SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 16

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2010

INTRODUCED BY

Carlos R. Cisneros

A JOINT RESOLUTION

GRANTING PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE TRANSFER OF A COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 812 GUSDORF, TAOS, NEW MEXICO, TO THE TOWN OF TAOS.

     WHEREAS, Section 13-6-2 NMSA 1978 authorizes a state agency to dispose of real property by negotiated sale or donation to a local public body; and

     WHEREAS, the property control division of the general services department owns certain real property in Taos county, New Mexico, described as:

A lot situated within "Taos Mini-Industrial Park", within the Fernando de Taos Grant, and shown as Part of Tract 36, on Map 20, Survey 2 on the Taos County Reassessment Survey of 1941; and

     Being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the one and half mile stone monument on the northerly boundary of the Cristoval de la Serna Grant;

Thence S. 50̊44'00" E., 113.00' to the southeast corner;

Thence N. 41̊16'00" E., 38.10' to a point;

Thence N. 41̊25'00" E., 104.10' to a point;

Thence N. 45̊42'00" E., 104.70' to a point;

Thence N. 49̊57'00" E., 202.20' to the northeast corner;

Thence N. 53̊24'00" W., 234.07' to the northwest corner;

Thence S. 39̊16'00" W., 433.95' to the southwest corner;

Thence S. 50̊44'00" E., 66.35' to the point and place of beginning;

Said lot "E" containing 2.000 acres more or less; and

     WHEREAS, the property control division of the general services department and the town of Taos have determined that the town of Taos would be the better and more proper owner of this community asset; and

     WHEREAS, the property control division of the general services department expends more resources on insuring, securing and maintaining the vacant building and property than the real property and its fixtures are worth; and

     WHEREAS, this property has been vacant and boarded up for years with no plan to renovate it for any beneficial use; and

     WHEREAS, the town of Taos is in desperate need of a new facility for its police department and currently has plans to renovate this building, which will revitalize this blighted property and increase public safety in the immediate area affected by gang activity, as well as the community at large;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the property control division of the general services department be authorized to dispose of the real property described in this resolution to the town of Taos by negotiated sale or donation; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to the secretary of general services and to the mayor and town manager of the town of Taos.

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