Meeting & Potluck District 6 Coalition of Neighborhood Associations
Hosted by our University Heights Association
Thursday, November 29, 2018
6:00pm - 8:00pm
UNM School of Architecture and Planning
Albuquerque, NM 87106
**across from Frontier Restaurant
Street parking, surface parking, and garage parking
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THE AGENDA IS PRESENTED HERE AND THE SEPTEMBER 2018 MEETING MINUTES WILL BE AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK.
MEETING AGENDA DISTRICT 6 COALITION:
1. Welcome & Introductions
2. Approval of Agenda & Minutes
3. Sheriff's Office and APD SE Area Command
Sheriff Manuel Gonzales III, Undersheriff Larry Koren
Lt. Rene Barraza of APD: SE Area Command
4. Lead Avenue: Public Safety and Public Health
The University Heights Neighborhood is experiencing Public Safety and Public Health concerns with Lead Avenue. We will discuss Coalition support to address these issues. Additional information is attached to this email.
5. Coal Avenue: Public Safety and Public Health
The University Heights Neighborhood is experiencing Public Safety and Public Health concerns with Coal Avenue. We will discuss Coalition support to address these issues. Additional information is attached to this email.
6. Bernalillo County Assessor’s Office: Vacant and Abandoned Properties
The County Assessor’s Office will discuss Vacant and Abandoned Properties (VAAP) and property valuations. We will discuss Coalition support to address these issues in our neighborhoods, including the La Mesa Neighborhood.
7. Emerson Elementary
We will discuss the needs of Emerson. APS School Staff will provide information about the needs. We will discuss Coalition support to address these needs.
8. Kirtland Air Force Base Civil Engineering and AMAFCA
The Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority and Kirtland AFB Civil Engineering will provide an update on the AMAFCA retention basin and Gibson gate.
9. Parks and Homelessness: Public Safety and Public Health
We will discuss Coalition support to resolve issues such as homelessness, needles (i.e., drug use), and poor lighting in our Neighborhood Parks. These issues impact the Public Safety and Public Health of our children and our families. In addition, the growing homelessness and drug use in our Parks has become a systemic problem that has evolved into more than just a "Park" issue and has also become a Community-Wide "People" issue.
10. Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court
Camille Baca (PIO), Judge Maria I. Dominguez, Judge Linda S. Rogers, and Judge Courtney B. Weaks will speak about the Court.
11. Albuquerque Mayor's Office: Lighting in our Neighborhoods, regarding poor lighting in some of our neighborhoods
Aaron Nieto, of the Mayor's Office, will discuss lighting and other initiatives. We will also discuss status updates on the $95,000, the list of neighborhoods seeking lighting, and the Coalition Lighting Support Letter to the Mayor’s Office.
12. Whittier Elementary and Hawthorne Elementary
These schools are now in a state of emergency due to recent decisions made by PED. We will discuss our Coalition Schools Support Letter that we sent to PED on July 5th. APS Representatives and School Staff will provide a status update and answer questions.
13. Project in the Trumbull Village Neighborhood to serve people experiencing homelessness
We will discuss Coalition support and the status of the Compassion Services Center in the Trumbull neighborhood, to serve the people experiencing homelessness there.
14. Neighborhood Association Concerns
15. Community Input & Announcements
Gina Naomi Dennis, President
District 6 Coalition of Neighborhood Associations
17 Neighborhoods