SENATE MEMORIAL 41

56th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2023

INTRODUCED BY

Benny Shendo, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

A MEMORIAL

DECLARING FEBRUARY 21, 2023 "SANDOVAL COUNTY ONE HUNDRED TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY DAY" IN THE SENATE.

 

     WHEREAS, Sandoval county was founded on March 10, 1903, nine years before New Mexico's statehood, and was created from the northern part of Bernalillo county; and

     WHEREAS, Sandoval county is the fourth most populous county in New Mexico, with a population of slightly more than one hundred fifty-one thousand residents; and

     WHEREAS, Sandoval county measures three thousand seven hundred square miles and boasts a diverse economic base consisting of high-technology industries, health care, construction and tourism; and

     WHEREAS, Sandoval county includes seven pueblos: Santa Ana, Sandia, San Felipe, Cochiti, Jemez, Kewa and Zia; as well as the Jicarilla Apache Nation and the Navajo Nation; and

     WHEREAS, Sandoval county has the third largest city in the state, Rio Rancho, and the safest community in the state, Corrales, and is home to the original route for route 66 in Bernalillo;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that February 21, 2023 be declared "Sandoval County One Hundred Twentieth Anniversary Day" in the senate; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the Sandoval county manager, the Sandoval county board of county commissioners and the president and chief executive officer of the Rio Rancho regional chamber of commerce.

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