Barbara’s priorities are: ■ Improve how we manage our water, especially in times of extended drought■ Preserve local agriculture in the valley and the fair and efficient delivery of
water to our farmers■ Fully represent and support the urban, rural and local family farming needs
within the entire district■ Stand up for increased transparency and accountability and the efficient use of
our tax dollars■ Promote water rights transfer guidelines that keep water in the valley,
not transferred out of the basin where the Valley's interests are not served■ Protect the unique system of ditches and drains and acequias to support our
cultural and historical traditions and uses, recreation, riparian restoration and bosque preservation
■ Value the importance of water to traditional Hispanic and Native communitiesin the Valley
A Record of Experience■ Director, City Parks & Recreation Department, City of Albuquerque, 2009–2014■ Open Space Planner, Division Manager for Recreation and Conservation & Social Services,
City of Albuquerque, 1983–2014■ Senior Social Services Division Manager, Albuquerque/Bernalillo County, 2001–2009■ Outdoor Recreation Planner, National Park Service, Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance
Program under the Clinton Administration, 1991–1993■ Former President of the Pat Hurley Neighborhood Association, 2008–2009■ Former Member of the Board of Directors National Recreation & Park Association 2012–2015■ Former Member of the Board of Directors American Red Cross of NM, 1987■ Member of the Board of Directors NM Volunteers for the Outdoors, 1984–1987■ MS in Recreation Administration, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1983■ BA Recreation from University of New Mexico, 1982 ■ West Mesa High School, Valedictorian, 1978■ Personal: Married to Joe Chandler; two children, Patrick and Aliana
Paid for by Barbara Baca for MRGCD, Joe Chandler, Treasurer. Printed by Bare Bones Graphics, Inc.
The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District maintains the network of irrigation ditches, dams and levees fromCochiti Reservoir to the Bosque del Apache near Socorro. It is funded by taxes paid by property owners who livealong the Rio Grande and fees paid by farmers who use ditch water to irrigate their land.
BARBARA IS PROUD TO BE ENDORSED BY: Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller, County Commissioners Debbie O'Malley and Maggie Hart Stebbins,State Senators Jacob Candelaria and Jerry Ortiz y Pino, City Councilors Isaac “Ike” Benton and KenSanchez, MRGCD Board Members Joaquin Baca, Karen Dunning and John Kelly, AMAFCA BoardMember Debbie Stover, Former State Senator Dede Feldman, Former NM State Parks Director OrlandoSedillo, Jacqueline J. Baca, President of Bueno Foods, Lanny Tonning & Linda Thorne of Old TownFarms, Dave Simon and others. Also endorsing Barbara are the South Valley Regional Association ofAcequias, Los Padillas Acequia Association and the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club.
About BarbaraBarbara Baca grew up on the sandy bluffsoverlooking the Rio Grande on Albu-querque’s Westside where education, hardwork and giving back to the communitywere values instilled by her parents.
As a 14th generation New Mexican,Barbara has family throughout the Valley,including uncles and cousins who con-tinue to farm in Los Chavez in ValenciaCounty.
Barbara’s early love of the outdoors—ex-ploring and playing in the bosque with hersiblings as a child—led to a career in parkmanagement, outdoor recreation andconservation. In 2014, Barbara retiredfrom the City of Albuquerque as theDirector of the Albuquerque Parks andRecreation Department.
PLEASE VOTE IN THE MRGCD ELECTION ON TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2019.ABSENTEE VOTEAPRIL 25–JUNE 1, 2019 –or–EARLY VOTEMAY 20–JUNE 1, 2019
Barbara Baca for MRGCD636 Atrisco Dr. NWAlbuquerque, NM [email protected]: 505/269-6855BarbaraBacaforMRGCD.com
BARBARA BACAGiving Back to Our Community.
“ Water is key to our future. All that we love about the valley—local agriculture, the bosque and trails, and the river—depend on water.
Yet, how we manage our water in our desert environment is especially important today if we are going to “keep our valley green.”
I hope to earn your support.” —Barbara
