SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 2
54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019
INTRODUCED BY
Richard C. Martinez and Miguel P. Garcia and Susan K. Herrera
FOR THE LAND GRANT COMMITTEE
A JOINT RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE STATE GAME COMMISSION TO TRANSFER TWENTY-TWO AND FOUR HUNDRED FIVE THOUSANDTHS ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, COMPRISING THE LAGUNA DEL CAMPO LAND TRACT IN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH TO THE TIERRA AMARILLA LAND GRANT-MERCED.
WHEREAS, Section 13-6-2 NMSA 1978 authorizes state agencies to donate real property to other state agencies, local public bodies, school districts or state educational institutions; and
WHEREAS, Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978 provides in pertinent part that any sale, trade or lease of state real property for consideration of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more shall be subject to the ratification and approval by the state legislature prior to the sale, trade or lease becoming effective; and
WHEREAS, in 1.5.23.7 NMAC, the state board of finance defines "sale, trade or lease" as any disposition of real property, including donation by one governmental entity to another governmental entity; and
WHEREAS, approximately twenty-two and four hundred five thousandths acres of land, more or less, within Rio Arriba county that is currently held by the state game commission comprises a tract of land known as Laguna del Campo, formerly known as Burns lake; and
WHEREAS, the department of game and fish issued "Professional Services Contract #18-516-0000-0036" to have the Laguna del Campo land tract appraised, and an appraisal report was issued on July 6, 2018 that valued the Laguna del Campo land tract at two hundred twenty-four thousand dollars ($224,000);
WHEREAS, the Laguna del Campo land tract does not substantially meet the purposes of the state game commission and the department of game and fish as such purposes are set forth in Chapter 17 NMSA 1978; and
WHEREAS, the Laguna del Campo land tract was originally part of the common lands of the Tierra Amarilla land grant-merced, a political subdivision of the state, to which the land should be returned; and
WHEREAS, upon transfer, this land should be administered as part of the common lands of the Tierra Amarilla land grant-merced, with title reverting to the state if it ceases to be part of the common lands of the land grant-merced;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state game commission be authorized to transfer to the Tierra Amarilla land grant-merced ownership of the Laguna del Campo land tract, situated within the Tierra Amarilla land grant-merced within Rio Arriba county, being more particularly bounded and described as follows, to wit:
"Tract "B"
A certain tract of land near Los Ojos, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; within the Tierra Amarilla Grant; located within projected Section 23, Township 29 North, Range 3 East, NMPM; described as part of Lot 2 of the Subdivision "G-1" of the Park View Tract of Catron Exclusions and more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at the NE corner of this tract, a #5221 1/2 in. rebar found, from which triangulation station on "Loop," a 1973 State Engineer’s Office brass cap monument found bears N 53º58'27" E, 5101.04 ft. distant, thence;
S 54º59'55" E, 3.52 ft. to a point in a ditch, thence;
S 15º20'10" W, 722.27 ft. to a #7433 5/8 in. rebar found, thence;
S 38º10'05" E, 70.17 ft. to a #12441 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 38º05'28" E, 190.90 ft. to the SE corner, a #7241/13976 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 55º14'11" W, 299.70 ft. to a #7433 5/8 in. rebar found, thence;
N 35º05'47" W, 95.09 ft. to a #7433 5/8 in. rebar found, thence;
S 60º28'57" W, 197.43 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 60º35'10" W, 220.60 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 60º38'37" W, 161.13 ft. to a #7433 5/8 in. rebar found, thence;
S 68º06'36" W, 91.57 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 68º02'13" W, 228.97 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 67º54'13" W, 185.01 ft. to a #7433 5/8 in. rebar found, thence;
N 23º32'16" W, 56.24 ft. to a #11014 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
N 22º45'46" W, 491.08 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found with #7241 tag, thence;
S 68°08'44" W, 69.87 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
N 48°27'53" W, 56.10 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 77°01'48 W, 80.73 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
An arc distance of 63.90 along a 210.12 ft. radius curve to the right through a 17°25'28" central angle, the chord of which bears S 86°36'04" W, 63.65 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
N 85°25'09" W, 138.30 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
An arc distance of 54.82 along a 142.64 ft. radius curve to the left through a 22°01'16" central angle, the chord of which bears
S 82°24'54" W, 54.49 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 72°48'42" W, 151.75 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
An arc distance of 62.24 along a 176.10 ft. radius curve to the right through a 20°15'06" central angle, the chord of which bears S 83°44'03" W, 61.92 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
N 86°35'14" W, 93.45 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
N 87°07'17" W, 83.89 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
An arc distance of 61.39 along a 543.69 ft. radius curve to the right through a 6°28'11" central angle, the chord of which bears N 83°08'07" W, 61.36 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
N 80°08'00" W, 320.67 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
An arc distance of 59.30 along a 208.96 ft. radius curve to the right through a 16°15'32" central angle, the chord of which bears
N 72°04'06" W, 59.10 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
N 63°06'39" W, 136.04 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
An arc distance of 64.01 along a 63.75 ft. radius curve to the right through a 57°31'30" central angle, the chord of which bears
N 31°58'57" W, 61.35 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
N 02°36'36" W, 342.69 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
An arc distance of 65.65 along a 88.76 ft. radius curve to the right through a 42°22'32" central angle, the chord of which bears
N 18°35'51" E, 64.16 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
N 39°35'03" E, 46.25 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
An arc distance of 36.27 along a 44.87 ft. radius curve to the left through a 46°18'34" central angle, the chord of which bears
N 17°09'41" E, 35.29 ft. to the NW corner, an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found on the south side of County Road 340, thence along said road;
S 82°17'27" E, 24.39 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence leaving said road;
An arc distance of 49.46 along a 68.84 ft. radius curve to the right through a 41°10'12" central angle, the chord of which bears
S 19°00'05" W, 48.41 ft. to a #12178 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 39°39'07" W, 44.27 ft. to a #12178 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
An arc distance of 50.22 along a 64.75 ft. radius curve to the left through a 44°26'11" central angle, the chord of which bears
S 19°23'36" W, 48.97 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 02°31'03" E, 339.67 ft. to a #12178 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
An arc distance of 43.87 along a 39.74 ft. radius curve to the left through a 63°15'21" central angle, the chord of which bears
S 31°59'33" E, 41.68 ft. to a #12178 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 63°05'30" E, 133.12 ft. to a #12178 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
An arc distance of 53.13 along a 184.96 ft. radius curve to the left through a 16°27'25" central angle, the chord of which bears
S 71°42'19" E, 52.94 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 80°08'10" E, 110.33 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 80°10'21" E, 197.27 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 80°37'32" E, 12.76 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
An arc distance of 58.56 along a 519.69 ft. radius curve to the left through a 6°27'21" central angle, the chord of which bears
S 83°12'27" E, 58.52 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 86°43'16" E, 81.72 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 86°59'24" E, 95.11 ft. to an un-capped 3/4 in. rebar found, thence;
An arc distance of 55.18 along a 152.10 ft. radius curve to the left through a 20°47'13" central angle, the chord of which bears
N 83°03'48" E, 54.88 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
N 72°43'54" E, 150.48 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
An arc distance of 64.11 along a 166.64 ft. radius curve to the right through a 22°02'37" central angle, the chord of which bears N 83°27'11" E, 63.72 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 85°27'16" E, 52.28 ft. to an un-capped disturbed 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 85°14'33" E, 86.03 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
An arc distance of 57.01 along a 186.07 ft. radius curve to the left through a 17°33'21" central angle, the chord of which bears
N 86°25'42" E, 56.79 ft. to a #12178 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
N 77°06'44" E, 63.34 ft. to a #7241 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
N 48°24'23" W, 81.79 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
N 34°02'10" E, 70.00 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 55°54'18" E, 147.36 ft. to an un-capped 1/2 in. rebar found, thence;
S 32°16'53" E, 26.68 ft. to a 3/4 iron pipe found with #7241 tag, thence;
N 68º05'34" E, 846.05 ft. to a 3/8 in. square iron rod found, thence;
N 27º40'12" E, 418.45 ft. to a 3/4 in. iron pipe found, thence;
N 66º09'12" E, 599.88 ft. to the POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING.
This tract contains 22.405 acres, more or less, all as shown on a survey plat entitled "New Mexico State Game Commission," RGSS survey no. L5254-1, by Scott B. Crowl, NMLS no. 12441, dated Feb. 2018."; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the above-described tract is to become and remain part of the common lands of the Tierra Amarilla land grant-merced, and in the event the described tract ceases to be part of the common lands of the land grant-merced, ownership of the tract shall revert to the state game commission; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to the state game commission, the department of game and fish and the board of trustees of the Tierra Amarilla land grant-merced.
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