City Council Voting Record: August 1, 2011

OC-11-27
Request for Inspector General Investigation Into Accident of July 6, 2011 Involving Kathleen White
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-11-247

Directing The Administration To Retain An Expert To Make Recommendations

Regarding The Training Procedures And Training Policies Utilized By The Albuquerque

Police Department Related To The Use Of Deadly Force; Calling For A Public

Dialogue (O'Malley, Sanchez, Benton)

Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-11-253

Concerning The Special Municipal Bond Election To Be Held In The City Of

Albuquerque At The Next City General Election; Amending The Text Of The Form Of

Bond Question Relating To The Issuance Of Gross Receipts Tax Revenue Bonds In

The Principal Amount Of Up To $50,000,000 For Certain Public Purposes; And

Ratifying Action Previously Taken In Connection Therewith (Winter)

Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: Against
Status: Passed

EC-11-513
Mayor's Recommendation of Award to REDW, LLC to Provide "Audit Services"
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

OC-11-28
Changes in Membership on the 2010 Redistricting Committee
Motion: Receipt Be Noted
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-10-34

F/S Amending Chapter 14, Article 16, Part 2, Section 25 ROA 1994, A Portion of The

Zoning Code Regarding The H-1 Historic Old Town Zone, To Allow Limited Outdoor

Demonstrations and Displays, and To Revise Certain Signage Requirements

(O'Malley)

Motion: Do Pass as Substituted
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-11-44
F/S Amending The Zoning Code, Subsections 14-16-1-5(B) And 14-16-3-5(A)(C) And (D) In Order To Update The Regulation Of Electronic Signs (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass as Substituted, as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-11-56

F/S(2) Creating The "Private Booting Of Motor Vehicles Ordinance" To Regulate The

Practice Of Non-Consensual Immobilization Of Vehicles Alleged To Be Improperly

Parked On Private Property (Benton)

Motion: Do Pass as Substituted, as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-11-210

F/S Amending The Uptown Sector Development Plan For An Approximately 390 Acre

Area Which Corresponds To The SU-3 For Mixed Use Uptown (MU-UPT) Zone, Which

Is Generally Located South Of Menaul Boulevard, North Of Interstate 40, East Of San

Pedro Drive, And West Of Prospect Place, Uptown Loop Road And The Eastern Edge

Of Winrock Mall; To Allow Single-Level, Single-User Retail Facilities in Excess of

90,000 Square Feet, Provided That Certain Additional Criteria, As Specified Herein,

Are Met (Cook)

Motion: Do Pass as Substituted
Voted: Against
Status: Passed

To view the Consent Agenda, deferrals, and other Councilors votes, click here.

City Council Voting Record: June 20, 2011

EC-11-445
Cable Franchise And Hearing Board Annual Report To The Mayor And City Council
Motion: Recept Be Noted
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-11-463
Appointment of Gilbert A. Montano to the Position of Deputy Chief Administrative
Officer
Motion: Confirm
Voted: Against
Status: Passed

EC-11-479
Appointment of Thomas Griego to the Labor-Management Board
Motion: Receipt Be Noted
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-11-218
Adopting A Proposition To Be Submitted To The Voters At The Next Municipal Election Concerning Continuation Of The Safe Traffic Operations ["Red Light"] Program (Lewis)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: Against
Status: Passed

O-11-49
Annexation (06EPC-01700 / 06EPC-01701), Annexing Eigthy-Five (85) Acres, More Or Less, Located In Tract A, Juan Tabo Hills West (Abutting Juan Tabo Hills On The West, Between Juan Tabo Boulevard SE And Eubank Boulevard SE), And Amending The Zone Map To Establish R-D Zoning (Harris)
Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-11-59
F/S Adopting A Uniform Administrative Code And Technical Codes Prescribing Minimum Standards Regulating The Construction, Alteration, Moving, Repair And Use And Occupancies Of Buildings And Structures And Building Service Equipment And Installations (Benton, by request)
Motion: Do Pass as Substituted
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-11-60
F/S Authorizing The Issuance And Sale Of City Of Albuquerque, New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax Revenue Bonds In An Aggregate Principal Amount Not To Exceed $35,000,000 Issued In Two Series: Gross Receipts Tax/Lodgers' Tax/Hospitality Fee Improvement And Refunding Revenue Bonds And Gross Receipts Tax/Stadium Revenues Refunding Revenue Bonds, To Improve Certain Public Buildings, Including But Not Limited To The City's Convention Center, Refinance, Pay And Discharge Certain Outstanding Debt Of The City; Providing For The Payment Of The Series 2011A Bonds; Providing For The Collection Of Pledged Revenues; Making Certain Appropriations; And Ratifying Certain Actions Previously Taken (Sanchez, by request)
Motion: Do Pass as Substituted, as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-11-61
F/S Authorizing, Subject To The Approval By The Voters Of The City Of Albuquerque At An Election To Be Held October 4, 2011, The Issue And Sale Of A Maximum Principal Amount Of $50,000,000 Gross Receipts Tax Improvement Revenue Bonds, To Be Issued In One Or More Series For The Purpose Of Constructing, Purchasing, Furnishing, Equipping, Rehabilitating, Making Additions To Or Making Improvements To One Or More Public Buildings And Public Facilities Or Purchasing Or Improving Any Ground Relating Thereto; Providing For The Payment Of The Bonds From Gross Receipts Tax Revenues; Declaring An Emergency (Winter)
Motion: Do Pass as Substitued, as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-11-62
F/S Amending The City Of Albuquerque Fire Code Ordinance O-2005-034, Chapter 9, Section 903.2.1.2 To Remove The Requirement For All Pre-Existing A-2 Assembly Occupancies To Install A Fire Sprinkler System (Lewis)
Motion: Do Pass as Substituted
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-11-228
F/S Authorizing And Directing The City Of Albuquerque To Hedge 1,800,000 Gallons Of Its Gasoline Price Risk And 2,300,000 Gallons Of Its Diesel Fuel Price Risk For The Purposes Of Stabilizing The City's Fuel Costs And Paying Associated Fuel Hedging Transaction Costs; Authorizing The Execution Of International Swap And Derivative Association Documents; Declaring An Emergency (Sanchez)
Motion: Do Pass as Substituted
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-11-232
F/S Concerning A Special Municipal Bond Election To Be Held In The City Of Albuquerque At The Next City General Election; Submitting To A Vote Of The Qualified, Registered Electors And Nonresident Municipal Electors Certain Questions For Authorizing (1) The Issuance Of General Obligation Bonds In Varying Principal Amounts And For Specified Public Purposes And, To The Qualified Registered Electors (2) The Effectiveness Of An Ordinance Authorizing Issuance Of Gross Receipts Tax Revenue Bonds In The Principal Amount Of Up To $50,000,000 For Certain Public Purposes (Winter)
Motion: Do Pass as Substituted
Voted: Against
Status: Passed

R-11-240
Concerning The Regular Municipal Election To Be Held In The City Of Albuquerque, New Mexico On Tuesday, The Fourth Of October 2011 (Harris, by request)
Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

OC-11-24
Selection of the Inspector General (Mr. Neftali Carrasquillo)
Motion: Confirm
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-11-242
Regarding the Selection of the Inspector General (Harris)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-11-244
Directing The Administration To Honor Free Passes At All City Operated Swimming Pools (Sanchez)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-11-245
Declaring A Two Month Extension, Until August 30, 2011, Of The Moratorium On The Approval Of Any New Electronic Sign, Including Electronic Display Panels And Electronic Message Reader Boards; Continuing The Exemption Of Certain Signs (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

To view the Consent Agenda, deferred items, and other Councilors votes, click here.

2011 City Council Committee Appointments

Below are the committee appointments for City Council Vice President Rey Garduño:

• Albuquerque-Bernalillo Water Authority
• Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee
• Public Safety Committee
• Regional Transit District
• Community Schools Partnership
• Committee On Guidelines for Negotiations
• New Mexico Municipal League
• EXPLORA Board

City Council Voting Record; December 6, 2010

R-10-165
Expressing The City's Appreciation For Kirtland Air Force Base's Approach To Groundwater Contamination And Jet Noise Issues And Expressing The City's Desire To Continue To Work Cooperatively On These Issues With Kirtland Leadership (Garduño)

Motion: Do Pass

Voted: For

Status: Failed

EC-10-282
Approval of Contract for John O'Donnell as Lead Washington D.C. Representative for the City of Albuquerque

Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-308
Approval of Expert Witness Services Agreement between Bohannan-Huston, Inc. and the City of Albuquerque
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-10-21
Amending Section 9-3-5 (C) ROA 1994, Portions of The Alarm System Ordinance, Allowing A Waiver For Residents 65 Years of Age and Older From Alarm User Permit Fee Requirements For Private Premises Alarm Sites (Lewis)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-10-22
C/S Amending Section 14-19-1-12 ROA 1994, The Impact Fee Ordinance For Public Safety, To Provide For A 100% Reduction of Impact Fees For Change of Use Development (Lewis, Sanchez)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-10-23
C/S Amending Section 14-19-4-12 ROA 1994, The Impact Fee Ordinance For Parks, Recreation, Trails, and Open Space Facilities, To Provide For A 100% Reduction of Impact Fees For Change of Use Development (Lewis, Sanchez)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-10-24
C/S Amending Section 14-19-3-12 ROA 1994, The Impact Fee Ordinance For Drainage, To Provide For A 100% Reduction of Impact Fees For Change of Use Development (Lewis, Sanchez)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-10-25
C/S Amending Section 14-19-2-12 ROA 1994, The Impact Fee Ordinance For Roadways, To Provide For A 100% Reduction of Impact Fees For Change of Use Development (Lewis, Sanchez)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-10-27
F/S Creating The Department of The Inspector General; Specifying The Duties and Responsibilities Thereof; Specifying Inspector General Oversight; Authorizing the Appointment of an Independent Inspector General; Amending Section 2-7-2-5 Relating to the Legal Department; Amending the Accountability in Government Oversight, the Budget Ordinance, the Merit System Ordinance, and the "Whistleblowers Act" (Sanchez, Harris)
Motion: Do Pass as Substituted
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-145
F/S Deappropriating Funding From the Office of Internal Audit and Investigations and Reappropriating Those Funds to the Office of the Inspector General (Harris)
Motion: Do Pass as Substituted
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-31
C/S Amending The Barelas Sector Development Plan With Respect to Zoning Requirements For Walls, and Fences, and to Specifically Allow For Certain Pre-Existing Non-Compliant Carports (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-97
Creating Panel, Establishing a Board of Housing Commissioners To Govern The Albuquerque Housing Authority, Adopting Policy of Delegating Certain Powers To Board To Conform To State Statutory Requirements, Changing The Name of Albuquerque Housing Services (AHS) Division To Albuquerque Housing Authority (AHA), Repeal of R-1975-193 (O'Malley, by request)
Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-146
Declaring The Reaffirmation and Continuance of The Downtown Business Improvement District In Accordance With Resolution 0-2000-038 and Appropriating District Benefit Fees To The Downtown Business Improvement District In Accordance With The Approved Budget (Benton, by request)
Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-164
City Of Albuquerque Project Recommendations To The Mid-Region Council Of Governments For Inclusion In The Proposed 2035 Metropolitan Transportation Plan, And For Consideration Of Federal Funding In The Proposed FY 2012 To FY 2017 Transportation Improvement Program For The Albuquerque Metropolitan Planning Area As Required By Council Bill No. -07-89 (Benton, by request)
Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-168
Approving and Authorizing The Filing of Grant Application For An E911 Grant Program From The New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration, Local Government Division and Providing For An Appropriation To The City of Albuquerque, Police Department (Sanchez, by request)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-171
Relating To Capital Projects: Amending The Adopted Capital Implementation Program of The City of Albuquerque By Approving New Projects (Benton, Jones)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

To view the Consent Agenda, deferred bills and other Councilors votes, click here.

Meeting with Kirtland Air Force Base Regarding Air Noise

My office has received numerous calls and email regarding noise from Kirtland Air Force Base disturbing residents of the SE Heights. Last week my office and a constituent met with Kirtland Air Force Base leadership including Col. Robert Maness, Commander of the 377^th Air Base Wing and Col. Joseph Hastings, Vice Commander of the 58^th Special Operations Unit. The Base leadership is committed to being a good neighbor to the SE Heights of Albuquerque and is willing and open to working with us. However, they did make it quite clear that they are unable to stop their operations and trainings they perform on the base. Their operations at KAFB are critical to the mission of the United State Air Force.

They assured us that they take noise complaints seriously and shared with us that over the last couple of months, there has been a major spike in noise complaints. I believe that if the “spike” becomes the norm, then they will be forced to modify their operations. I encourage folks to continue filing noise complaints with KAFB.

I offered to host a public meeting with the 377^th Air Base Wing and 58^th Special Operations Unit to allow the public to speak about the noise coming from the base. They were hesitant to host a separate meeting from their regularly scheduled Citizen Advisory Board Meetings. The next CAB Meeting is November 23, 2010 and they encouraged residents to attend this meeting and speak to this issue during the public comment period. Again, if there are number of residents speaking to this issue, they will be forced to revisit their operations.

Col. Maness and Col. Hastings were supportive of an idea to have a regularly scheduled CAB Meeting being devoted specifically to the noise issue from the base. CAB Meetings are held quarterly, so we look forward to that meeting which will occur next calendar year (April, 2011). Col. Hastings proposed having ongoing meetings on noise in the early fall of each year, as this is the time of year where they usually see a spike in noise complaints.

I would like to thank everyone for participating in this discussion and would like to encourage you to continue your participation. Keep filing your noise complaints with KAFB by calling the Public Affairs Office at 846-5991 or email at marie.vanover@kirtland.af.mil. My office will continue to keep in communication with KAFB and you can contact me 768-3152 or email me at reygarduno@cabq.gov or my staff person Julian Moya at julianmoya@cabq.gov.

City Council Voting Record: September 20, 2010

R-10-121
Calling On The Federal Government To Remove And Dismantle Nuclear Weapons
From Kirtland Air Force Base In Accordance With The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
(Garduño)

Motion: Do Pass

Voted: For

Status: Failed

OC-10-10

F/S Reappointment of Patricia A. Caristo to the Accountability in Government
Oversight Committee
Motion: Confirm as Substituted
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-31
FY10 Priority Objective Report: Public Safety Goal 2, Objective 7 - Relocation of the
Prisoner Transport Unit, 2nd Qtr Report
Motion: Receipt be Noted
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-227
Mayor's Appointment of Ms. Carol Wight to the Lodgers' Tax Advisory Board
Motion: Confirm
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-130
F/S Approving An Extension Until August 27, 2011 Of A Subdivision Improvements
Agreement For The Completion Of Infrastructure, Including Approximately 1500 Feet
Of Paseo Del Norte Boulevard (Lewis)
Motion: Do Pass as Substituted
Voted: Against
Status: Passed

R-10-136
Setting The Official List of City Council Meetings From January 2011 Through
December 2011 (Sanchez)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-114
Amending The Adopted Capital Implementation Program Of The City Of Albuquerque
By Approving New Projects, Supplementing Current Appropriations And Changing The
Scope Of Existing Projects (Harris, by request)
Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-139
Approving and Authorizing The Acceptance of US EPA Climate Communities Grant
Funds, Entering Into A Memorandum of Understanding With Bernalillo County, and
Providing For An Appropriation To The City of Albuquerque Solid Waste Management
Department (Benton, Sanchez)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-143
Extending The Date By Which The Electronic Sign Task Force Must Submit Its
Recommendations To The Mayor and City Council By Two Weeks: From October 4,
2010 To October 18, 2010 (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

To view items on the Consent Agenda, deferalls, and other Councilors votes, click here.

Albuquerque City Council to Vote on Calling on The Federal Government to Remove and Dismantle Nuclear Weapons from KAFB

In keeping with the current national spirit of disarmament, Albuquerque’s City Council will consider and vote upon R-10-121, a resolution that calls for the dismantlement of the 2000-plus nuclear weapons at Kirtland Air Force Base.

In April 2010 Defense Secretary Robert Gates stated that “by reducing the role and numbers of US nuclear weapons… we can put ourselves in a much stronger position to persuade our NPT partners to join with us in adopting the measures needed to reinvigorate the non-proliferation regime and secure nuclear materials worldwide.” (NPR, p. v)

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has been conducting hearings on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), a bilateral treaty between the US and Russia which will reduce the number of nuclear warheads deployed on vehicles such as bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles and sub-launched ballistic missiles. This treaty will also reduce the number of deployed nuclear warheads to 1,550 or less within seven years and will probably result in more nuclear weapons coming to Albuquerque.

Albuquerque is already home to more than 2000 nuclear weapons which have been deactivated and slated for dismantlement. These nuclear weapons still contain their high explosives and nuclear materials, plutonium and uranium. Now is the time to dismantle, not just deactivate, these nuclear weapons, as we were told they would be when they were placed here.

10,000 citizens, most of them residents of Albuquerque, have signed a petition calling for the dismantlement of these nuclear weapons.

State Senator Jerry Ortiz y Pino will reintroduce a memorial in the state senate this year calling for the dismantlement of the nuclear weapons at Kirtland, in a collaborative effort with Rey Garduno’s resolution at the city level.

Below is the bill's language, R-10-121:

Whereas, the 377th Air Base Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base, which maintains more than 2000 + nuclear warheads (Air Force Times, 2/12/10), has recently had difficulty with decertification of its authorization to handle nuclear weapons (on January 27, 2010) after a series of high profile mistakes (US Air Force website, 2/9/10)(msnbc.com 2/11/10), and

Whereas, Albuquerque is reported in professional and local newspapers to be home to more than 2000 nuclear weapons (Air Force Times, 2/12/10), making it the highest concentration of nuclear munitions anywhere in the world; and

Whereas, in accordance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Albuquerque City Council supports the dismantlement of nuclear weapons as part of the current global spirit of nuclear disarmament;

Therefore be it resolved that the City of Albuquerque City Council call for Congress and the U.S. Senate to seek funding so that the Pantex Plant in Texas, site of the nation’s only dismantlement center, could be expanded in order to facilitate the dismantlement of nuclear weapons;

Be it further resolved that the City of Albuquerque City council call for the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Senate to take action and have the nuclear weapons at Kirtland removed and dismantled at the earliest possible time for the safety and welfare of the people of the Albuquerque area.

Voting Record; August 16, 2010 City Council Meeting

OC-10-7
Report of The Community Garden Study Group, Pursuant to R-09-297

Motion: Reciept Be Noted

Voted: For

Status: Passed

R-10-122
Declaring April 28th Of Each Year As "Albuquerque Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Awareness Day." (Garduño)

Motion: Do Pass

Voted: For

Status: Passed

EC-10-199
Six Month Report on Effect of Impact Fee Moratorium

Motion: Receipt be Noted

Voted: For

Status: Passed

O-10-12
Amending Subsections 14-19-1-12 (J), (K) And (L) ROA 1994 And Subsection
14-19-1-13(K) ROA 1994 To Extend The Time Period For The Reduction On Public
Safety Facilities Impact Fees For An Additional Six Months (Jones, Lewis)

Motion: Do Pass

Voted: Against

Status: Passed

O-10-13
Amending Subsections 14-19-2-12 (J), (K) And (L) ROA 1994 And Subsection
14-19-2-13(K) ROA 1994 To Extend The Time Period For The Reduction On Roadway
Facilities Impact Fees For An Additional Six Months (Jones, Lewis)

Motion: Do Pass

Voted: Against

Status: Passed

O-10-14
Amending Subsections 14-19-3-12 (J), (K) And (L) ROA 1994 And Subsection
14-19-3-13(K) ROA 1994 To Extend The Time Period For The Reduction On Drainage
Facilities Impact Fees For An Additional Six Months (Jones, Lewis)

Motion: Do Pass

Voted: Against

Status: Passed

O-10-15
Amending Subsections 14-19-4-12 (J), (K) And (L) ROA 1994 And Subsection
14-19-4-13(K) ROA 1994 To Extend The Time Period For The Reduction On Park,
Recreation, Trails And Open Space Facilities Impact Fees For An Additional Six
Months (Jones, Lewis)

Motion: Do Pass

Voted: Against

Status: Passed

EC-10-221 Approval of a Contract for Cherry Engineering, Inc. to Provide Advanced Improvised
Explosive Device Disablement Training
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-87
F/S Appropriating Funds To Implement Second Phase of The Transportation
Infrastructure Tax, and Amending The Capital Implementation Program of The City of
Albuquerque By Approving New Projects (Sanchez, Benton)
Motion: Do Pass, as Substituted, as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-69
Nuisance Abatement at 1805 Morningrise Pl SE (Garduño, by request)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-70
Nuisance Abatement at 1909 High St SE (Benton, by request)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-76
Nuisance Abatement at 2327 William St SE (Benton, by request)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-106
Repealing F/S R-334 Enactment No. 17-1991 and Adopting Policy To Ensure The
Organized and Systematic Offering and Administration of Employee Benefits To City
Employees (Sanchez, by request)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-09-91
F/S Amending Chapter 14, Article 14, Part 7 ROA 1994 To Clarify The Process For
Vacating Public Rights-of-Way; Placing The Final Discretionary Authority To Approve
The Vacation of A Public Right of Way Or Easement In The City Council (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass as Substituted, as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-109
Establishing A Redistricting Committee Pursuant To Article IV, Section 3 Of The City
Charter To Review And Make Recommendations Concerning The Nine Council
Districts; Repealing Enactment R-2001-080 (R-01-256) (Sanchez, Jones)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-118
Approving And Authorizing New Mexico Department Of Transportation Funds For The
Purpose Of Conducting A 2010 Traffic Safety Education And Enforcement Project And
Providing For An Appropriation To The City Of Albuquerque, Police Department
(Lewis, by request)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-125
Approving And Authorizing An Agreement For Bus Stop Facilities With The New
Mexico Department Of Transportation For Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Funding And Providing For An Appropriation To The Transit Department (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-131
Relating To Capital Projects; Creating A Project And Providing Funding To Secure The
Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game In September Of 2011; Making
Appropriations And Deappropriations And Modifying Project Scopes (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

To view the Consent Agenda and other Councilors votes, click here.

Interview with Clearly New Mexico

Thank you to Tracy Dingmann and Clearly New Mexico for putting this piece together.

City Councilor Rey Garduño Speaks Out On Arizona Immigration Law Ruling

tdingmann on August 2nd, 2010

Albuquerque City Councilor Rey Garduño

By Tracy Dingmann

Albuquerque City Councilor Rey Garduño remembers what happened last May when he and fellow councilor Ken Sanchez introduced a measure calling for Albuquerque to stop doing business with Arizona over its controversial immigration law.

His city email and phone were besieged with calls from people telling the Albuquerque native to “Go back to Mexico” and stop being a “wetback lover.”

So it was somewhat satisfying for Garduño to hear that a federal judge in Arizona scaled back the law just before it was about to take effect on July 29. The judge struck down the most controversial parts of the law, under the premise that Arizona cannot not preempt federal law by making state laws on immigration.

Now banned are the provisions that would have forced local law enforcement to check the immigration status of those who they suspected were in the county illegally.

Relieved The Law Was Struck Down

Like many others who protested the law, Garduño believed it went beyond concerns about illegal immigration and would have invited abuses of citizens and non-citizens alike.

“My first thought was that I was glad that at least the judge realized how egregious this law is, and made sure that the parts that are flawed are not implemented or made into law,” Garduño said last week.

“The law is about wanting to make sure that people we don’t like or don’t agree with or don’t seem like the rest of us are criminalized and denigrated,” said Garduño.

“The parts that were taken out by the judge speak to the concerns that many of us had. The whole idea of wholesale just stopping folks, because someone thinks that someone is not, in their terms, documented. It gives police agencies carte blanche to do whatever they want. And racial profiling would occur as a result.”

“It’s just not the way this country should be run.”

Proposed Boycott

Back in May, Garduño and fellow city councilor Ken Sanchez introduced a proposal for the city of Albuquerque to suspend financial business with the state of Arizona as long as the law is in effect.

Read the rest of this entry »

Voting Record; June 21, 2010 City Council Meeting

R-10-50
Authorizing The Mayor To Execute The Albuquerque Business Education Compact Recommendations and Providing An Appropriation To The Department of Family and Community Services (Garduño)

Motion: Do Pass, as Amended

Voted: For

Status: Passed

EC-10-94 Mayor's Reappointment of Mr. Bill Rothanbargar to the Airport Advisory Board

Motion: Confirm
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-169 Recommendation of Award for Professional ERP Services
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-140 Mayor's Recommendation of Bohannan Huston, Inc. for Engineering Consultants for Update of Storm Drainage Master Plan
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-141 Mayor's Recommendation of Smith Engineering, Inc. for Engineering Consultants for Alameda Boulevard Widening - San Pedro to Wyoming
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-157 First Supplemental Agreement with T&C Management Increasing Their Agreement From $1,985,504 to $4,715,572 Using Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) Funds and Increasing the Number of Foreclosed Units T&C Can Purchase, Rehabilitate, Rent and Manage from 32 to 76
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-99
F/S Creating a Task Force To Review and Recommend Policies With Respect To Electronic Signs, Including Electronic Display Boards/Panels and Electronic Message Reader Boards (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass, as Substituted, as Amended
Voted: Against
Status: Passed

R-10-100 Extending The Moratorium and The Term of The Interim Design Regulations For The East Gateway Sector Planning Area (Harris)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-78
F/S Applying The Historic Overlay Zone To The Silver Hill Historic District; Identifying Distinctive Characteristics And Providing General Preservation Guidelines (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass, as Substituted
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-103
Approving an Extension until April 1, 2011 of a Subdivision Improvements Agreement for the Completion of Infrastructure, Including Approximately 800 Feet of Unser Boulevard (Lewis)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-105 Calling On The Administration To Enter Into An Agreement or Agreements To Secure The First Baptist Church Site At The Corner of Central and Broadway As An Anchor and Catalyst For Future Economic Development of Downtown and The Region (O'Malley, Benton, Sanchez)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-107
Stating The Policy of The City of Albuquerque Regarding Wage Decreases For Non-Bargaining Unit City Employees (Sanchez)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

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City Council Voting Record: June 7, 2010

R-10-47
Approving The Clayton Heights Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan (Benton & Garduño, by request)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-49
Approving The Near Heights Expansion Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan (Garduño)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-146
Recommendation of Award to B.A.S.I.C. Western to Provide Administrative Services for COBRA and Flexible Spending Accounts
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-148
Mayor's Appointment of Mr. Robert Gerard Heiser to the Landmarks and Urban Conservation Commission
Motion: Confirm
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-149 Mayor's Reappointment of Mr. C. Robert Campbell, FAIA to the Landmarks and Urban
Conservation Commission
Motion: Confirm
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-150
Mayor's Appointment of Ms. Regina Isabelle Chavez to the Landmarks and Urban Conservation Commission
Motion: Confirm
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-151 Mayor's Appointment of Mr. James B. Clark to the Landmarks and Urban Conservation Commission
Motion: Confirm
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-152 Mayor's Recommendation of MolzenCorbin & Associates for Engineering Consultants for Bell/Commercial Pump Station No. 37 Force Main
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-153
Mayor's Recommendation of NCA Architects for Architectural Consultants for the East Side Kennel Renovation
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-154
Mayor's Recommendation of Bohannan-Huston, Inc., for City-Wide On-Call Surveying Services
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-155 Approval of Lease Agreement between the City of Albuquerque's East Central Health and Social Services Center for Family & Community Services and the Regents of the University of New Mexico, State of New Mexico, for the Operation of the Young Children's Health Center
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-156
Mayor's Recommendation of Avolve Software Corporation for "ProjectDox" Electronic Plan Review System
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-10-6
Amending Sections 3-1-3, 3-1-12, and 3-1-18 of The Merit System Ordinance To Clarify That There Is Authority To Furlough Employees (Sanchez, O'Malley)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-09-345 C/S Establishing Policy Regarding a Fee Structure For Renting Space In City Owned Community Centers, Health and Social Service Centers and Senior Centers (Winter)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-86
Relating To Capital Projects; Amending An Appropriation of Transportation Infrastructure Tax Funds Previously Designated For The Paseo Del Norte and I-25 Improvement Project (Sanchez, O'Malley)
Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-91 Imposing An Extension Until September 21, 2010 On The Moratorium Provided For In R-09-288 On The Issuance Of Residential Or Commercial Demolition Or Building Permits Within A Specified Area Within The University Neighborhoods Sector Development Plan (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-92
Approving and Authorizing The Filing of Grant Agreement For An Albuquerque Police Department Traffic Statistician From The New Mexico Department of Transportation, Traffic Safety Bureau and Providing For An Appropriation To The Police Department (Cook, by request)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-93
Approving and Authorizing The Filing of Grant Agreement For A 2011 Bernalillo County DWI Program From Bernalillo County and Providing For An Appropriation To The Police Department (Sanchez, by request)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-94
Approving and Authorizing The Filing of Grant Application For A 2010 100 Days and
Nights Program From The New Mexico Department of Transportation, Traffic Safety
Bureau and Providing For An Appropriation To The Police Department (Winter)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-95
Approving and Authorizing The Filing of Grant Application For A 2010 Click It Or Ticket Program From The New Mexico Department of Transportation, Traffic Safety Bureau and Providing For An Appropriation To The Police Department (Harris, by request)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-96
Approving and Authorizing The Acceptance of Grant Award Funds From The New Mexico State Interstate Stream Commission and Making An Appropriation To The Parks and Recreation Department In Fiscal Year 2010 (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-101
Naming The I-40 Trail Crossing Bridge At The Rio Grande The "Gail Ryba Memorial
Bridge" (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

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Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting in District 6

The next Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting will be held Tuesday, June 8th at 3pm and will be in Council District 6 at the Highland Pool Conference Room (400 Jackson SE).

City Councilor Rey Garduño will be speaking with Board about Parks and Recreations issues in Council District 6. Public Comment will be taken if you would like to voice your concerns over any Parks and Recreation issues in District 6. Below is the agenda;

METROPOLITAN PARKS & RECREATION

ADVISORY BOARD MEETING

Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 3:00 to 5:00 PM

Highland Pool

400 Jackson SE

****************************** BOARD MEMBERS *****************************

Jerry Worrall, Chairman; Richard L. Rivas, Vice-Chairman;

Robert W. Day, Becky Lee,

STAFF: Barbara Baca, PRD-Director; Christina Sandoval, Senior Planner, PRD; Jane Trujillo, Board Secretary.

AGENDA

1. Call to Order, Jerry Worrall, Chairman

· Approval of today’s Agenda as distributed via email

· Approval of May 2010 Minutes as distributed via email

· Introduction of Visitors and Guests

· Announcements pertaining to MPRAB related issues

2. General Testimony (Sign-in is required and time may be limited)

· City Councilor District 6 Rey Garduño

· Public Testimony

3. Reports

· District 6 Report – Becky Lee & Julian Moya, District 6 Policy Analyst

· Parks and Recreation Department Report (Director Barbara Baca is out of town. Christina Sandoval will report.)

· BFPB Representative for MPRAB – Bill Nordin

· Sub-committee reports – Committee Chairmen or their designees

· Members’ Roundtable – Report on P&R issues in their area (limit 2 min)

4. Unfinished Business – Board Members for District 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and two At Large

· Carmen Garcia, District 7

· Bill Kraemer, District 4

· Jim Green, District 8

5. New Business

6. Adjourn meeting

City Council Meeting Voting Record: May 17, 2010

R-10-88 Calling For The City of Albuquerque To Refrain From Conducting Business With The State of Arizona As Long As Arizona Senate Bill 1070 Remains In Effect (Garduño, Sanchez)
Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Votes: For (4) - O'Malley (D), Benton (D), Sanchez (D), and Garduño (D)
Against (5) - Cook (R), Lewis (R), Winter (R), Jones (R), and Harris (R)
Status: Failed

R-10-89 Requiring Procedures In Violation of Adopted City Policy To Cease and Reiterating That No Municipal Resources Be Used To Identify Persons Solely Based On Their Immigration Status (Garduño, Sanchez)
Motion: Do Pass
Votes: For (4) - O'Malley (D), Benton (D,) Sanchez (D), and Garduño (D)
Against (5) - Cook (R), Lewis (R), Winter (R), Jones (R), and Harris (R)
Status: Failed

EC-10-144 Approval of Agreement Between Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc. and the City of
Albuquerque
Motion: Approve
Voted: Against
Status: Passed

R-10-85 Approving and Authorizing The Mayor To Execute A Sub-Grant Agreement For A 2009 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program From The State of New Mexico Department of Public Safety and Providing For An Appropriation To The City of Albuquerque, Police Department (Jones)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-10-5 Amending Sections 3-1-2, 3-1-4, 3-1-6, 3-1-7, 3-1-13(E) and 3-1-14 of The Merit System Ordinance To Clarify The Intent To Create A Classified Service and Corresponding Pay Schedule Based On Merit; To Ensure That The Authority of The Chief Administrative Officer With Respect To The Employment of City Employees Is Limited To The Powers Conferred By The Charter and The Merit System Ordinance (Winter, Sanchez)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-84 Approving An Agreement For FY10 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Fixed Route Expansion With The New Mexico Department of Transportation For Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Funding (Lewis, by request)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-10-4 Authorizing The Issuance and Sale of City of Albuquerque, New Mexico Short-Term General Obligation Bonds, Short-Term General Obligation Storm Sewer Bonds To Finance Projects; Providing For The Levy and Collection of Ad Valorem Taxes For The Payment of The Series 2010 Bonds; Authorizing The Sale of The Series 2010 Bonds To The State of New Mexico; and Ratifying Prior Action (Winter, by request)
Motion: Do Pass as Substituted
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-143 Appointment of Amy B. Bailey to the Position of City Clerk
Motion: Confirm
Voted: Against
Status: Passed

EC-10-142 Social Service Agreement with Sawmill Community Land Trust Utilizing Workforce Housing Trust Funds in the Amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) for the Acquisition of Real Property in the Sawmill Neighborhood for the Future Redevelopment of an Affordable Housing Project for Low- and Moderate-Income Persons
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-128 Supplemental Agreement With Papego Consulting Inc. Adding Dollars to Aggregate of $210,000 For The Purpose of PeopleSoft Consulting
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

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City Council Voting Record; May 3, 2010

EC-10-79 Recommendation of Award to Provide "Laboratory Water/Soil Testing Services"
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

OC-10-5 Environmental Planning Commission, District 3 Nominee - Rob Dickson
Motion: Confirm
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-135 Mayor's Recommendation of Huitt-Zollars, Inc. for Engineering Consultants for
Southern Boulevard Reconstruction

Motion: Approve

Voted: For

Status: Passed

O-09-90 F/S Establishing The Balloon Fiesta Park Commission; Establishing The Responsibility
of The Commission (O'Malley)
Motion: Do Pass as Substituted, as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-52 Directing The Administration To Develop a Comprehensive Plan To Reduce The
Escalating Operational and Capital Costs of Maintaining The Current Fleet of Police
Vehicles and To Provide a Report To The Council (Winter)
Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-44 C/S Relating To Capital Projects; Creating A Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Project On
Rainbow Boulevard and Universe Boulevard Within The Transportation Infrastructure
Tax Fund 340; Directing The Administration To Make Lighting, Safety and Street
Improvements; Appropriating and Designating Funds In The Transportation
Infrastructure Tax Fund 340 (Lewis)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

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Voting Record; April 5, 2010 City Council Meeting

EC-10-34Declaring Parcel 3-1 NRW (Paseo Del Norte/San Pedro), Non-essential for Municipal Purpose
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-114 Appointment of Robert J. Perry to the Position of City Attorney
Motion: Confirm
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-115 Moss Adams, LLC Professional Services Contract
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-43 Appropriating Funds for Educational Access Television Services provided by the TalNet Cable Television Channel for Fiscal Year 2010 (Garduño)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Failed

R-10-45 Relating to Capital Projects; Amending Resolution R-10-20 To Adjust The Percentage of 2011 General Obligation Bond Proceeds That Are To Be Dedicated To Public Safety and Storm Drainage (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-54 Extending a Moratorium Established In C/S R-07-278 and Extended On Subdivision Approvals Within the Tijeras Arroyo (Harris)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

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Voting Record; March 15, 2010 City Council Meeting

R-09-12Adopting The North 4th Street Corridor Plan As A Rank 3 Plan; For The Area Bordered Generally By The City Limit On The North, The Railroad Tracks On The East, Mountain Road On The South and 5th Street On The West and Establishing Overlay Zone Districts Including The North Fourth Mixed Use District, The North Fourth Transit Oriented Development District and The North Fourth Infill Development District (O'Malley)
Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-53 Approving and Authorizing The Filing of Grant Award Agreement For A 2010 Teen Seat Belt Demonstration Program With The State of New Mexico Department of Transportation, Traffic Safety Bureau and Providing An Appropriation To The City of Albuquerque (Sanchez, by request)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-10-73
Veto Message on R-10-29: Directing The Administration To Investigate And Take All Necessary And Legal Action, Including The Filing Of A Declaratory Judgment Proceeding To Ascertain The Legality And Enforceability Of the Perlman Memorandum And Administrative Instruction No. 7-46 And To Develop Ordinance Amendments That Preclude Any Practice That Permits Unclassified Employees To Be Compensated For Work Not Performed On Behalf Of The City Of Albuquerque
Motion: Override
Voted: For
Status: Failed

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Voting Record; March 1, 2010 City Council Meeting

R-10-29Directing The Administration To Investigate And Take All Necessary And Legal Action, Including The Filing Of A Declaratory Judgment Proceeding To Ascertain The Legality And Enforceability Of The Perlman Memorandum And Administrative Instruction No. 7-46 And To Develop Ordinance Amendments That Preclude Any Practice That Permits Unclassified Employees To Be Compensated For Work Not Performed On Behalf Of The City Of Albuquerque (Winter, Lewis)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-39Supporting The Re-Establishment of The Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Government Commission ("ABCGC") and Approving An Intergovernmental Agreement Between The City and The County of Bernalillo (Benton, Sanchez)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-44 Relating To Capital Projects; Creating A Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Project On Rainbow Boulevard and Universe Boulevard Within The Transportation Infrastructure Tax Fund 340; Directing The Administration To Make Lighting, Safety and Street Improvements; Appropriating and Designating Funds In The Transportation Infrastructure Tax Fund 340 (Lewis)
Motion: Referred to Finance and Government Operations Committee
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-48 Directing The Administration Not To Enforce Any of The Provisions of The "Plumbing Fixture Retrofit On Sale Ordinance" Pending City Council Review of That Ordinance (Jones)
Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

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