Budget Highlights
Budget Highlights
Set-Aside for Capital Improvement Projects (CIP)
The following were paid for with discretionary money from the District 3 Council Neighborhood Set-Aside fund ($1,000,000 every bond cycle):
East/University
- Clayton Heights/Lomas del Cielo Yale & Ross pedestrian crossing
- Kirtland Shade structure (supplemental funding for state grant)
- North Campus/Summit Park: Girard & Haines pedestrian crossing
- Silver Hill Gold Ave. streetscaping (supplemental funding)
- Spruce Park Neighborhood identification sign
Central
- Barelas Community Center Playground Equipment,Sidewalk infill (also funded by 2007 state grant from Rep. Garcia)
- Downtown/East Downtown: Central Avenue underpass lighting and other improvements
- East Downtown: Radar speed signs, banners, sidewalk work, African American Chamber of Commerce building improvements
- Huning Highland: Sidewalk removal & replacement (supplemental funding, 2006 state grant from Rep. Miera)
- South Broadway: Sidewalk Infill Phases I and II (Phase II also being funded with 2007 state grant from Rep. Chasey), library directional signs and banner
- Wells Park: Coronado Skate Park (supplemental funding)
West
- Crestview Bluff: Open space protection barriers on White Reserve and Gonzales,
“No Dumping” signage and fencing along Corregidor - Pat Hurley: Neighborhood identification sign (with Councilor Sanchez), speed humps on Glendale, speed humps on Regina Circle (funded but not yet constructed)
- Vecinos del Bosque: Tom Cooper Park renovation, Hartline Road (School on Wheels) sidewalk work
- West Park: Neighborhood identification sign
Identified Future Projects
- Guadalupe Park (South Broadway) – replace playground equipment
- Washington Middle School Park (Raynolds Addition) – replace playground equipment
- MLK, Jr. Streetscape (Sycamore, Spruce Park)
- Neighborhood Identification Signs – Huning Castle, Netherwood Park, Riverview Heights.
G.O. Bonds
2009 Priorities
- District 3 Storm Drainage
- District 3 Great Streets: West Central, 8th Street, MLK Jr.
- Implementation of Sector Plans and Neighborhood Plans: Barelas, South Yale, Summit Park/North Campus
- Redevelopment Projects: Rail Yards, West Central
2007 Highlights
- $4 million for District 3 storm drains (including reconstruction of Tingley Park)
- $250,000 for 8th Street redesign (Coal to Bridge)
- $600,000 for Atrisco SW Corridor Improvements
- $300,000 for Thomas Bell Gymnasium
- $850,000 for Fire Station 2 expansion and renovation
State Funds
2009 State Requests
- $1,000,000 for Rail Yards – environmental clean-up and pre-development work
- $750,000 for West Central (8th St. to 47th St.) – planning, design, construction
- $500,000 for 8th Street (Coal to Bridge SW) – traffic calming and streestcaping
2007-2008 State Grants
- $1,000,000 from Governor Richardson for Rail Yards acquisition
- $100,000 for Rail Yards pre-development (Rep. Chasey/Sen. Ortiz y Pino/Sen. Taylor)
- $500,000 from Rep. Miera and Governor Richardson for Martineztown Drainage/Flood Control
- $145,000 for Barelas/Martineztown Pump Stations/Drainage (Rep. Miera/Sen. Ortiz y Pino)
- $200,000 for South Broadway Sidewalks (Rep. Chasey)
- $100,000 for Clayton Heights MRA (Rep. Chasey)
- $200,000 for Barelas/La Media Sidewalks (Rep. Garcia)
- $44,000 for 8th Street Landscaping and Traffic Calming (Sen. Taylor/Rep. Miguel Garcia)
- $50,000 for Central Avenue from 8th to 47th (Rep. Moe Maestas/Rep. Rick Miera)
Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Highlights
- $150,000 to create West Downtown Corridor Plan
- $75,000 for Teen Arts Center start up
- $250,000 for 21st Century Learning Centers after school programs
- $370,000 for Housing First Program
- $250,000 for expansion of Urban Forest program
- $75,000 for on-street bicycle plan update