City Council changes neighborhood association recognition rules
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The short version
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The City Council passed changes to the rules for recognizing neighborhood associations on a 5-4 vote.
The measure also changes the city's development code and the notice rules for blasting permits. Councilors Champine, Fiebelkorn, Grout, Lewis and Telles voted yes; Councilors Baca, Bassan, Peña and Rogers voted no.
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The meeting ran out of time before the City Council voted on how to spend opioid settlement money.
A motion to keep meeting until 11:15 p.m. failed 3-6, and the meeting ended at 10:52 p.m. The spending plan comes back Oct. 19.
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The City Council put off a change to the fees for development applications.
Councilors made two changes to it and then put it off to Oct. 19 on an 8-1 vote. Councilor Peña voted no.
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The City Council asked state lawmakers for more city control over zoning appeals.
One request, to drop state limits on who may file a zoning appeal, passed 9-0. A second, letting cities send some zoning appeals to district court, passed 6-3, with Councilors Bassan, Peña and Rogers voting no.
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The City Council approved three contracts and a group of board appointments together, without debate.
The contracts cover construction managers for aviation projects, managing renewable natural gas credits, and security guards at the Gateway Center. Each passed 9-0, and the record gives no dollar amounts.
What’s next
- The opioid settlement spending plan is still waiting for a vote and will be taken up at the Oct. 19 City Council meeting.
- The change to development application fees, with its two amendments, comes back Oct. 19.
Everything on the agenda (39 items)
Decided by vote 6
The administration withdrew this version of its 2027 priority capital and policy requests. A later version was accepted as information during the same meeting.
A resident appealed a zoning hearing examiner's approval of a major wall or fence permit on the front property line of a home on Solar Road NW, in a single-family (R-1) zone. The City Council adopted the findings, which settles the appeal. The record does not say which way it came out.
For you: Neighbors on Solar Road NW
Changes the part of the city's development code that sets application fees. Councilor Lewis sponsored it. Councilor Telles made two changes, each passed 9-0, and then the City Council put it off to Oct. 19. The record does not say what the fees would be.
For you: People and businesses applying for development approvals
Changes the city's law on recognizing neighborhood associations, with matching changes to the development code and to notice rules for blasting permits. Councilor Lewis sponsored it. Four changes from Councilor Telles passed first; the third passed 7-2, with Councilors Baca and Rogers voting no. The record does not describe the changes.
For you: Neighborhood associations and the residents they speak for
Asks the state Legislature to remove state limits on the city's power to decide who may file a zoning appeal. Councilor Lewis sponsored it, and three changes passed first.
For you: Residents who take part in zoning appeals
Asks the state Legislature to let cities choose to send certain zoning appeals straight to district court. Councilor Lewis sponsored it, and three changes passed first.
For you: Residents who take part in zoning appeals
Passed together without discussion 29
Awards a contract for project managers and construction managers on aviation construction. The record does not name the company or the amount.
For you: Travelers and anyone who follows airport spending
The mayor recommended a contract to manage the city's RIN credits for renewable natural gas. The record does not name the company or the amount.
Awards a contract for security guard services at the Gateway Center. The record does not name the company or the amount.
For you: People who use or work at the Gateway Center
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's reappointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's reappointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's appointment.
The City Council confirmed the mayor's reappointment.
The City Council accepted the public records (IPRA) report for the second and third quarters of the 2026 budget year as information.
The City Council confirmed the appointment.
For you: Residents who follow police oversight
The city accepts a Destination Forward grant from the New Mexico State Tourism Department and gives the money to the Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency for the 2027 budget year. Councilor Baca sponsored it at someone's request. The record does not give the amount or the project.
Changes the city's 2027 operating budget to revise funding for jobs in the Transit Department and vehicles for the Planning Department. Councilor Grout sponsored it. The record does not give amounts.
For you: Bus riders, as far as Transit staffing goes
Reports, presentations and discussion 4
The City Council accepted the final report on the city's objectives for the 2026 budget year as information.
The City Council accepted the administration's 2027 priority requests for capital projects and policy as information.
The City Council accepted a technical correction to its list of goals for the first session of the 58th New Mexico Legislature as information.
Plans how to spend the city's opioid settlement money. Councilor Rogers sponsored it at someone's request. The City Council voted 7-2 to run late to 10:52 p.m., with Councilors Bassan and Peña voting no. A move to run until 11:15 p.m. failed 3-6, and the meeting ended before a vote. The record does not give the amount.
For you: Residents affected by opioid addiction and the programs that serve them
What the record doesn’t say
- How the neighborhood association rules change, and what the amendments to them did.
- How much opioid settlement money is at stake and what it would pay for.
- Dollar amounts and companies for the aviation, renewable natural gas and Gateway Center security contracts.
- The size of the state tourism grant and the redevelopment project it pays for.
- How development application fees would change.
- How many people spoke during public comment and what they said.
- Whether the wall permit on Solar Road NW stands after the appeal.
Meeting details
- Meeting
- regular, 5:00 p.m.–10:52 p.m.
- Where
- Vincent E. Griego Chambers, One Civic Plaza NW, City of Albuquerque Government Center
- Presiding
- Council President Klarissa J. Peña
- Attendance
- All nine councilors present
- Written from
- From the clerk’s action summary.
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