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A MEMORIAL

REQUESTING THE SUNLAND PARK RACETRACK AND CASINO, THE VERDE

GROUP, THE CITY OF SUNLAND PARK, THE OWNERS OF CAMINO REAL

LANDFILL AND THE GADSDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT TO WORK

COOPERATIVELY TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF THE CAMINO REAL

LANDFILL.

WHEREAS, by executive order, the governor has called for

environmental justice; and

WHEREAS, a four-hundred-eighty-acre landfill, the Camino

Real landfill, is located in close proximity to the city of

Sunland Park, one thousand feet from an elementary school and

near residential neighborhoods; and

WHEREAS, Sunland Park is starting to make economic

gains; and

WHEREAS, only one percent of the solid waste in the

landfill comes from Sunland Park;

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

STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the Sunland Park racetrack and

casino, the Verde group, the city of Sunland Park, the owners

of Camino Real landfill and the Gadsden school district

cooperatively formulate a relocation plan for the Camino Real

landfill; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the Sunland Park racetrack and casino, the

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Verde group, the city of Sunland Park, the owners of Camino

Real landfill and the Gadsden school district.