Third Council on Your Corner Meeting Brings Government to the People on Wednesday

By City of Santa Fe

The effort to bring Santa Fe City government out of City Hall and into the community—which began with the March 28^thCity Council meeting at the Southside Library—will reach District 4 this week with a community council meeting at the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall.

The Exhibit Hall is located at 3229 Rodeo Road, next door to the Genoveva Chavez Community Center.

The Council on Your Corner Meetings are a public engagement effort to ease the burden of attending council meetings and participating in local government by locating the meetings outside of City Hall.

The program is the result of a push from Mayor Alan Webber and Councilor Roman Abeyta, who moved at the first council meeting of this administration to hold meetings out in the community on a periodic basis.

When the program was announced, Mayor Webber said, “Rather than constantly asking the community to come to us, the ‘Council on Your Corner’ meetings are a proactive effort to engage the community where they live. We had nearly 200 people come to our first edition, and we hope they will continue to be a popular way to make your voice heard in City government.”

By the end of the year, a Council on Your Corner meeting will have been held in each of the 4 City Council Districts citywide.

The meetings will follow the regular schedule, with an afternoon session at 5:00pm, followed by an evening session at 7:00pm with public hearings and an open segment for petitions from the floor on any topic. Agendas are available to the public the Friday before the meeting, posted to the City’s website atwww.santafenm.gov.

All council meetings are also available to stream at https://www.youtube.com/user/cityofsantafe and broadcast live on SFGOV-TV Comcast Ch. 28 and KSFR 101.1 FM.