For the March 7 Santa Fe municipal election, SFR called up candidates in the City Council District 1 race to test their knowledge. The rules for Pop Quiz are as follows: No research allowed and if they call back later with the right answer, too bad. To see who answered correctly (or came closest), check out our answer key at the end of the page.
Questions:
1. Name the five Historic Districts of Santa Fe.
2. How much does a single adult fare on a Santa Fe Trails bus cost?
3. What is the Santa Fe MPO and what does it do?
4. What are the three divisions that comprise the city's Public Utilities Department?
5. Where are the city's two primary recycling drop-off sites according to the Solid Waste Management Division?
6. According to year-round water restrictions implemented by the city, when is landscape watering not permitted?
7. How much are overdue fines at Santa Fe public libraries?
8. Which city office would you go to in order to pick up an application for a liquor license?
9. What is the fine for a first-time violation of the No Smoking Ordinance?
10. What is the name of the consulting firm hired by the city to help draft the Downtown Vision master plan?
11. What is the city's definition of affordable housing?
12. If you were hosting a dinner party and had to invite only one current District 1 City Council representative, would you invite Patti Bushee or David Pfeffer and why?
Answers:
Eric Lujan, 35, is a civil engineer with the New Mexico Department of Transportation.
***image2***1. Uhhh…The downtown area, the Canyon Road area, um…the Capitol District, the Guadalupe Street area. And…uh…the fifth one is going to be…hmmm…I don't know what it's called, it's near the railroad yard there, the Alto Street area, right in there. Those are going to be my five.
2. I think it's 75 cents. I'm not sure. I've never ridden the bus.
3. MPO? It's not monitored patrols…uh…you got me on that one. I have no idea what the MPO is.
4. [Laughs] Last time you guys asked questions about what year Santa Fe was established, now you guys are getting technical…is there even a Public Utilities Department? I know there's a Public Utilities Committee…I'm gonna say wastewater…um…solid waste…and…uh…water services? We'll go with those three.
5. Siler Road is one and…where the hell is the other one? It's not Baca Street. Let's see, refuse and sanitation. I know there's one on Siler and I'm not sure where the other one is.
6. In drought? It depends on what restriction we're under. Huh. I'm going to say between the hours of 12 pm and 3 pm.
7. [Laughs] I have no idea. We try to get my daughter's books in on time so we haven't been hit with a fine.
8. City Clerk's.
9. A warning. But that's an old ordinance so I have no idea.
10. Uh…they're out of Oregon. They came before the planning commission, I don't know what their name was but I know they're out of Portland, Ore.
11. The 30 percent one or the one before it? I'm going to go on the 30 percent, okay? Their definition is that it's giving more people an opportunity to obtain a home. By the standards, now you have to get 30 percent, whereas [previously] the percentages were based on the percentage of houses you were going to build. The 30 percent allows for more affordable housing. And I think affordable housing also creates an opportunity for a lot of natives to stay here. I think that the 30 percent was a move in the right direction and I think that was the intent of most of the councilors that adopted that ordinance.
12. [Laughs] I'm going to go out on a limb and say I'm going to invite Patti Bushee. I would invite Patti because she has the intellect, you know, she knows how to work a room very well. She knows how to blow smoke up a lot of people's asses.
Answers:
Chris Calvert, 57, is a letter-carrier for the US Postal Service.
***image1***1. There's the Guadalupe Historic District, the Downtown Historic District, I think there's the Barrio de Analco, there's the Eastside Historic District and…boy, that's all I can think of off the top of my head.
2. A dollar.
3. I'm guessing you're talking about the Santa Fe Metropolitan Planning Organization which I think is a regional transit planning organization that tries to co-ordinate between the different jurisdictions for transportation planning, roads, buses, whatever.
4. There's the water division…um…boy, I'm going blank on this one. There would be whatever the waste management is…uh…what do you call it? The garbage collection and recycling would be one part of that and, uh, then there's the sewer waste treatment.
5. There's the transfer station up on Paseo de Vista and…at the landfill at Caja del Rio.
6. Um…between the hours of 10 am and 6 pm.
7. [Laughs] I have no idea. I'd just be guessing.
8. I think you go to the City Clerk's Office.
9. Um, just guessing, but I'd say $25.
10. I don't know their name but I believe they're an outfit out of Colorado.
11. Definition of affordable housing? Um…well, I think there is a variety of definitions but it's based upon the average median income. Affordable housing would be, how do I put this? I know the ordinance requires 30 percent and they base it on a three-tier system. Uh…it's like 0-60 percent of average median income, then 60 to 80 and then 80 to 100.
12. [Laughs] Patti Bushee, because I respect her leadership on the City Council and I think that she is doing an excellent job of representing our district and I think that, uh, is not true of Mr. Pfeffer.
SFR Key:
1. Westside-Guadalupe, Transition, Don Gaspar, Downtown/Eastside and Historic Review District.
2. $1.
3. Metropolitan Planning Organization, creates a forum for transportation decision-making in the metro planning area and is staffed by the City Planning and Land Use Department.
4. Sangre de Cristo Water Division, Solid Waste Management Division and Wastewater Management Division.
5. City Transfer Station: 1686 Paseo de Vista and Environmental Control Incorporated, off Airport Road before the 599 County Road stop sign.
6. May 1-Oct. 31, 10 am-6 pm.
7. There are no overdue fines; borrowing privileges are suspended.
8. City Clerk's Office.
9. $100 or less.
10. Crandall Arambula from Portland, Ore.
11. The payments for a home should not exceed 30 percent of that household's gross income.
