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A JOINT RESOLUTION

GRANTING APPROVAL TO THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT TO LEASE

LAND LOCATED AT 1050 OLD PECOS TRAIL IN THE CITY OF SANTA FE

TO THE SANTA FE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY

ARTS AND THE SANTA FE PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL AND COMPANY.

WHEREAS, Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978 requires ratification

and approval by the state legislature of any lease of state-

owned property that is more than twenty-five years in duration

and is for a consideration of one hundred thousand dollars

($100,000) or more; and

WHEREAS, the state armory board of the department of

military affairs holds title to armories in its name on behalf

of the state and has authority to lease armory property under

its control in accordance with Section 20-8-3 NMSA 1978; and

WHEREAS, the following described property, consisting of

approximately seven and one-half acres in the city of Santa Fe

known as 1050 Old Pecos trail, is under the jurisdiction of

the state armory board:

That certain tract or parcel of land situate in the

City and County of Santa Fe, State of New Mexico,

more particularly described as follows, to-wit:

Beginning at a point on the West side of College

Street, formerly known as the Pecos Road, which is

the Southeast corner of the tract of land conveyed

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by Levi A. Hughes, Trustee of the Santa Fe Realty

Company to Frank Springer, by deed dated August 3,

1916, and recorded August 4, 1916, in Book Q-4,

Page 370, Miscellaneous Records, in the office of

the County Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico,

which said point is the Northeast corner of the

tract herein described; thence South 23° East along

the West side of College Street 570 feet to the

Southeast corner of this tract; thence North 4° 48'

East 587 feet to the South line of the said

Springer tract and the Northwest corner of this

described tract; thence South 82° 30' East 488 feet

to the place of beginning; and

WHEREAS, for the last twenty years, the described

property has been an important cultural resource in the Santa

Fe community, housing the Bataan memorial military museum, the

Santa Fe children's museum, the armory for the arts theater

and the center for contemporary arts; and

WHEREAS, the state armory board desires to see the

Bataan memorial military museum managed and developed into a

nationally recognized museum honoring the New Mexicans who

have so courageously served in the United States armed forces

and has determined that the cultural affairs department is an

appropriate state entity to assist in professionally

developing exhibitions for, operating and managing the Bataan

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memorial military museum and to further develop and manage the

described property; and

WHEREAS, the cultural affairs department desires to

assist the state armory board in furthering its goals of

developing and managing the Bataan memorial military museum

and developing and managing the described property; and

WHEREAS, on January 13, 2006, the state armory board

entered an agreement to lease the property of approximately

seven and one-half acres in the city of Santa Fe known as 1050

Old Pecos trail to the cultural affairs department for a

period of ninety-nine years at an annual rate of one dollar

($1.00) per year; and

WHEREAS, the cultural affairs department has agreed that

it would be in the best interest of furthering the goals of

developing and managing the described property to lease the

described property located at 1050 Old Pecos trail in the city

of Santa Fe to the Santa Fe children's museum, the center for

contemporary arts and the Santa Fe performing arts school and

company;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the cultural affairs department be

authorized to lease the described property at 1050 Old Pecos

trail in the city of Santa Fe for a period exceeding twenty-

five years to the Santa Fe children's museum, the center for

contemporary arts and the Santa Fe performing arts school and

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company for the purpose of assisting the state armory board in

developing and managing the entire property; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be

transmitted to the office of the adjutant general of the

department of military affairs and to the secretary of

cultural affairs.