City of Albuquerque - File #: M-14-6

• File #: M-14-6
• Type: Memorial
• Status: Failed
• File created: 9/15/2014
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 10/6/2014
• Title: F/S Supporting Bernalillo County's Adoption Of Two Propositions Placing Advisory Questions On The November 4, 2014 General Election Ballot: First, The Proposition Asking Voters Whether The County Should Impose A One-Eighth Of One Percent County Gross Receipts Tax For Behavioral Health Services For Adults And Children In The Albuquerque; And, Second, The Proposition Asking Voters Whether They Support State And Local Efforts To Decriminalize Possession Of One Ounce Or Less Of Marijuana (Pe?a, Benton, Sanchez)
• Sponsors: Isaac Benton, Klarissa J. Peña

Date	Action By	Action	Result
10/6/2014	City Council	Postponed as Substituted
10/6/2014	City Council	Substituted	Pass
10/6/2014	City Council	Passed as Substituted	Fail
9/15/2014	City Council	Introduced
9/15/2014	President	To be heard at the Council Meeting

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY-FIRST COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. F/S M-14-6 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Klarissa Pe?a, Isaac Benton, Ken Sanchez

MEMORIAL
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F/S Supporting Bernalillo County's Adoption Of Two Propositions Placing Advisory Questions On The November 4, 2014 General Election Ballot: First, The Proposition Asking Voters Whether The County Should Impose A One-Eighth Of One Percent County Gross Receipts Tax For Behavioral Health Services For Adults And Children In The Albuquerque; And, Second, The Proposition Asking Voters Whether They Support State And Local Efforts To Decriminalize Possession Of One Ounce Or Less Of Marijuana (Pe?a, Benton, Sanchez)
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WHEREAS, the City Council understands the critical need to expand behavioral health and substance abuse treatment services for adults and children residing in Bernalillo County; and
WHEREAS, the community 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, substance abuse 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, the Behavioral Health Task Force completed their deliberations on October 2, 2014 and prioritized the following services to address the critical behavioral health care needs in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County: A stabilization response center for those experiencing sub-acute symptoms of mental or behavioral health crisis; intensive case management services; and housing service; and
WHEREAS, a on...