0001|                           HOUSE MEMORIAL 2
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           MIGUEL P. GARCIA
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0009|     
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE ALBUQUERQUE METROPOLITAN ARROYO FLOOD CONTROL
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0012|     AUTHORITY TO CREATE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDE DRAINAGE
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0013|     BENEFITS TO VALLEY RESIDENTS, AND TO FUND THE APPROPRIATE
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0014|     AGENCY FOR FLOOD CONTROL AND DRAINAGE WORK IN PROPORTION TO
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0015|     REVENUE COLLECTED FROM VALLEY RESIDENTS.
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0016|     
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0017|          WHEREAS, the New Mexico legislature established the
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0018|     Albuquerque metropolitan arroyo flood control authority to deal
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0019|     with flood control issues in the greater Albuquerque
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0020|     metropolitan area; and
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0021|          WHEREAS, the authority has focused its capital
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0022|     construction program on controlling arroyo flooding, which
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0023|     affected valley residents; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, multimillion-dollar projects have been developed
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0025|     in this area to control flooding from arroyos but not within
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0001|     the north and south valleys; and
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0002|          WHEREAS, the authority has done drainage master planning
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0003|     for the south valley, but has not yet implemented a
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0004|     construction program; and
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0005|          WHEREAS, flooding and ponding of rainwater within the
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0006|     valley constitutes disaster status in many parts of the valley;
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0007|     and
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0008|          WHEREAS, residents in the valley area pay an annual
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0009|     property tax assessment to many local governments for flood
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0010|     control and drainage; and
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0011|          WHEREAS, valley residents deserve to have local drainage
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0012|     problems addressed as soon as possible; 
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0013|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0014|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the Albuquerque
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0015|     metropolitan arroyo flood control authority, the city of
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0016|     Albuquerque, the middle Rio Grande conservancy district and
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0017|     Bernalillo county develop joint powers agreements for the
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0018|     planning, design, construction and maintenance of flood control
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0019|     and drainage projects in the north and south valleys, with the
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0020|     objective that the authority will commit funding for the
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0021|     benefit of the valley area in proportion to the revenue it
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0022|     collects from the valley; and
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0023|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the authority report on the
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0024|     status of the recommended joint powers efforts to the second
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0025|     session of the forty-third legislature; and
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0001|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0002|     transmitted to the Albuquerque metropolitan arroyo flood
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0003|     control authority, the city of Albuquerque, the middle Rio
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0004|     Grande conservancy district and Bernalillo county.
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0005|                                - 3 -                       State of New Mexico
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0006|                      House of Representatives
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0007|   
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0008|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0009|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0010|   
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0011|   
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0012|                                               February 11, 1997
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0013|   
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0014|   
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0015|   Mr. Speaker:
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0016|   
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0017|        Your GOVERNMENT AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to
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0018|   whom has been referred
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0019|   
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0020|                       HOUSE MEMORIAL 2
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0021|                               
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0022|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0023|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0024|   
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0025|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0006| <u>                                </u>                             Lynda M. Lovejoy, Chairwoman
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0011|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0015|   The roll call vote was<u> 7 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0016|   Yes:      7
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0017|             Excused:  Hobbs
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0018|             Absent:   None
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