Quality of Life Committee Wed, Nov 5, 2025 · Quality of Life Committee https://santafeminutes.space/meeting/817 == Executive Summary == The meeting primarily focused on the Youth Community Violence Interruption (YCVI) Pilot Program, which aims to address youth violence through community-led initiatives and partnerships. Presenters detailed the program's history, its alignment with the city's Violence Prevention Strategic Plan, and its holistic approach to supporting at-risk youth. Councilors were asked to consider names for the pilot and advocate for its continued funding beyond FY26. Another significant discussion revolved around proposed amendments to the Animal Control Ordinance (Bill 2025-22), which included defining abandonment and increasing fines. An amendment to reduce a specific fine was approved, and further amendments regarding alternative payment methods and civilian animal possession are expected. The council also passed a resolution to establish a micro community in each City Council District by January 2027, with amendments focusing on location approval and geographical spacing. == Key Decisions == - Approval of Agenda (unanimous) - Approval of Consent Agenda (as amended, unanimous) - Amendment to Bill 2025-22 to reduce the fine for keeping animals on medians from $200 to $50 (Passed 3-1) - Amendment to Micro Community Resolution clarifying City Manager presents proposed locations for Governing Body approval (Passed 4-0) - Amendment to Micro Community Resolution emphasizing geographical spacing and prioritizing areas without existing homelessness services (Passed 4-0) - Main Motion for Micro Community Resolution (Passed 4-0) - Motion to change a schedule (Passed 3-1) == Motions & Votes == - Approval of Agenda — Passed unanimously - Approval of Consent Agenda (as amended) — Passed unanimously - Amendment to Bill 2025-22 to reduce the fine for keeping animals on medians from $200 to $50 — Passed 3-1 (Councilor Castro No, Councilor Garcia Yes, Councilor Faulkner Yes, Madame Chair Yes) - Motion to Change Schedule — Passed 3-1 - Amendment to Micro Community Resolution (Councilor Garcia) — Passed 4-0 - Amendment to Micro Community Resolution (Councilor Casset, Faulkner, Romero Worth) — Passed 4-0 - Main Motion for Micro Community Resolution — Passed 4-0 == Public Comment == Councilor Castro inquired about the 'Connects' ecosystem, the city-county relationship, and future steps for growing youth-specific systems within the YCVI pilot. She also expressed support for youth initiatives and economic justice, while raising concerns about the animal control ordinance's impact on the unhoused community and the need for alternative fine payment methods. Councilor Faulkner commended the youth violence prevention work. Concerns were raised about the impact of a potential government shutdown on the annual toy drive and the need for food for affected families. Congratulations were extended to Mayor-Elect Garcia. == Topics == - Youth Community Violence Interruption Pilot - Micro Community Resolution - Consent Agenda Approval - Meeting Schedule Amendment - Youth Violence Mural - Strategic Plan & Grounding Principles - Short-Term Rental Regulation - Community Art Gallery - Small Business Workshops - Santa Fe Forward General Plan - Toy and Food Drive - Mayor-Elect Congratulations == Full Transcript == We are live. Thank you so much. We will start in just one moment, trying to see if we can find Councilor Castro. All right. Well, yeah, just in case, that'd be great. At 5:01 p.m., I will go ahead and call the Quality of Life Committee meeting to order. May I please get a roll call? Councilor Garcia. Yes. Councilor Faulkner. Here. Madam Chair. Here. And you're right. Oh, no, it was a roll call. Yes, he's here. You have a quorum, Madam Chair. All right. Moving on to approval of the agenda. Any changes from staff? If not, can I get a motion? Motion to approve. Second. Motion and a second. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Going on to approval of the consent agenda. I have item F and item G. Item F pulled by myself and I believe just Councilor Castro, and item G pulled by myself and Councilor Garcia. Anything else to be pulled at this time? Nothing pulled at this time. No, sorry. Motion to approve amended. Second as amended. Oh, there you are. All right, and we will let Councilor Castro get to the chair. We are currently about to vote on the consent agenda as amended with F and G pulled off. Is there anything you would want, anything else you'd want to pull off at this time? Mine has been pulled. Thank you. All right, roll call, please. Councilor Castro. Yes. Councilor Garcia. Yes. Councilor Faulkner. Yes. Madam Chair. Yes. Motion passes. Thank you so much. All right, let's move along. So our first presentation, Youth Community Violence Interruption Pilot Report. We have Sandy Emory from the Youth and Family Services Program Manager, Dr. Elizabeth Silva, YCVI Consultant, and Chanel Delgado, Santa Fe County Administration Youth and Family Services Program Manager. So I will hand it on over to you ladies. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you for having us tonight. I am plugged in, but it's not showing up on this. There we go. Thank you all for having us tonight. My name is Sandy Emory. I am the program manager for Youth and Family Services tasked with the city's violence prevention and response programs, one of which is the Youth Community Violence Interruption Pilot. And just to put a little bug in your ears tonight, we are now to the point where we are wanting to name this pilot in a way that is meaningful for our community. So as you are listening to this presentation this evening, think about some names and what's coming up for you all as councilors that you would want to see in a name for this pilot. With me tonight is Dr. Silva, who is our expert partnership in development and design of this program. She's been with the program since December of 2023. And Chanel Delgado with the county, who has been with this program and this project since its inception in 2020. This pilot was really developed, and you'll hear more about it throughout the presentation, as a response to youth violence happening in the community in 2020. And the Violence Prevention Strategic Plan has been in place since 2022. What you'll see tonight is just really amazing and strong partnerships at every level of government. We have partnerships with the state. We have a very close partnership with the county. And I'm really excited to share with you all what's been happening since we last presented in February, which was actually before I was employed with the city. And we have just been moving on. Chair and Council, Chanel Delgado and I have the privilege of overseeing the Youth and Family Services Division with Santa Fe County. But before I jump in, I want to take you back to 2020 when our community was rocked by three fatal youth gun violence incidents occurring in close proximity. In response, the city, the county, and committed community champions came together for grassroots conversation to rethink how we were really addressing youth violence in our community. During that time of instability, amid the pandemic, these early gatherings set the tone for how the city and the county built our future collaboration and how we continue to honor the core values originally defined by the community at that time. Through the community-driven conversations, the following priorities emerged: acknowledging young people's experience with violence and recognizing them as experts in those experiences; recognizing the impact of community violence on parents and caregivers, the fear, uncertainty, and concern they carry for their children's safety; acknowledging that interruption of violence was essential; equipping youth with skills and resources to change their path; and supporting their families with tools to support and heal and thrive in our community. Engaging key stakeholders like the city and the county, which we have come together and are super excited to talk about today, but also community partners and recognizing this is a community effort which requires alignment, collaboration, no more silos, no more duplication of services, and serving the community at our best. Addressing the deep historic and systemic causes of violence and mobilizing support to confront those system roots. It is an honor to carry this torch forward. It is a privilege to appear before you this evening to share the latest update on the collaboration between the city and the county and community partners on this Youth Community Violence Interruption Pilot. So thank you, and I pass it on to Dr. Elizabeth. Good evening. It's so wonderful to see you all again. I am excited and honored to share where we're at with this pilot. Not a year from the last time we spoke with you. What I just handed out was a timeline. The roadmap of everything that we've been able to accomplish since February when we saw you last is pretty incredible, and we wanted to highlight all of the work that has been done that doesn't even fit into the slideshow. And as you'll see from the inception when community leaders came together asking for this initiative to be embarked on by government, up until now, there's been a rapid acceleration, particularly in 2025. Luckily, the staff positioning that we needed to have this moving at the pace that it's moving right now is pretty remarkable. So this is not in the slideshow, but we wanted to give you all just kind of a bird's-eye view of how wonderful we've progressed since the last time we talked to you. So I'm not sure how many of you recognize this mural. It was just, it was just created this past year with the original ARPA funding that was allocated to Santa Fe Public Schools, Wave, and New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence. Does anyone know where this mural is at? Councilor? At the Teen Center. At the Teen Center. And we're really excited about the unveiling of this mural. Not only did we have statewide collaboration to make this happen, we had Santa Fe youth participate in creation and development of this mural. So these are your young folks talking about what youth violence looks and feels like for them. And as you can see, there are some resources directly on this mural. You actually go to the mural, it's interactive. So you take your cell phone, you scan it, and it comes to life. And you'll see even more resources kind of pop out. I'm not going to tell you what it looks like. I really hope you all go and see it for yourselves, but please go and check this out soon. So as you know, this is a strong collaboration that we've built. Not only do we have partnerships, no, it's okay. I accidentally pushed the slide forward. So perfect. Thank you. Let me catch my breath. Not only do we have partnerships with the First Judicial Court, the District Attorney's Office, CYFD, our strong partnership with Santa Fe County, we also have built a wonderful relationship with New Mexico Department of Health, who initiated the second part of this funding post-ARPA that has sustained our continued development with community. We also have 20 community partners, most of which you all will recognize as we get to that slide. And as you know, the work that we do centers the voices of youth and their families. We offer future pathways. We make sure that they know that they're the experts in their own life. And we really look to how we are creating interdependence within community so that folks aren't feeling like they're moving in siphons. This is always my favorite slide. As Chanel said, this initiative was a request of the community. Several community leaders came together in response to significant increases in youth violence that was happening. And from that meeting, we've created a map of the goals and values of how we move with this work. I'm going to start at the top circle and I'm going to go clockwise. The community asked that we reach those youth and families most impacted by violence, that we center their voices. The community requested that we connect the threads of the work in the community with regular trainings so that those most affected are supported by providers that work together. So efforts aren't duplicated. So they're not asked to fill out the same survey 20 times. So they're not pushed around asking to complete paperwork that doesn't lead them anywhere. They asked that we are rooted in restorative justice so that quality of life is centered and that community and intergenerational healing is at the center of how we build out our program. And they asked that we publicly address historic and systemic issues behind violence and poverty, specifically economic injustice, racism, and systemic disenfranchisement from services and resources. So as Chanel and Sandy both mentioned, our strategic plan that was created birthed the initiative of this pilot, and it was under critical priority objective two. So if you look at our strategic plan, it's pretty lengthy. This is just a piece of it for violence prevention overall for the city. But our piece of the work was called to educate, navigate, and employ youth at high risk for violence and establish a sustainable program to reduce youth gun and gang group violence. The request was that the pilot credibly reach youth at high risk for violent victimization or perpetration, that we saturate participants in protective factors that reduce their risk for violence, and that we build their capacity to serve as community support workers equipped to contribute to community violence prevention over time. This is the beautiful rooting and foundation that the community gave us to do this work. In honoring that vision and grounding, we created some grounding principles. And the idea behind having grounding principles, even a little bit more important than a mission or vision, was that because we work collectively with so many community partners, we needed to make sure that everybody was on the same page. So our grounding principles are that we foster a non-judgmental, trusting atmosphere that supports our youth in the community. Again, really making sure that we value and center the voices of youth and family with transparency, honesty, collaboration, accountability, and cultural sensitivity. That we are measuring our outcomes. Are we doing a good job? Are we having ongoing learning together with the community to contribute to that overall success? How are we reacting in real time when we see that there's a gap that we aren't addressing? And how are we making sure that we are funding an organization or provider or creating a space that's addressing that gap? How are we celebrating what Santa Fe is already doing so beautifully? How are we proactively engaging our network of community providers that work really hard for this community so that we can collectively work together in support of one another? Again, restorative justice values, as you all know, exist beautifully ingrained in Santa Fe Public Schools. We were the rooting for this pilot, and we also wanted to be clear that we aren't just saying that these problems exist within individuals and their families, that there are social determinants of health, social ecosystems, and macro social realities that impact every problem, conflict, and harm that we see materialize in our communities. So, within that, social determinants of health, we mean, are we having enough mental health support? Are folks getting housing, food security, economic justice resources? Social ecosystems: How are things such as the school personnel, the juvenile justice system, immediate family, peer, and interpersonal groups affecting the ways in which violence materializes? And macro social realities: What is happening in the larger community? What is happening in the political climate? What are the economic realities? And how are things such as social media affecting how our young folks are engaging with one another? We've been really blessed to have some great funding come through for our program. I'm going to pull up my paper closely so I can read this correctly. So, as you can see, we have about 95% of the funding that has been allocated to the Youth Violence Interruption Pilot go directly to community. So, in a second, you'll see the slides. We have over 20 community partners and providers that get funded directly to do this work. And because of our strong partnership with Santa Fe County, we get $100,000 as an annual commitment, and we're very lucky to have built a model that has been highlighted by the New Mexico Department of Health. The original funding that was allocated statewide was the New Mexico DOH Violence Prevention Fund. And based on what they've seen with our work, they actually increased our funding by $400,000, and all of that money went directly to community. So, here are our list of partners. I'm not going to read them all because I'm sure you all are very familiar with them and their work. They have been funded through ARPA funding, which was the original allocation that was granted to this pilot, as well as New Mexico Department of Health funding, and as well as some of the funding that came through with the county. What we've created is a specialized diversion intervention. Originally, when we started this work, we thought we were going to have only one task force, and that that task force was going to kind of do it all. Really quickly, we saw that we needed two pieces of our work. And so, the first piece is the YCBI Accountability Task Force, and the second piece is the YCBI Advisory Council. They each serve a very specific role. The Accountability Task Force meets twice monthly, so we see each other quite often, and is community-led, case-specific. It uses a peer model as well as family and community integration. The YCBI Advisory Council meets quarterly, and it's very much about building pilot logistics. It includes systems leaders, community providers. We use collective design and collaborative synthesis, and luckily, we have some very dedicated staff as well as some consultants who are able to provide a comprehensive feedback loop between the two circles, and most of the people who are on the task force are actually also on the Advisory Council. In a slide here, you'll see our last council was so big, we keep outgrowing our spaces, which is awesome. So, initially, the eligibility criteria for the pilot was pretty broad, and it was any person who was a perpetrator or a victim of violence. For the initial stage, we've had to get a little bit more specific and have youth up into the age of 24 as eligible to participate with a history of violence, a social referral for violence interruption, or a potential threat of retaliation. Interestingly, we've had a whole lot of excitement from the system partners, and most recently, we have been able to work with the First Judicial District Attorney's Office as well as the Juvenile Probation Office as approved community partners to give us, send us referrals, and the cases are deemed appropriate by the referring agency, the YCVI Task Force, the case manager, or program manager. And for youth participants under the age of 14, the parents or guardians must agree on behalf. Over the age of 14, both parents and guardians and the youth must agree to participate. So, this is a picture of our last Advisory Council meeting. Our first two meetings were at the county. We outgrew that space pretty quick. And so, this meeting, if you recognize, is at the Teen Center. It was full. It was at capacity. We had to pull some chairs in, and including, there were many community partners there, but we also had the District Attorney's Office and CYFD there, and it was a very special moment because they got to speak with each other about things that they hadn't even been able to create space for. So, our ability to really pull folks together has created a sense of communication and interdependence that we haven't seen before. And currently, there was a typo on the original site that was sent to you, but we have an IGA in progress with the First Judicial Court for youth referrals into the pilot. We are also currently in conversation with CYFD leadership to secure a referral pathway into the YCBI pilot, and they're really excited about working with us. And they're really invested in how we've set up the model for this program. So, together with the task force, we created an ecosystem, and so much of what we're trying to do is push against the deficit rhetoric about our youth in the communities. We are not about shaming or creating victim narratives. So much of what we are excited about is creating internal motivators, really highlighting immediate supports, especially the ones that already exist, seeing how our community can better contribute, and looking at economic justice and sustainability. So, the idea is with this ecosystem model, we are highlighting the layers of support that young people already have that exist within them and within their community, working for the places where we can make that stronger. If you look at the first circle, which is the light green one for internal motivators, I'm not going to read them all, but a couple are sense of self, how people feel a sense of responsibility, a sense of forgiveness, and life goals. Oh, and sense of belonging, which is one of the most important immediate supports. What do, who do they already have as far as family mentors, coaches, teachers, older peers that they feel give them what they need, that have their back? Community contribution: How is a community offering networks, subsidies, including food, housing, childcare, clothing, and what does social cohesion look like? And economic justice and sustainability. As we were coming up with our measures for if this program was successful or not, so much of the feedback we got was around recidivism. How are we even defining recidivism? The state of New Mexico legally does not have a definition for recidivism. So, we had to define it for ourselves. And one of our peers who was incarcerated for about a decade, I believe, said, "The reason I don't go back to that life is because I have meaning and I have a sense of joy and purpose." So much of that comes with economic justice and sustainability. How are we creating meaning and sense of purpose for folks? So, this is not even a comprehensive list. We're using the Connect network to make sure that we have all of the assets available to our community. But we, when we got together with our task force, we were like, "What already exists? What assets can our youth be referred into?" And as you can see, Santa Fe has a huge community network, many providers who are incredibly invested in the community. And we wanted to see it visually. So, we created this with the task force and the Advisory Council. And so much of this model was to show and demonstrate how strong Santa Fe already is. Again, we're not trying to duplicate efforts. We're not trying to overlap programming. How do we have a clear idea of what exists so we do better together? And if you all see anything missing from this list, please feel free to share with Sandy. We would love to grow our asset map exponentially. So, as you saw, we are now accepting referrals. A lot of what has come through with this pilot creation is that this community really wants to collectively design together. And that we found a lot of creative ways in which we're rating funding systems to do work in more complete and intentional ways. We are currently funded through FY26. The Department of Health is incredibly excited about this model, and they have asked us to build with them their statewide evaluation, and so we're really excited about that partnership, but we definitely could use your help in advocating for continued funding beyond FY26. And we actually have our next Advisory Council meeting December 11th, and again, we outgrew space, so we're going to be moving to the Southside Library, but we invite you all to come and see how powerful, cool this group is when we're all together. When Sandy was meeting with our UNM evaluators as we create, as we support this create statewide evaluation measures, they were really impressed with just the fact that we were constantly bringing people together bi-monthly and quarterly at such an intentional and scalable pace that they said the act of community engagement is a protective factor for mental health, which decreases violence, and when structures of power are equally engaged in community, our communities become safer. So, we have this history of creating more and more independent and more and more isolated systems. So much of what we're doing is figuring out how do we become interdependent again so that one system, one agency, one provider doesn't get burnt out doing some of the hardest work. Thank you all so much for your time. Well, thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you so much for being here and for this presentation, and for, as you mentioned, it did move quite quickly. So, all the work that has gone into this, and it is very impressive to see where you are. Questions, comments from the committee, Councilor Castro. Yes, thank you, Chair, and thank you so much for the presentation. I know that this has been some amazing work, and it's been so wonderful to see you working on all of these amazing projects. There's a few key words that I just want to make sure that we understand as a community. So, the ecosystem in Santa Fe, can we talk a little bit about Connects and the relationship that the city and the county have, and sort of how we plan to grow out these systems specifically for youth? And I know that's a big question, but sort of what are the next steps that we're going to see in this pilot? Sure. Thank you, Councilor Castro. I think for the county, I'll speak on my end. All of our youth-serving contracts require you to be a participant in Connect. So, really building out that landscape to ensure that we're not only looking at connecting adults to services, but we're also looking at how do we strengthen that network to really be youth-serving as well. Again, we don't want to create, recreate a system if we already have one, and how do we utilize that to serve us best? And so, really looking at the functions and how we can build that out, and how if we're sending referrals from this pilot to another, how do we utilize Connect to do that? So, we are looking at that. It is in play. There are already a lot of youth-serving agencies on Connect, and so I think we have a really good head start on that. Anything to add from the city side? Same, same for the city. As many of you know, we require the Children and Youth Commission and the Human Service Commission to require that providers who are providing navigation services be part of it. So, yes, we're making sure that we're using resources that we already have heavily invested in and are successful, and we're working to make them support a whole system. It's wonderful that we're using these resources, even though we're getting some financial resources efficiently and effectively, and that's wonderful. Now, interdependence to me sounds a little bit like a negative word when we talk about interdependence. What does that really mean between organizations? Thank you for that question, Madame Chair, Councilor Castro. I think what interdependence comes down to is really, as Chanel and Dr. Silva said, breaking down those silos. There are wonderful, wonderful, wonderful... Oh, is that better now? Okay. We want to make sure that organizations feel comfortable and safe in sharing resources and building together. So, absent codependence, which is needing to rely on one another, we're understanding that with organizations working together successfully, we create this really beautiful Venn diagram of strengths in the community, and we're not relying too heavily on any one organization, or we're not forgetting to call in an organization who's doing really valuable work. I think especially with human services in this community, there are a lot of case managers, case workers, there are a lot of resources and a lot of people working really hard that could use a little help. So, understanding that, hey, I can call the county for support. I can call Youth Works. I can call this organization to fill a hole that my organization isn't filling well enough. I think that's a really important and valuable piece of this program. No, and thank you so much. I think that's a huge piece I would like to offer for as long as I'm still on the Mayor's Youth Advisory Board, to be supportive of any efforts that you would want to work on. We do have that youth symposium coming up. The only other thing I want to touch on is that economic justice piece as we're moving into looking at economic justice and economic development in the city. Any recommendations that came out of your work or are coming out of your work around economic justice? Thank you so much, Madam Chair, Councilor Castro. Economic justice is a very key piece and something that has come up over and over and over again as we've been doing this work. Just in the last six months, the generosity of this funding and the importance of this funding has allowed us to adjust in real time. So, we have been able to enter into some contracts with providers who are providing economic network and support for youth and for families who might need it. So, it comes up in all ways. I think right now in this pilot, we're really working toward figuring out what exists that works well that we can continue to support, and also really getting a deeper understanding of what families and youth are experiencing. But we are seeing some ties to economic instability and youth violence. Is that what I'm understanding? Yes. Okay. No further questions. Thank you so much. Thank you, Councilor. Any other questions or comments? Councilor Faulkner. I just want to commend you. I've heard a lot about the work you guys are doing. I think it's important, especially in District 3. We have a lot of young people in District 3. So, anything I can do to help or to partner or anything I can do, just let me know, and I will do whatever it is that you need me. Thank you so much. Well, thank you. The only other thing I would ask is, part of the reason that we've brought some of these presentations recently has to do with programs that are funded through ARPA, knowing that we are coming to the end of some of those pots of money. We get to start having budget conversations soon. So, you guys did mention that you're looking at some dollars from DO. Is there any estimate of how much might come through? What are we looking at in terms of city and county support? If this was something that the city really wanted to make sure moved forward, and how those partnerships are looking. Thank you, Madam Chair. We are actively looking at opportunities to continue funds and this funding far beyond ARPA. As you could see from the pie chart, the initial ARPA investment in youth violence was just $365,000. We have in our department increased that to $1.2 million. Of all of that funding, $1.1, almost $1.2 million, is going straight to community partners and into the community. So, we are really hoping to work to continue to work really closely with the Department of Health as they advocate for more of that state-level funding, and we are very actively looking for alternative funding streams to support this work. It's super important, and I think it's very valuable. So, we're working on it. Well, wonderful, and thank you. I know that as we move into budget discussions, that will be something that Ali will be interested in hearing about in terms of what other funding sources are coming in and what would be needed to continue this onto the city. So, thank you again so much. Thank you. With that, we will move along. Thank you all so much for being here. Really truly appreciate it. All right, scrolling down to what was pulled off consent. Item F. It's consideration of Bill Number 2025-22, adoption of Ordinance Number 2025, to be numbered later. Sponsored by myself, Councilor Jamie Cassett, Councilor Sydney Lindell, Councilor Alma Castro, and Councilor Pilar Faulkner. It's a bill amending SFCC 1987 Section 5-2 to define abandonment and an unattended animal. Section 5-5.4 to prohibit keeping an animal on any median, and Section 5-8.4 to specify that abandoning an animal will incur a fine, creating a new Section 5-8.14, unattended animal, prohibiting unattended animals and imposing a fine, and amending Table 15-12.1 to increase the fine for abandoning an animal from $200 to $500, impose a $200 fine for a first unattended animal offense and a $500 fine for subsequent offenses, and impose a $200 fine for keeping animals on medians. We do have Thomas Grundler, I believe, Deputy Chief of Police, should be on the Zoom. I had pulled this off, as well as Councilor Castro. So, Councilor Castro, I will send this over to you first. Great. Thank you so much. I had pulled this off for a couple reasons. I wanted to amend the schedule to actually include Public Safety Committee, as I think that that's relevant and could have the opportunity to talk a little bit about enforcement, and also because I have a few amendments that I've been working on with advocates that aren't quite ready. As this is the only opportunity I will have to present them in committee, I was hoping that we might be able to hold this until December 3rd. So, I was going to make a motion to table this or to hold this until a date certain of December 3rd, just to see if I could get those amendments into the packet. And that would still provide the opportunity to have this be heard at the December 10th Governing Body meeting. Correct. Okay. All right. Well, we are not at a motion. Well, I think we're going to have to do some fun nesting dolls of motions because I do have an amendment that I would like to introduce tonight. So, I will need a main motion on the floor, and I don't think it is to postpone. So, could I get a motion on the bill itself? Motion to approve. All right. Thank you. I did have an amendment to introduce tonight. That is, with looking at some of the feedback from the community and looking at what do other fines look like for medians, would be to reduce that fine to $50, a fine for keeping animals on median. So, if you look, it does change the caption. If we look at page two, line five, you can see the strike-through there, as well as they do like these red lines. Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling. Page 12 in the table, it says restraint of any animal on median, first and subsequent changes both to $50 for said fine. So, again, after hearing from the community and looking at what some of the other fines are around medians, starting with a lower fine, and as we've done in the past, we can reassess. So, with that, I would move to approve that amendment. Motion and a second. Are there any questions on this item, on this amendment? If not, can I get a roll call, please? Councilor Castro. No. Councilor Garcia. Yes. Councilor Faulkner. Yes. Councilor, Madame Chair. Yes. Motion passes. Thank you so much. Any before we get to delaying, any questions, comments on the bill itself at this time? Well, I just did want to point out, Chair, that one of my three amendments is in the packet. I'm not going to move it quite yet because I wanted to move them together, but I can give a small explanation of what I was speaking to advocates about. Really, this is about us having the discussion around what the prohibition is. So, I'm very much in favor of defining what abandonment is. My understanding is that if a dog or any animal is abandoned on a median, it would be under the ordinance, without that section, still against the law. Another piece that we're looking at in that same sort of schedule of fees is that it says for first offense and inability to pay, there's an alternative payment. So, I am working on another amendment that will create an "or" so that there will always be, if you have the inability to pay, an alternative method, and we can work with advocates to see what types of alternative methods along with the municipal court we can settle on. But it does give us the ability to sort of look at the ability to pay when we're looking at these fees. There is another section that honestly didn't get a lot of attention, but does allow for civilians who are not acting as city officials to take possession of an animal and turn it over to animal control. There has been some concerns, especially in the unhoused community, that if folks went to the restroom and tied up their animal and they came out and the animal was gone, that it potentially feels like their pet was stolen. So, we're working on some of those details, and I would like to see that here in Quality of Life. And it also sounds like you want to get rid of the provision that animals cannot, not that animals can't be on the medians even with their owner. Correct. That is this first Amendment B, which is in the packet, and the public can see, but again, I won't be moving that today. I will be making a motion to postpone to a date certain, which is December 3rd. Okay. Did you also want to send it to, you mentioned that you wanted to refer it to Public Safety. Correct. That would be amending the schedule to send it to Public Safety. So, let's take, when is Public Safety? I believe it's November 17th. And have you spoken to Chair? I have not. So, that is why I'm not going to move that quite yet, but I believe she can put it on the agenda without us having to... That's November's, I'm sorry, November 17th. That is my understanding. Yes. Okay. All right. I mean, we can, of course, refer it to Public Safety, and then it does come to Finance again on November 10th. So, let me check schedules real fast. I would like to get this before the end of the year. So, I'm just double-checking. So then, if I'm understanding this correctly, this would take it to Quality of Life on the 3rd, Public Safety on the 17th, Quality of Life on the 3rd, Finance on the 8th, Governing Body on the 10th. Is that correct? Okay. Deputy Chief Grenler, did you have something to add? And thank you for being here. You're muted. We cannot hear you. DC Grenler, you're muted. We haven't heard anything. I was like, sorry about that. No, I just wanted to apologize for my appearance, Madam Chair. I've been out in training all day and kind of got this last minute. Public Safety is the third Tuesday of every month, so I believe it's the 18th. The 18th. Thank you. I appreciate that. No, not a problem. All right. So, if I am understanding this correctly, the motion would be to amend the schedule to send it to Public Safety on November 18th, bring it back to Quality of Life on December 3rd, then Finance on December 8th, and Governing Body on December 10th. Yes, Chair, that is correct. I have a technical question that I'm not sure if that can, if, does, because of the noticing, do we know if this changes, especially if the caption changes, it would change this so that it would not be passed before the end of the year. If these amendments were to pass and the caption were to change, it would potentially delay the process. If they were to not pass and it would not change the caption, it could still be voted on on the 10th, is my understanding. So, it would depend on whether or not those amendments at Quality of Life passed and if it changed the caption. Okay. For me, I'm not in favor of changing the calendar for that reason. Council Lindell has worked really hard on this. I would love for her to be able to vote on it, yeah, before the end. As I've mentioned before, I'm happy to bring forward amendments, even if I disagree with them, to be discussed at Finance Committee because that is another committee opportunity. And there is also the opportunity, sorry, I apologize, Chair, to bring them forward at Governing Body. Yes. Yes, there is. I mean, there absolutely is the opportunity. You are not banned from bringing forward amendments at Governing Body. So that is also an option that it could be discussed at that time. So, I will not be voting for the change in the schedule for that reason. But again, I'm happy to help bring forward a discussion at Finance Committee. I'm happy to send it to Public Safety. But yeah, that's any other questions, comments on this particular motion? Councilor Michael Garcia, since we just passed an amendment changing the caption, we're already open the timeline. Are we? I don't think so because we're far enough out. Christine, can you come down to the mic? Madam Chair, Councilor Garcia, because we have a break in the committee schedule, so two weeks in November, we'll still have enough time to notice the bill and have the two-week waiting period for the Open Meetings Act. Thank you. Any other questions or comments at this time? Can I please have a roll call on the motion to change the schedule to what I had stated before? Councilor Castro, Yes. Councilor Garcia, Yes. Councilor Faulkner, Yes. Madam Chair, No. Motion passes. Thank you. And with that, I guess we will not be taking a final vote on this. All right, moving on to the next item. It is Item G, consideration of Resolution Number 2025, to be numbered later. It is sponsored by Mayor Alan Weber, Councilor Jamie Casset, and Councilor Par Faulkner. It's a resolution requiring a micro community in every City of Santa Fe Council District by January 1st, 2027, or if that timeline is not met, a presentation explaining the barriers to meeting the timeline and recommending how and when the goal of a micro community in every district can be achieved. Director Hammond Paul, unfortunately, was unable to be here this evening. But we do have Christine Spears here from some drafting. So, if there's drafting questions, we have those. And then, of course, it looks like we have our city management team here to answer any of the questions, if there are those that are needed for staff. Both myself and Councilor Michael Garcia had pulled this. So, Councilor Garcia, over to you. Thank you, Madam Chair. The reason why I pulled this is I have an amendment to be bringing forward after some discussion on Monday. There was, I guess, some concern around the using the word "locations" and whether we were intending to have multiple locations or a location. So, I had amended my amendment to signify that it can be one or the other. So, we put the S in brackets. So, it can be either a location or locations. So, the amendment would be incorporating the language that states, "Be it further resolved that the City Manager shall present proposed micro community locations to the Governing Body for review and obtain approval of the locations from the Governing Body before establishing a new micro." That'll make a motion to approve. We need a main motion on the floor first. Motion to approve. Second. Okay. Now, go ahead. Motion to approve the Second. Any questions or comments? I have a question just in terms of understanding. Is this, like, can you explain to me when, when, like, at what point in the process would it be when something has been identified and it's like, "Hey, this is, this would be a viable location for a micro community. We've done all of our, you know, dotted our eyes, crossed our tees, checked our flood zone and, you know, all those things." Or is it, is that at that point when they're like, "Hey, we're ready to propose this and and move it forward." Yep. Whenever the City Manager feels comfortable that they're proposing an actual rotation. Great. Thank you. Any other questions or comments on this? And if not, can I please get a roll call? Councilor Castro, Yes. Councilor Garcia, Yes. Councilor Faulkner, Yes. Madam Chair, Yes. Motion passes. Thank you. And then I also had an amendment. This is an amendment from myself, Councilor Faulkner, and Councilor Romero Worth. This amendment, what we were really trying to look at is how to make sure that these are dispersed throughout the city. And, you know, we had a conversation that we, we technically could have a micro community in three different, you know, we could hit District 1, District 4, and District 2 and all be on Cerros Road and within a close, with close context. And so, this was to indicate that we wanted to make sure that we were really spreading them out throughout the community, not just throughout the districts. And that we were, we would be looking at areas that are not currently providing micro communities or services and, and the goal would be to have those be the first area that we would be able to establish one. So, where you can see the changes on page three, line three, in inserting, "Whereas the geographical character of the City Council districts varies with respect to geographic size, density, and use, and it is important to space the micro communities apart from one another. And whereas choosing micro community sites that are scattered throughout Santa Fe is a best practice, allowing micro community residents to integrate into the larger community while receiving ongoing support and stability." And then also on line 13, adding on to this whereas clause. So, the full clause reads, "Whereas the city wishes to establish a micro community in each City Council district such that each micro community is geographically spaced apart from one another to ensure citywide access to safe shelter and supportive services." And then on the, "Now, therefore, be it resolved," we capitalize "City." And then on page, on line 18, "Be it further resolved that the micro community sites will not be concentrated in a single geographic location, even if those sites are technically in different City Council districts, and the city will prioritize identifying sites for micro communities in areas of the community that are not currently providing any homelessness services." And with that, I will move to approve. Second motion and a second. Any questions or comments on this? Councilor Castro. Yes, just really quickly. So, Councilor Lindell and I were working on an amendment to sort of try to incorporate some of the other services and transitional housing that we have, and I think this actually incorporates it very well without changing the caption. So, thank you very much. Of course. Happy, happy to try to solve some challenges, make things less complicated. Any other questions or comments? And if not, can I please get a roll call? Councilor Castro, Yes. Councilor Garcia, Yes. Councilor Faulkner, Yes. Madam Chair, Yes. Motion passes. Wonderful. Thank you so much. All right. Moving along to matters from staff. So, hey, They voted on the main motion. Oh, thank you. I appreciate that. All right. Main motion. Vote on the micro communities. Thank you so much. Councilor Castro, Yes. Councilor Garcia, Yes. Councilor Faulkner, Yes. Madam Chair, Yes. Motion passes. Thank you. All right. Now, matters from staff. Director Lamboy, welcome. Any matters from you this evening? Yes. Thank you, Councilor Casset, members of the Quality of Life Committee. Just a few announcements. We will be holding a community engagement session for our new software with NUMO for short-term rental regulation as well as tracking. And there's going to be both a virtual session as well as an in-person meeting on November 13th. The lunchtime webinar will be happening. We do have some advertisements on the website, and then the in-person meeting will be held at the Convention Center starting at 5:30. So, we have a space limited to 100 people, and there are a lot of sign-ups already. So, please go to our Eventbrite link on the website. Queer Magnetism attracted 2,000 visitors to the Community Art Gallery, and the next exhibit will be Artists of Solution, which is a grant-funded project in Lasados, a community collaborative art project with the Southside youth and families. And that exhibit will be up December 4th through the 31st. And then there's been a call for a group of Black artists across New Mexico called Truth, Memory, Joy, Resistance. Submissions are due November 20th, and the show will run January, February 2026. There's a lot going on with economic development as well. There's a SCORE Small Business Workshop Series. The first one starting November 18th at 5:00 p.m. The three workshops include, "So You Want to Start a Business," "Packaging and Pricing Your Services," which is December 2nd, and "Makers Marketplace: Practical Strategies for Selling Your Work" on December 9th. And we have completed the visioning phase of the Santa Fe Forward General Plan Project. So, as we package all of that up, we'll be making a presentation to the Governing Body on November 19th. We also be making a presentation of our digital platform, which is being tested right now, a soft launch amongst staff so we can make sure that everything is in order so that the public can start using it, of having more access to information as well as planning and language activities. Wonderful. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Marcela, anything from you today? Matters from the committee, Councilor Faulkner. Okay. So, I'm going to pitch this at every committee. Toy Drive. Los Alamos Laboratories, their federal employees. We're going to lose a lot of support because of the government shutdown. So, anyone and anybody who wants to help, we have to weigh in. There's 15,000 kids we have to get toys for. We also have agreed to take on getting food for families that are also being impacted by the federal shutdown. And we think we can do this because they can dovetail. It's just adding one more box to a location. But I know that Councilor Castro and I are very invested in this and just anyone who can help. It's going to be a heavy lift this year and it's not just for kids, it's for families who don't have food. And so I'm just going to pitch it everywhere and anywhere. Thank you, Councilor. Any other matters from the committee? Matters from the chair? I just wanted to take this time to officially congratulate now Mayor-Elect Garcia. So, congratulations and we look forward to working with you as you take over the helm at the city. And with that, our next meeting is on Wednesday, December