SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 4

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2012

INTRODUCED BY

Timothy M. Keller

A JOINT MEMORIAL

REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LEGISLATURE, TO ESTABLISH THE NEW MEXICO CENTENNIAL PLAN TASK FORCE TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND TO CONDUCT AN ONGOING REVIEW OF THE PLANNING PROCESS IN NEW MEXICO.

     WHEREAS, the legislature finds that the state is faced with increasing demands and limited resources and that this situation requires the conservation and wise management of resources to preserve resources for future generations; and

     WHEREAS, the legislature further finds that wise use and management of state resources require the cooperative effort of both the public and the private sector; and

     WHEREAS, the legislature also finds that the state currently lacks a comprehensive strategic planning process and that new laws and policies are sometimes developed without a full assessment of existing policy, in some cases resulting in duplicative or even contradictory policies; and

      WHEREAS, given the need for strategic planning and resource management, the legislature finds that a process should be established to meet this need in a manner that reflects the geographic and cultural diversity of the state; and

     WHEREAS, the legislature finds that a task force could oversee the design and implementation of a statewide strategic planning process and review statewide planning and planning processes on an ongoing basis; and

      WHEREAS, the mission of the task force would be to create a strategic planning process that may be used by state and local governments when those governmental entities plan, not to generate plans or engage in planning for the state or any local government or to conflict with existing regional or local planning initiatives;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the governor, in collaboration with the legislature, be requested to establish the New Mexico centennial plan task force, consisting of thirteen members, six of whom shall be appointed by the governor; three of whom shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate; three of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and one of whom shall be the chair of the New Mexico finance authority, who shall be an ex-officio member, voting only when the appointed members are equally divided in a vote; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, to the extent possible, task force members be appointed to reflect the geographic and cultural diversity of the state; that, of the members initially appointed to the task force, two of the members appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate and two of the members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives serve terms of two years and the remaining legislative appointees serve terms of four years and the members appointed by the governor serve terms of three years; and that all subsequent appointees serve terms of four years; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force establish a strategic planning process that includes public and private sector partners and be modeled after strategic planning processes in common use in the public and private sectors; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the planning process be designed to generate plans to improve governmental accountability, efficiency and organizational structure and to create a strategic road map for all major governmental functions, including capital outlay, and functions related to work force development, children and families, education, energy, environment, water, economic development, health, housing, culture and infrastructure; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force coordinate and collaborate with, and use the resources of, the various state agencies, the office of the governor, the authorities and the local governments that perform planning functions in New Mexico; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, once a strategic planning process is established, the task force continue to review state and local planning, review the implementation and effectiveness of its planning process on an ongoing basis and revise the planning process based on this review; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, prior to November 1 of each year, the task force prepare and submit a report to the governor, the legislative finance committee and the legislative interim New Mexico finance authority oversight committee on the status of the strategic planning process and on the efforts and accomplishments of the task force, which report shall be made available to the public on the legislature's and the governor's web sites; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the governor, the co-chairs of the New Mexico legislative council, the legislative finance committee and the legislative interim New Mexico finance authority oversight committee.

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