City of Albuquerque - File #: P-14-5

• File #: P-14-5
• Type: Proposal
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 8/4/2014
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 8/18/2014
• Enactment date: 8/22/2014
• Enactment #: P-2014-003
• Title: F/S Adopting A Proposition To Be Submitted To The Voters At The Next General Election Concerning The Imposition Of A One-Eighth Of One Percent Municipal Gross Receipts Tax For Essential Services (Pe?a)

Date	Action By	Action	Result
8/22/2014	City Council	Sent to City Clerk for Signature
8/22/2014	City Clerk	Published
8/18/2014	City Council	Do Pass as Substituted	Pass
8/18/2014	City Council	Substituted	Pass
8/4/2014	City Council	Introduced
8/4/2014	President	To be heard at the Council Meeting

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FIRST COUNCIL



COUNCIL BILL NO. F/S P-14-5 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Klarissa Pe?a



PROPOSITION
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F/S Adopting A Proposition To Be Submitted To The Voters At The Next General Election Concerning The Imposition Of A One-Eighth Of One Percent Municipal Gross Receipts Tax For Essential Services (Pe?a)
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ADOPTING A PROPOSITION TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION CONCERNING THE IMPOSITION OF A ONE-EIGHTH OF ONE PERCENT MUNICIPAL GROSS RECEIPTS TAX FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
WHEREAS, it is important that the City Council begin to restore the public's confidence in APD by resolving some of the underlying issues that have plagued our community and that have led us to this point; and
WHEREAS, while not part of its formal recommendations, the DOJ mentioned the need to address the mental health crisis in our City; and
WHEREAS, we can longer use the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) to house residents with severe mental health and substance abuse issues; and
WHEREAS, we must invest in prevention and intervention programs and accessible inpatient and outpatient mental health services. Without addressing these needs and the lack of other services such as services relating to homelessness and to the developmentally disabled, the problems in our community will persist; and
WHEREAS, families throughout the city struggle to find help for family members who suffer from the above-mentioned issues and are forced to deal with them alone. More often than not, the individual never receives the help they need and families anguish over how best to help their loved ones; and
WHEREAS, there are only six psychiatric hospital beds available at UNM; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Detention Center is the largest mental health institution in the state - sixty percent of the MDC population is either mentally ill or has severe substance abuse p...