[December 3, 2008] The Bernalillo County Community Health Council needs your help to prioritize community health needs. We would like the input of community members, members of community advisor and advocacy groups, and public and private employess of organizations which serve county reisdents. Please take about ten minutes to complete our survey at surveymonkey.com.
    For more information about the Council please visit our web site: berncohealthcouncil.org. Thank you for your help with this important project.


Leigh Mason, Coordinator, Bernalillo County Community Health Council, (505) 975-9667


District 9: Charter School Feasibility Study (pdf)
[September 17, 2008] Charter Schools are independent public schools designed by educators, parents, community leaders, educational entrepreneurs or others who seek to provide a quality education to children in their community.
    The City of Albuquerque encourages you to give your opinion, input and feedback on a mid-high charter school located in Sandia Science and Technology Park. The potential charter school will focus on science, math and technology. The future state of this charter school is creating a pipeline of knowledge and skills for the jobs being created over the next decade in Albuquerque and New Mexico. The community and your voice are really important.
    For more information please contact Nicole Rifenbary (823-2000) or nicole@slsinc.com with your ideas regarding charter schools.


The association has recently obtained FHV crime statistics from APD (see the map of crimes committed from October 2007 through January 2008, and a list of calls for service during that same period). Do you think this data shows that Four Hills Village is a safe neighborhood? Let us know at info@fhvna.org. (For a comparison with other Albuquerque neighborhoods, the Journal provides a map of weekly arrests). As always, we'll be exploring new ideas to improve safety in our community.


Volunteers will be working to encourage the City to designate primary emergency response routes in Albuquerque and then to prohibit speed humps on these emergency routes. As many of you know, Santa Fe prohibits speed humps on such routes, and protects areas approximately one-third to one-half the size of Four Hills Village. Dividing the population of Santa Fe by the number of closed loops constituting primary emergency response routes indicates the approximate average size of the areas protected.


Should FHV Have a Park?

It may be possible for FHV to have a park. As usual, there are pros and cons. Some say a park would give young families a place for their kids to play. Others say a park would be an attractive nuisance. What do you say? The FHVNA has not researched arguments for and against the park, so we encourage residents to write definitive pieces, one way or the other, or give both sides. Map (PDF) of proposed park location. If possible, should Four Hills have a park?   yes                   no Make comments/arguments that we will post on the web. Please include a “handle” so people can respond to your arguments. Use either your real name or a pseudonym. e-mail address

(read comments about the park on our FHVNA Park Blog)

The recent safety assessment shows that two to three lives would be saved per year if we allow emergency only access to Four Hills from the new fire station. This would add approximately three vehicles per week to the traffic on Via Posada. Do you think it's worth it?   yes                   no No one wants another entrance into Four Hills. If you were assured by the City of Albuquerque that the gate would stay locked, except in emergencies, would you then feel the additional traffic would be acceptable?   yes                   no Do you feel you have enough information to make the decision on the safety/traffic tradeoff for the new fire station?   yes                   no If no, what further information would you need? name(s) your e-mail address