CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY THIRD COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. _R-18-87_____ ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton
RESOLUTION
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Amending R-17-233, Enactment Number R-2017-095, To Extend The Effective Date Of The Interim Procedures While The Neighborhood Association Recognition Ordinance Is Updated (Benton)
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AMENDING R-17-233, ENACTMENT NUMBER R-2017-095, TO EXTEND THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE INTERIM PROCEDURES WHILE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RECOGNITION ORDINANCE IS UPDATED.
WHEREAS, the City’s Neighborhood Association Recognition Ordinance (NARO) provides a vehicle for the City to recognize neighborhood associations for the purpose of notifying associations about proposed City actions that may impact their neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the provisions of the NARO do not have the scope or enforceability mechanisms to prevent the formation of new neighborhood associations that may create discord within the community and divide neighborhoods, which is contrary to the intent of the program; and
WHEREAS, R-17-233, Enactment Number R-2017-095, was approved by the Council on October 12, 2017 for the purpose of temporarily halting the formation of new recognized or unrecognized neighborhood associations while the city evaluated the existing NARO and potential amendments thereto; and
WHEREAS, R-17-233, Enactment Number R-2017-095, and the associated temporary halt on the formation of new associations expires on January 1, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Neighborhood Coordination is still in the process of working toward an improved NARO, and is conducting the Neighborhood Engagement Process in order to develop a series of recommendations to support the update of the NARO; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Neighborhood Coordination and the community need additional time to complete this process; and
WHEREAS, in order to grant such additional time, the expiration date of R-17-233, Enactment Number R-2017-095 needs to be extended.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. In Section 3 of R-17-233, Enactment Number R-2017-095, on page 2 line 23 strike January 1, 2019 and replace with January 1, 2020 so that the section is amended to read as follows:
This resolution expires upon the sooner of the next enactment to amend the NARO in relation to the establishment of neighborhood associations or January 1, 2020.
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