Albuquerque Downtown Neighborhoods Association

The Department of Senior Affairs and the Albuquerque Police Department are pleased to announce the launching of Silver Alert on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:00 am – 2:00 pm at the Barelas Senior Center.

Albuquerque Police and Senior Affairs departments have created a new program to help quickly find Alzheimer’s or dementia patients who go missing. The program, “Silver Alert,” will assist police, the media and the public in finding missing loved ones who may not be aware of their surroundings.

The caregiver must bring the senior who has already been diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer’s to Barelas Senior Center on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Our care coordination staff will interview the caregiver/senior to collect information that will be stored on a memory stick for the caregiver to keep. We have set up small quiet areas in the center for the caregiver/senior in hopes of eliminating the anxiety the senior may experience in large crowds.

For detailed information please go to the following website.

http://www.cabq.gov/public-safety/silveralert

Join the Downtown Neighborhoods Association (DNA)! Yearly dues are $15.00/household and $25.00/business memberships. The Annual Meeting is Wednesday, March 7th at 7pm at Hotel Blue (8th & Central). In the last few years the DNA has planted over 60 trees and shrubs in our neighborhood. The Association contributes to the Downtown Growers Market, Harwood Arts Center and sponsors the Curb Appeal Program. Join, help make your community a better place to live. There are a few Board Position openings, consider becoming a Board Member. There are only two requirements: you must attend Board Meetings at 7pm on the first Wednesday of each month and be willing and able to communicate via email. Please contact Sue Brych if interested in becoming a Board Member at sbrych@q.com.

The Downtown Neighborhood Area Sector Development Plan (DNA SDP) has moved on from the Land Use, Planning and Zoning (LUPZ) committee to the full City Council, after the fourth LUPZ hearing. The LUPZ committee forwarded the plan with no recommendation. At the LUPZ hearing on January 11th, 2012 the Committee Substitute dated 1-11-12, and found on the website below, was adopted. Six amendments were also adopted and these can be found on the website as well.

http://www.cabq.gov/council/current-projects-and-studies/downtown-neighborhood-area-sector-plan-update

The remaining issues will be addressed by the full City Council. The date for the full City Council hearing has not been set yet, but I will email the date as soon as it is available. The date will also be added to the website.

Please feel free to contact me with any further questions or concerns you may have.
Thank you for your continued involvement in this community planning process!

Kind regards,
Petra Morris
Planner
Long Range Planning Section
Urban Design & Development Division
City of Albuquerque Planning Department
600 Second Street NW, 3rd Floor
Albuquerque NM 87102
505-924-3897
505-924-3339 fax
pmorris@cabq.gov

Bernalillo County — Bernalillo County wants to give interested parties a final opportunity to claim the cremated remains of their loved ones before the remains are buried on Feb. 1. A list of the decedents’ names is posted on the county’s website at www.bernco.gov.

The names represent the 178 bodies that Riverside Funeral Home cremated more than two years ago as part of its contract with the county’s Indigent and Unclaimed Cremation Service to perform cremations. The state holds each county responsible for the handling of bodies within the county’s jurisdiction that have not been claimed for over 30 days.
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