0001|                           HOUSE MEMORIAL 1
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           MIGUEL P. GARCIA
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO COUNTY TO
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0012|     WORK COOPERATIVELY AND ESTABLISH THE NECESSARY JOINT POWERS
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0013|     AGREEMENT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE ATRISCO AND FIVE POINTS
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0014|     AREA.
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0015|     
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0016|          WHEREAS, in the 1960s and 1970s the city of Albuquerque
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0017|     made various annexations into the Atrisco and the Five Points
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0018|     area of the unincorporated area of the south valley in
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0019|     Bernalillo county; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, these annexations did not respond to the true
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0021|     needs of those communities; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, the city of Albuquerque annexed a road that
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0023|     originates at city limits and ends in established commercial
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0024|     zones within the unincorporated area of Atrisco and Five
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0025|     Points; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, valuable tax bases were converted overnight from
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0002|     Bernalillo county to the city of Albuquerque so that the
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0003|     county residents did not receive this revenue; and
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0004|          WHEREAS, New Mexico citizens in the Atrisco and the Five
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0005|     Points areas have had to grapple with faulty 911 responses to
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0006|     fire and police emergencies; and
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0007|          WHEREAS, there is much need in these annexed areas as
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0008|     well as in areas bordering Bernalillo county for improved
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0009|     infrastructure, social programs, recreational programs,

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0010|     cultural programs and educational programs that neither the
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0011|     city of Albuquerque nor Bernalillo county have addressed; 
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0012|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0013|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the city of
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0014|     Albuquerque and Bernalillo county be encouraged to work in
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0015|     tandem to establish a multiservice center in the Atrisco and
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0016|     Five Points area for the community, including youth and senior
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0017|     citizens; and
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0018|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the city of Albuquerque and
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0019|     Bernalillo county be encouraged to establish a joint powers
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0020|     agreement to resolve the needs of the Atrisco and Five Points
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0021|     areas, including storm drain systems, road improvements and a
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0022|     coordinated emergency response system; and
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0023|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the city of Albuquerque and
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0024|     Bernalillo county submit a report to the legislature by
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0025|     November 15, 1998; and
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0001|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0002|     submitted to the city of Albuquerque and Bernalillo county.
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