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City of Albuquerque
File #: EC-25-412   
Type: Executive Communication Status: Confirmed
File created: 6/2/2025 In control: City Council
Final action: 6/16/2025
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Mayor's appointment of Ms. Melora Palmer to the Urban Enhancement Trust Fund
Attachments: 1. EC-412


INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM May 7, 2025

TO: Brook Bassan, President, City Council

FROM: Timothy M. Keller, Mayor

SUBJECT:
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Mayor's appointment of Ms. Melora Palmer to the Urban Enhancement Trust Fund
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I am submitting for your advice and consent the following name for appointment to the Urban
Enhancement Trust Fund in accordance with the City of Albuquerque Ordinance 4-2-1-3.


APPOINTEE NAME TERM

Ms. Melora Palmer February 1, 2027
Albuquerque, NM 87102

Melora Palmer is the Executive Director of Global Ties ABQ, a US State Dept sponsored local non-profit organization which hosts international exchange programs into ABQ. She has over 20 years' experience living and working internationally in the private and public sectors. She has been an avid supporter of civic engagement wherever she lived and has been deeply involved in the ABQ political, cultural and social communities since her return to the Enchanted State in 2017. She is an avid cyclist and ardent user of ABQ's public spaces.

A resident of Council District 6, Ms. Palmer will replace Mr. Stanley Allen, and serve as the as the Council District 6 representative on the Board, her first term will expire February 1, 2027.













The remaining members are:


Representing
Name
Term
At Large
Ms. Mary Schmidt
2/1/2026
At Large
Mr. John "Jerry" Matthews
2/2/2026
Council District 1
Mr. Jason Cordova
2/1/2025
Council District 2
Ms. Julia Youngs
2/1/2023
Council District 3
Vacant

Council District 4
Mr. Joshua Hoffman
2/1/2023
Council District 5
Vacant

Council District 6
Mr. Stanley Allen
2/1/2024
Council District 7
Mr. Emanuel Green
2/1/2026
Council District 8
Vacant

Council District 9
Vacant






















Urban Enhancement Trust Fund
Appointment of Ms. Melora Palmer
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