IDO update (O-26-2)

Representing the Historic Neighborhoods Alliance, she said the IDO process was racist in communities of color, the IDO has been amended 650 times, and zoning changes would trigger removal of the 3% property-tax cap.

Urged the council to honor years of public process and approve the IDO amendments as passed by the EPC.

Urged the council to keep R-1 single-family zoning, calling it the American dream and the backbone of Albuquerque neighborhoods.

An ER nurse and Strong Towns Albuquerque founder said zoning changes are a necessary step toward an affordable, safe city.

Via Prado Neighborhood Association president said affordability stems from incomes, not zoning, and that his CPA meeting produced no support for breaking R-1.

Union Castle Neighborhood Association president feared the zoning-conversion language could chain R-1 to R-T to commercial zoning in her neighborhood.

CEO of the New Mexico Home Builders Association voiced strong support for the legislation.

CEO of the Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors urged removing barriers to housing supply.

Offered a middle-ground compromise: owner-occupied duplex requirements and design standards to balance character and housing supply.

Argued more than 60% of residents live in R-1 homes and like the zoning; called breaking R-1 'magical thinking' for affordability.

The EPC commissioner urged passing the EPC version and suggested upzoning only an eighth-mile along Lomas and Menaul corridors.

A community health nurse called homelessness a housing problem, noting it doubled from 2023 to 2024, and supported the EPC amendments.

Lost her daughter Kayla in a traffic crash; said the EPC version supports safer streets and transit-oriented development.