44th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2000

PROPOSING SALE OF THE FORT STANTON FACILITY IN LINCOLN COUNTY.

WHEREAS, Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978 requires ratification and approval of any sale, trade or lease of state property over one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in value; and

WHEREAS, the property control division of the general services department is desirous of selling Fort Stanton, which sale may or may not include Camp Sierra Blanca, more particularly described as:

A tract of land containing one thousand three hundred twenty-four and eight-seven-thousandths acres or more or less and improvements thereon as shown on a plat of a boundary survey recorded in CAB F, SL 205 of the records of Lincoln county, which acreage includes Camp Sierra Blanca; and

WHEREAS, the property control division may decide to eliminate Camp Sierra Blanca from the sale, and that property is described as:

A tract of land containing fifty-seven and eight-hundred-six-thousandths acres more or less and improvements thereon as shown on a plat of a boundary survey recorded in CAB F, SL 205 of the records of Lincoln county; and

WHEREAS, Fort Stanton, one of the eleven most endangered properties in New Mexico, is recognized in the state register of cultural properties and the national register of historic places and is comprised of forest and grazing lands, agricultural fields, historic building complexes, archaeological sites, two cemeteries and a distinctive cultural landscape; and

WHEREAS, the legislature finds that there is no suitable long-term state use for the Fort Stanton property and, therefore, the significant historical value of Fort Stanton should be available for the best and highest possible use; and

WHEREAS, the property shall not be sold for less than the value of the property established by the taxation and revenue department using generally acceptable appraisal techniques for this type of property;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the proposed sale be hereby ratified and approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if the Fort Stanton site is sold to a private, non-governmental entity, the state shall place protective preservation covenants on the landscape and all of the character-defining features of the fort as well as the necessary water rights for the long-term preservation of the site for the people of New Mexico; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the property control division of the general services department.