Cleaning up dangerous and dilapidated properties and working together to mitigate the impact of pollution are high on the list of agenda items for Albuquerque City Councilors when they meet next Monday. Here is a preview:
- A resolution sponsored by Councilor Klarissa Peña directs the city to collaborate with the Mountain View neighborhood to come up with a proposal to mitigate the adverse impacts of pollution based on health data, environmental indicators and community feedback.
- Councilor Brook Bassan sponsored a proposal that would set a 60-day time limit after a property has been administratively deemed substandard to get the required permits in place to clean up the property. The city’s Building and Safety Division of the Planning Department would be the ones to declare a property a fire hazard, structurally inadequate or dangerous.
- Councilors Peña and Renée Grout want to be kept in the loop on a quarterly basis about what various departments are doing to prepare for the Route 66 Centennial Celebration in 2026. The resolution says that the police, community safety, and planning departments along with the transit, waste management and arts and culture departments will maintain landscaping, streetscaping, signage and transit facilities along Central Ave/Route 66 throughout the city limits and report back on the progress to the city council.
How to participate
The next City Council meeting is set for Monday, March 4 at 5 p.m. in the Vincent E. Griego Chambers, on the basement level of the Albuquerque Government Center. The meetings are broadcast on GOV-TV or on the city council’s YouTube channel.
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