A JOINT RESOLUTION
PROPOSING THAT OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY USED FOR AIRPORT RUNWAYS AT CONCHAS LAKE STATE PARK IN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY AND NAVAJO LAKE STATE PARK IN SAN JUAN COUNTY BE RETURNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
WHEREAS, Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978 requires ratification and approval of any sale, trade or lease of state property for a period exceeding twenty-five years and of over one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in value; and
WHEREAS, in April 1979, the department of transportation deeded land at Conchas Lake state park in San Miguel county to the property control division of the general services department for use as an airport runway; and
WHEREAS, the property in San Miguel county is described as:
"A certain tract of land situated in the Pablo Montoya Grant, San Miguel County, New Mexico, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the Northwest corner of said tract, which is a point on the southerly right-of-way line of State Road 104 at station 1279†59.38, whence the United States Corps of Engineers Boundary Marker No. 2 bears N 36o 27' E, 226.33 feet, thence S 24o 19' E, 600.00 feet to a point, thence S 77o 26' E, 4900.30 feet to the Northeast corner, thence S 12o 34' W, 400.00 feet to the Southeast corner, thence N 77o 26' W, 6433.06 feet to the Southwest corner, a point on the southerly right-of-way line of State Road 104, thence N 65o 41' E along the southerly right-of-way line of State Road 104, 1466.07 feet to the point of beginning, and containing 62.132 acres more or less.
Together with the following described avigation [sic] easement, to-wit:
Beginning at the Northwest corner of said tract which is a point on the easterly boundary of the Department of Aviation, State of New Mexico, fee simple title property, described above, whence the Northeast corner of the Department of Aviation, State of New Mexico, fee simple title property, described above, bears N 12o 34' E, 50.00 feet, thence S 77o 26' E, 900.00 feet to the Northeast corner, thence S 12o 34' W, 300.00 feet to the southeast corner, thence N 77o 26' W, 900.00 to the southwest corner, a point on the East boundary of the Department of Aviation, State of New Mexico, fee simple title property, described above, thence N 12o 34' E, 300.00 feet to the point of beginning and containing 6.198 acres more or less, located within the Pablo Montoya Grant, San Miguel County, New Mexico."; and
WHEREAS, in January 1982, the department of transportation deeded land at Navajo Lake state park in San Juan county to the property control division of the general services department for use as an airport runway; and
WHEREAS, the property in San Juan county is described as:
"The United States of American [sic] executed a patent to the Department of Aviation, State of New Mexico, for airport purposes, dated June 26, 1969, covering a portion of the surface rights of lands more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
"Lots five, six, seven, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, and fourteen of section 14; and lots one, two, three, four, and the south half of the south-west quarter of section 15, in township thirty North of range eight West of the New Mexico Principal meridian, New Mexico, containing a total of 560.08 acres, according to the approved plats of survey thereof on file in the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior."; and
WHEREAS, the properties are operated by the state parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department; and
WHEREAS, the state parks division and the property control division are not able to properly maintain the runways; and
WHEREAS, the department of transportation is able to maintain these runways if the property is under jurisdiction of the department of transportation; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the state to have properly maintained runways at these state parks;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the transfer from the property control division of the general services department to the aviation division of the department of transportation of property containing the runways at the Conchas Lake state park in San Miguel county and the Navajo Lake state park in San Juan county be ratified and approved; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the general services department, the energy, minerals and natural resources department, the department of transportation, the economic development department and the department of game and fish.