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A JOINT RESOLUTION
GRANTING PRIOR APPROVAL TO SELL LAND IN LAS CRUCES OWNED BY
THE PROPERTY CONTROL DIVISION OF THE GENERAL SERVICES
DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION
ADMINISTRATION OR TO EXCHANGE THE LAND FOR LAND OWNED BY THE
CITY OF LAS CRUCES IN DONA ANA COUNTY.
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 for over one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in value; and
WHEREAS, Laws 2002, Chapter 110, Section 49 appropriated
two million eight hundred thousand dollars ($2,800,000) from
the workers' compensation administration fund to the capital
program fund "to acquire land, design, plan, construct or
remodel, equip and furnish office buildings in Las Cruces in
Dona Ana county and in Farmington in San Juan county"; and
WHEREAS, a parcel of land in downtown Las Cruces of
approximately one and seventy-six hundredths acres, located
on the corner of Lohman avenue and Alameda boulevard, was
purchased on December 30, 2002; and
WHEREAS, Paragraph (1) of Subsection B of Section 44 of
Chapter 126 of Laws 2004 appropriated two hundred thousand
dollars ($200,000) to the capital program fund "to plan and
design a new state office building in Las Cruces to reduce
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the cost of leasing and to co-locate state agencies in a
state-owned facility"; and
WHEREAS, co-location of offices facilitates public
access to state services and reduces capital expenditure
requirements by sharing infrastructure costs; and
WHEREAS, in connection with its downtown revitalization
efforts, the city of Las Cruces has expressed an interest in
acquiring the state-owned property held by the general
services department on behalf of the workers' compensation
administration; and
WHEREAS, the workers' compensation administration in Las
Cruces may be co-located with other state agencies in a state
office building, and funds appropriated to house the workers'
compensation administration in Las Cruces may contribute to
the state office building;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the property control division of the
general services department may sell to or exchange
state-owned land with the city of Las Cruces in Dona Ana
county, and the sale or exchange is ratified and approved
pursuant to the provisions of Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state-owned property
shall not be sold or exchanged for less than the value of the
property established by the taxation and revenue department
using generally acceptable appraisal techniques for this type
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of property and that the state shall not acquire land from
the city of Las Cruces for more than the value of the
property established by the taxation and revenue department
using generally acceptable appraisal techniques for this type
of property; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the properties shall be
appraised by one appraiser that is mutually agreed to by the
property control division of the general services department,
the city of Las Cruces and the property tax division of the
taxation and revenue department; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the appraisal of land shall
be reviewed and validated by the property tax division of the
taxation and revenue department; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the owner of the parcel with
the lower appraised value shall pay to the owner of the
parcel with the higher appraised value the difference between
the value of the parcels to be exchanged; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
transmitted to the property control division of the general
services department, the workers' compensation
administration, the city of Las Cruces and the property tax
division of the taxation and revenue department.