City Councilors will debate whether to approve an expenditure of $5 million of opioid settlement dollars. According to the request, there is a lack of transitional recovery housing facilities in Albuquerque and these funds will allow Family and Community Services to coordinate the acquisition, renovation, or expansion of transitional recovery housing facilities.
In other city business:
- Councilor Klarissa Peña is sponsoring a measure to direct the city to collaborate with the Mountain View Neighborhood regarding pollution concerns and develop a proposal for pollution abatement and adjusting fiscal year 2024 operating appropriations and adjusting capital appropriations.
- Councilor Joaquín Baca is sponsoring a resolution to establish a two-year policy for the priority site plan approval and construction permitting of development projects that will result in permanent housing within Metropolitan Redevelopment Areas.
- Councilor Renée Grout is sponsoring a resolution directing the Department Of Family And Community Services, now identified as the Department Of Health, Housing, and Homelessness, to prepare and present to the City Council a report regarding the expenditure of city funds on services to the unhoused community.
- Councilor Grout is also introducing a measure to approve and authorize the filing of a grant application for the New Mexico Tourism Department’s Destination Forward grant program. The grant would be for the Route 66 East Gateway sign project, for fiscal year 2024/2025.
How to participate
The next City Council meeting is set for 5 p.m. Monday, April 15 in the Vincent E. Griego Chambers on the basement level of the Albuquerque Government Center. The meetings are broadcast on GOV-TV or the City Council’s YouTube channel. The full council agenda can be found here.
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