CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FIFTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. F/S R-22-44 ENACTMENT NO. ______________________
SPONSORED BY: Klarissa J. Peña, Tammy Fiebelkorn
RESOLUTION
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F/S Designating As City Federal Priorities The City Of Albuquerque’s Fiscal Year 2023 Congressionally Directed Spending Requests To The 117th Congress Of The United States (Peña, Fiebelkorn)
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DESIGNATING AS CITY FEDERAL PRIORITIES THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE’S FISCAL YEAR 2023 CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING REQUESTS TO THE 117TH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
WHEREAS, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the 117th Congress of the United States, have established Congressionally Directed Spending to assist in the development and operation of public infrastructure and community-based service programs for state and local governments; and
WHEREAS, the members of the New Mexico Delegation to the 117th Congress have issued calls to the communities of New Mexico to submit Congressionally Directed Spending Requests; and
WHEREAS, staff from the Mayor’s Office, multiple City Departments, and the Council Services Department have submitted project requests for Congressionally Directed Spending funding with direction of the Mayor and City Councilors; and
WHEREAS, § 2-2-2 of the Albuquerque Code of Ordinances authorizes the Intergovernmental Legislative Relations Committee to prepare a legislative program for submission prior to December 30th of each calendar year to the Mayor and Council for their approval and to draft appropriate legislation on behalf of the City prior to each session of the United States Congress; and
WHEREAS, the call for Congressionally Directed Spending Requests was issued by the 117th Congress in February of 2022 after the December 2021 submission of the City’s Priorities Resolution R-21-235. A second federal priorities resolution is, therefore, required to include the list Congressionally Directed Spending Project Requests in the City’s list of Federal Priorities; and
WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Legislative Relations Committee convened June 13th of 2022 and approved a list of Congressional Directed Spending project requests to be included as part of City of Albuquerque’s Federal Priorities as adopted in R-22-22.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. To provide for the health, safety welfare and quality of life of the residents of the City of Albuquerque, the projects listed in the Attachment 1 to this Resolution are adopted as the City’s Priority Congressionally Directed Spending Projects for the Second Session of the 117th Congress for inclusion with the lists of City Federal Priorities adopted through R-21-235.
SECTION 2. That this Resolution is to be presented and delivered to members of the Congressional Delegation.
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