Public Works and Utilities Committee Mon, Jul 20, 2026 ยท Public Works and Utilities Committee https://santafeminutes.space/meeting/971-public-works-jul-20-2026 == Executive Summary == The Public Works and Utilities Committee meeting on 07/20/2026 featured an in-depth presentation by Eric Anaya, Director of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), on the MPO's role in cooperative planning and its efforts to shift Santa Fe's urban design from car-centric to people-centric. The MPO highlighted its use of data and technology to analyze crash and volume data, informing safety decisions and responding to public concerns. A significant portion of the discussion focused on the proposed new street design guidelines, which aim to prioritize safety and community connectivity, moving away from historical biases in urban planning that favored driver convenience. The committee also recognized two outstanding employees: Michael Ortega from the Public Works Department and Patricio Pacheco from the Public Utilities Department, both for their long-standing dedication and positive contributions. Resolution Number 2026, concerning budget amendments for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, was introduced. Throughout the meeting, there was a strong emphasis on community values, with public feedback consistently indicating a desire for slower, safer streets that prioritize pedestrians and cyclists. The MPO aims to educate the public on how 'Complete Streets' can improve both safety and traffic flow, challenging traditional metrics like 'Level of Service' that prioritize driver convenience over broader community well-being. == Key Decisions == - Approved the agenda as amended. - Approved the consent agenda. == Public Comment == No public comments were made during the designated public comment period. However, the MPO presentation highlighted consistent public feedback expressing a strong desire for slower, safer streets that prioritize walking and cycling over driving convenience. Youth surveys also indicated significant interest in public transit. Concerns about traffic flow and increased traffic from new developments were noted, with the MPO aiming to educate the public on the benefits of Complete Streets. == Topics == - Road Safety & Design - MPO Operations & Funding - Employee Recognition - Water Conservation - Back to School Bash - Budget Amendments == Full Transcript == While they get situated, we're going to start going live. Can you let me know when we're live, please? We are live. Thank you so much. I call to order the Public Works and Utilities meeting. Today is Monday, July 20, and it is 5:03. I apologize for the delay. Could I get a roll call, please? Yes. Chairperson Chavez? Here. And Councilor Barrett? Here. Councilor Bustamante? Here. Councilor Faulkner? Here. And Councilor Feagali? Here. Chair, you have a quorum. Thank you so much, Director. Next is approval of the agenda. Are there any changes from staff? We have one detail change. We actually, Public Works actually only has one Employee of the Month, and the other people are actually here to introduce that person. So Michael Ortega is our Employee of the Month, and the others are here as witnesses. Great. Can I get a motion to approve as amended? Approve as amended. Second. I have a motion. I have a second. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Seeing none, motion passes. Next is approval of the consent agenda. I believe that there were zero items removed. Correct me if I'm wrong. Chair, you're correct. Okay. Could I get a motion? Second. I have a motion. I have a second. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Seeing none, the motion passes. Next is presentations, and I'm going to allow the Director to read the presentation description out loud. Oh, first, public comment. Thought I had it memorized. Is there anyone in the public that would like to approach the podium this evening? No public comment. Okay. Director, can you tell me what our first presentation is this evening? Yes, absolutely. So this evening, we have the Director of the Metropolitan Planning Organization providing an overview of the division's purpose, mission, and operations. And for that is the MPO Director, Eric Anaya. Chair? Sorry. Good evening. Talk about timing. You're good to go. My name is Eric Anaya. I work for the Santa Fe MPO. The MPO is an independent organization comprised of the city, the county, the Pueblo of Tesuque, and the state and NMDOT. I'm going to tell a little story before I dive into the slides here. Our story starts with us getting in a car and taking a drive. Where are we driving? We're coming up Richards Avenue towards Rodeo Road. We're taking a ride on Rodeo Road. We're headed towards the GCC. We're all driving independently. By the time we get to the bus stop that's right on the other side of the GCC, we're traveling an average speed of 43 miles per hour. It seemed very high. Get into the 85th percentile. There's a good cohort that's driving 46 miles an hour, 95th percentile cohort, almost 50 miles an hour. Stop. So we're going to get out of our car. We're going to get in a bus. Do the same route, and we're going to go to that bus stop. So you're driving. You drive well. Excellent. He's our driver. We're going to stop at that bus stop that was put in probably 20 years ago. It would take now, once we get off the bus, all of us in this bus together have different abilities to walk or stride across the road. Is there a crosswalk? No. Why? Let's go back to the year 1949. What happened in 1949? Rodeo Road was just a two-track. When the rodeo went in, it was delivered by the ranchers who lived out there and said, "Hey, we need a road, new rodeo." So this was 1949, and I want to show you this and articulate. This is the city comprehensive plan that was adopted in 1948. After three, very fascinating read. I'll just preface it with, it starts with, "From the viewpoint of the man in the automobile, Santa Fe streets need help." So in 1948, Santa Fe took two different ways. So the streets you see here, here, here, and around downtown embedded in this plan, we're going to preserve them. We're going to widen them, blah, blah, blah. So when you hear, and I've heard this for 30 years, but I think, "Oh, the streets were designed by boroughs and blah, blah." Actually, it's also very intentionally that there's still this way. These are the slowest, best, safest, more wealth-producing streets per capita in the city and the rest. So then 1950, we decided we're going to build out. We have two fundamental transportation networks in terms of our roadways. And our commitment through this plan and our highway and our federal funding produced the Cerrillos Road that we see today, which is a multilayer creature, produced Rodeo Road, which is what we're on now, making a little drive, produced Zia Road, pick your favorite arterial. Who designed these roads? Traffic engineers working for the highway. What were these roads for? Moving cars quickly from B to B and as highways. Now, interesting fact, Rodeo Road was actually a four-lane, five-lane facility without the median until probably 30 years ago when the city intervened. "Hey, these are way too fast." It was actually slowed down a little bit from the percentage of speed that I speak of. But here's the kicker. So get off the bus. You can't cross because it's designed like a highway. Guess how many vehicles per day, Liz, on Rodeo? Yes. How many? Okay, I'll give you 5,000, 10,000, 25. 20,000. Yes. Both directions. Only we got 20? Bingo. 10,544 cars. Wait. Very good. So what warrants a four-lane highway? How many vehicles a day warrant for a four-lane highway? Anyone? Anyone? About 20,000. My point is there, we don't need four lanes out there. We have them because it was designed as a highway, and it was designed for convenience. All of the roads, those arterials I speak of, like, for example, Cordova in 1949, going back to '49, was the truck bypass. Fast forward to 1970, St. Mike's becomes the bypass. And today, it's basically a five. So growth follows these roads. 1980, Santa Fe County grew faster than the city. Why? Because of the decades of road building enabled Eldorado. Eldorado was slow to growth in 1980 and 1983. They resolved the water rights thing, I think, and boom, 2189. You need to have 6,000 acres traffic. Okay, well, that's my preface. So from an organizational structure, independent, we've had the next dimension, like, can we serve as the city's fiscal agent? Thank you. Eric, if you wouldn't mind speaking into the mic so that it gets captured. Thank you. Yeah, thanks. With the staffing, we have two staff members. Organizational are detailed in our bylaws and our, yeah, yeah, I'm sorry, in our bylaws. Okay. So our structure, we have three staff. Leah Ingvie is with the, been with the MPO for about six years. Harry Tremblatt just started this year. I want to shout out to Hannah Burnham, who had been with us about six years too. She left recently. I've been with the MPO now 13, 10, 11, 12, 13. I lose track. So we're federally funded by two federal grants. The city and the county pay 20% or fund. So our governance structure is pretty simple. We have a Transportation Policy Board, which some of you are on, the Mayor. We have a Technical Coordinating Committee, which met today, has great discussion about EV and leasing EVs. And then our, we had federal advisory members. So here's some boring stuff I'll go through pretty quick. Some of you who've been on the MPO understand more of this in detail. We are federally required to follow most of these plans, projects, programs, data collection, and so forth. I'd be happy to answer any questions about the nuances. The Unified Planning Work Program basically is every two years, we calculate how much money we intend to get, how we're going to spend it, and then break it down into tasks. It is our, basically, our federal budget. Every five years, we update the MTP. It's one of my favorite projects. We progressively become more, I would say, progressive in terms of what the MTP delivers, and that is a focus on safety, a focus on building streets, not roads. Just very quick. Organizational purpose is straight out of the books. So this is the book's organizational purpose. You probably hear more of what we bring as staff and that you bring as MPO members to the actual mission. Our core purpose is to, technically, to facilitate cooperative, consistent connectivity between our planning efforts with our memberships, maximizing community connectivity. We serve mobility needs ideally for all citizens. So we federal channel federal funding, state funding through the MPO to ultimately deliver the projects that were articulated by the public and by the city and by the county and the state, which delivers the infrastructure project. So from programming, planning, programming, and then actually our good, the good work that the city of the works does in implementation. Some key accomplishments. We were busy right after the, I guess, we got bored during the pandemic, so let's get busy. One, one project that I really liked was the Neighborhood Street Safety Study 2023. What we did is going back to the story about we've overbuilt, our street, what we call road network, is how do we try to challenge it in terms of shifting and pivoting to a safer, slower, ethic and behavior. Santa Fe, I'm sorry. The Neighborhood Street Safety Study did two things, data analytics for entire neighborhood. And then we asked the people who live there with a very sophisticated perception study, "What is your level of safety in terms of your perception of the road you live on?" And then we compared that with what exists today. Because the story we kept on hearing was roads have been designed with this purpose. Roads are perfect for their design. What do people really want? They really want a lot. And you guys know it more than we do when you get those calls, right, from your constituent. A lot slower. So my story stops right here for a second. Articulate the importance of where we are in pivoting from this plan to this dynamic, which is as the street design guideline. I was about three or four years into working for the city and the MPO and the county when I asked the question, "Where are the city's streets stand?" Well, the city never, two reasons, never really designed, put their own in because we were so busy building out that network, and we still are, that I speak of. I talked to a former traffic engineer about 20 years ago. Said, "We just didn't have time what we saw the need." So what has the city been doing? We've been relying on AASHTO. We've been relying on mostly MUTCD. All of these federal state standards to build effectively highways. We challenged us the, that question asked the question, "What could we do better?" So this, and I'm hoping, will get passed sooner than later. It's been in a year in the waiting, four years in, in the work. It's really not that big of a deal when you read it, but it is a big deal because it pivots how we're going to design and build roads for the next generation of Santa Fe. What does it do? It puts people first, puts safety first, and it's going to put the inconvenience factor in driving. People will not like that. Get it. But when, when in this plan too, it's a lovely read. Very specific about the roadway we want to build will be for the convenience of the man in, in the optimal. It has to, what about the kid and the woman? And we won't go into that. So I, I'd be happy to go into details about this, but I want to keep this presentation brief. I've given a presentation to the Planning Commission twice, the Bicycle Advisory Committee. We've had public, public meetings, and then I have a, we have a survey online. Not once has anybody said, "This is a bad idea." So this has been pretty cool in terms of, I think we will have some full 100% support on policy going. There's some projects that we're, in the near term, we're supporting with the county and the city. We're really, really happy with the county and the city with their commitment to the network of trails that provides alternatives for driving. There are a lot of road projects that we could go into, but I'm sure you hear about them quite frequently. Near-term data and technology. I want to talk about data for a second here to really focus on it. We have immersed ourselves in the MPO and data in the last 18 months, more than we have in 20 years. How are we doing this? Technology has caught up to a point where the cost of investing in platforms, and I'm going to talk about AI too, has dropped significantly so that we can invest. What we can have is whether I take our raw data, particularly crash data, right, volume data, we can go on. Then we can put it into our platform, and then the platforms do the analysis for us. So when Marcos Escobel with the Streets Department needs information or data, or you do as an elected official because your neighbors are complaining about safety, we can produce crash data analysis in seconds versus what would have taken weeks and months just two years ago. So, in effect, with our data analysis and our data platforms that we continue to invest in, the MPO has become dramatically more efficient with just the three steps. It's been a very fun adventure too. Long-term strategic investment, invest in technological advances. I cannot overemphasize that much, that we will continue to do that for the purpose of focusing on safety. When we can tell the story through data about how our network is behaving, we can give that to you as policymakers and directors. It makes it a lot easier for you to help move that needle. Public health, social equity system. Then going back to public, checking the public engagement box. So with all of those plans you saw in the past, each came with a public engagement component. The slide, the picture or the image in the middle, kind of speaks for itself. We hear over and over again that, yes, it is convenient to drive in Santa Fe, but that's not what we really want. It's not coming from me, my staff. It is coming from the public. We want something slower, safer, where our kids can walk to school, where I can walk across the street without worrying about "bam." And so I just have these images to demonstrate that with our newsletters and so forth, this is the constant message we hear from the public, and it's very clear. I like the little pie chart on the left. We did a focus study several years ago on youth, moving youth through this community. And we asked them, "If you weren't driven by your parents, how would you get to school?" I was delightfully surprised to see 45% said, "We would take the city bus." Another, just some other examples of our social media and marketing, trying to get the word out. Again, feedback, getting the feedback. So one of the risks of everything I just spoke of is the pivot, the desire for the city to have a slower system is what I call legacy bias. And we have all kinds of evidence and factors out there of what's been built since the 1950s, '67, and the '80s. It really is no longer applicable to the values that we have today. Not our values, again, not technical values, but the community's values. I love the picture of De Vargas Mall because, "bam," look at the highways around. This is 1971-ish, 1970. This was it. This was so cool. This is what we wanted. In 1965, the Urban Land Institute set forth parking standards for shopping malls like this. We still use these standards today that say for every thousand square feet, you get 5.5 parking spaces. This was based on a behavioral trait of desire where drivers were asked the question, "When you go to a store, how long does it take for you to decide if you cannot find your parking space right there in front of it to go somewhere else?" Fifteen seconds. Fifteen seconds is a derivative to deriving, "Oh, that's the level of parking we're going to need for the convenience of parking right in front of," and so just go down Saint Michael's. And so, again, these are legacy biases that still haunt me today. What I like about Midtown Campus, the whole planning process was about weeding out the legacy bias of overbuilding, and so we can do it. So I would, in like 10 years, overlay that picture of De Vargas with Midtown Campus and ask the question, "Is this what we want?" A lovely picture of 1970 after we widened St. Mike's again. For 15 years, the city has been trying to unwind it. Hopefully, one day before I retire or die, we will actually do this. It would be lovely. A picture from I-25, 1980, just shows the relative size of I-25. The expanse out there is about the same size as downtown. And lastly, a picture from the late 1800s of our friends at the Pueblo of Tesuque where you will notice that there are no parking lots. There are no cars, and it's very peaceful and lovely. And I stand for questions. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Are there any questions from the committee? I have some comments. So I was able to be working with Eric for a little bit and learned about MPO and Complete Streets when I first got on council. And I found it very fascinating because it all makes so much sense once you have the education behind it. And I am just curious, how do we, because everyone's concerned about traffic flow. Everyone's concerned about traffic increase, right? Like, "Oh, this development's going to cause more traffic," or "Those lights are going to do the," like, it's just the constant conversation about traffic flow. But there's power in Complete Streets when it comes to traffic flow. And sometimes it doesn't make sense because sometimes we're talking about less lanes, and we're talking about more median design, and we're talking about differences that or different things than what they would anticipate when we're talking about increasing traffic flow. How have we strategized in really educating the community around Complete Streets and the power behind it in regards to both safety and traffic flow? Right? When we have people kind of moving the same speed and responding to their environment in a certain way, it increases safety, but it also, I think, has an impact on traffic flow that people don't quite understand. Yes, Madam Chair and members of the committee, fantastic question. So those three slides that had all of the public engagement element, because we've been working very diligently in most of our presentations like this one. I do several presentations around the city on a relatively frequent basis that speak exactly to me. And it's an articulation of and with empathy, but recognition of where we've come from, not being pejorative and saying it's bad and sprawl, but it's bad. It's like, okay, in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, this is what we really wanted. And now what we have is what we really don't, which is fascinating. It's the paradox of it all. That's part of the reason I love the job because it's so bloody challenging. It's going to take another generation. It is an unbelievable fact that in 400 years of the city of Santa Fe, we've transformed it into the automobile-dependent creature that it is in one generation, right? And then one and a half, maybe. And how are we going to undo that? So when we go out into public and we hear or go, you know, like a Planning Commission meeting where, "Oh, the hotel is going to generate cars and traffic." That is true. But when we look at the data, for example, the hotel is going to have a minuscule impact on the level of service of that intersection that is already failing. So then ask to go deeper. What's the question? And these are the conversations we have with the public because you know what level of service actually means. And so, okay, what's the level of service mean? It's A is good, F is bad, fail. Well, unfortunately, that was a derivative from the 1937, 1940s where we came up with this fantastic scale where when you drive through an intersection at, you know, free flow, that's A. And if you're spending more than 80 seconds, that's F. So what is it really? A level of convenience. So I take out my stopwatch on my phone when I get to intersections and just go, "Okay, what's my level of convenience?" And then when you ask the question, if you are willing to say or spend 15 more seconds at this intersection, you're going to go to a level E or F. But what is the payoff? You're going to shrink intersections, get rid of these left-turn lanes, right-turn lanes. One of my favorite legacies is the 1950 first stoplight on the plaza. 1950 is absolutely absurd that these stoplights exist downtown because they were warranted for that value. Now we have a completely different value. Can't wait, Sam, for some of these stoplights to go down. It'll be fantastic. Anyway, I hope that ends up. No, this is super fun. That sort of conveys what we speak to is, okay, what is your level of convenience? We've actually calculated the average time it takes for a human in a car, a man in the automobile, to move anywhere throughout the network based on this brilliant system we've built. And it's 17.7 minutes, pretty much not peak hour because peak hour is locked up. But pretty much you can get anywhere in town in 17 minutes at an average speed of 33.3 miles per hour. So when you have the stadium, you go, "Oh, that's pretty convenient." Now let's go to Oakland, California, where it takes 27 hours to get across town. Okay, I'm exaggerating. You know what I mean? People start to understand and make them want. They can get, oh yeah. So the trade-off again, when we put level of service first, safety is too tertiary and even cost. So safety is a result of having a little more inconvenience. Are you going to be okay with that? And I have to applaud some of our bicyclist advocates, pedestrian advocates that have spoken up about safety because it is. It's like as human beings, what do we prioritize? More convenience or safety? And then just the whole thing around convenience in itself becomes unsafe, right? Because we all have different interpretations of it. That's what results in road rage. That's what results in just impatience and aggression and all of these things. And so I don't know. I find this like a very beautiful art in a sense of promoting community safety that I am so excited is being concentrated on by you, but it's being brought to us and just how we could further expose the community so we could have more advocacy and noise about how important this actually is. Because I do think that it's not being concentrated on as it should be. And I think, right, it's like the loudest voice in the room. I'm so happy that that is slowly shifting to focus on safety rather than convenience. I think we're on the right track. And with your mind and the minds of your team members, I think we're going to be set up to make a huge difference around this, because it matters. We've heard of multiple lives that have been lost because we may not be looking at our roads the way we should be to promote community safety. So thank you for shining light on that. I appreciate it. Yes, I appreciate being here and your support. You know, I woke up this morning. It was 6:41 AM. Text message from the city about a collision on the cereals. Possibly another thing. It's really, it is, it's a work worth doing. Absolutely. Thank you so much. Any other questions or comments from the committee? No. Alright. Thank you so much, Eric. I appreciate you. And the next item. The next item, Chair. Thank you, Director. You got it. The next, my computer is being shared right now, so Director is going to be so kind. And we have staff shout-outs. That's what absolutely is highlighting our staff. So I will give it over to the director to highlight exactly who we're recognizing this evening. This evening, we have the Public Works Department Employee of the Month, Michael Ortega. Here to introduce Michael is our Facilities Maintenance Manager, Sean Montoya. Come on up, Mike. Here he comes. Thank you. You have the floor. Tell us a little bit about Sean or Michael. Make sure you're talking into the mic and that's on. Should be like a bright green. There you go. Good evening. I have the distinct privilege of introducing our Public Works Employee of the Month for the month of July, I guess it is. I have a little song right here. This month's recipient is someone who defines what it means to be dedicated. He is an all-around skilled professional who brings phenomenal work ethic to the job every single day. But beyond his technical skills, it's his positive attitude and constant willingness to help out his team that truly sets him apart. On top of all that, he has given an incredible 20-plus years to the Public Works Department and the City of Santa Fe. He's just an all-around good team player. Always has not only the crew's back, but the whole city's back. Positive attitude. Anytime there'd be any type of task you put him on, whether it's troubleshooting, painting this nice council chambers like he did, he's always one of our top guys. Michael Ortega. Thank you. I'd just like to say thank you guys for acknowledging it. It's been a long time. I started here when I was 17 in the Public Works Department, and I've gradually made my way. I appreciate everybody giving me the chance, and thank you guys for doing what you guys do. Mr. Ortega, I want to say thank you. It's people like you that actually make Santa Fe function. I always say Santa Fe could be fine without all of us. It's all of you that actually matter. Without you, we wouldn't be able to progress or have the city we do. So thank you for all you do, and I hope it's okay if we go down and shake your hand and thank you for your efforts. Thank you so much. Alright. We have another one. Public Utilities Department Employee of the Month for July 2026, Patricio Pacheco, Water Conservation Specialist, Christine Chavez, Water Conservation Manager. Wow, the applause came early. Good evening, everyone. As you can tell, I'm so excited. I'm jumping up the podium every minute hoping to recognize Patricio. I also just, we have our entire conservation and sustainability team here tonight, and we have some new faces. So I just want to take a quick opportunity to make quick introductions. We have our sustainability team here. Down here so we can see you, team. You're hiding behind the screen, I think. There's a bunch of rows of seats. We'd love to see you so we know who you are. We could thank you. So I'm going to start off by introducing Erica Renaud, who's leading our sustainability team. We just hired Katie Poirier, who's working under her as a sustainability coordinator. We have Michelle Romero Babcock on the side here. She's still holding down our Keep Santa Fe Beautiful program, but we are about to hire a Keep Santa Fe Beautiful manager. So excited to introduce that person to you hopefully in the next few weeks. We have Ari Irving, who is our new marketing and outreach lead, and she's just joined a couple weeks now. So we're very excited about her. And then we have the water conservation team, Bob Wood, who leads our outdoor programs. We have Ramon Kuris, who couldn't be here tonight, who does enforcement for us. And then we have Patricio Pacheco, who we're honoring here tonight. So I have just a few words. Tonight, we will have the privilege of recognizing someone who has made an incredible impact on our team, our organization, and our community over the past 10 years. Patricio first joined the City of Santa Fe as a temporary employee for one summer supporting our water conservation enforcement program. In just three months, he visited businesses, provided education and outreach, solved customer concerns, and delivered outstanding results. Since then, Patricio has become one of the faces of our program. Whether he's working with businesses, staffing community events, or teaching residents about water conservation, he represents this team with professionalism, enthusiasm, and kindness. No one connects quite with the public like Patricio. If you ever stopped at any of our outreach booths, you just know he's really popular, and the kids really love him and gravitate towards him too. Today, Patricio leads our commercial water conservation programs, leading businesses and multifamily properties in reducing water use through innovative conservation projects. His work has already saved our community thousands of gallons of water, and his impact continues to grow. But if you know Patricio, what makes him so special is that he's just so positive. He's dependable. He's hardworking, always willing to help where he's needed, and he really makes our team stronger every single day. So we're so proud to recognize Patricio. But before we do that, we also want to recognize a very special member of our extended conservation and sustainability family, and that's Adeline Pacheco, who is Patricio's daughter. Adeline, come up. So Addy was literally born while Patricio was part of our team, so we've had the privilege of watching her grow up alongside our program. Since she was three years old, she's been helping us at our outreach table, greeting community members, sharing the importance of water conservation. She's truly become part of the conservation and sustainability family. I don't know where Stacy is, but I'd also just really like to acknowledge Patricio's wife. She volunteers alongside us at every event, and so this family shows up, contributes, and we're just really proud to really recognize all of them. But, Addy, we want to recognize you tonight alongside your dad. We hope you'll continue this journey with us, and maybe one day we can hire you as a permanent employee. I don't know. So please join me in congratulating Patricio Pacheco and Adeline Pacheco on his well-deserved recognitions. Patricio and Addy, thank you so much for all the work you do. In water conservation, it's bigger than just serving Santa Fe. You are having such a large impact in such big ways. So thank you so much for your positivity. It takes that positive voice to have true impact in that. So I can't thank you enough. But I'll give you a chance to talk, and then we're all going to go down there and shake both of your hands if that's okay. Thank you, Madam Chair. Counselors, it's an honor to receive this recognition. Director Jesse, Director Sam, Christine, I just want to thank you guys. It's been 10 years since I've been here, and it's awesome recognition. Something I strive for is helping the community and also taking care of our Earth because it's very important, and we need it not only for ourselves, but our future generations. Thank you, guys. Absolutely. You're such a NASA. Thank you so much. Manager, if you don't mind, just make a quick comment here that I have seen Patricio out at many of these events, and kids really do love him. He's, I think, one of the few that presents our presentations bilingually, which is always appreciated by the community. So everybody that I've run into at these events has nothing but glowing words to say about Patricio. And having worked with him on the Water Conservation Committee, I mean, he's pretty much the glue that keeps these things together. So thank you very much, Patricio. Thank you so much. Yes, Jesse. I would just like to say that in recognition of Michael and Patricio's contributions, they will each get eight hours of administrative leave to use whenever they want. Yay. Long weekend. You all deserve it. You deserve more than that, but take the long weekend. Yay. I love those presentations. I love that about Public Works. We're the only standing committee that does this regularly. Can I just say that? So can we give some credit to our directors, please? Because that wouldn't happen without them knowing their employees enough to create space to recognize the hard work they're doing. So thank you for that. Alright. Next on our agenda is introduction of legislation. Consideration of Resolution Number 2026 to be determined. Resolution approving budget amendments and associated New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration Local Government Division schedules, summarizing the fourth quarter amendments and requesting that the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration approve the City of Santa Fe's fourth quarter budget amendments for fiscal year 2026. This is sponsored by Mayor Garcia. Okay. And then next is matters from staff. I'll turn it over to our directors. No matters from Public Utilities. Chair, no matters from Public Works. Thank you. Matters from the committee. I already know Councilor Faulkner has something to say about the Back to School Bash. Back to School Bash, August 1st. It's shaping up to be huge. Every day, we get more and more people wanting to participate. It's going to be super fun. We're looking for some solid volunteers. Police and Fire is sending their folks over to help, and we're getting volunteers throughout the community. I welcome every counselor and every staff member to come to this event. It's really a cool event. I just want to mention, not one dime goes to, it's a free event. All the money that goes into this event is going towards scholarships for kids to be involved in music, art, sports. It's insane the number of scholarships we have from our community partners like HomeWise and Albertsons and Sam's Club and Coca-Cola and Housing Trust. I mean, the list is just endless, but it really is going to be a really fun event. I do want to make it clear because this has come up in our radio interviews. This is for the whole city. This is the South Side welcoming the city to come and have a fun Back to School Bash day. Thank you, Councilor. Anyone else? Alright. Matters from Chair. Our next meeting is Monday, August 3rd, 2026. And with that, we're adjourned. Thank you.