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1. How can I verify that the location I am considering for my cannabis business is appropriate for the cannabis use(s) I am interested in pursuing?
2. When is my Cannabis Retailer location vested for buffering purposes?
3. Who can provide proof of water availability for my State License?
4. What types of permits or licenses do I need from the City of Las Cruces for cannabis business?
5. Where/how do I apply for a State License?
6. Who can I contact at the State for questions about cannabis licensing questions?

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1. How do I join the Art Board?

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1. Can the City Attorney give me legal advice?
2. How can I find an attorney for my personal matter?
3. Is the City Attorney the same as the District Attorney?
4. Where can I find the Public Defender?

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1. Where can I get a copy of my birth certificate?
2. Where can I get a death certificate?
3. Where can I obtain a record of my divorce?
4. Where do I apply for a marriage license?
5. Where do I register to vote?

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1. How do I report a violation?
2. What do I need to know about having a garage/yard sale?
3. Who do we call to have graffiti removed?
4. Is there a charge for graffiti removal?

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1. What is an appropriate shelter for my outside animal?
2. Can I chain my dog in the yard?
3. Is a permit or kennell license required for my pets?

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1. I have been denied access to a restaurant because of my service animal. What can I do about it?
2. Where are service animals allowed?
3. What must I do when an individual with a service animal comes to my business?
4. Can I exclude an animal because another person is allergic or fearful of dogs?
5. Am I responsible for the animal while the person with a disability is in my business?

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1. How do I register my business?
2. What do I need to register my business?
3. What are the fees for a business registration?
4. Do I need to renew my business license?
5. What resources are out there to help me?
6. What is the first step when I am ready to build or expand existent buildings for my business?

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1. Do I need to get a permit for work I am doing at my home?
2. When do I need to get the permit?
3. Who can request the building permit?
4. What is involved in getting a permit?
5. What do I have to have with me to apply for a building permit?
6. Can I build a wall on my property?
7. How do I register my business

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1. What is the Infill Development Overlay District (IDO)?
2. What is an Infill Parcel?
3. What are the possible benefits of building within the Infill Development Overlay District?
4. What are the boundaries of the Infill Development District?
5. What is the Infill Development Process?

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1. What is zoning?
2. Can I work with certain individuals in the City?
3. What information do I need to bring to a pre-application meeting?
4. How are development applications evaluated?
5. I do not have a complicated development. Do I have to attend a pre-application meeting?

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1. Can I have a Personal Care Attendant (PCA) or guest ride with me?
2. Who is eligible to use Dial-a-Ride?
3. Due to a disability, I cannot climb steps. Can I still use Dial-a-Ride?
4. As a visitor to Las Cruces am I able to use your service?
5. How far in advance must I schedule a ride?
6. Can I request to be the only passenger on a Dial-a-Ride trip or request a direct trip?
7. What if I want to take RoadRUNNER regular fixed route bus system?

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1. What is ranked choice voting?
2. How do I know which Council District I'm in?
3. My Council District doesn't have an election. Can I still vote this November?
4. I'm thinking about running for City Council. Do I have to live in the District I plan to run for?
5. Where can I find information on the candidates?
6. Do I need to register with the City Clerk in order to vote in a City election?

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1. Does LCFD provide CPR classes?
2. How do I obtain a copy of a fire investigation report?
3. How can I obtain a burn permit?
4. Does LCFD remove cats from trees or poles?
5. Can LCFD check my blood pressure?
6. How can I schedule a fire truck or a firefighter at my function?
7. Why do so many apparatus respond to simple incidents?

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1. What is a General Obligation Bond?
2. What is the Current City of Las Cruces GO Bond Outstanding Debt?
3. How much bonding capacity does the City of Las Cruces have for GO bonds?
4. How does the City Pay Down the General Obligation Bonds?
5. What is debt service?
6. What is General Obligation Bond Cycling?
7. Will Property Taxes go Down if I Vote No for the General Obligation Bonds?
8. Will Property Taxes Go Up if I Vote Yes for the General Obligation Bonds?
9. Why Are my Property Taxes Going Up?
10. How are Property Taxes Calculated?
11. What is Assessed Value?
12. What is the Mill Rate?
13. Who Determines the Mill Rate?
14. When the mill rate is established, does it get applied only to existing property or to new property?
15. Will there be future GO Bond Elections?
16. Where can I submit a question?

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1. Do I need a computer to apply?
2. How do I set up an email account?
3. Can applications be submitted daily?
4. Can I submit a job interest card?
5. Do I need to complete a new application each time I apply for a City position?
6. When will I be contacted?
7. If I am interviewed for a position and not selected...will I be notified?
8. How do I request an accommodation at anytime during the hiring process?

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1. How does the Seed Library work?
2. How can I find out more information about the seeds I picked up?
3. When can I get seeds?
4. Why are my seed packets so small?
5. Why don’t you have tomatoes (or kale, or whatever you are looking for) right now?
6. Do you take seed donations?
7. How do I learn to save seeds?
8. Why is the Seed Library named Tierra Sagrada?

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1. What options do I have to resolve a citation?
2. Does the Municipal Court perform wedding ceremonies?

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1. Why is my donation not on display?
2. Can I visit the collection?

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1. Are museum programs free?
2. How do I register for a program?

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1. Are museum programs free?
2. How do I register for a program?

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1. Are museum programs free?
2. How do I register for a program?

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1. How do I register for program?
2. Can I buy supplies at the museum?

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1. Am I able to obtain a current list of vacant and abandoned properties?
2. What is the Nuisance Abatement Team (NAT)?
3. Why was the Nuisance Abatement Team (NAT) formed?
4. How can I help or be involved?
5. Do property owners have to pay taxes?
6. To whom are the taxes paid?
7. Who supervises the Dona Ana County Tax Assessor?
8. What does the New Mexico State Department of Taxation and Revenue do?
9. What happens if a property owner’s taxes become delinquent?
10. What are my responsibilities as a property owner?
11. Who do I contact to report a vacant or abandoned building?
12. Who do I contact to report suspicious activity at a vacant or abandoned building?
13. Who do I contact for help in understanding if my property complies with city codes?

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1. What does Budget Office do?
2. What is a "Fiscal Year" (FY) and when does it begin and end?
3. What is the budget process?
4. What is the difference between the capital budget and the operating budget?
5. How do I get involved or learn about the budget before it’s adopted?
6. What does it mean to “adopt the budget”?
7. Where does the city’s revenue come from?
8. What is an expenditure?
9. What are infrastructure and capital improvements?
10. What is meant by “budget appropriation”?
11. What is a budget adjustment?
12. What is a budget transfer?
13. What is carryover?
14. What is a full-time equivalent position (FTE)?
15. What are user charges?
16. How do I obtain a copy of the Fiscal Year Operating (includes the Message of City Manager) and Capital Improvement Plan Budget?

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1. Can I complete a facility use permit online as well as in person?
2. When are parks open? When are parks closed?

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1. After we register what is the next step?
2. Where will practices be located?
3. What equipment will my child need
4. Can I request a team?
5. Where are the games played?
6. What do I need to get an Activity Card?

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1. Who do I call in an emergency?
2. What is the jurisdiction of the Las Cruces Police Department (LCPD)?
3. How may I obtain a copy of a police or incident report?
4. How many officers does the Las Cruces Police Department employ?
5. How can I become a Las Cruces Police Officer?
6. How do I report graffiti or vandalism?
7. Who do I call if I find an injured or stray animal?
8. How can I request a restraining order or emergency order of protection?
9. How can I find out if a sex offender lives in my neighborhood?
10. How can I find out if someone is incarcerated (in jail)?
11. Where can I go to learn about road closures, or driving conditions, in New Mexico?

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1. How can I access important information about the city?
2. How can I obtain videos produced by the City?

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1. What are Impact Fees?
2. What is the purpose of Public Safety Impact Fees?
3. Who pays Public Safety Impact Fees?
4. Since the fee is paid when a construction permit is issued, does that mean only developers and contractors pay the fee?
5. What are the fees used for?
6. Do impact fees require a new development to pay for all improvements in Public Safety?
7. What has the City of Las Cruces done with the Public Safety Impact Fees that have been collected so far?
8. Are Public Safety Impact Fees paid every time someone buys a home?
9. Could impact fees increase?
10. Who decides how the money raised through Public Safety Impact Fees is spent?
11. Does the City have to pay Public Safety Impact Fees when it builds a new facility?
12. How can I find more information about impact fees?

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1. How do I report a pothole/street light outage/sidewalk crack?
2. How do I reserve a City Hall Conference Room?
3. Do you approve concrete, asphalt and mortar mix designs?
4. How can I request assistance with traffic calming in my neighborhood?
5. There is water coming out of my roadway, what do I do?
6. How do I get a speed bump in my neighborhood?
7. Can we add more stop signs to slow down traffic?
8. How can I get my street swept?
9. If there is not a speed limit posted, how fast should I drive?
10. Why aren’t all crosswalks marked?
11. How can we get an unpaved road maintained?
12. Can we get our street cleaned after a rain storm?
13. How are the pond areas maintained?
14. What do I do if I see weeds on city property?
15. How do I report a malfunctioning traffic signal?
16. How do I report a damaged sign?

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1. How do I get a speed bump in my neighborhood?
2. Can we add more stop signs to slow down traffic?
3. If there is not a speed limit posted, how fast should I drive?
4. Why aren’t all crosswalks marked?

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1. How can I report a pothole?
2. How can we get an unpaved road maintained?
3. How can I get my street swept?
4. Can we get our street cleaned after a rain storm?
5. The sidewalk is buckled or broken in front of my house, how can I get it fixed?
6. How are the pond areas maintained?
7. What do I do if I see weeds on city property?

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1. Why does the Water Quality Laboratory sample drinking water?
2. What analyses are done on our drinking water?
3. Does the Water Quality Laboratory sample and analyze water?
4. Why is it important to keep fats, oils, and grease out of the collection system?
5. How can I keep fats, oils, and grease from clogging my pipes?
6. What is backflow?

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1. How do I apply for Roadrunner Vamonos Services?
2. What is the Eligibility Criteria?
3. How long will the driver wait for me?
4. How do I board the vehicle?

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1. What day and time is my trash/grappler picked up?
2. Why was my trash container not emptied?
3. Why were my grappler items not picked up?
4. What if I have too much garbage/recycling for one container?
5. What holidays do Solid Waste and Recycling not operate?
6. What if I have questions about my recycling service or items that can be placed in my recycling container?

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1. Why were my grappler items not picked up?
2. How much will the grappler pick up?

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1. What bags are prohibited?
2. What are alternatives?
3. When is this in effect?

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1. How do I sign up for utility services?
2. How do I report water waste or other violations?

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1. Who do I contact to turn services on or off?
2. Who do I contact to get a service line or gas meter installed?

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1. I own rental property. If my renter leaves without paying the Utility bill, am I responsible for the bill?
2. How do I sign up for E-Billing?

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1. I don’t have City gas. I am currently on propane and would like to inquire about getting gas at my address.
2. What is the process for connecting utilities for a new commercial property?

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1. Are you obligated to connect to this system?
2. Will there be any new charges?
3. How expensive is natural gas?
4. Are there any type of payment plans for construction?
5. How does the Utilities Department fund operations?
6. Is gas pressure addressed by the Utilities Department?

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1. Who is responsible for clearing/repairing sewage lines when they are blocked or damaged?
2. I need to find the clean-out to my home. What is this and where do I find it?
3. Are clean-outs the same as stub-outs?
4. There is dirty, sewer water coming out of my clean-out. What should I do?
5. There is a strong sewer smell in the air. Is there anything you can do?
6. Can we dump septic sewage from Recreational Vehicles (RV's) at the Wastewater facilities?
7. What is the total daily average sewage flow received at the three Wastewater facilities?
8. Where can we pick up compost?
9. What is the compost made of?
10. Is the compost safe to handle?

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1. Where does Las Cruces get its water?
2. Is it legal to harvest rainwater in Las Cruces?

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1. Sometimes my water looks reddish, dark, or dirty. What is it?
2. Why does discolored water occur?
3. How does the Las Cruces Utilities Water Section get rid of discolored water?
4. What should citizens do/not do when they see discolored water?
5. Why does my water have a rotten egg / sulfur smell?
6. What is the source of our drinking water?
7. What can I do if my pressure is too high or too low?
8. Why is there water coming out of the street?
9. Is bottled water better than City water?
10. When are my watering days?
11. When construction trucks are getting water from a fire hydrant, are they billed?