EnvironmentDepartmentand City of Albuquerque to host second public engagement meeting for Clean Cars New Mexico
The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and the City of Albuquerque will host their second virtual public engagement meeting in anticipation of coordinated rulemaking proceedings to adopt clean car rules in New Mexico. The public meeting is at 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 15, 2021.
Clean car rules reduce emissions from the transportation sector by making more low-emission and zero-emission passenger vehicles available to consumers. Consumer Reports estimates that by 2025 auto manufacturers will produce about 100 electric vehicle models. Without clean car rules, many of these advanced technology vehicles will not be readily available in New Mexico as manufactures will preferentially deliver the zero-emission vehicles to states with clean car credits.
2nd Annual Memorial Honors Service and Sacrifice of First Responders
Bernalillo County – The Bernalillo County Fire Department presents the 2nd annual Fallen Heroes 9/11 Memorial this Saturday, Sept. 11. at BernCo @ Alvarado Square, 415 Silver Ave SW, Albuquerque. BernCo honor guards will stand silent watch over 343 sets of firefighter bunker gear for a total of 343 minutes in remembrance of the 343 firefighters and 71 law enforcement officers who lost their lives while answering the call for service.
“It’s been 20 years. Yet the devotion to duty and courage demonstrated by the heroes who arrived on scene to pandemonium and went running into the World Trade Center continues to inspire us as if it was yesterday,” says Bernalillo County Fire Chief Greg Perez. “This is our second year doing a silent memorial which focuses on the firefighters and law enforcement officers and provides a way for widespread public participation both in person and online.”
The 9/11 Memorial will take place in front of Bernalillo County’s new administrative headquarters on Silver Avenue and will begin promptly at 6:46 a.m., the local time at which the first plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center and NYC emergency dispatchers sent police, paramedics and firefighters. Ceremonial procedures will be conducted throughout the memorial marking the second plane impact into the south tower (7:03 a.m.), the Pentagon impact (7:37 a.m.), collapse of the south tower (7:59 a.m.), the crash of flight 93 in Pennsylvania after passengers foiled hijackers on the way to Washington D.C. (8:03 a.m.), the collapse of the north tower (8:28 a.m.) and at 343 minutes from the start of the memorial marking the end of the ceremony (12:29 p.m.) BCFD firefighters will also strike the four-fives on a ceremonial bell on the hour starting at 9 a.m. following the laying of wreaths.
Silver Avenue will remain open so viewers may drive by the memorial between Fourth and Fifth streets. Pedestrians may pay respects in person. Chaplains will be present. The memorial will also be streamed live on the Bernalillo County Fire Department Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/BerncoFD).
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About Bernalillo County
Bernalillo County is 1,160 square miles and is New Mexico’s most populous county with more than 676,000 residents. Bernalillo County government provides a wide range of public services to residents who live in Albuquerque, Los Ranchos and Tijeras and the 111,000 residents who live outside the village and city limits in the unincorporated areas of the county. Bernalillo County employs approximately 2,500 people and has an annual operating budget and capital investments of more than $650 million. Elected officials include five county commissioners, assessor, clerk, probate judge, sheriff, and treasurer.
FREE SATURDAY WALKING TOURS, 10 AM, DOWNTOWN CENTRAL (1ST – 8TH ST.) MEET YOUR GUIDE IN FRONT OF TUCANO’S RESTAURANT AT 1ST & CENTRAL SW. Sponsored by the Albuquerque Historical Society.
The September 19 virtual program of the Albuquerque Historical Society (AHS) presents Richard & Shirley Cushing Flint speaking on their book: Overhaul: a Social History of the ABQ Locomotive Repair Shops. The AT&SF shops were the City and state’s largest employer from the 1880s-1950s. Its payroll drove the ABQ economy. For more info go to the website, albuqhistsoc.org.
OPEN HOUSE FOR HISTORIC LOCOMOTIVE 2926, free food, pictures of the train, merchandise for sale, music. 1833 8th St. NW. More info at 2926.us.
NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR, SEPTEMBER 9-19. More information at StateFair.expoNM.com.
EAST MOUNTAIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY announces the recorded program of Rt. 66 and Historic NM License Plates. Go to EastMountainHistory.org/recorded.html to view.
SEPTEMBER 1, 12 noon, free, virtual on the You Tube channel of the NM History Museum in Santa Fe. Go to NMHistoryMuseum.org. The Apache treaty of 1852, presented by Jeff Shepherd, Professor of history at UTEP. The website of the Friends of History has links to all the past programs, FriendsofHistoryNM.org.
SEPTEMBER 2, San Estavan Feast Day, Acoma Pueblo
SEPTEMBER 2/3, 11 am and every Thursday/Fri. in September, in person, $2. Tour of Torreon Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil. National Hispanic Cultural Center. More info at nhccnm.org.
SEPTEMBER 3, 5-8 pm, free, In-person, ! ART WALK DOWNTOWN CENTRAL. Meet the artists in person. Street music and vendors. Most artists will be along Central. Download map and descriptions at abqartwalk.com.
SEPTEMBER 3 and other Fridays in September, 4:30-7:30 pm, free. La Familia Growers Market, 100 Isleta SW @ Bridge Blvd. Includes arts and crafts, kids’ activities, food trucks, music, heritage work
SEPTEMBER 3-5, free. Fridays/Saturday 7-9 pm; Sunday 1-3 pm, Music in the Old Town Plaza Gazebo. Bring your own chair. More details on the City’s website, cabq.gov/oldtown or call 311.
SEPTEMBER 3 & 10, 7:30 pm, free. Shakespeare at the Open Space Visitor Center., 6400 Coors NW. Sept. 3, Hamlet; Sept. 10, Twelfth Night. Performance is outdoors so bring chair or lawn blanket.
SEPTEMBER 4, St. Augustine Feast Day, Isleta Pueblo.
SEPTEMBER 4 , 1 pm, $20, Anthropological Genetic History, Coronado & Spanish Exploration of the Southwest presented by Angel de Cervantes from the New Mexico DNA Project and the Iberian Peninsula DNA Institute. Pay by check. To pay and get a link for the program contact angelrcervantes@gmail.com
SEPTEMBER 4/5, 11am, 2 pm, in person, admission fee. Cultural Dance Program representing various pueblos. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Go to indianpueblo.org for more info.
SEPTEMBER 4, 8:30-11:30 am. Help Clean-up Historic Fairview Cemetery,700 Yale SE. Come and hoe tumbleweeds and goat heads. The cemetery is open dawn to dusk and accessible through the gates of Fairview Memorial Park. Wear hard soled shoes & bring your own tools. Trash bags provided. www.HistoricFairviewCemeteryABQ.org or facebook.com/HistoricFairviewCemetery. “Where the Past meets the Present”.
SEPTEMBER 4, 6 pm, Concert is free but there is $2 per car parking fee. Concert at the Elena Gallego Visitor Center, 7100 Tramway NE. Performance by the Meandering, a duo of guitar and folk music.
SEPTEMBER 4 & other Saturdays in SEPTEMBER, 8 am – 12 – Downtown Growers Market at Robinson Park, 8th & Central NW. Mask not required if you are vaccinated. (Honor System)
SEPTEMBER 5, 8 am, free but you must preregister at 768-4950. Guided Nature Walk / Bosque Wild. Leaves from the Open Space Visitor Center, 6400 Coors NW. www.cabq.gov/openspace.
SEPTEMBER 6, OBSERVANCE OF LABOR DAY
SEPTEMBER 7, OBSERVANCE OF ROSH HASHANAH
SEPTEMBER 7, 5:30-6:30 pm, free, in person or Zoom. Levi Romero speaks on The University of New Mexico, Mi Querencia, A Narrative Cruise through the Manito Homeland.UNM Zimmerman Library. Sponsored by the Center for Southwest Research. To request Zoom link contact tjaehn@unm.edu.
SEPTEMBER 5, 12, 19 & 26, 10 am-2 pm and other Sundays. Rail Yards Market. Various vendors, 777 1st St. SW.
The Taylor Ranch/Golf Course Complete Streets project was initiated by Council President Borrego at a cost of $118,000 allocated in the 2020 City of Albuquerque Budget clean-up bill R-20-118. See Council President Borrego’s letter detailing the project as well as a project brief at the bottom of this message.
The meeting flyer announcing a general neighborhood meeting occurring at 6:00p.m. Tuesday, September 7th via Zoom to discuss the Taylor Ranch/Golf Course Complete Streets project. Join details are in the flyer and also shown below.
One additional public meeting to gather input and discuss recommendations on the Taylor Ranch/Golf Course Complete Streets Project is set to occur October 21, 2021. The October meeting location is pending and will be provided at a later date.
Council President Borrego and the project team are excited about the possibilities of Golf Course as a central District 5 corridor and look forward to meeting with neighborhood members on September 7th to discuss the project in greater detail!
Project Summary
Council President Cynthia D. Borrego, in partnership with the Mid-Region Council of Governments (MRCOG), is conducting a Complete Streets planning study on Taylor Ranch Road/Golf Course Road between Montaño Rd. and Westside Blvd. Specifically, the study seeks to determine the safety issues and challenges for pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders of all ages and abilities along the corridor. The principal goals of the study are to inventory the existing conditions, identify safety concerns, document gaps in the pedestrian and bicycle networks, and present recommendations for roadway improvements, as well as recommend character enhancements along the corridor.
