[Neighbors] Agreed

[Maria Bautista via Neighbors_nobhill-nm]

There is something you can do about it, you can ask your councilors to
sponsor a resolution for a moratorium and retract the grant application. Six
councilors have the ability to speak for us and our community. 

I have information that needs review and can stop the brtabq project. I am
retired, have no business interest. I shop and meet friends and support
local businesses throughout Alburquerque. The Nob Hill district was/is the
place we went after class, to drink coffee, discuss papers, read magazines
and debate issues. The Noh Hill University area has seen businesses hold
down the fort in the most extreme trying situations, and they are the most
charitable and giving to those in need. 

After reviewing the project and its application process, I realized that
something was wrong.

Studies were completed in (2005) (2007) several years before the Feasibility
study was completed (2011).  The author states that he did not use any
updated data and "he drove up and down Central a few times". 

ABQ is under a Federally Court Ordered Consent Decree regarding reform of
the police Dept.

Ridership is down 5%

The University of New Mexico lost 8 million dollars out of this years
budget, the President says enrollment has dropped, he is not sure if there
will be lay offs or a tuition increase.  

APS was impacted they are suffering from low enrollment and face a budget
crisis. 

CNM is facing cuts and has low student enrollment. 

This week New Mexico will be added to the states in recession. 

I support improved transit for ABQ, but not this model (savert66.org) at
this time.

ABQ needs new police officers, ABQ needs housing for the disabled and
homeless, ABQ needs to improve our neighborhoods and improve the
infrastructure.
 
ABQ is #1 in the nation for jobless, recently 10,000 people applied for jobs
at the Cheesecake Factory. 

ABQ is #! In the Nation for child poverty, last in education. 
ABQ is ranked highest in per capita crime and violence.
ABQ needs new police officers, the homeless and mentally ill are wandering
and dying in our streets. Last week a dead body was found in a bus shelter
on the corner of Wyoming and Constitution. But suicides and death by natural
causes are not reported by the press. Believe me, it happens more often then
we think. 

The construction and impact will further deteriorate these situations; ABQ
cannot pave over its problems or put blinders on us. 

The Mayor submitted a grant that has signatures that were gathered by his
employees, local organizations, police officers and friends. Not one of them
takes the bus, or their families or their friends. 

At each meeting ABQ say's it is a done deal, they want to discourage us,
because they know the opposition is rising and there is push back. ABQ will
not answer questions? Notice?

But it is not a done deal; Mayor Berry submitted a fraudulent grant
application. This grant requires community participation at every level; ABQ
is backpedaling trying to cover their tracks. How can an administrator at
YDI say what is best for you 10 years ago?  

I went to Congress, to President Obama and to the Secretary of DOT.  My
response from the Secretary will be sent shortly.  These grants are only
given to localities that include the community at all levels of planning, in
this instance we were locked out. 

Additional Impacts:

This project will see the loss of 195 parking places
241 left turns will be eliminated
An additional 12 traffic signals will be installed
217 existing mature trees will be removed
Traffic egress and ingress will move traffic into surrounding neighborhoods 
Community Participation was not authentic 



Charm is a way of getting the answer "yes" without having asked any clear
questtion. 
                                           Albert Camus

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