YOU TIME TO DIGEST ALL THOSE AMENDMENTS AND ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS ACCORDINGLY. COUNCILOR TELLES HAS ONE MORE AMENDMENT. WE HAVE THREE TO GO. WE'LL DO COUNCILOR TELLES'S LAST. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 14. AND I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO UNTABLE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 14. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. I WOULD REALLY NEED THE STAFF TO READ THIS TO THE RECORD. I'M NOT GOING TO GO DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE.

MADAM PRESIDENT, AS THE BODY TABLED THIS AMENDMENT, WE WERE GOING TO ADD ON PAGE SEVEN LINE 30 ENTITLED COMMUNITY RECREATION INCREASE BY $97,000 BECAUSE THAT WAS THE DECREASE FROM FLOOR AMENDMENT 13. BECAUSE WE RECONSIDERED 13 AND PUT THE $90,000 BACK IN WE DON'T HAVE TO INCREASE IT IN THIS AMENDMENT. THIS AMENDMENT HASN'T BEEN AMENDED. AND THIS IS YOUR AMENDMENT. IT CHANGES THE -- SCROLL DOWN. ANIMAL WELFARE --

COUN. PEÑA: DOES THIS MAKE -- WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE WHOLE THE RFK. MADAM PRESIDENT, RFK WAS MADE WHOLE WITH THE LAST AMENDMENT BECAUSE WE INCREASED. COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. I WOULD MOVE AN AMENDMENT TO FLOOR AMENDMENT 14 WHICH HAS BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD BY STAFF. IS THERE A SECOND? YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO 14? COUN. PEÑA: WE JUST NEED TO VOTE ON IT? I NEED A MOTION.

COUN. PEÑA: I MAKE A MOTION FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT 14. THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCILOR BASSAN FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 14. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. THAT CARRIES. NOW, WE'RE ON COUNCILOR ROGERS. I HOPE WE'RE ABLE TO RESOLVE SOME QUESTIONS THERE. WE WOULD -- I CAN MOVE TO UNTABLE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCILOR ROGERS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. COUNCILOR ROGERS.

COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO GET FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE UP ON THE SCREEN. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE VERSION I JUST EMAILED THE TEAM FROM THE ADMINISTRATION IN COLLABORATION. I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE CORRECT ONE. I JUST SENT IT TO YOU IN EMAIL. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE CORRECT ONES. OUR TEAM WORKED ON IT, SENT IT TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND NOW WE'RE HERE. IT'S THE VERY LAST ONE GARRET JUST RECEIVED. THANK YOU. REFRESH.

COUN. PEÑA: FOR THE RECORD, THERE WAS INITIALLY A MOTION AND IT WAS SECONDED BY COUNCILOR TELLES FOR THE RECORD. AS A REMINDER. MADAM PRESIDENT, JUST LIKE THE OTHER AMENDMENTS, BECAUSE WE CAN AMEND THIS AMENDMENT, WE NEED A MOTION TO -- ONCE WE GET IT ON THE SCREEN -- AMEND AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO CHANGE THE WORDS IN THE RESOLUTION.

COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS IT COMES UP ON THE SCREEN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. ON PAGE EIGHT, LINE FOUR, I'M READING AS I GET IT ON THE -- SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING. GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME COHORT ONE FOR$1 MILLION. EQUITY AND COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT, $2.9 MILLION. AND TRANSFERRING OTHER FUNDS FOR OPERATING GRANT FUND 265 FOR HOUSING VOUCHER SPORTIVE SERVICES. WE HAVE AGREEMENT ON BOTH SIDES THIS IS ACCURATE. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR AN AMENDMENT TO FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILOR ROGERS TO CLOSE. COUN. ROGERS: I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, NO. MOTION PASSED, 5-4.

MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I MAY FOR A SECOND? I'M NOT IN OPPOSITION OF THE AMENDMENT. I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THE RECORD A BIT. I WAS HAVING DISCUSSION WITH DIRECTOR SHAHE AND I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THE INTENTION IS CONTINUED. WHICH IS THE FUNDING IS FOR CONTINUATION OF COHORT ONE, AND CREATION OF COHORT TWO, AND POSSIBLY CREATION OF COHORT THREE. THERE'S SUFFICIENT FUNDING IN THE FUND FOR THAT. I JUST WANTED TO TURN IT OVER TO THE DIRECTOR. I UNDERSTAND WHY COUNCILOR ROGERS WANTS TO ENSURE IT'S SET ASIDE FOR COHORT ONE.

COUN. ROGERS: POINT OF ORDER. WE ALREADY PASSED IT. I ASK WE MOVE ON. COUN. PEÑA: YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM THE DIRECTOR? COUN. ROGERS: I'LL GO WITH WHATEVER THE PRESIDENT SAYS. WE ALREADY VOTED. I WILL DEFER TO MADAM PRESIDENT. COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. I'LL DEFER TO YOU. WHATEVER COMMENTARY YOU WANT TO MAKE.

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, LOOKING THROUGH -- MY APOLOGIES. I WAS LOOKING AT THE $586,000. I THOUGHT THAT WAS REDUCTION. HOWEVER THAT IS NOT HAD CASE. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE CONTINUITY AND -- [ INAUDIBLE ].

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. BEFORE I GO TO YOU TO CLOSE, I JUST WANT TO COMMENT IT'S SO HARD TO BE MAKING DECISIONS ON THE DAIS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE FOR SURE. I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR US TO READ THE AMENDMENT. I DON'T WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL DOLLARS AT THIS TIME. THE ONLY REASON -- THIS IS ACTUALLY MY BILL WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED. I REALLY WANTED TO DO IT AS A PILOT PROGRAM TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING FEASIBLE BEFORE WE STARTED TO GROW THE PROGRAM. I REALLY HAVE CONCERN ABOUT ADDING MORE MONEY WHICH SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE, BASED ON THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT HEARING FROM THE COUNCILORS IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NOT ADDING MORE MONEY. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THIS AND GET A DEFINITIVE ANSWER TO COME BACK IF IT ADDS MORE MONEY, I'D LIKE TO DECREE IT. ONLY BECAUSE I REALLY WANT A SOLID PILOT THAT REALLY DETERMINES WHETHER THIS IS FEASIBLE OR NOT. BECAUSE ONCE WE START GROWING SOMETHING IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, THEN IT'S JUST CONTINUOUSLY GROWING. WHETHER IT'S -- IF WE HAVE MEASURABLE, I THINK COUNCILOR TELLES TALKS ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME ABOUT MEASURABLE OUTCOMES. THAT WAS MY INTENT WHEN I PUT THE BILL FORWARD IS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO SEE IT WAS BENEFICIAL AND FEASIBLE. AND ALL THE THINGS. I AM GOING TO VOTE -- I'M GOING TO PUT IT TO YOU TO CLOSE. I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR IT. BUT KNOWING, FOR THE PUBLIC, I MAY COME BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, NO TO EXPANSION OF DOLLARS. COUNCILOR ROGERS TO CLOSE.

COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE'VE ALREADY CLOSED AND VOTED AND IT PASSED. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. COUN. PEÑA: ACTUALLY, WE DID NOT.

COUN. ROGERS: WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON THE AMENDMENT. JUST THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I FELT SOME WAY ABOUT ADMINISTRATION DECIDING TO START OTHER COHORTS. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROGRAM. TWO OTHER PROGRAMS THAT DID NOT COME TO THIS BODY. I AGREE WITH YOU. I WANTED THE PILOT THAT WE APPROVED TO GO RUN ITS COURSE. LET'S GET THE DATA BEFORE WE START OTHER COHORTS. THIS ADMINISTRATION STARTED TO TAKE THE MONEY WE APPROPRIATED AND START TWO OTHER COHORTS. SO, WHAT I'M SAYING IS EVERYTHING THAT I'VE LOOKED AT AS FAR AS INVOICES, I TALKED TO THE CONTRACTORS THEY WORKED WITH, AND I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM THEIR DEPUTY DIRECTOR SAYING THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE THIRD YEAR. THAT IS WHY I'M SHORING IT UP PAUSE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE FAMILIES TO SAY CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T APPROPRIATE IT. I WANTED THE FIRST PILOT TO WORK AND THINK ABOUT OTHER PILOTS. THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS AMENDMENT. I AGREE. THEY COME BACK WITH CORRECT INFORMATION -- BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, WE'RE GETTING SEPARATE INFORMATION. WHICH MAKES IT REALLY HARD TO MAKE DECISIONS. THEN WE CAN DO THAT AT MIDYEAR CLEANUP.

COUN. PEÑA: I'M SORRY, DIRECTOR. SHE CLOSED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE ALL THE INPUT. ALL THOSE -- WE ARE BACK ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE AS AMENDED. AND -- COUN. BASSAN: MADAM PRESIDENT. I GOT A PHONE CALL SAYING WE NEEDED TO WAIT. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. DOUBLE CHECKING.

COUN. PEÑA: WE CLOSED THE FLOOR. LET'S JUST CLOSE. WE'RE ALL GETTING TIRED AND HANGRY. IF THERE'S NOT A SNICKERS AROUND WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK. WE HAVE ONE MORE AMENDMENT TO GO. WE ARE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE AS AMENDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. THAT PASSES ON A 5-4. NOW, WE ARE ON COUNCILOR TELLES FOR THE FINAL AMENDMENT OF THE EVENING.

COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I APPRECIATE YOUR SAVING BEST FOR LAST. YOU CAN LAUGH, IT'S FINE. YOU WON'T GET IN TROUBLE. THIS IS IN YOUR iPAD. IT'S ONLINE. FLOOR AMENDMENT L. WHICH IS 19. PAGE FOUR LINE, 9 ENTITLED FIELD RESPONSE INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY $750,000. ENTITLED HOMELESS SUPPORT SERVICES, INCREASE BY $500,000. ENTITLED NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING, DECREASE THE AMOUNT BY $2.5 MILLION. ON PAGE SEVEN, LINE 25 ENTITLED INFORMATION SERVICES INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY $250,000. ON PAGE SEVEN, LINE 30 ENTITLED COMMUNITY RECREATION, INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY $1 MILLION.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: SECOND. COUN. PEÑA: CAN YOU PUT THAT BACK UP THERE? I'M TRYING TO DIGEST IT. I CAN'T FIND IT. COUNCILOR TELLES TO OPEN.

COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU. THIS AMENDMENT IS NOT A REDUCTION PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTMENT. IT'S A STRATEGIC PUBLIC SAFETY REAM VESTMENT BASED ON MEASURABLE RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND THE STAFFING REALITIES. IT'S REALLOCATING A SMALL PORTION OF NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY LINE ITEMS RELATED TO RECRUITMENT RELATED VACANCY OR PROJECTED UNDER UTILIZED RECRUITMENT APPROPRIATION. THE REASON I SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED THAT IT BE FROM RECRUITMENT RELATED OR UNDERUTILIZED APPROPRIATION IS BECAUSE IT WON'T REDUCE FIELD SWORN OFFICER POSITIONS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITY, INVESTIGATION OR CONSTITUTIONAL POLICE COMPLIANCE. IT ADDRESSES RETURN ON INVESTMENT ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING FROM FISCAL YEAR 23 TO FISCAL YEAR 26 WE'VE CONTINUED TO INVEST HEAVILY IN RECRUITMENT INCENTIVES WITH LITTLE TO LOW RETURN ON INVESTMENT. SO, SPECIFICALLY, I'M REALLOCATING TO PRIORITIZE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION THROUGH YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND ACUTE HOMELESS RESPONSE THROUGH ACS, HOMELESS STABILIZATION AND SERVICES THROUGH HHH AND INDEPENDENT OUTCOME TRACKING TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND MEASURABLE RESULTS. IT ALSO STRENGTHENS OVERSIGHT BY REQUIRING QUARTERLY REPORTING ON APD RECRUITMENT EXPENDITURES ACADEMY ENROLLMENT AND GRADUATION VACANCY RATE ATTRITION RETENTION AND COST PER SUCCESSFUL HIRE WHILE REQUIRING OUTCOME REPORTING FROM DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING THE REINVESTED FUNDS.

THE PURPOSE HERE IS TO INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY BY USING MEASURABLE. ON INVESTMENT REALLOCATIONS. IT'S A VERY MARGINABLE REALLOCATION TO MORE LONG-TERM SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS. I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF OUR COMMANDERS, WITH CHIEF BARKER, WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTORER BUJUNDA. ONE OF THE THINGS WE AGREE ON IS A STRENGTHENING THE CONTROL ENVIRONMENT OF APD SO WE CAN BETTER ADDRESS OUR RECRUITMENT NEEDS SO THOSE RECRUITMENT NEEDS ARE ACTUALLY EFUGSANT EFFICIENT. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO TRACK THAT WHILE REINVESTING FUNDS INTO EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS THAT WILL WORK RIGHT NOW. WHILE WE DEVELOP RECRUITMENT STRATEGY THAT WORK FOR US IN THE LONG-TERM LATER. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S MOTION AND A SECOND. WHO WAS THE SECOND? COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. COUNCILOR BASSAN AND ANY OTHER COUNCILORS.

COUN. BASSAN: MADAM PRESIDENT, I'VE BEEN TOLD IN THE PAST THAT WITH PROGRAMMATIC BUDGETING WE CAN'T DICTATE WHICH SPECIFIC PORTION OF EACH DEPARTMENT WE CAN PULL FROM. IT'S UP TO THE DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATION TO DECIDE THAT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD APPRECIATE HEARING FROM APD ON WHAT $2.5 MILLION WOULD DO TO REDUCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING. AS THEY COME UP, I'D LIKE TO KNOW FROM OUR STAFF WHAT IS THE CURRENT LINE ITEM AS PROPOSED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING? I'M SORRY. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE OUR STAFF TO TELL US.

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN, IN THE BILL NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING LINE ITEM IS $140 MILLION AND $56,000. COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM APD WHAT $2.5 MILLION WOULD DO TO THE DEPARTMENT IF WE APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT. I'M NOT SAYING I DISAGREE WITH THE OTHER INCREASES, BUT I ABSOLUTELY DISAGREE THAT THIS IS NOT PULLING FROM APD TO GIVE TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM APD WILL THIS COST APD AS FAR AS STAFF OR RESOURCES.

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BASSAN, AS I STATED EARLIER, THIS WOULD SEVERELY AFFECT OUR STAFFING IN FIELD SERVICES. THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE AWAY STAFFING FOR 25-30 OFFICERS IN FIELD SERVICES. IT ALSO WOULD AFFECT OUR SPECIALIZED UNIT, HORSE MOUNTED, CANINE AND BIKE PATROL WHICH ASSIST IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND SPECIAL EVENTS WE HAVE. THAT WOULD GO TO ANYTHING FOR THOSE UNITS AS FAR AS THE MARION SERVICES AND ALL OF THE SUPPLIES NEEDED TO ADDRESS THOSE UNITS. AND AS FAR AS OUR STAFFING RIGHT NOW, IN THE PIPELINE, WE'RE AT 953. I'M GOING TO ASK DEPUTY CHIEF HERNANDEZ TO ADDRESS STAFFING WITH THE POLICE ACADEMY THAT WE'RE HOLDING. LAST YEAR, WE HAD OVER 100 OFFICERS JOIN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE ARE ON PAR TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. AND WE'RE SEEING OUR RECRUITING NUMBERS CONTINUING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

WE'VE TRIED TO REACH 100 OFFICERS EVERY YEAR. I CAN TELL YOU THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 30 OFFICERS THAT RETIRED AT THIS TIME. WE'RE AT 15 RIGHT NOW. I HAVE TWO ACADEMIES STILL SET FOR JULY AND SEPTEMBER. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE POSSIBLE TWO OTHER LATERAL CATEGORIES. THIS WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT. WHAT I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO THE COUNCIL IS TAKING THIS FUNDING FROM JUST NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING -- I WANT IT TELL YOU THAT OUR CLEANING SERVICES AND A LOT OF THE SERVICES AND SUPPLY WE DO FOR EACH AREA COMMAND IS A BUDGET OF $2 MILLION. WE HAVE GONE FROM OVER $2.5 MILLION THE PAST COUPLE YEARS BECAUSE WE'VE CUT BACK. WE'VE CUT BACK ON THINGS WHERE WE CAN TRY TO SAVE IN ORDER TO MOVE THE DEPARTMENT ALONG. RIGHT THEN AND THERE YOU TAKE 2.5 AWAY FROM THIS BUCKET, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE. BECAUSE HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CLEAN AND GET SUPPLIES FOR OUR SUBSTATION? AS THE BUDGET, YOU MIGHT SAY YOU CAN JUST TAKE IT FROM HERE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT FROM SOMEWHERE TO FILL THESE. NOT TO INCLUDE THE CONTRACTUAL. IT THE CONTRACTUAL WE HAVE IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT OPERATIONAL FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S JUST A FEW THINGS. HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

COUN. BASSAN: MADAM PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU SAY THAT WITH THE -- YOU JUST DESCRIBED AS FAR AS NEW OFFICERS, WOULD YOU SAY THAT APD'S RECRUITMENT RELATED APPROPRIATIONS ARE NOT NECESSARY? SAY THAT AGAIN. COUN. BASSAN: THIS AMENDMENT SPECIFICALLY SAYS IN THE EXPLANATION THAT IT'S PULLING MONEY FROM NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING, APD RECRUITMENT RELATED VACANCY RELATED OR RECRUITMENT UNDERUTILIZATION. WE DO NEED RECRUITMENT APPROPRIATION.

COUN. BASSAN: THANK YOU, SIR. COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO GO OVER THE NUMBERS ONE MORE TIME. MR. MOTSCO, WHAT IS APD'S FULL BUDGET THIS YEAR? IT'S NOT IN THE RESOLUTION. I HAVE TO DO PUBLIC MATH. I BELIEVE IT'S $287 MILLION.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: $285.3 MILLION. IT'S THE NUMBER OF APD'S BUDGET. IF YOU TAKE $2.5 MILLION AND FIGURE OUT WHAT PERCENTAGE IT IS, IT'S .0087% OF THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET. I JUST WANT TO REMIND US ALL WE'VE HAD DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS UP HEREP -- TRANS, DMD, TRANSIT, DMD, PARKS, ANIMAL WELFARE, ALL SAYING WE'RE BEING CUT BY 14%. 7%. 11%. THEY ALL FIGURED OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK. WE'RE SAYING THAT APD CAN'T POSSIBLY LIVE WITHOUT .0087% OF THE BUDGET? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE. I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLE TO SAY WITH THE STRAIGHT FACE GIVEN WHAT THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE VITAL TO THE COMMUNITY HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS.

COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR TELLES. COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST -- WE ARE -- CHIEF, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WE ARE AS FAR AS NUMBER OF CADET GRADUATES MID-YEAR? AND WHAT THE EXPECTATION WAS FOR FY26. MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR TELLES, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO DC HERNANDEZ. YOUR QUESTION WAS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR?

COUN. TELLES: WHAT WAS YOUR RECRUITMENT GOAL AND HOW MANY CADETS HAVE YOU GRADUATED? I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS. BUT I CAN GET THOSE FOR YOU.

COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, DC. MADAM PRESIDENT, I DIDN'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS EITHER. BUT WHAT I DID HAVE WAS SOME FY23 -- THERE WAS A GOAL FUNDED FOR 1100 OFFICERS. FY24 REDUCED THAT EXPECTATION TO 1,040 OFFICERS. WE DID NOT HIT THAT. IT WAS 64 GRADUATES. FY25 CONTINUED AGGRESSIVE RECRUITMENT GOALS. WE DID HAVE 95 CADETS GRADUATE. FY26, I BELIEVE IT WAS -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GOAL WAS. MID-YEAR WE HAVE 59. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A QUESTION ABOUT -- IF A RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND REINVESTING IN SERVICES AND PROGRAMS WE KNOW HAVE A MEASURABLE IMPACT RIGHT NOW WHILE ALSO ALLOWING US TO DO SOME OBJECTIVE AND OUTCOME MEASURES SO THAT WE CAN PROPERLY IDENTIFY WHERE THE GAP EXISTS IN OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS. WE HAVE FOR FOUR FISCAL YEAR NOT HIT THE GOAL. WE HAVE TO FIX THAT. THAT'S WHAT THIS AMENDMENT ALLOWS US TO DO. PAUSE BECAUSE IT HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR OVERSIGHT SO WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING, HOW CAN WE BETTER IMPROVEMENT RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES, BUT IN THE MEANTIME LET'S USE LESS THAN 1% TOWARD FUNDING ACTIVITIES AND

PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY THAT ACTUALLY WORK NOW. BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT 2.5 ISN'T WORKING NOW. BUT WE CAN HOPEFULLY FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO IT AT THE SAME TIME. MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I RESPOND? COUN. PEÑA: SURE.

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR TELLES, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO NOTE THAT OUR RECRUITING WHILE WE DO GET NUMBERS IN, SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS AS FAR AS SWORN STAFFING GOES DOWN DUE TO RETIREMENT AND RESIGNATION. IT'S NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF RECRUITING NUMBERS. AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH DIRECTOR ESQUIBEL AND I THINK YOUTH PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT. I WOULD ALSO REMIND COUNCIL THERE ARE GRANT PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE AS WELL. AND IF MRS. LONG CAN SPEAK.

THANK YOU. COUNCILOR TELLES, I WANT TO CLARIFY. THE ACADEMY IS NOT FUNDED IN FSB. THEY'RE UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE SUPER INTEND NALITY. ANT IT'S A DIFFERENT LINE ITEM. I AM RUNNING THEM VERY THIN AS FAR AS OPERATING BUDGET. THE RECRUITMENT IS DONE OUT OF THE ACADEMY. THE UNIONS HAVE -- YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIALTY PAY AND CERTAIN THINGS IN LINE ITEM. I CANNOT BACK OUT OF THAT. I HAVE THAT LIABILITY TO PAY. THERE'S THINGS YOU BROUGHT UP THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. I'M GLAD TO SPEAK WITH YOU AND WORK WITH YOU ON SPECIALTY PAY. WE NEED NEED --

COUN. PEÑA: I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE GET EVERYBODY TO DINNER BREAK. COUNCILOR TELLES FOLLOWED BY COUNCILOR LEWIS FOLLOWED BY COUNCILOR CHAMPINE FOLLOWED BY COUNCILOR ROGERS.

COUN. TELLES: TO BE VERY CLEAR, THIS DOES NOT TOUCH ANY FSB FUNDING. NOTHING AT ALL. IT COMES FROM NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING, AGAIN, DIRECTLY RELATED TO RECRUITMENT RELATED VACANCY RELATED OR RECRUITMENT APPROPRIATION. WE'RE NOT TOUCHING ANY PAY OR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING MATTERS THAT ARE INTO THAT BUDGET. AGAIN, THIS IS LESS THAN 1% TO GO TO PROGRAMS THAT WILL WORK IMMEDIATELY WHILE WE COLLECT INFORMATION AND DATA TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT LESS THAN 1% BACK FOR BETTER RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S THE PURPOSE. THAT'S HOW IT WAS DESIGNED. AGAIN, IT'S NOT TO TAKE AWAY PERMANENTLY. IT'S JUST TO REALLOCATE TO INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY IMMEDIATELY WHILE WE FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BETTER UTILIZE YOUR RECRUITMENT FUNDS TO MAKE YOUR RECRUITMENT BETTER AND MORE EFFECTIVE. QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND FOR ADDRESSING THE RECRUITMENT CHALLENGES WE'RE HAVING IN FINDING OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW TO MAKE THAT BETTER.

COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR LEWIS.

COUN. LEWIS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M NOT GOING TO MOVE YOUR MONEY AROUND. I DON'T SUPPORT THIS. I DO THINK IT REVEALS SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR BUDGET CATEGORIES. WHEN YOU HAVE $140 MILLION OUT OF A $280 MILLION BUDGET THAT'S CALLED COMMUNITY POLICING, AND YOU'RE NOT DOING COMMUNITY POLICING, I THINK WE LOST THE DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY POLICING. I KNOW THE -- THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND. I GUESS LET'S DIVIDE YOUR BUDGET DOWN INTO MORE PRACTICAL DEFINITIONS OF WHAT YOU'RE REALLY SPENDING. AND BECAUSE IF YOU CALL EVERYTHING COMMUNITY POLICING, THEN IT MEANS NOTHING ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE NOT DOING COMMUNITY POLICING. I THINK YOU PROBABLY MAKE A CASE THAT YOU'RE DOING ASPECTS OF IT, BUT RECRUITMENT IS IS NOT COMMUNITY POLICING. ACCORD TO THE ORIGINAL DEFINITION. THE MAYOR CAME UP WITH THAT TEN YEARS AGO, EIGHT YEARS AGO. IT WAS A VERY SPECIFIC DEFINITION OF WHAT POLICING LOOKS LIKE WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WHEN YOU HAVE TEN OFFICERS ON THE STREETS AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND THE ENTIRE NORTHWEST DISTRICT. THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE GOING TO GET ANYWHERE CLOSE TO COMMUNITY POLICING. MAYBE IT'S THE HOPE OF COMMUNITY POLICING, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT. I FIND THAT INCREDIBLE. IT'S A MAJOR CATEGORY WITH $140 MILLION IN COMMUNITY POLICING IS PRETTY WILD. THANK YOU.

COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU. IT SAYS NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING PROGRAM. IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAM? YES. COUN. CHAMPINE: OKAY. OF THE $280 MILLION, HOW MUCH IS PAYROLL? I DIDN'T HEAR HAD QUESTION. COUN. CHAMPINE: I'LL SPEAK CLOSER TO THE MIC. OF YOUR $285 MILLION, HOW MUCH IS PAYROLL?

THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ESTIMATING TO BE $225 MILLION IN PAYROLL.

COUN. CHAMPINE: PAYROLL IS $225 MILLION. YOU RUN A DEPARTMENT ON $60 MILLION. THAT INCLUDES $40 MILLION WITH SHOT SPOTTER. FUEL FOR YOUR CARS. IF YOU HAVE CARS. AMMUNITION, TRAINING. CANINE. HORSES. I THINK A CANINE IS $15,000 NOW. OVERTIME. STUFF LIKE THAT. YOU RUN A DEPARTMENT ON $60 MILLION. AND WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO PAY OUR -- WHY WE E THEY NEED BETTER PAY. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT AND BETTER PAY. ROUGHLY -- GREAT JOB WITH $60 MILLION.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ROGERS.

COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION CLARIFYING WHAT THIS MONEY -- IS IT JUST DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING THAT DATA OUT? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS FUNDING FOR? WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF THIS ANALYSIS IN EQUITY AND INCLUSION. AND ONE OF MY TASKS WAS TO LOOK AT RECRUITMENT AND FIND OUT WHERE THE GAPS WERE. IT DIDN'T COST US $2 MILLION TO DO THAT THEN. AND WE'RE ABLE TO PINPOINT WHAT THE GAPS WERE AND WE MADE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT. ONE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO CHANGE THE SCAN TRON READING TEST TO BRING IT TO ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY OF THE 2000s. IT HELPED US RECRUIT MORE OFFICERS. NOT THAT WE MADE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO READ OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THERE WAS TWO OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THE DEPARTMENT DID NOT IMPLEMENT. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT SPECIFICALLY -- IS IT JUST DATA COLLECTION? WHAT EXACTLY WOULD YOU SPEND IT ON?

COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ROGERS. THE OVERSIGHT WOULD BE QUARTERLY REPORTING ON RECRUITMENT EXPENDITURES. ACADEMY ENROLLMENT, GRADUATION, VACANCY RATE, ATTRITION, RETENTION, COST PER SUCCESSFUL HIRE. REQUIRING OUTCOME REPORTING. ON THE REINVESTED FUNDS, WHILE ALSO IDENTIFYING MARKET ANALYSIS REGARDING RECRUITMENT BETWEEN OTHER AGENCIES SUCH AS RIO RANCHO, STATE PD, AND ANY OTHER SIMILAR PUBLIC SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS SO WE CAN IDENTIFY WHERE ARE THE GAPS IN WHY WE MAY NOT BE RECRUITING AND POTENTIALLY LOSING TO RECRUITS GOING TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND HOW WE CAN BETTER ADDRESS THAT. SO WE CAN INCREASE OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESSES AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR RECRUITMENT EXPENDITURES AND RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES WORK IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE ACTUALLY RECRUIT AND RETAIN.

COUN. ROGERS: MY LAST QUESTION FOR APD, THE AMOUNT YOU GAVE FOR PERSONNEL, IS THAT JUST THE OFFICE AS WE HAVE ON STAFF? THAT'S FOR THE TOTAL 1100 OFFICERS. WE'RE NOT PAYING THAT OUT IF WE HAVEN'T HIRED 1100 OFFICERS. AS OF RIGHT NOW, IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET?

COUN. ROGERS: YES. WE KNOW THE 1100 IS NOT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND. I'M JUST CURIOUS. I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO GET TO 1100, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST. COUN. PEÑA: WE'RE AT THE FIVE-MINUTE MARK.

AS OF MAY 5th, WE SPENT $173 MILLION. THAT'S ESTIMATE. THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE PROJECTION. COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR TELLES TO CLOSE.

COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AGAIN, WE DID TALK ABOUT HOW VACANCIES ARE SPENT. THERE IS A MEMO FROM APRIL 2nd, 2025 BETWEEN OUR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CHAIR AND OUR THEN CHIEF OF POLICE MEDINA ABOUT HOW VACANCY FUNDS ARE SPENT. I'LL LET YOU GUYS LOOK AT THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE. YOU MAY ACTUALLY REMEMBER THAT. AGAIN, ALL THIS DOES IS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REINVEST LESS THAN 1% OF FUNDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT BEING UTILIZED TO THE BEST EFFICIENCIES AND EFFECTIVENESS TO PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY THAT HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO IMMEDIATELY INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY TO THEIR BEST AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES. WHILE WE GET A CHANCE TO IDENTIFY HOW WE CAN BETTER IMPROVE RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES AND DEVELOP THAT SO WE CAN GIVE THIS MONEY BACK. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. WE ARE ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 19. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. THAT FAILS ON A 7-2. OKAY. MOW WE'RE . COUN. PEÑA: NOW WE'RE BACK ON R-17. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK AND COME BACK WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE TO TABLE? WE'RE GOING TO TABLE IT. GIVE US A SECOND, FOLKS. WE'LL RETURN BACK AT 9:45.

COUN. GROUT: MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO TABLE R-26-17. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND TO TABLE R-17 BY COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND.

OPPOSED, SAME MOTION.

MOTION CARRIES.

COUN. PEÑA: WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. WE'RE BACK ON R-17. I WOULD LIKE TO UNTABLE -- MAKE A MOTION TO UNTABLE R-17. THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES, UNANIMOUSLY. I THINK BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT. THIS IS COUNCILOR GROUT. COUN. GROUT: MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 17.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND TO SUSPEND THE RULES FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT 17. MADAM PRESIDENT, I APOLOGIZE. IT'S A MOTION TO RECONSIDER AMENDMENT 17. COUN. GROUT: OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER AMENDMENT NUMBER 17. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND, TO RECONSIDER FLOOR AMENDMENT 17 BY COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. COUNCILOR GROUT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION.

MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN I SEE THE HANDS AGAIN? COUN. PEÑA: YES. RAISE YOUR HANDS. THANK YOU. COUN. GROUT: MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO OFFER A FLOOR AMENDMENT TWO TO FLOOR AMENDMENT 17. WE NEED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT TO $1 MILLION. THIS IS SO WE'LL HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. IT SHOULD BE ON THE SCREEN. IT'S GETTING THERE. I NEED A SECOND.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT CHAMPINE. FOR AN AMENDMENT TO FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 17. IT'S ON PAGE THREE, LINE 28 ENTITLED EARLY RETIREMENT. DECREASE THE AMOUNT BY $1 MILLION. EVERYONE HAS THAT. COUNCILOR GROUT TO OPEN. COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES WE'VE MADE THIS EVENING, THIS WILL GET US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING A BALANCED BUDGET.

COUN. PEÑA: OKAYP. ANY DISCUSSION FROM OTHER COUNCILORS? SEEING NONE. WE WILL VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT TO FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 17 THAT WAS SECONDED BY COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. NOW, WE'RE BACK ON FLOOR AMENDMENT 17 AS AMENDED. COUN. GROUT: MADAM PRESIDENT, I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. COUN. PEÑA: ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR GROUT TO CLOSE.

COUN. GROUT: NO. NO ON THIS AMENDMENT. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GROUT. I JUST WANT TO TELL COUNCILOR CHAMPINE THERE'S ONLY ROOM ENOUGH FOR A FEW MISTAKES HERE TODAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, NO. MOTION CARRIES. NOW, WE ARE BACK ON R-17 AS AMENDED 19 TIMES. COUNCILOR GROUT. COUN. GROUT: OH, WAIT, DO WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT? COUN. PEÑA: PUBLIC COMMENT. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO OPEN. I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FIRST UP IS FRANCESCO FOLLOWED BY HIDELIZA.

THAT'S PERFECT SIR. INTENTIONALLY KEEPING CRITICAL BUSINESSES VACANT WHILE FORCING OVERTIME AS A HIGHER PAY RATE RECKLESSLY FAILING THE OBLIGATION WHILE HOLDING THE PURSE STRINGS TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. CUTTING FORCE VACANCY POSITIONS IS THE SAME AS CUTTING JOBS. IA YOU FOR PERSONAL SUPPORT STAFF TO HELP DO THE WORK FOR YOU. WHILE COMPLICIT IN BREAKING THE LAW TO COVER UP LAWS WERE BROKEN IN THE MAYOR OF MAYOR KELLER'S ILLEGAL WALL. MAYOR KELLER GAVE CITY COUNCIL A THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH TO A MILLION DOLLARS EACH WHILE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FLAT BROKE. QUOTING THE $0.1 MILLION COUNCILOR WHO REFUSES TO KISS THE RUNNING, TURN YOURSELF IN.

HIDELIZA FOLLOWED BY PATRICK.

GOOD EVENING, AGAIN. MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, AGAIN I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF HOPE WORKS. I'M THE CEO OF HOPE WORKS. THE NEEDED FUNDING FOR $100,000 FOR DAY SHELTER SERVICES IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. THE DAY SHELTER PROVIDES 300 UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALED WHO SUFFER FROM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND ADDICTION. AND WE ARE -- WE SERVE ALL OF THE PEOPLE WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION AND GIVING THEM WITH DIGNITY. WE ALSO MAKE SURE THE 3rd STREET IN WELLS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD IS SAFE. FREE OF LITTER AND LOITERING. WE PROVIDE SAFETY FOR ALL OF THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORS, AND OUR STAFF AND PEOPLE WE SERVE. PLEASE ADOPT THE BUDGET TONIGHT. THANK YOU.

PATRICK FOLLOWED BY MELIMDA.

I'M PRESIDENT OF BIKE ABQ. LOCAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION HERE. NOT EVEN A YEAR AGO, CAELEB WAS STRUCK BY A DRIVER ON CARLISLE. THE CITY QUICKLY COMMITTED VISION ZERO MONEY TO IMPROVE THE CROSSINGS INCLUDING THAT CROSSING. LAST FALL THE CITY COUNCIL -- LOOK WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ADVANCING BUDGET THAT RAIDS $2.2 MILLION OF THIS VERY SAME MONEY FOR OTHER PURPOSES. JUST A WEEK AFTER ANOTHER CYCLIST WAS KILLED. INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING VISION ZERO PROJECTS TO MAKE CROSSINGS SAFER. YOU WANT CROSSING GUARDS TO MAKE THEM SAFER A COUPLE HOURS A DAY. CROSSING GUARDS ARE AVAILABLE. BUT VISION ZERO MEANS ZERO FATALITIES. LEAVE THE MONEY WHERE IT BELONGS, IN VISION ZERO.

MELINDA FOLLOWED BY AUSTIN.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON PROTECTING THE FUNDING FOR VISION ZERO AND ROAD WAY SAFETY EFFORTS IN ALBUQUERQUE. ALBUQUERQUE HAS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ROADS IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE HIGH FATALITY NETWORK. AND ADDRESSING THOSE RISKS REQUIRES SUSTAINED LONG-TERM INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION. THAT FUNDING MATTERS BECAUSE POLICY ALONE DOES NOT CREATE SAFER STREETS. PROTECTIVE FUNDING ALLOWS COMMUNITIES TO MOVE FROM INTENTION TO IMPROVEMENTS THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE AND EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY. THESE BENEFITS BENEFIT EVERYONE ON THE ROAD. AND I JUST REALLY URGE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO COMMIT TO ROAD WAY SAFETY AND PRESERVE AS MUCH FUNDING, IF NOT ALL, TO END TRAFFIC DEATHS.

AUSTIN FOLLOWED BY ALTHEA.

HELLO. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE. THANK YOU INTEREST THE IRK IN UPDATING THE BUDGET. AND RESTORING SOME OF THE FUNDS TO VISION ZERO. I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO RESTORE THE REST OF THE FUNDS. LAST WEEK WAS THE WORST OF TIMES AND BEST OF TIMES. HEARING ABOUT A BIKE RIDER BEING HIT AND INJURED IS THE WORST. HEARING ABOUT A WOMEN BEING KILLED IN THE PARKING LOT WAS THE WORST. DESPITE ALL THE PREVENTIBLE INJURIES AND DEATHS, BIKE TO WORKDAY LAST THURSDAY SAW AN AMAZING TURNOUT. WHERE I VOLUNTEER, 60 TO 70 BIKES STOPPING BY THE TABLE WAS THE BEST. UBLE TWO DOZEN STOPPING BY WAS THE BEST. SEEING MOTHERS AND FATHERS TAKING THEIR CHILDREN BY FOOT OR BIKE WAS THE BEST. THEY DESERVE TO HAVE SAFE STREETS WITHOUT FEAR OF INJURY OR DEATH AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE IN TOWN. I BELIEVE THESE FUNDS ARE BEST SPENT ON THOSE PROJECTS THAT KEEP US SAFE. THANK YOU.

ALTHEA FOLLOWED BY GRACE.

MADAM PRESIDENT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERY CENT THAT TRANSIT HAS BEEN GIVEN BACK. EVERY BUS RIDER, CHILD, PERSON WHO CANNOT DRIVE IS A VULNERABLE ROAD USER TOO. WE'RE PART OF VISION ZERO. WE DO NOT ACCEPT FRAMING WE CAN EITHER HAVE VISION ZERO PROJECTS OR THE CROSSING NEEDS OR THE BUS DRIVERS WE NEED TO RESTORE TRANSIT TO 95% OF SERVICE LEVELS. WE TO NOT ACCEPT THAT FUNDING CROSSING GUARDS IS THE SAME THING AS DESIGN CHANGES TO SAVE TO LIVES. VISION ZERO IS IS NOT A PRAYER. VISION ZERO IS A PROMISE. OF COURSE THE PROGRAM LIKE THAT CAN'T PROMISE OUTCOMES. IT CAN PROMISE TO TAKE US SERIOUSLY. IT CAN PROMISE TO NOT DIVERT. AND USE THINKING TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC ISSUES. EVERY PEDESTRIAN FATALITY WAS ONCE A CHILD. AND EVERY SINGLE TRAFFIC FATALITY WAS ONCE A CHILD. THANK YOU.

GRACE FOLLOWED BY DONALD.

CAN I HAVE THE OVERHEAD PLEASE? CAN YOU ZOOM IT OUT A LITTLE BIT? OKAY. I CAME HERE ON MAY 7th AND GAVE YOU A BRIEFING. IT WAS TWO PAGES FRONT AND BACK. HERE IS ONE PAGE. PRINTED OUT TO YOU ALL. I STILL HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS WITH THE BUDGET INCLUDING A BRAND NEW MAJOR LEGAL CONCERN ABOUT THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT VISION ZERO. THIS VIOLATES BOTH NEW MEXICO STATE ORDINANCE AND THE ALBUQUERQUE TRAFFIC CODE UPDATE YOU ALL VOTED FOR UNANIMOUSLY SIX MONTHS AGO. IT'S ILLEGAL AND LEAVES YOU OPEN TO LAWSUIT. PLEASE FIX THAT. THANK YOU FOR GIVING MONEY TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND BIO PARK AND ANIMAL FOOD STILL NOT FAWN-RECURRING. THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE THE REMAINING FISSING FUNDS FROM TRANSIT AND YOU JUST REFUSED TO DO THAT. STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IN SENIOR SERVICES PROVIDER FUND HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUFFER AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY SERVICES FOR THE UNHOUSED BEYOND MONTGOMERY. WE REALLY NEED IS ANOTHER AQUATIC CENTER WITH A ROOF THAT IS FANCY AND OPENS AND CLOSES AND WASTE WATER DURING WATER CRISIS. CORRALES DOESN'T HAVE WATER. WHAT THE HECK ARE WE DOING HERE?

DONALD FOLLOWED BY JOHN. JOHN FOLLOWED BY JAMES. JAMES FOLLOWED BY LAURA.

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I TEND NOT TO VIEW MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AS AN AFFLICTED AND OPPRESSED SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION. AFTER DELVE INTO THE 2027 BUDGET DOCUMENT AND FOLLOWING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE REVIEW MEETINGS, AND LISTENING TO TONIGHT'S PROCEEDINGS, I'M INCLINED TO OFFER MY CONDOLENCES FOR ENDURING A PROCESS JUSTIFIABLY COMPARED TO A ROOT CANAL. HOWEVER, WHAT I WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU TO REMEMBER WHEN YOU REFER TO THE TIGHTNESS OF THE BUDGET IS THE FACT THAT HAD THIS CITY FROM 2019 TO 2026 CONTROLLED ITS ANNUAL SPENDING GROWTH RATE AT THE SAME LEVEL MAINTAINED BETWEEN 2007 AND 2018, WITH REVENUES AS REALIZED, YOU WOULD HAVE STARTED THIS 2027 BUDGET PROCESS WITH A SURPLUS OF $2.2 BILLION. OUR CITY TODAY WAS GROWING AND THRIVING COMMERCIALLY AND NOT BESET BY A HOMELESS CRISIS THAT WOULD NOT MATTER. BUT IN ALBUQUERQUE TODAY, IT MOST CERTAINLY DOES. THANK YOU.

LAURA FOLLOWED BY CAELEB.

MADAM PRESIDENT, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR FINDING MONEY FOR ANIMAL WELFARE. I HAVE MORE NUMBERS FROM YOU -- SADLY FROM THE DAT ADASHBOARD. LAST WEEK OUR TWO SHELTERS RECEIVED 177 DOG INTAKES. OF THOSE 177 DOGS, 82 WERE STRAY. OF THOSE 177 DOGS, 46 WERE OWNER SURRENDERS. OF THE OWNER SURRENDERS, HOW MANY WERE A RESULT OF CITIZENS SIMPLY NOT SPAYING AND NEUTERING? NOW THEY HAVE UNWANTED LITTERS OF PUPPIES AND DOGS AND WHERE ARE THEYIGATE -- GOING TO PUT THEM? DUMP THEM, LEAVE THEM IN THE WOODS, SHELTERS. IN SIX MONTHS THE DOGS WILL BE IN HEAT AGAIN. 32 DOGS WERE PUT TO SLEEP. THIS IS HORRIFIC AND UNACCEPTABLE. I IMPLORE MAYOR KELLER TO WORK WITH YOU TO KEEP THE FUNDS YOU PUT IN PLACE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE.

CAELEB FOLLOWED BY CARA. CARA FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE. MICHELLE FOLLOWED BY MIRANDA.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCILOR PEÑA, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS BUDGET. I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX. I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILOR ROGERS FOR READING THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WE LOST IN THE STREETS LAST WEEK. THOSE ARE NOT STATISTICS, THOSE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR GROUT AND COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR RETURNING SOME OF THE SPEED ENFORCEMENT REVENUE TO VISION ZERO. IT SHOULD BE ALL. YOU GUYS MIGHT PASS OUT FOR A MOMENT, BUT I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR LEWIS ON HIS CREATIVE FINANCING IDEAS OF BONDING OUT MEASURES LIKE COUNCILOR BASSAN'S SWIMMING POOL, WHICH I THINK IS NEEDED IN THIS TOWN. IT WILL ACTUALLY BOOST THE REVENUES AND ECONOMY A LITTLE BIT. IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE EXTRA GRT ON THE BOOKS. ALSO, I WANTED TO THANK AND AGREE WITH COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. I AGREE THAT WE DO NEED TO MOVE THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD QUICKER. IT'S A PROBLEM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. I HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON VISION ZERO. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS. IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK. I'VE BEEN THROUGH BUDGETS BEFORE, BUT THIS TAKES THE CAKE.

GRANDA FOLLOWED BY APRIL.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CITY COUNCILORS. I WORK FOR ALBUQUERQUE HEALTH CARE THE HOMELESS. I LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. I'M HERE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE AND SUSTAIN FUNDING FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND RAPID REHOUSING VOUCHERS TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM STABILITY AND SUCCESS OF THE LIFE SAVING PROGRAMS. ALBUQUERQUE AS YOU KNOW IS EXPERIENCING A SEVERE HOUSING CRISIS. TOO MANY FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING TO REMAIN SAFELY AND STABLY HOUSED DUE TO THE SEVERE SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOMES. FOR PEOPLE THIS IS A LIFE OR DEATH ISSUE. EVERY ADDITIONAL DAY SPENT UNHOUSED INCREASES THE RISK OF VIOLENT VICTIMIZATION, WORSENING HEALTH CONDITIONS AND EARLY HORTALITY. PEOPLE WITHOUT HOMES ARE 25 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE VIOLENT VICTIMIZATION AND AVERAGE 30 TO 40 YEARS EARLIER THAN THOSE. THE URBNEN STUTE REPORT COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY IS OF ALBUQUERQUE RECOMMENDED CLOSING THE CITY'S 15,000 UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING GAP BY PRESERVING EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSE. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS TO PROTECT FUNDING. I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE A CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN SUSTAINABLE FUNDINGS.

APRIL FOLLOWED BY JOEL. JOEL FOLLOWED BY JASMINE.

MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I COME HERE TONIGHT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. AS YOU KNOW, WE CONDUCTED A CLASS AND COMPSATION STUDY THAT SHOW JOB TITLES WERE AT THE BOTTOM RUNNING HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. AT THE TIME, SEVERAL POSITIONS WERE BELOW THE MINIMUM MARKET. LAST YEAR, WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND THE SUPPORT OF ADMINISTRATION, WE MADE SURE AT LEAST -- TO BRING OUR WORKERS TO THE MINIMUM. MANY TITLES ARE UNDER THE 15% OF THE MARKET. THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE OUR EMPLOYEES ARE BEING PAID A FAIR WAGE. AND WE COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT ON SEEING IT THROUGH. IT WAS REFRESHING SEEING OUR COUNCILORS WORKING TOGETHER FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. ESPECIALLY IN THIS DIVISIVE ENVIRONMENT GRIPPING OUR NATION. IN ORDER TO GET THIS DONE. YET, IT IS OUR HOPE THAT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE OUR CITY COUNCIL WILL SUPPORT A MODEST GROSS RECEIPTS TAX OR A MANSION TAX TO FUND PROJECTS IN ALBUQUERQUE. WE CAN DO BOTH AND THE MAYORER HAS EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THIS SITUATION. OUR COMMUNITY VALUES THE SUPPORT AND SERVICES OUR WORKERS PROVIDE IN FACT THEY WANT TO SEE THE SERVICES EXPAND. IT IS OUR HOPE THAT SOMETHING WILL BE DONE IN ORDER TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO BALANCE BOTH OF THOSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. I AGREE. AS GREAT A JOB AS COUNCILOR GROUT HAS DONE IN THE BUDGET, THE 25% GETS YOU TO PAR. WE STILL HAVE LONG WAY TO. I AM HOPING THAT THE SPONSORS OF THE PREVIOUS GRT CAN RECONSIDER AND BRING THAT BACK. I HOPE SO TOO, MA'AM. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. JASMINE FOLLOWED BY AUGUSTINE.

IT'S BEEN A FUN NIGHT. I'LL PUT COMIC RELIEF INTO THIS. I'M GOING TO BE UP AT NEGOTIATION TOMORROW MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK. MY FAVORITE PART OF TONIGHT'S MEETING WAS WHEN THE MAYOR'S AMENDMENT CAME IN WITH ALL THE -- DISPATCHED WAS HANDED OFF. THAT WAS EXCITING. I -- WE ARE WORKING 16-HOUR DAYS. WE ARE STILL FIGHTING -- AND I'M FIGHTING THE BATTLES TO KEEP PEOPLE HAPPY. JUST SO YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR TONIGHT. THIS IS A QUICK SHORT SPEECH. I KNOW EVERYBODY IS EXHAUSTED. THANK YOU FOR WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS.

AUGUSTINE FOLLOWED BY SAM. SAM FOLLOWED BY CAROLINE.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M DISTRICT SIX RESIDENT AND UNM Ph.D. STUDENT. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT URGING YOU TO KEEP FUNDS DEDICATED TO VISION ZERO. THE REAPPROPRIATION OF THE FUNDS WOULD DEGRADE PUBLIC TRUST OF THE CAMERA'S STATED TRUST IS TOWARD VISION ZERO. PUTTING IT TOWARD GENERAL FUND SHIFTS OPTICS FROM PUBLIC SAFETY TO A PREDATORY REVENUE STREAM. PERSONALLY, I CANNOT OVER EMPHASIZE HOW MANY STUDENTS DEPEND ON INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND UMM. THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS SO UNSAFE WE ALL ALMOST GET HIT EVERY TIME WE'RE GOING TO CLASS. I HAVE BEEN IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC TWICE. MANY STUDENTS CROSS BY JAYWALKING. AND WHAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS AS AN ENGINEERING STUDENT WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENGINEERING CONTROLS AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS. WHAT WE WANT IS CONTROLS THAT CANNOT BE OVERTURNED AND DON'T DEPEND ON PEOPLE AND JUDGMENT OF INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS CROSSING GUARDS. THEY'RE SAFER DESIGNS AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP THOSE TOWARD VISION ZERO.

COUN. CHAMPINE: MADAM PRESIDENT. I LOVE MY JOB. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TONIGHT AND EXTEND OUR MEETING TO 1:00 A.M. NOW, I KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE ALL THAT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY THIS AGAIN TONIGHT. I'M THINKING IF I'M A FORTHINKER AND A CHALLENGE TO NOT USE IT TO 1:00 A.M. I WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION. COUN. PEÑA: I'M DISAPPOINTED THERE'S A SECOND TO THAT.

COUN. CHAMPINE: I'M GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED IF WE USE ALL THE TIME. COUN. PEÑA: WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD BE MORE AMENABLE TO 11:30. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND TO EXTEND THE MEETING TO 1:00 A.M. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. THAT'S 6-3. COUN. CHAMPINE: I APOLOGIZE TO THE SPEAKER FOR INTERRUPTING. CAROLINE FOLLOWED BY RALPH ON ZOOM.

FIRST, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND COUNCILORS. I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT. I AM HERE TODAY TO IMPLORE YOU TO CONTINUE USING FUND FOR VISION ZERO INITIATIVES. AS A PREVIOUS UNM STUDENT AND SOMEONE THAT USES MY BIKE FOR COMMUTE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS DISASTROUS. 34 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN TRAFFIC DEATHS THIS PAST MONTH ALONE. WE NEED REAL PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT TEMPORARY POLICE AND CROSSING GUARDS. PLEASE DRAG RACE SQUADS COULD BE REPLACED WITH LASTING INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE PROTECTED BIKE LANES, CROSSINGS, AND NARROW STREETS WHICH REDUCE SPEEDS FOR EVERY CAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU WERE TIME AND HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR MIGHT.

RALPH FOLLOWED BY CHERYL.

COUNCILOR PEÑA, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU NOT APPROVE THIS MAYOR'S BUDGET FOR ANIMAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND INSTEAD APPROVE THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE. THE MAYOR HAS REDUCED THE AWD BUDGET BY $1 MILLION IN REAL CUTS. THIS INCLUDES THE REDUCTION OF ESSENTIAL STAFF. WITH TWO FIELD OFFICES, AWD HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND TO CALLS FOR HELP FROM THE PUBLIC. THE POPULATION OF OUR CITY HAS BEEN INCREASING. THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES IS A STUDY OF AWD IN OCTOBER OF 2000. BASED ON THEIR GUIDELINES, ALBUQUERQUE'S CURRENT POPULATION SHOULD HAVE 31 OFFICERS. I BELIEVE AWD HAS 23. THIS SHORTAGE PREVENTS OFFICES FROM COMING QUICKLY TO CALLS FOR SERVICE. LIKE LOOSE OR DANGEROUS DOGS. NEGLECT AND ABUSIVE ANIMALS, ILLEGAL PUPPY STREET SALES AND SO ON. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ALL THE HARD WORK AND TIME ANIMAL ADVOCATES IN THE CITY HAVE PUT INTO IMPROVING ANIMAL WELFARE TO BE REVERSED BY THIS MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET. THANK YOU.

CHERYL FOLLOWED BY DIANA.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCILORS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE MOMENT TO TALK. I DITTO WHAT RALPH JUST SAID. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF FUNDING AND SUPPORTING THE CULTURAL ASPECTS OF OUR CITY, WHICH INCLUDES ANIMAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND BUS TRANSIT AND BUS ROUTES ARE VERY IMPORTANT. ARTS AND CULTURE, LIBRARIES, SENIOR AND MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTERS, HOUSING, BIO PARK, AND AWD. WE NEED FUNDING FOR THAT FOR ADEQUATE STAFFING AND SPAY AND NEUTERER TO SHOW OURSELVES WELL WE NEED TO BE POLISHED IN THESE AREAS TO MAKE OUR CITY AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.

COUN. PEÑA: BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, COUNCILOR GROUT WANTS TO MAKE A STATEMENT. COUN. GROUT: WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE A MENTION THAT WE LOOKED INTO HAD 88K THAT WAS A DECREASE. I WANT STAFF TO EXPLAIN THAT IT HONESTLY ISN'T ONE. JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND. THEY'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE DECREASE IS. IT'S IMPORTANT YOU HAVE IT. IT'S NOT A DECREASE. YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN WHY. MS. RUMLER.

MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILOR GROUT, WE BELIEVE THAT THE ACTING BUDGET OFFICER SHOULD EXPLAIN THAT DECREASE. COUN. GROUT: THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

I'M SORRY, MADAM CHAIR. COUNCILORS, WHAT IS THE QUESTION? THE $88,000 DECREASE IS ACTUALLY A REDUCTION. THE REDUCTION IN THE ALLOCATION FOR THE DTRA SUBSCRIBER FEES. THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO NORMALLY CHARGES $1.5 MILLION IN FEES FOR RADIO. THIS YEAR THE STATE IS WAIVER THE CHARGE AND PICKING UP THE FEE. THE ANALYSTS WILL CALCULATE WHAT THAT ALLOCATION IS TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. THIS $88,000 REPRESENTS -- I'M SORRY. I LOST IT. $88,000 REPRESENTS THE ALLOCATION THAT WAS GOING TO DISPATCH, WHICH I THINK -- FIRE DISPATCH. THAT WAS THE ALLOCATION TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE RADIO FEE. IT'S NOT A REAL REDUCTION TO THE BUDGET. IT'S JUST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY THAT AMOUNT. THEREFORE, WE JUST REDUCE THEIR ALLOCATION.

COUN. GROUT: OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. DIANE FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN.

GOOD EVENING, I HAVE A HOME IN DISTRICT SEVEN. MY GRANDDAUGHTER KAYLA WAS KILLED ON JULY 22nd, 2025. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF THE AUTOMATED SAFETY ENFORCEMENT REVENUE FOR THE VISION ZERO AND ROAD WAY SAFETY PROJECT. I DON'T WANT ANOTHER FAMILY TO ENDURE WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO CARRY FOR THE REST OF OUR LIFE. SHE DESERVED TO LIFE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. SHE WITH WAS A BEAUTIFUL VIBRANT AND KIND PERSON WITH HER WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF HER. SHE CRIED FOR HER FRIEND WHO WAS KILLED AFTER STRUCK BY A DRIVERER WHILE RIDING HER BIKE. KAYLA WAS KILLED IS IN THE SAME MANNER TWO YEARS TO THE SAME DAY. YOUR DECISIONS IMPACT THE LIVES IN A REAL MANNER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PREVIOUS COMMITMENT TO ROAD WAY SAFETY THROUGH ORDINANCE 98 OF VISION ZERO. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.

BENJAMIN FOLLOWED BY THERESA.

GOOD EVENING. MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILORS, LET ME SEE IF I CAN -- I CAN'T TURN ON VIDEO. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE ON THE BUDGET. YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. I SINCERELY MEAN THAT. ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUDGET THAT CAME DOWN FROM THE ADMINISTRATION'S OFFICE. YOU HAVE TURNED IT AROUND. OF ALL THE AMENDMENTS YOU'VE BEEN PASSING TONIGHT, I'VE BEEN VERY IN FAVOR OF THEM. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND SPECIFICALLY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING FOR VISION ZERO. I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, CONSIDERING THAT THREE PEDESTRIANS WERE KILLED IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE. WE SHOULD FIND A WAY TO FUND VISION ZERO. I KNOW THAT MEANS TAKING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT FOR ME THIS IS A PRIORITY. THANK YOU.

THERESA FOLLOWED BY CONY. ?

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL, FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILOR GROUT FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. IT WAS SPECTACULAR. I'D ALSO THANK THE WHOLE COUNCIL FOR LEADING OFF THE RESOLUTION WITH RECOGNITION OF THE NEED FOR CITY EMPLOYEES PAY TO BE INCREASED AND FOCUS ON. AND SPECIFICALLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RESTORING ANIMAL WELFARE BUDGET TO A LEVEL THAT IS MUCH BETTER THAN HOW IT WOULD HAVE FARED UNDER THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET. AS THE SPEAKER SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT JOB FOR THE STAFF. IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE VOLUNTEERS. WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT LIKE HECK TO GET THE DOGS OUT. ALBUQUERQUE LOVES ITS ANIMALS. AND THE ANIMALS AND THE PEOPLE HERE NEED TO BE SAFE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CONNIE FOLLOWED BY GINA.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I AM HAD CEO OF HEADING HOME. REDUCTION OF $1.5 MILLION IN RAPID REHOUSING VOUCHERS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 RAISES CONCERNS. HEADING HOME SERVES 134 HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR PSH PRM PROGRAMS. THESE ARE ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS AND GREATEST VULNERABLE. PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABLING CONDITIONS, SEVERE HEALTH CHALLENGES AND LONG HISTORIES OF HOUSING INSTABILITY WHO RELY ON THE SUPPORT TO REMAIN SAFELY HOUSED. HEADING HOME IS ON TRACK TO SPEND DOWN ALL OF THE FUNDING ALKATDED BRNG SO WE MAY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE HOUSEHOLD FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. THANK YOU.

MADP PRESIDENT -R R -- FOR STRONGER SUPPORT FOR ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES. THANK YOU FOR AMENDING THE BUDGET. IT REALLY IS HARD TO HEAR THE CONCERNS OF THE STAFF SHORTAGESES, AND NEED FOR MORE ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICERS. EVERY INVESTMENT MADE IN PREVENTION, EDUCATION, VETERINARY CARE, AND FIELD SERVICES HELPS SAVE LIFE AND CREATE A SAFER MORE COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. THANK YOU HAVE RECOGNIZING THESE SERVICES. SERVICES MATTER. AND FOR GIVING A VOICE TO THE VOICELESS. PAWS UP.

DOROTHY FOLLOWED BY MONET. PLEASE ACCEPT PROMOTION. THANK YOU. SHE DECLINED. DOROTHY FOLLOWED BY MONET.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.

MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ACROSS THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CASE MANAGEMENT FAMILIES HOUSING PH PROGRAMS OPERATED BY HEADING HOME, WE SERVE 98 HOUSEHOLDS INCLUDING 127 ADULTS AND 84 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18. IN EACH OF THESE 98 HOUSEHOLDS, AT LEAST ONE MEMBER HAS A DISABILITY. ONE HOUSEHOLD IS ON HOSPICE WITH A LIFE EXPECTPANCY OF LESS THAN ONE YEAR. A CUT IN FUNDING WOULD LEAVE 98 HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT STABLE FUNDING AND THEY WOULD LOSE CONTINUITY. MANY OF THE FAMILIES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO TERMINATE THEIR LEASES AND WOULD INCUR AN EVICTION FILING AND COURT ORDERED RENT OBLIGATIONS AND ASSOCIATED FEES SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHING THEIR ABILITY TO OBTAIN HOUSING IN THE FUTURE. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO NOT CUT OR SUSPEND FUNDING TO THE PSH PROGRAMS.

MONET FOLLOWED BY NATTILY.

YES. MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW MEXICO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS. THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL CUT $1.5 MILLION FROM THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS DEPARTMENT. THAT HAS PROVIDED HOUSING VOUCHERS. AND THE TIMING OF THIS COULD NOT BE WORSE. FEDERAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE IS FACING MAJOR CUTS WE COULD SEE IN NEW MEXICO. MOVING OVER $12 MILLION TO FEDERAL FUNDING. IF THIS COUNCIL CUTS LOCAL FUNDING AT THIS TIME WE'RE PULLING TWO SAFETY NETS OUT FROM UNDER THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. AN AMENDMENT WAS INTRODUCED EARLIER TONIGHT THAT $1.5 MILLION BE PRIORITIZED LATER IN THE YEAR IF IT WAS NEEDED. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. HOWEVER, PROVIDERS ARE NOT ABLE TO PLAN FOR THE YEAR WHEN FULL FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE. THIS NOT ONLY IMPACTS INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BUT OVERALL OPERATIONS OF NON-PROFIT AGENCIES WHICH IS WHY WE'RE NOT ONLY ASKING YOU NOT TO CUT THE BUDGET, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO INVEST MORE. THE SYSTEM HAS GAPS. PEOPLE ARE FALLING THROUGH THEM EVERY DAY. INCREASING THE BUDGET MEANS MORE PEOPLE HOUSED AND FEWER PEOPLE IN CRISIS AND STRONGER COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE. I URGE THE COUNCIL NOT TO PASS THIS BUDGET AS IT STANDS BUT TAKE A BETTER LOOK AT THE IMPACT THIS HAS ON HOMELESSNESS IN ALBUQUERQUE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCILORS. I AM PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH SAN PEDR. STRATEGIC PLANNER AND GRANDPARENT. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO PROTECT VISION ZERO. ALBUQUERQUE FACES SOME OF THE HIGHEST PEDESTRIAN DEATH RATES. WE SHOULD NOT FEAR WALKING ACROSS THE STREET OR TAKING OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. TEASE ARE NOT OPTIONAL PROJECTS. THESE STABILIZE OUR COMMUNITY WORK AND OTHER -- WE'VE SEEN HOW STREETS CREATE SAFER PATHWAY FOR FAMILIES. EVERY DOLLAR LEAVES SAFETY IMPROVEMENT TO COMMUNITIES THAT OVERLOOKEDED. WE CANNOT CONTINUE WAITING UNTIL MORE LIVES ARE LOST TO ACT. CONTINUE INVESTING IN SAFER STREETS, SAFER CROSSINGS AND SAFER COMMUNITIES FOR ALL ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS. WE'RE ONE ALBUQUERQUE.

RALPH FOLLOWED BY LUIS.

GOOD EVENING. I HOPE YOU ALSO DON'T HAVE TO STAY UNTIL 1 P.M. I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THIS MEETING. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. I DO WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE HARD WORK. I CANNOT BEGIN TO FATHOM ALL THE COMPLICATIONS OF TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER THE CITY BUDGET FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND ALL OF YOUR REVIEW IN COMING UP WITH THE AMENDMENTS TO RESTORE THINGS. I WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT VISION ZERO BEING CONTINUED TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE AUTOMATED SPEED INFOORSMENT -- ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS. I THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO RESTORE SOME OF THAT AND HOPEFULLY IT CAN ALL COME BACK. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR HER AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ABLE TO RESTORE $430,000 TO OPEN SPACE. ALSO, I JUST AGREE WITH ALL THE COMMENTS MADE PREVIOUSLY BY PATRICK MARTIN AND THE UNM Ph.D. STUDENT AND MS. VARGAS. THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK.

LUIS.

MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I AM A BICYCLE COMMUTER AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. I'M HERE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO KEEP VISION ZERO FUNDS INTACT. I'M WORRIED WE'LL BEGIN A NEW PRECEDENT IF WE TRANSFER THE FUNDS AND USE THEM ELSEWHERE. IF FUNDS FROM RED LIGHT CAMERAS CAN'T BE USED WITHOUT TRANSFERRING, IT SHOULDN'T BE USED FOR THE SERVICE OR PROJECT. WE NEED VISION ZERO TO BE A VALUABLE ESTABLISHED AND WELL FUNDED PROGRAM. ALBUQUERQUE LIVES DEPEND ON THIS. I ASK AGAIN, PLEASE KEEP VISION ZERO MONEY WHERE IT BELONGS. TO BUILD WELL DESIGN ASKED SAFE STREETS. I HAVE BEEN RIDING BY CONSTITUTION AND WASHINGTON AND THERE'S CURRENTLY A PROJECT GOING ON THERE. IT'S EXACTLY WHERE OUR VISION ZERO FUNDS SHOULD BE GOING. FOR PROJECTS JUST LIKE THAT. IT'S AN AMAZING PROJECT. SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR SPEARHEADING THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT. THANK YOU. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE BACK ON R-17 AS AMENDED 19 TIMES. COUNCILORS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE WILL GO THROUGH EACH COUNCILOR AND WE WILL HAVE COUNCILOR GROUT CLOSE. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILOR GROUT.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, ALL. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES. I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. THIS CERTAINLY WAS A HISTORIC BUDGET FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S EVER BEEN A BUDGET WITH THIS MANY DISCREPANCIES AND OMISSIONS. WE HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES. BUT THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND PROFESSIONALISM OF OUR COUNCIL STAFF IS TRULY REMARKABLE. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A JOY TO WATCH THEM TOGETHER IN COLLABORATION TO CONTRIBUTE EXPERTISE TO MAKE A BETTER WHOLE. I WISH WE COULD HAVE INCLUDED OMB IN THE PROCESS. WHEN WE FIRST SAW THE MISTAKES, WE REACHED OUT AND ASKED TO COLLABORATE. THEY CHOSE TO DOUBLE DOWN. MOST IMPORTANT THING IS HAVING STRUCTURAL ACCURATE AND BALANCED BUDGET THAT'S TRANSPARENT AND MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS. NEXT, GETTING OUR EMPLOYEES PAID PROPERLY. WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE CARE OF US. THE EVERGREEN CLASS AND COMP STUDY WAS DONE THREE YEARS AGO. IT SHOWED CLEARLY WE NEEDED TO TAKE ACTION. AND IT'S TIME TO GET THAT DONE. I DO URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE WILL GO TO A VOTE. I KNOW I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SPEAK, BUT GOOD JOB. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF R-17 AS AMENDED 19 TIMES, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, NO. THAT WAS 7-2. WITH THAT, WE WILL ACTUALLY MOVE TO R-28. COUNCILOR GROUT.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU. R28 IS ESTABLISHING ONE-YEAR OBJECTIVES FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IN FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO MEET FIVE-YEAR GOALS AND ESTABLISHING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. I MOVE DO PASS. COUN. PEÑA: THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN FOR DO PASS OF FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE LABELED A IN YOUR PACKET.

COUN. GROUT: OKAY. I JUST HAD IT. NOW I CAN'T FIND IT. THERE IT IS. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO OFFER FLOOR AMENDMENT ONE. IT ADDS NEW OBJECTIVES TO THE END OF GOAL EIGHT. IT PROVIDES A LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS TO THE FUND 289 AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. THAT'S THAT LIST. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. COUNCILOR GROUT TO CLOSE.

COUN. GROUT: I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. COUN. PEÑA: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. MOTION CARRIES. MADAM PRESIDENT, NOT EVERYBODY RAISED THEIR HANDS. SHOW HANDS IN FAVOR. COUN. PEÑA: IT WAS THE DINNER. AND OPPOSITION? THANK YOU.

COUN. PEÑA: WE'RE NOW ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. THIS IS ACTUALLY MINE. I'D MAKE A MOTION FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. THIS IS TO ADD TWO OBJECTIVES TO END GOAL -- GOVERNMENTAL EXCELLENCE AND EFFECTIVENESS AND NUMBER THE OBJECTIVES. ADJUST CITY EMPLOYEE WAGES BASED ON INCREASE IN COST OF LIVING. INCREASE OF COST OF LIVING SHOULD BE CALCULATED ON PERCENTAGE INCREASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. ALL URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND Y CLERICAL FOR ALL ITEMS OR SUCCESSORS INDEX PUBLISHED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR SUCCESSOR AGENCY. INCREASE ALL CITY EMPLOYEE WAGES TO THE 50th PERCENTILE WITHIN THE RECOMMENDED PAY RANGES OF THE EVERGREEN SOLUTIONS JULY 1, 2024 STUDY. THE EXPLANATION FOR THIS IS THIS AMENDMENT ADDS OBJECTIVES TO REQUIRE THE CITY TO PROPOSE A PLAN FOR CITY WAGES TO BE INCREASED EACH YEAR TO AT LEAST THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND INCREASE ALL CITY EMPLOYEE WAGES TO THE 50th PERCENTILE OF THE CLASS AND COMPENSATION STUDY. THERE'S A MOTION AND TWO SECONDS. ONE BY COUNCILOR GROUT AND COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. COUNCILOR LEWIS.

COUN. LEWIS: THE AMENDMENT -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST THE WAY THE AMENDMENT WAS TITLED. IT REFERS TO MINIMUM WAGE. ASIDE FROM WHAT WE JUST PASSED TONIGHT, AND THE CHANGES TO CITY WORKER PAY AND -- HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO MINIMUM WAGE? OR A POTENTIAL MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE?

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A BILL FOR MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE. WE'RE ASKING SMALL BUSINESSES -- NOT THAT IT'S GOING TO PASS. IT'S PROPOSED BILL. BUT WE'RE ASKING SMALL BUSINESSES TO FOLLOW THIS WITHIN THAT BILL IN ORDER TO -- I THINK AT THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE WE NEED TO WALK THE WALK. IF WE ASK SMALL BUSINESSES TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO DO THAT WITHIN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE.

COUN. LEWIS: MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVEN'T ASKED THEM TO DO THAT. THAT'S A POTENTIAL BILL. I THINK WE MIGHT BE JUMPING AHEAD ON A BILL -- ON A POTENTIAL BILL THAT MAY OR MAY NOT TAKE EFFECT. SO, AT THE SAME TIME, I CAN -- IF IT'S LIKE A SWEEPING THING THAT COVERS IT, THEN WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW IN CASE THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, I SEE THE REASONING BEHIND IT. WOULDN'T THAT BE SOMETHING -- IF THAT DID PASS AT SOME POINT, WE CAN COME BACK AND MAKE A STATEMENT THAT IT'S ALL INCLUSIVE OF THAT?

COUN. PEÑA: ABSOLUTELY, COUNCILOR LEWIS. BUT I THINK PASSING IT NOW SHOWS IT'S ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES AS THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PROPOSED AND IF IT DOESN'T -- IF THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T PASS, WE CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE THIS. BUT I THINK AT SOME POINT MINIMUM WAGE IS GOING TO GO UP. I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO ASK SMALL BUSINESSES TO INCUR THIS COST, WE NEED TO DO THE SAME THING HERE AT THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. IT'S AN OBJECTIVE FOR WHEN THAT DOES HAPPEN. COUN. LEWIS: MADAM PRESIDENT, I JUST THINK THERE MAY BE SOME DIFFERING OPINIONS WHEN WE GET TO THAT BILL.

COUN. PEÑA: CORRECT. COUN. LEWIS: SO, A STATEMENT THAT -- TO ME IT'S PRESUMPTION THAT IT WILL PASS. I THINK WE SHOULD SAVE THAT DEBATE. COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR ROGERS. COUN. ROGERS: I JUST WANT TO ASK A COUPLE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. THIS JUST ASKS TO MAKE A PLAN FOR HOW TO GET TO IT? COUN. PEÑA: YES.

COUN. ROGERS: SO, AM I UNDERSTANDING THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE OF THE CONSUMER INDEX URBAN WAGE EARNERS IS NOT TIED TO MINIMUM WAGE. IT'S JUST SAYING WE NEED A PLAN FOR HOW TO BRING US UP TO THE 5 0th PERCENTILE. COUN. PEÑA: CORRECT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR CHAMPINE.

COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE BROUGHT IN THE ORDINANCE WE'RE PROPOSING BUT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE DOESN'T JUST WORK OFF THE PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE ON THE CCI. OR ON THE CPI. IT ALSO INCREASES IT WITH THE NEW CALCULATION OF CPI AND HUD. WE'RE STARTING SAYING SOMETHING IT'S GOING TO BE BASED OFF OF CPI, BUT THE PROPOSAL READS CPI AND HUD. IT'S A DIFFERENT CALCULATION.

COUN. PEÑA: I DON'T THINK -- I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THIS IS BASED OFF A PROPOSED ORDINANCE. I'M PRETTY CERTAIN THE LANGUAGE WAS CORRECT IN HERE. MADAM PRESIDENT, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE MINIMUM WAGE IS BASED OFF THE CPI. WHAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS IS -- THAT'S HOW THEY CALCULATE THE INCREASE OF MINIMUM WAGE YEAR OVER YEAR. THAT'S WHERE THE NUMBER CAME FROM. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN.

COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED -- I DO WANT TO SAY THIS IS NOT THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THE BILL THAT WOULD BE COMING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS THE CURRENT LANGUAGE IN OUR CURRENT MINIMUM WAGE BILL. I ALSO WANT TO SAY I THINK WE CAN PUT A GOAL TO PAY OUR STAFF WHATEVER WE WANT. WE SHOULD ME WE SHOULD PAY STAFF WHAT THEY'RE WORTH. IT HAS NO RELEVANCE WHETHER A BILL PASSES LATER OR FOUGHT. WE SHOULD ADDRESS CITY EMPLOYEES TO A REASONABLE AMOUNT EACH YEAR TO COVER COST OF LIVING INCREASES. AND WE SHOULD WORK TO GET TO THE 50th PERCENTILE. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING EVERYONE SAY ANYWAY. THANK YOU.

COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR LEWIS, AND I'LL CLOSE. COUN. LEWIS: I GUESS I REALIZE IT'S NOT THE MINIMUM WAGE -- THE MINIMUM WAGE IS NOT SPECIFICALLY -- IT'S REFERRED TO BUT IT IS PART OF THE TITLE. MAYBE IT'S PART OF THE TITLE OF HOW WE'RE REFERRING TO IT. I GUESS THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LEWIS. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. NOW, WE ARE BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED TWICE. COUNCILOR GROUT. WE HAVE ONE MORE? I DON'T HAVE THAT ONE. OKAY. WE ARE NOW ON FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. COUNCILOR TELLES.

COUN. TELLES: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS ADD A NEW OBJECTIVE TO THE END OF GOAL EIGHT. GOVERNMENTAL EXCELLENCE AND EFFECTIVENESS. COORDINATE WITH CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND REVISE SECTION 2-11-1 AND THE FOLLOWING. ROA1994 BUDGET ORDINANCE TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AROUND GENERAL FUND BALANCES AND ENHANCE REPORTING ON PROJECTED BALANCES INCLUDING RESERVES TRANSFERS REVISIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS. THIS AMENDMENT REALLY -- THIS OBJECTIVE IS TO COORDINATE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE BUDGET ORDINANCE TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING. THAT'S IT. JUST SO WE CAN COORDINATE ON THE BUDGET ORDINANCE.

COUN. PEÑA: ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. COUNCILOR TELLES TO CLOSE. COUN. TELLES: I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. COUN. PEÑA: WE HAVE FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE'RE BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED THREE TIMES OVER. AND I DON'T KNOW, COUNCILOR GROUT -- DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? LET'S DO THAT FIRST.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE HAVE SUZY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. OUR ZOOM SIGN-UP IS NO LONGER PRESENT. COUN. PEÑA: SHE'S NOT HERE. THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT. THANK YOU. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW -- COUNCILORS, ANY QUESTIONS ON R-28? SEEING NONE. COUNCILOR GROUT TO CLOSE.

COUN. GROUT: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL STAFF AGAIN. MS. BRADLEY. SHE WORKED WITH EVERYBODY. SHE WAS LITTLE WORKHORSE. CALLING ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, EMAILING THE DEPARTMENTS. THIS WAS VERY MUCH A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE THINGS WE WANT AND ALSO WE REACHED OUT TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. AND WE CHANGED THINGS UP. WE WANT IT TO WORK. IT NEEDS TO GUIDE US AND THE BEST THING IS WE ARE TRYING TO GAIN METRICS BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS WANTING TO KNOW ARE THE PROGRAMS WE'RE DOING WORKING. WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THOSE ANSWERS. WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE SOME GUIDELINES SO WE KNOW IF WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY WISELY OR NOT OR HELPING THE PEOPLE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SERVE AND SEND THE PEOPLE THAT OUR TAXPAYERS WENT. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GROUT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT FOR DO PASS OF R-28 AS AMENDED THREE TIMES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. NOW, WE ARE ON PT. COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. PQ62 IS ADOPTING A PROPOSITION TO BE SENT TO THE VOTERS AT THE 2026 GENERAL ELECTION PROPOSING TO AMEND ARTICLE FIVE REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT AND REMOVAL INDEPENDENCE OF CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY CLERK. MOTION FOR DO PASS.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DO PASS OF P2. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BY COUNCILORS? COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN TO START. COUN. FIEBELKORN: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN A COMMITTEE OF FOUR. IT SEEMS TO BE AN EASY THING TO GRIDLOCK. I WONDER WHAT THE THOUGHT IS FOR HAVING FOUR PEOPLE.

COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN, BEFORE THERE'S A RESPONSE, I APOLOGIZE THAT I DIDN'T ASK COUNCILOR CHAMPINE TO OPEN. THAT WAS MY FAULT.

COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IT'S PLAIN AND SIMPLE. THIS PROPOSES A CITY CHARTER QUESTION TO THE VOTERS THIS NOVEMBER 3rd. IT PROPOSES THE COUNCIL MUST BE APPROVED -- PROPOSED BY THE COUNCIL MUST BE APPROVED BY MAJORITY OF THE COUNCILORS TO PUSH ON THROUGH. THIS IS THE FIRST OF THE PUBLIC HEARING MEETINGS. THERE WILL BE A SECOND. IT BASICALLY IS SAYING THAT WE WANT TO GO TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE THEM DECIDE IF -- THE WAY THE CURRENT CHARTER READS IS THE APPOINTMENT IS PICKED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND PUT FORTH AND APPROVED BY US. THIS WOULD CHANGE IT SO THE APPOINTMENT IS MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A COMMITTEE AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND PUT FORTH TO US FOR APPROVAL. IT WOULD THEN ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY CLERK AND CITY ATTORNEY -- THEIR OFFICE ARE INDEPENDENT FROM COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN HAS A QUESTION. I THINK THAT WAS RESPONDED TO AS WELL. WE'RE GOOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. TO CLOSE? COUN. PEÑA: YOU'RE GOING TO DEFER. COUN. CHAMPINE: I BELIEVE COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN HAD A QUESTION. COUN. PEÑA: YOU ANSWERED IT. COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU. YES, MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER TO JUNE 1st.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT FOR DEFERRAL UNTIL OUR JUNE 1st MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. 7-2. NOW, WE ARE ON COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. R-30. I'LL NOT FORGET TO LET YOU OPEN.

COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. R-26-30, ADOPTING PROPOSITION TO BE SUBMITTED IN THE NEXT ELECTION SELD IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE CONCERNING AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE FIVE SECTION FOUR OF THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY CHARTER PROVIDING THE FORM OF THE QUESTION AND THE DESIGNATION CLAUSE FOR SUCH QUESTION ON THE BALLOT. THIS IS A COMPANION RESOLUTION TO P2-62. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT. COUNCILOR CHAMPINE TO OPEN. COUN. CHAMPINE: YES, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. IT'S COMPANION RESOLUTION TO P-26-2. COUN. PEÑA: ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. COUNCILOR CHAMPINE TO CLOSE.

COUN. CHAMPINE: MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER TO JUNE 1st. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DEFERRAL UNTIL JUNE 1st MEETING BY COUNCILOR GROUT. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVORER RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY YES. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. THAT WAS 8-1? 7-2. NOW, COUNCILOR ROGERS. WE'RE ON A ROLL. COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. R-31 APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO SUPPORT JUNETEENTH ACTIVITIES. I MOVE DO PASS.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND MULTIPLE SECONDS. I WILL TAKE COUNCILOR TELLES'S. COUNCILOR ROGERS TO OPEN. COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IN OUR BUDGET, WE RESEARCHED AND FOUND ONE OF MY COUNCIL DIRECTED SPONSORSHIPS THAT WOULD NOT BE EXPENDED. I'M MOVING THAT INTO JUNETEENTH ACTIVITIES. SO THAT MONEY DOESN'T GO UNSPENT. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL -- WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WE HAVE LISA AND CHERYL.

COUNCILOR PEÑA, COUNCILORS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING NEW MEXICO BE A PLACE WHERE JUNETEENTH IS NOT ONLY CELEBRATED BUT ONE BIG HUGE PARTY AND DIVERSE AND EVERYBODY COMES TO IT. WITH WE HAVE A GOOD OLD TIME. IT'S VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING A CITY THAT VALUES OUR DIVERSITY AND OUR PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER. JUST ONE LAST THING THAT JUNETEENTH IS A LOT OF FUN. WE WOULD LIKE FOR OUR SECURITY AT THE CONVENTION CENTER NOT TO CHASE OUR CITY COUNCILOR AROUND AND TRY AND ARREST HER THIS TIME. JUNETEENTH SHOULD BE A LOT MORE FUN. IF THE FOLKS WHO ARE VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED AREN'T PICKED ON BY THE SECURITY GUARDS. WE NEED UNDERSTANDING FROM THE SECURITY. THANK YOU.

CHERYL. PLEASE ACCEPT PROMOTION TO PANELIST. SHE'S DECLINED MULTIPLE TIMES. COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCILOR ROGERS TO CLOSE. COUN. ROGERS: I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DO PASS OF R-31. SECONDED BY MULTIPLE COUNCILORS. WE TOOK COUNCILOR TELLES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. NOW, WE ARE ON TO R34. COUN. ROGERS: AMENDING CAPITAL IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE BY SUPPLEMENTING CURRENT GRANT APPROPRIATIONS AND APPROVING A NEW PROJECT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I MOVE DO PASS. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT FOR DO PASS OF R-34. COUNCILOR ROGERS TO OPEN.

COUN. ROGERS: THIS IS THE BILL I WITH DREW LAST MEETING BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO GET THINGS CORRECT WITH OUR STATE AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. WE RECEIVED $3 MILLION. WE NEEDED TO UPDATE THE PAPERWORK AND GET THE IGA FULLY EXECUTED WHICH HAS BEEN EXECUTED IN THE PACKET. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE DISTRICT SIX IS LANDLOCKED FOR THE $9 MILLION THAT CONSUL HELPED ME APPROPRIATE FROM HUD, IT'S HARD TO DEPLOY THAT HOUSING BEING LANDLOCKED. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO PURCHASE THE SHRINERS HEADQUARTERS ON ZUNI TO DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND MUTUAL AID PROJECTS AND IT HAS A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FOR OUR FOOD JUSTICE WORK. IT WILL CHECK MORE THAN JUST ONE BOX OF HOUSING FOR DISTRICT SIX. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ROGERS. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC SPEAKERS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. LISA FOLLOWED BY GRACE.

THANK YOU, AGAIN. AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE MET THIS SATURDAY A LARGE GROUP OF US WERE ABLE TO MEET. THEY HAD SIX RECOMMENDATION IN REGARDS TO HOUSING IN ADDITION TO THIS EXPEND HOUSING FIRST WITH PERMANENT HOUSING, SCALE UP RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING VOUCHERS AND INVEST IN STREET OUTREACH AND REPLACE ZERO TOLERANCE WITH SPECIFIC PATHWAYS WITH VOLUNTARY TRAUMA INFORMED SERVICES. CREATE UNIFIED DATA SYSTEM WITH ACCOUNTABILITY WHICH I THINK WILL ASSIST IN BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHERE WE NEED SERVICES CURRENTLY IN COUNCILOR BASSAN'S AREA THERE ARE VERY FEW SERVICES FOR UNHOUSED FOLKS. THE TRANSIT DOESN'T EVEN GO IN THAT AREA. MOST OF THE STUFF IS DOWNTOWN. THAT'S WHERE MOST PEOPLE HANG OUT. THAT'S WHERE THE SERVICES ARE. AND SO, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DISCUSSION BE CENTERED AROUND UNHOUSED VOICES. THEY NEED TO BE PART OF THE DECISION MAKING AND THEY WERE A PART OF THIS DECISION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GRACE FOLLOWED BY SKYLINE.

A HOUSING CRISIS SUCH AS OURS, WE HAVE TO USE EVERY SINGLE RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO US. ONE OF THE RESOURCES -- COUNCILOR ROGERS'S AMAZING BILL TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SOME OF US HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF NOT SUPPORTING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING LIKE VOTING DOWN DUPLEXES, TOWNHOUSES, AND CASITA IN THE IDO CIRCUS IN FEBRUARY. WE JUST HAD ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE CIRCUSES AND WE'RE ALL TIRED. WE'RE ALL CONFUSED. WE JUST WANT A HOUSE. HATES WHAT WE WANT. THIS GIVES PEOPLE SOME PEOPLE A HOUSE. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IF YOU CARE ABOUT GIVING EVERYBODY A HOUSE, I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS, WE SHOULD STOP CRIMINALIZING THE HOMELESSNESS. WE SHOULD STOP LOCKING PEOPLE UP. WE SHOULD STOP PUTTING PEOPLE IN A DIVERSION PROGRAM AND SAYING THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ARRESTING THEM AND WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN THE DIVERSION PROGRAM THEY JUST INTERACTED WITH -- MAGICAL DIVERTED, GONE. NO, THERE'S THINGS WE CAN DO BEFORE THE DIVERSION PROGRAM. PUTTING A DIVERSION PROGRAM ON A BAND-AID IS NOT A GOOD WAY TO RUN A CITY.

SKYLINE FOLLOWED BY SAFEGUARD.

I DIGRESS. IT'S TANGENTIAL. I SPENT QUITE SOME TIME WITH UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS AND SPENT TIME UNHOUSED MYSELF. IT'S NOT EASY EVEN WHEN YOU DO GET A BREAK. YOU CAN FEEL HOW HOT IT IS. STAND OUT THERE INTEREST PR A BIT WALK ENDLESSLY OUT THERE. THAT'S THE REALITY NOW IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. FACILITIES LIKE NEW DAY NEED THAT BREAK PEOPLE NEED FROM BEING IN SURVIVAL MODE. NOW THE CITY WANTS TO CUT FUNDS AND INCREASE ENCAMPMENT SWEEPS. HOW ARE WE GOING TO CRIMINALIZE PEOPLE FOR RESTING ON A SIDE WALK AND TAKE AWAY THE PLACE THEY COULD HAVE RESTED? WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO DO ALL DAY, WALK TRAIL OF TEARS STYLE BECAUSE YOU KNOW NEW MEXICO HAS A BAD HISTORY WHEN IT COMES TO LONG WALKS. WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE. WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THAT. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO NOT CUT FUNDING FOR NEW DAY AND SEND THAT GENEROSITY TO FACILITIES LIKE THAT TO HELP WITH HOUSING. THANK YOU.

SAFEGUARD FOLLOWED BY CHERYL.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I'LL TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT A FRIEND OF MINE. THIS FRIEND IS UNNAMED. THEY LIVE IN NEW DAY. THEY WERE AN A-PLUS STUDENT THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL THEY GOT BRUTALLY RAPED. THAT MOMENT CHANGED THEIR LIFE FOREVER. THEY GOT KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOME AND ENDED UP ON THE STREET FOR YEARS. THEIR ONLY SAFETY WAS IN THE MILITARY WHERE THEY WERE AGAIN PUNISHED AND RAPED. THAT IS AN ATROCITY FOR LATER. HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW, THAT PERSON IS LIVING IN A HOMELESS SHELTER THAT IS GOING WITHOUT FUNDING AND IS HAVING FUNDING CUTS. I ENCOURAGE YOU AND I BEG YOU PLEASE WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR UNHOUSED FRIENDS, OUR FAMILIES, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THAT WAS YOUR DAUGHTER, SON, CHILD, IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES OF OTHERS WAS FORCED TO LIVE IN THOSE SHELTERS? THANK YOU.

CHERYL ON ZOOM. SHE DECLINED TO BE PROMOTED. I THINK THAT WRAPS UP COMMENT ON THAT. COUN. PEÑA: PERFECT. WE'RE BACK ON R-34. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM OTHER COUNCILORS? SEEING NONE. COUNCILOR ROGERS TO CLOSE. COUN. ROGERS: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR GROUT FOR A DO PASS OF R-34. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. NOW, WE ARE ON THE FINAL BILL OF THE EVENING, WHICH IS COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. R-36.

COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. R26-36 ADJUSTING THE OPERATING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN FUNDS AND PROGRAMS. I MOVE A DO PASS. COUN. PEÑA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR DO PASS OF R-36 BY COUNCILOR GROUT. COUNCILOR CHAMPINE TO OPEN.

COUN. CHAMPINE: THIS BILL PROPOSES THE ADJUSTED FISCAL YEAR OF 2026 OPERATINGING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE 280,000 DR. TO THE ROUTE 66 CULTURAL IT'S SUPPORTED FROM THE LODGERS TAX TO THE GENERAL FUND AND ALLOCATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE. THIS WAS BROUGHT FORTH A LITTLE BIT AGO. AND WAS VETOED BY THE MAYOR. SITTING DOWN WITH THEM INSTEAD OF LOOKING TO OVERRIDE THE VETO, I ACTUALLY SAT DOWN WITH HIS STAFF OR PEOPLE FROM HIS STAFF AND WORKED OUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THEY PRESENTED TO ME IN REGARDS TO THIS. A COUPLE OF HURDLES WE DECIDED TO GO. THEY PRESENTED IT. WE ADJUSTED IT AND CAME BACK TO WHAT THIS BREAKS DOWN TO. WHAT IT BREAKS DOWN TO IS $100,000 TO FINISH THE BANDS OF ENCHANTMENT SEASON. AND $100,000 TOWARD A FREE OUTDOOR MUSIC FESTIVAL IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE TO CELEBRATE ROUTE 66. AS THEY DID LAST YEAR, THE ADMINISTRATION RECOGNIZED THE BANDS OF ENCHANTMENT TV SHOW WAS SEPARATE FROM THAT FESTIVAL. WE ADJUSTED THE AMOUNT THERE. THE ROUTE 66 CUTUAL EVENTS WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, SO FUNDING IS $71,000 IS GOING TO THAT. THE REST IS GOING TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION WHICH BRINGS PEOPLE FOR THIS PIANO COMPETITION. WHICH WAS REDUCED. WE WERE TRYING TO PROVIDE THEM MONEY. ALL OF IT COMES FROM THE LODGER'S TAX WHICH IS DESIGNED

TO BRING IN VISITORS HERE AND ALL FOUR OF THESE EVENTS DO BRING VISITORS INTO THE CITY. COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? THE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK CHOSE TO SPEAK ON R-17. COUN. PEÑA: COUNCILOR CHAMPINE.

COUN. CHAMPINE: I HAVE ONE AMENDMENT. THAT IS ON PAGE THREE, LINE FOUR -- I'M SORRY. PAGE THREE LINE NINE, REPLACE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR $280,000. THIS AMENDS TO BILL TO APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS TO THE PROGRAM LEVEL OF ARTS AND CULTURE. THIS ONE OF THE THINGS THE ADMINISTRATION POINTED OUT. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THE ADMINISTRATION POINTED OUT THAT WITH A SEPARATION OF POWERS BY THE MONEY GOING TO COUNCIL SERVICES INSTEAD OF WHERE IT SHOULD BE GOING AS THE ARTS AND CULTURE. SO YOOM I'M MAKING THE ADJUSTMENT TO THAT.

COUN. PEÑA: BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I JUST -- LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR TELLES RECUSED HERSELF. WAS THERE A SECOND TO THE FLOOR AMENDMENT? THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILOR BACA FOR FLOOR AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME MOTION. THAT AMENDMENT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED. COUNCILOR CHAMPINE. TO CLOSE.

COUN. CHAMPINE: YES, THANK YOU. AGAIN, THIS WAS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NOT ONLY COMPLETE WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO ADDRESSES THEIR CONCERNS WITH THE OTHER MONEY WHERE IT WAS GOING TO AND HOW IT WAS GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED. LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A GOOD COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND MYSELF TO MAKE SURE NOT ONLY DO WE GET THIS PROGRAM CONTINUED FOR SEASON SIX, BUT ALSO HELP CELEBRATE ROUTE 66 AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MOTHER ROAD. IRONICICALLY, IT'S SEASON SIX OF THE EVENT. I FOUND IT VERY COOL IT WAS VERY SEASON SIX ON ROUTE 66. I REALLY WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE FACT OF IT BEING THERE, IT OUT OUT -- AND HELP OUT THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. AGAIN, I GOT TO ATTEND THAT LAST YEAR. I WAS AMAZED PEOPLE WERE COMING FROM EUROPE AND ALL OVER THE WORLD TO COMPETE HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.

COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU. WE'RE BACK ON R-36 AS AMENDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. NOW, WE ARE UNDER OTHER BUSINESS. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE. THERE BEING NO OTHER BUSINESS, THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED.