Albuquerque City Councilor Michael Cadigan will be presenting at the APA’s 100th National Planning Conference, April 27- May 1, in Las Vegas NV.

Councilor Cadigan will be speaking on the APA’s Planning New Towns in the Desert panel on April 28th. Designing new towns in a desert climate poses challenges for implementing sustainability principles. Albuquerque’s Volcano Heights Sector Development Plan, which was adopted in 2006, will be used as a case study to demonstrate how desert towns can implement smart growth principles while responding to its natural context.

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Today, three City Councilors sent the Albuquerque’s Chief of Police a memorandum containing a series of pointed questions concerning the notification of an internal affairs investigation to an APD Sergeant immediately after he appeared and spoke at the April 7 council meeting. The Sergeant had just finished expressing concerns about the process for voting for the new APOA contract when he was advised that he is being investigated.

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The LUPZ meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 16th has been rescheduled to Wednesday, April 23rd.

Councilor Cadigan of District 5 will have a Spring Meeting this Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 6:30pm. The meeting will be held at Don Newton-Taylor Ranch Community Center.

Councilor Cadigan welcomes and encourages your participation – bring your questions and concerns.

There will be representatives from the Parks and Recreation Department, the Department of Municipal Development
(infrastructure, traffic engineering, etc.), and the Water Authority on hand to answer questions.

Refreshments will be served.

Please contact Mimi Aledo at 768-3189 with any questions.

Please come to the next District 9 meeting on March 18, 2008 at the Manzano Mesa Multigenerational Center. We have invited representatives from Kirtland Air Force Base, Sandia National Labs, and the Sandia Tech Park to address issues of:

• potential changes or growth that they envision,
• economic development for the area and for the City,
• issues relating to their role in the national and local economy and the national security.

The Manzano Mesa Multigenerational Center is located at 501 Elizabeth SE. The meeting is scheduled for March 18 and will start at 6:30 pm.

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Councilor Cadigan discusses the recently adopted Water Conservation Standards for New Construction on KOB's Eye on New Mexico.

Councilor Michael Cadigan appeared on KOB's (Channel 4) Eye on New Mexico on Sunday, February, 10th. You can view the pod cast by clicking on the following link: http://kob.com/article/10106/

The Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority adopted new water conservation standards for new home construction. The bill, sponsored by Albuquerque City Councilor Michael Cadigan passed by a 4-2 vote with Councilor Trudy Jones and Commissioner Tim Cummins opposed.

Albuquerque City Councilor Michael Cadigan will be presenting at the 7th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, February 7-9, in Washington, DC.

The Local Government Commission, host of the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, will be flying Councilor Cadigan to Washington, DC. Councilor Cadigan has been asked to speak on his efforts to ensure redevelopment tools such as Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and Tax Increment Development Districts (TIDDs) are not used to create sprawl development on the outer fringes of Albuquerque’s Westside.

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The Wednesday, February 13th Land Use Planning & Zoning (LUPZ) meeting date has been rescheduled. The meeting is now scheduled for Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 5:00 pm in the Council Committee Room, 9th floor of One Civic Plaza.

Councilor Cadigan discusses the recently adopted Water Conservation Standards for New Construction on KOB's Eye on New Mexico.

Tune into KOB's (Channel 4) Eye on New Mexico Sunday, February, 10th at 10am.

The Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority adopted new water conservation standards for new home construction. The bill, sponsored by Albuquerque City Councilor Michael Cadigan passed by a 4-2 vote with Councilor Trudy Jones and Commissioner Tim Cummins opposed.

Over the past year, a coordinated effort has been under way to acquire 420 acres of open space in the East Mountains, and next week, the City of Albuquerque is scheduled to close on the purchase of the land. The effort was led by the Turquoise Trail/Gutierrez Canyon Preservation Coalition and the Trust for Public Land and gained the support of Governor Richardson, Lt. Governor Diane Denish, and numerous State legislators. City Councilors Isaac Benton and Martin Heinrich sponsored legislation to appropriate a portion of the total land acquisition cost, which was supported by Mayor Chavez and the entire City Council.

“The City’s acquisition of these 420 acres, which will more than double the area of the Gutierrez Canyon Open Space in the East Mountains, is a great accomplishment,” said Councilor Heinrich. “We are fortunate to have had the opportunity to participate in the preservation of this open space, and the citizens of the Albuquerque metropolitan area will be the beneficiaries of our expanded open space network,” added Councilor Benton.

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