CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FOURTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-20-113 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Klarissa J. Pe?a
RESOLUTION
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Establishing Federal Programming And Policy Priorities For The City Of Albuquerque For Federal Fiscal Years 2021/2022 (Pe?a)
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ESTABLISHING FEDERAL PROGRAMMING AND POLICY PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE FOR FEDERAL FISCAL YEARS 2021/2022.
WHEREAS, the residents of Albuquerque share common aspirations, ambitions, and purposes that are applied through the goals, missions, and responsibilities of the City of Albuquerque; and
WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque and the Government of the United States of America also share many of these goals, missions and responsibilities; and
WHEREAS, it is in the interest, and the desire of, the City of Albuquerque for the Federal Government to continue with and expand programs that assist local governments to improve public safety, behavioral and public health, housing, indigent care, services for the disabled, protecting the natural environment, improving and maintaining critical infrastructure, and helping foster sustainable economic development.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. To further provide for the health, safety welfare and quality of life of its residents the City of Albuquerque entreats the federal government to create policies and programs that strengthen and expand the City's responsibilities to its residents to:
* Protect the rights of all citizens.
* Foster and preserve the equity and justice in our society by striving to implement policies and programs inclusive of all persons and to utilize the vast potential present in the diversity of our citizens.
* Develop and expand behavioral health and public safety services to better provide for health care and substance abuse services, reducing recidivism, addressing the needs of the homeless, housing ...
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