unm's future development plans:
· A new Physics Building at Yale & Lomas. (existing building by John Gaw Meem?)
· Johnson Gymnasium to be replaced
· Planned hospital expansion westwards
· Development of open space, south of Gibson. See LoBo development corp: http://lobodevelopment.org/
To view the UNM's updated (2010) Masterplan: Goto :unm 2010 masterplan
· A new Physics Building at Yale & Lomas. (existing building by John Gaw Meem?)
· Johnson Gymnasium to be replaced
· Planned hospital expansion westwards
· Development of open space, south of Gibson. See LoBo development corp: http://lobodevelopment.org/
To view the UNM's updated (2010) Masterplan: Goto :unm 2010 masterplan
Girard Blvd. Complete Streets Master Plan project
To view the City's proposals: Go the City of Albuquerque website: www.cabq.gov
and go to : Girard Corridor Draft Masterplan to see the draft master plan. Also:
http://www.cabq.gov/council/documents/complete-streets/Girard_Aug23_presentation.pdf
To view the City's proposals: Go the City of Albuquerque website: www.cabq.gov
and go to : Girard Corridor Draft Masterplan to see the draft master plan. Also:
http://www.cabq.gov/council/documents/complete-streets/Girard_Aug23_presentation.pdf
GIRARD CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS:
Over the last year, City Councilors Isaac Benton and Pat Davis have worked
with the City’s Department of Municipal Development and an engineering
consulting firm to produce detailed striping diagrams based on the Master
Plan’s concepts, including bike lanes and “sharrow” markings for the entire
roadway and sidewalk improvements for the segment between Central Ave. and
Lomas Blvd. Implementation of the new striping is expected to occur in late
Spring of 2017.
Over the last year, City Councilors Isaac Benton and Pat Davis have worked
with the City’s Department of Municipal Development and an engineering
consulting firm to produce detailed striping diagrams based on the Master
Plan’s concepts, including bike lanes and “sharrow” markings for the entire
roadway and sidewalk improvements for the segment between Central Ave. and
Lomas Blvd. Implementation of the new striping is expected to occur in late
Spring of 2017.
October 2017
Alley workday
We missed signing up for the “Keep Albuquerque Beautiful’s Annual Community Clean-Up” this year to have a community Cleaning the Alley Day. Keep Albuquerque Beautiful will provide bags and gloves as well as arrange to have our bags of trash picked up at no extra charge. We believe this in an annual event and the board members will be sure to look out for the email and sign up for next year. In the meantime we can still arrange our own clean-up. We will send a poll out to find the best dates.
Alley workday
We missed signing up for the “Keep Albuquerque Beautiful’s Annual Community Clean-Up” this year to have a community Cleaning the Alley Day. Keep Albuquerque Beautiful will provide bags and gloves as well as arrange to have our bags of trash picked up at no extra charge. We believe this in an annual event and the board members will be sure to look out for the email and sign up for next year. In the meantime we can still arrange our own clean-up. We will send a poll out to find the best dates.
October 2017
If anyone would like to hear a presentation about A.R.T. construction's completion date and other important ART-related information. Please contact: Julianna Amstadt [email protected] Also there will be two chances to get a sneak peak of the ART bus at Ciclovia (October 22nd, from10-3) and at the Railyards Market (October 29th, from 10-2).
ART Hotline: 505-398-4ART
If anyone would like to hear a presentation about A.R.T. construction's completion date and other important ART-related information. Please contact: Julianna Amstadt [email protected] Also there will be two chances to get a sneak peak of the ART bus at Ciclovia (October 22nd, from10-3) and at the Railyards Market (October 29th, from 10-2).
ART Hotline: 505-398-4ART
September 15, 2018
Alley Way
The Alley between the back of Girard and Vassar needs regrading and resurfacing. We will ask UNM realEstate office if they can organize this.
Alley Way
The Alley between the back of Girard and Vassar needs regrading and resurfacing. We will ask UNM realEstate office if they can organize this.
October 2017
New office of COORDINATION
A new OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATION (ONC) has been established within the city agencies. The Board members missed a ‘meet and greet’ in September (as they did the District 6 neighborhood coalition pot luck). The newly formed group, send regular newsletters to our CNA email account, which will be forwarded to our members as and when
CONTACT: Sara Mancini, - [email protected] AND Vanessa Baca, - [email protected]
NOTE: We are also part of the District 6 neighborhood coalition:
CONTACT: Nancy Bearce, - [email protected]
New office of COORDINATION
A new OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATION (ONC) has been established within the city agencies. The Board members missed a ‘meet and greet’ in September (as they did the District 6 neighborhood coalition pot luck). The newly formed group, send regular newsletters to our CNA email account, which will be forwarded to our members as and when
CONTACT: Sara Mancini, - [email protected] AND Vanessa Baca, - [email protected]
NOTE: We are also part of the District 6 neighborhood coalition:
CONTACT: Nancy Bearce, - [email protected]
Property Taxes
Who pays the land portion of your property tax? - UNM or you?
New Light poles and cell towers
October 2017
New light polescombined with cell towers to be located at the corner of Stamford and Campus and behind Golden Pride, will go uncontested by the CNA. Please email the CNA if you wish to see more information about the installation of these towers.
New light polescombined with cell towers to be located at the corner of Stamford and Campus and behind Golden Pride, will go uncontested by the CNA. Please email the CNA if you wish to see more information about the installation of these towers.
Property maintenance
Hello,
We’d like to take a moment to introduce ourselves. CleanSource is a property maintenance company that specializes in multi-family properties. Founded over 15 years ago in Portland, Oregon, CleanSource Property Maintenance works with both apartment complexes and HOA to provide a suite of services that reduces the number of vendors a company has to work with. Through our success in Oregon and Washington, some of our customers have asked us to expand and service their properties in the New Mexico market.
Our management team works with the belief that by offering multiple services, we can save our customers both time and money. By simply offering a fair price and following up on what we tell customers we will do, we have built a very loyal customer base with both big and small management companies. The service offering we have developed through discussions with our customers include:
• Dryer Vent Cleaning
• Gutter Cleaning
• Moss Removal and Roof Cleaning
• Pressure Washing
• Window Washing
• Bird Exclusion
• Exterior Porter Service
• Chimney Cleaning
We are active in the Apartment Associations and CAI on the HOA side. Our Compliance Depot number is #663925 and our Net Vendor number is #2827. Please consider CleanSource Property Maintenance when your properties are in need of estimates or services. We always welcome talking with new customers and clients. We would like the opportunity to service some of your properties.
Trent Roos
CleanSource Property Maintenance
Albuquerque, NM 87199
(505) 508-8277
[email protected]
We’d like to take a moment to introduce ourselves. CleanSource is a property maintenance company that specializes in multi-family properties. Founded over 15 years ago in Portland, Oregon, CleanSource Property Maintenance works with both apartment complexes and HOA to provide a suite of services that reduces the number of vendors a company has to work with. Through our success in Oregon and Washington, some of our customers have asked us to expand and service their properties in the New Mexico market.
Our management team works with the belief that by offering multiple services, we can save our customers both time and money. By simply offering a fair price and following up on what we tell customers we will do, we have built a very loyal customer base with both big and small management companies. The service offering we have developed through discussions with our customers include:
• Dryer Vent Cleaning
• Gutter Cleaning
• Moss Removal and Roof Cleaning
• Pressure Washing
• Window Washing
• Bird Exclusion
• Exterior Porter Service
• Chimney Cleaning
We are active in the Apartment Associations and CAI on the HOA side. Our Compliance Depot number is #663925 and our Net Vendor number is #2827. Please consider CleanSource Property Maintenance when your properties are in need of estimates or services. We always welcome talking with new customers and clients. We would like the opportunity to service some of your properties.
Trent Roos
CleanSource Property Maintenance
Albuquerque, NM 87199
(505) 508-8277
[email protected]
Another exciting luminaria event, and Sunny and Steven's house.
Please bring a side dish to share or dessert.
Saturday morning there will be a workforce out collecting used luminaries from the University grounds, to decorate Vassar Drive for our party. Please consider joining in. Meeting at 8am,
with the help of Ed's golf cart - it should be fun, and get us all into the festive spirit.
Oh yes, alcohol provided and carol singing encouraged!
Please bring a side dish to share or dessert.
Saturday morning there will be a workforce out collecting used luminaries from the University grounds, to decorate Vassar Drive for our party. Please consider joining in. Meeting at 8am,
with the help of Ed's golf cart - it should be fun, and get us all into the festive spirit.
Oh yes, alcohol provided and carol singing encouraged!
september 2015
SOLAR ENERGY
I am a volunteer with the Sierra Club. We would like the opportunity to address your neighborhood association board meeting or general membership meeting about residential rooftop solar generation. Our presentation can be as short as 15 minutes or as long as an hour. A short presentation would explain how going solar works and why it is affordable now. In a longer presentation we can address details of New Mexico’s renewable energy portfolio, climate impact, solar thermal and electric systems, startup costs, and payback period.
We do not represent any specific manufacturer or installer; we are not selling anything except ideas. The Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club, along with our partner 350.org, have embarked on a campaign to champion clean and affordable solar energy.
Please contact me to arrange a time for a presentation. You can email me with your next available meeting time and I will work to have someone there.
Thank you,
Ellen Loehman
[email protected]
SOLAR ENERGY
I am a volunteer with the Sierra Club. We would like the opportunity to address your neighborhood association board meeting or general membership meeting about residential rooftop solar generation. Our presentation can be as short as 15 minutes or as long as an hour. A short presentation would explain how going solar works and why it is affordable now. In a longer presentation we can address details of New Mexico’s renewable energy portfolio, climate impact, solar thermal and electric systems, startup costs, and payback period.
We do not represent any specific manufacturer or installer; we are not selling anything except ideas. The Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club, along with our partner 350.org, have embarked on a campaign to champion clean and affordable solar energy.
Please contact me to arrange a time for a presentation. You can email me with your next available meeting time and I will work to have someone there.
Thank you,
Ellen Loehman
[email protected]
September 2015
THIS EMAIL
Came into our neighborhood association email: Anyone got anything to say?
Hi,
My name is Mo Haider. I’m a reporter with KRQE news 13 right here in town. I’ve been at the job for a couple of months, and I’d like to share stories about community issues and concerns to give everyone a voice.
If you have any you’d like to share with me, I’d love to hear from me. Feel free to email me back anytime.
[email protected]
THIS EMAIL
Came into our neighborhood association email: Anyone got anything to say?
Hi,
My name is Mo Haider. I’m a reporter with KRQE news 13 right here in town. I’ve been at the job for a couple of months, and I’d like to share stories about community issues and concerns to give everyone a voice.
If you have any you’d like to share with me, I’d love to hear from me. Feel free to email me back anytime.
[email protected]
September 2015:
ALLEY CLEAN UP
Will UNM include the clearing and weeding of the Alley between Vassar and Girard as part of their grounds maintenance program?
ALLEY CLEAN UP
Will UNM include the clearing and weeding of the Alley between Vassar and Girard as part of their grounds maintenance program?
2015
BIKEWAYS AND TRAILS
A NOTE FROM THE CITY:
The City has begun the process to adopt an updated Bikeways & Trails Facility Plan, which will guide future investments in Albuquerque.
The Environmental Planning Commission is holding a Public Hearing to consider this Plan this Thursday, October 9, 2014 beginning no earlier 1:30 p.m. in the basement hearing room of Plaza del Sol, 600 2nd Street NW. On the day of the hearing, you may call 924-3860 for updates on the EPC Agenda item that is currently being heard – this Plan is agenda item #10.
Your voice matters, and I urge you to attend and express your support for this plan.
The Planning Department has posted a second draft of the Bikeways & Trails Facility Plan that reflects the 160 comments submitted in response to the first draft. This draft is called the “October 2014 Red-Line: Bikeways & Trails Facility Plan.” Here is a link to the document on the project website: http://www.cabq.gov/planning/residents/sector-development-plan-updates/bikeways-trails-facility-plan/. Please also see the attached “Snapshot” summary of the plan, which is an overview of the 200+ page plan
For an analysis of the plan, please see the September Staff Report and October Staff Report.
I also have printed plans and staff reports if you would prefer to look at a hard copy. They are available to be picked up at the Planning Department, 3rd Floor, 600 2nd Street NW. Please call first to make sure there are still copies available.
Please call or email me with any questions.
Sincerely,
Carrie Barkhurst, MCRP
Urban Design & Development Planner
City of Albuquerque, Planning Department
600 Second St. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-924-3879
[email protected]
BIKEWAYS AND TRAILS
A NOTE FROM THE CITY:
The City has begun the process to adopt an updated Bikeways & Trails Facility Plan, which will guide future investments in Albuquerque.
The Environmental Planning Commission is holding a Public Hearing to consider this Plan this Thursday, October 9, 2014 beginning no earlier 1:30 p.m. in the basement hearing room of Plaza del Sol, 600 2nd Street NW. On the day of the hearing, you may call 924-3860 for updates on the EPC Agenda item that is currently being heard – this Plan is agenda item #10.
Your voice matters, and I urge you to attend and express your support for this plan.
The Planning Department has posted a second draft of the Bikeways & Trails Facility Plan that reflects the 160 comments submitted in response to the first draft. This draft is called the “October 2014 Red-Line: Bikeways & Trails Facility Plan.” Here is a link to the document on the project website: http://www.cabq.gov/planning/residents/sector-development-plan-updates/bikeways-trails-facility-plan/. Please also see the attached “Snapshot” summary of the plan, which is an overview of the 200+ page plan
For an analysis of the plan, please see the September Staff Report and October Staff Report.
I also have printed plans and staff reports if you would prefer to look at a hard copy. They are available to be picked up at the Planning Department, 3rd Floor, 600 2nd Street NW. Please call first to make sure there are still copies available.
Please call or email me with any questions.
Sincerely,
Carrie Barkhurst, MCRP
Urban Design & Development Planner
City of Albuquerque, Planning Department
600 Second St. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-924-3879
[email protected]
2015
SIDEWALK REPAIRS - WHOSE RESPONSIBLE:
As a general rule; residents are responsible for the maintenance of the sidewalk adjacent to their property, even though their property line is usually set back from the edge of the sidewalk. This allows the City to lay and maintain utilities within this zone, and give Utility companies a right to trim and remove vegetation from site lines and utility easements.
1: How does this general rule apply to Vassar and Girard? While we maintain our properties to the sidewalk, our land is actually owned by UNM. Is UNM therefore responsible for maintenance of sidewalks.
AND what is the distinction between maintenance and repairs? Maintenance, yes we mow our lawns and trim our trees. But (public) sidewalk repairs are usually undertaken by the City.
2: Do we want the City to be responsible for the repairs of our sidewalks and trimming tree roots? No - but we'd like someone else to pay for them :)
3: If it turns out to be the financial responsibility of the CNA, should we use CNA funds to pay for 'communal property' repairs and maintenance?
Bob Crane and Sara Osborne are going to investigate.....
SIDEWALK REPAIRS - WHOSE RESPONSIBLE:
As a general rule; residents are responsible for the maintenance of the sidewalk adjacent to their property, even though their property line is usually set back from the edge of the sidewalk. This allows the City to lay and maintain utilities within this zone, and give Utility companies a right to trim and remove vegetation from site lines and utility easements.
1: How does this general rule apply to Vassar and Girard? While we maintain our properties to the sidewalk, our land is actually owned by UNM. Is UNM therefore responsible for maintenance of sidewalks.
AND what is the distinction between maintenance and repairs? Maintenance, yes we mow our lawns and trim our trees. But (public) sidewalk repairs are usually undertaken by the City.
2: Do we want the City to be responsible for the repairs of our sidewalks and trimming tree roots? No - but we'd like someone else to pay for them :)
3: If it turns out to be the financial responsibility of the CNA, should we use CNA funds to pay for 'communal property' repairs and maintenance?
Bob Crane and Sara Osborne are going to investigate.....
May 10, 2015
CNA - A HISTORIC DISTRIC
I attended a session of The Historical Society of NM last week and talked with Audra Bellmore about possibilities of our campus neighborhood becoming a UNM historic district. Audra is Associate Professor and Curator for the John Gaw Meem Archives of Southwestern Architecture Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections. CNA has discussed these possibilities in the past and there seemed to be interest. Would this be an appropriate meeting to have her come and discuss this possibility? She is interested in talking with us and i'd be glad to give her a call. Let me know.
Katie Crawford
611 Girard Blvd NE
Albuquerque,NM 87106
CNA - A HISTORIC DISTRIC
I attended a session of The Historical Society of NM last week and talked with Audra Bellmore about possibilities of our campus neighborhood becoming a UNM historic district. Audra is Associate Professor and Curator for the John Gaw Meem Archives of Southwestern Architecture Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections. CNA has discussed these possibilities in the past and there seemed to be interest. Would this be an appropriate meeting to have her come and discuss this possibility? She is interested in talking with us and i'd be glad to give her a call. Let me know.
Katie Crawford
611 Girard Blvd NE
Albuquerque,NM 87106
January 2015
In Memory of Thomas "Tom" McKee Williams. Our neighbor who passed away on January 7, 2015.He believed that life revolved around making a contribution via one's work, having relationships based on integrity, and having as many high quality and diverse experiences as possible.
We shall miss him.
In Memory of Thomas "Tom" McKee Williams. Our neighbor who passed away on January 7, 2015.He believed that life revolved around making a contribution via one's work, having relationships based on integrity, and having as many high quality and diverse experiences as possible.
We shall miss him.
The Neighborhood is deeply saddened to lose one of our respected and long time neighbors:
Thomas "Tom" McKee Williams MD
May 6, 1957 - January 7, 2015
WILLIAMS, THOMAS, DR. Thomas "Tom" McKee Williams, a native of Hobbs, New Mexico and former executive vice dean at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, died January 7, 2015. As a teenager, Dr. Williams developed his own house painting business and played center for the state championship second place football team in 1974. He famously "muffed" two snaps to his punter during a homecoming game that the Eagles with luck still won 14-6.
Dr. Williams graduated from Hobbs High School and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Haverford College. He received his medical degree from the University of New Mexico. He completed his residency training in anatomic pathology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he also served as Chief Resident.
Dr. Williams was happy to get a first "real" job as Assistant Professor at age 32 at the University of Pennsylvania. He returned to the UNM School of Medicine as a faculty member in 1991. Except for a brief interlude as Chief Scientific Officer for biotechnology start-up Exagen Diagnostics, Dr. Williams spent the remainder of his career at UNM. He served as Chairman of the UNM School of Medicine Department of Pathology from 2008 to 2012. The department is among the top 10 in the United States with respect to grant funding from the National Institutes of Health. Prior to assuming his role as chair, he served as the department's executive vice chair from 2003 to 2006 and as vice chair of undergraduate medical education from 1998 to 2005. Toward the end of his career, Dr. Williams served as Executive Vice Dean and President of the Medical Practice of the School of Medicine from 2012 to 2014.
Dr. Williams was an expert in immunogenetics and molecular pathology. His clinical laboratory supported kidney and bone marrow transplantation and general molecular diagnostics. His research laboratory was a leader in defining the rich complexity of the human and macaque MHC genes that control responses to transplanted organs. He published more than 100 research papers during his career, including highly cited papers in Transplantation and Molecular Genetics.
One of Dr. Williams' career highlights was teaching a very large number of medical students, graduate students, residents, clinical fellows, practicing physicians and medical technologists. He taught them about medical genetics, immunogenetics and molecular pathology. He was proud of the junior faculty members he recruited to the Department of Pathology.
Tom immensely enjoyed traveling. He visited five continents, every state (twice) and each of New Mexico's 33 counties! He enjoyed bicycling and made it a point to ride in every state: for example, he and wife Maggie biked 20 miles in Kansas and just a few feet in Colorado and Oklahoma at the junction of the three states. In Albuquerque, he logged more than 10,000 miles on his bike. Dr. Williams also enjoyed many visits to the island of Nantucket and to the cities of San Francisco and New York, where he often saw his nine nieces and nephew.
Tom was the President of the Order of McKee, a Williams family tradition whose members include his nephew, Zeke McKee Williams, and grandnephews Hardin McKee Capps, Quentin McKee Lombard, and Henry McKee Bean. Williams' great grandfather, William McKee Riggs, could be considered the founder of the group. Zeke will be the new President of the Order.
Tom was an expert carpenter whose widely-varied interests included modern art, reading, gardening, mathematics, and political discourse. He believed that life revolved around making a contribution via one's work, having relationships based on integrity, and having as many high quality and diverse experiences as possible.
He leaves his wife Maggie; their sons Andrew, Alex and Henry; mother Jacquelyn Williams; siblings, William, Donna, Susie and Molly and several beloved extended family members. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 17, beginning at 2 p.m., with a reception to follow. The service will be held in the auditorium of the Domenici Center for Health Sciences Education, 1001 Stanford NE, in Albuquerque.
Thomas "Tom" McKee Williams MD
May 6, 1957 - January 7, 2015
WILLIAMS, THOMAS, DR. Thomas "Tom" McKee Williams, a native of Hobbs, New Mexico and former executive vice dean at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, died January 7, 2015. As a teenager, Dr. Williams developed his own house painting business and played center for the state championship second place football team in 1974. He famously "muffed" two snaps to his punter during a homecoming game that the Eagles with luck still won 14-6.
Dr. Williams graduated from Hobbs High School and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Haverford College. He received his medical degree from the University of New Mexico. He completed his residency training in anatomic pathology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he also served as Chief Resident.
Dr. Williams was happy to get a first "real" job as Assistant Professor at age 32 at the University of Pennsylvania. He returned to the UNM School of Medicine as a faculty member in 1991. Except for a brief interlude as Chief Scientific Officer for biotechnology start-up Exagen Diagnostics, Dr. Williams spent the remainder of his career at UNM. He served as Chairman of the UNM School of Medicine Department of Pathology from 2008 to 2012. The department is among the top 10 in the United States with respect to grant funding from the National Institutes of Health. Prior to assuming his role as chair, he served as the department's executive vice chair from 2003 to 2006 and as vice chair of undergraduate medical education from 1998 to 2005. Toward the end of his career, Dr. Williams served as Executive Vice Dean and President of the Medical Practice of the School of Medicine from 2012 to 2014.
Dr. Williams was an expert in immunogenetics and molecular pathology. His clinical laboratory supported kidney and bone marrow transplantation and general molecular diagnostics. His research laboratory was a leader in defining the rich complexity of the human and macaque MHC genes that control responses to transplanted organs. He published more than 100 research papers during his career, including highly cited papers in Transplantation and Molecular Genetics.
One of Dr. Williams' career highlights was teaching a very large number of medical students, graduate students, residents, clinical fellows, practicing physicians and medical technologists. He taught them about medical genetics, immunogenetics and molecular pathology. He was proud of the junior faculty members he recruited to the Department of Pathology.
Tom immensely enjoyed traveling. He visited five continents, every state (twice) and each of New Mexico's 33 counties! He enjoyed bicycling and made it a point to ride in every state: for example, he and wife Maggie biked 20 miles in Kansas and just a few feet in Colorado and Oklahoma at the junction of the three states. In Albuquerque, he logged more than 10,000 miles on his bike. Dr. Williams also enjoyed many visits to the island of Nantucket and to the cities of San Francisco and New York, where he often saw his nine nieces and nephew.
Tom was the President of the Order of McKee, a Williams family tradition whose members include his nephew, Zeke McKee Williams, and grandnephews Hardin McKee Capps, Quentin McKee Lombard, and Henry McKee Bean. Williams' great grandfather, William McKee Riggs, could be considered the founder of the group. Zeke will be the new President of the Order.
Tom was an expert carpenter whose widely-varied interests included modern art, reading, gardening, mathematics, and political discourse. He believed that life revolved around making a contribution via one's work, having relationships based on integrity, and having as many high quality and diverse experiences as possible.
He leaves his wife Maggie; their sons Andrew, Alex and Henry; mother Jacquelyn Williams; siblings, William, Donna, Susie and Molly and several beloved extended family members. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 17, beginning at 2 p.m., with a reception to follow. The service will be held in the auditorium of the Domenici Center for Health Sciences Education, 1001 Stanford NE, in Albuquerque.