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Courtesy of Charles Bennett

Aug. 17, 2009 City Council Voting Record

EC-09-503 Second Supplemental Agreement Between City of Albuquerque and American Red Cross Mid Rio Grande Chapter Extending Time of Performance and Increasing the Amount of Funding of their 2008 Emergency Minor Home Repair Agreement
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-09-527 Recommendation of Award of Newcast/Digital Broadcast for a GOV TV Broadcast Video Server Solution
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-09-541 Mayor's Recommendation of SMPC, P.A. for Architectural Services for Huning Highlands Fire Station 2
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-09-549 Development Agreement with Barelas Community Development Corporation to Fund the Construction of an Affordable Single-Family Housing Unit in the Barelas Neighborhood
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-09-204 F/S Providing for the Removal of Non-Native Trees and Illegally Dumped Debris From the Tijeras Arroyo (Harris)
Motion: Do Pass as Substituted
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-09-214 Relating to Capital Projects; Expanding the Scope Of The 2007 Open Space Land Acquisition Project, Activity #7354180, to Set Aside $400,000 For The Acquisition Of Open Space In The Tijeras Arroyo (Harris)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-09-261 Requesting the Metropolitan Transportatin Board of the Albuquerque Metropoltan Planning Area to Reclassify Southern Avenue as an Urban Collector Roadway between Eubank Boulevard and Juan Tabo Boulevard (Harris)
Motion: Do Pass as Submitted
Voted:For
Status: Passed

R-09-294 Calling For Transparency In the City of Albuquerque's Affordable Housing Program; Directing the Administration To Establish A Website (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-09-295 Approving The Petition And Application of Jth, LLC, For Formation of The Volterra Public Improvement District; Determining The Real Property To Be Included Within The District And The Purposes For Which The District Is Being Formed; Approving The General Plan, Rate, Method of Apportionment And Manner of Collection of A Special Levy To Be Imposed Upon Real Property Within The District, And Approving A Development Agreement For Implementation of The District; Providing For Governance of The District (Harris)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-09-306 Requesting A Review of Educational Access Television Services Previously Provided
By The Tal-Net Cable Television Channel; Reserving Funds And Designating
Previously Appropriated Funds (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-09-311Designating Previously Appropriated Funds For An Appraisal and Title Search of The
City View Mobile Home Park Property (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-09-320 Authorizing The City of Albuquerque To Submit A Request To The Mid-Region Council of Governments To Add Federal Transportation Funding For The Reconstruction of Lead & Coal Avenues To The FY 2010 To FY 2015 Transportation Improvement Program For The Albuquerque Metropolitan Planning Area As Required By Council Bill No. O-07-89 (Benton, Garduño)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

Note:
Bills that were deferred;
O-09-69, 70, 71, 72 These are the impact fee moratorium bills.
O-09-83 Amends Code of Ethics of the City Charter to Preclude the use of Elected City Officals on City advertising.
R-09-267 Defining process for future consideration of Rail Transit System in Albuquerque.

Click here to see items on Consent Agenda and the entire Action Summary.

REPOST: 3rd Annual New Mexico Black Expo, Sept. 5, 2009

Albuquerque, NM—The 3rd Annual New Mexico Black Expo will take place from 10am-6pm on Saturday, September 5th, 2009 at Civic Plaza, Downtown Albuquerque (3rd & Tijeras). The New Mexico State Office of African American Affairs (OAAA) is sponsoring and facilitating the Expo, which is in its 3rd year. The NM Black Expo is designed BY the African American community FOR the New Mexican community and is FREE and open to the public. In the past few years, the NM Black Expo has brought critical information and service providers that both originate in and are targeted towards the African American community. The Expo promotes Black businesses and entrepreneurs along with artists and entertainment to showcase African American talent and resources to the larger New Mexican community statewide. The NM Black Expo has hosted free HIV/AIDS and other health screenings, educational workshops and has registered voters in past years.

Previous musical and entertainment acts have included JMAR, Sweetlife, MIXX’D, Disciples of Chaos (Step & Dance Team), Gabi Rojas (Contestant on “So You Think You Can Dance”, FOX), Voices of Purpose (Gospel) and God’s House Church Choir. This year the Expo will continue to bring some of New Mexico’s most talented African American acts as well as cultural enrichment performances that include African drumming and dance. As is par for the course for previous Expos, there will be food vendors specializing in African American and traditional African/West Indian cuisine and more.

NM Black Expo 2008 hosted over 45 different informational tables that included higher education, faith-based organizations and non-profits. An additional 17 business vendors took part in the Expo marketing their goods and services to Expo goers as well. The NM Black Expo has entertainment and activities targeted to young and old alike and is FREE and open to everyone. Please come support the African American community of New Mexico and celebrate our contribution. For more information and updates on the developing schedule of events contact Hakim Bellamy at the NM Office of African American Affairs at (505) 222-9442 or edwardh.bellamy@state.nm.us. To reserve a booth space as a commercial vendor or an informational booth go to www.regonline.com/BlackExpo or call 866-219-4582. Limited space is available! And as a special gift to the children who can drag their families out of bed and down to the EXPO early...Radio Disney will be the featured entertainment from 10am-12pm and give out free prizes to the first 200 youth!!!

New Mexico Black Expo 2009

Saturday, September 5th

10 am– 6pm

Harry E Kinney Civic Plaza, Albuquerque, NM

(3rd & Tijeras)

Video Series on Health Care Reform

Below are great videos, from SWOPblogger, that have great interviews regarding the Health Care debate (or lack of debate).

The interviews were conducted by a dear friend and contsituent, Aurea out of SWOP. Aurea interviewed fellow District 6 constituents Karen Cathey and Enrique Cardiel, APS School Board Member Lorenzo Garcia, New Mexico State Representative for District 13 Eleanor Chavez, and myself, Albuquerque City Councilor for District 6 Rey Garduño.

Watch and join the debate by commenting here or on SWOPblogger.

Pedestrian Lighting in Nob Hill

Below are a couple of photos from my walk around the eastern part of Nob Hill this morning. Pedestrian lights are being installed from Jackson to Morningside along Central. Phase 2 would continue the lighting westward to Girard.

If you have questions or comments regarding the lighting, I would love to hear them.