0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 77
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          RAYMOND G. SANCHEZ
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE STATE PARK AND RECREATION DIVISION OF THE
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0012|     ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE
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0013|     ITS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE CORONADO STATE PARK.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, Coronado state park is managed solely by the
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0016|     state park and recreation division of the energy, minerals and
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0017|     natural resources department and Coronado state monument is
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0018|     managed by the museum division of the office of cultural
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0019|     affairs; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, the state park and recreation division has
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0021|     proposed that the management of both facilities be the sole
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0022|     responsibility of the museum division; and
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0023|          WHEREAS, the director of the state park and recreation
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0024|     division summarily informed the director of the museum
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0025|     division in April 1997 that the facility would be transferred
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0001|     to the museum division in November of that year with certain
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0002|     park facilities closed or removed from the property; and
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0003|          WHEREAS, the director of the museum division has stated
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0004|     that his division is not able to support the decision to close
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0005|     the park or to transfer management of the facility because the
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0006|     division lacks the personnel, equipment and operating budget;
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0007|     and
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0008|          WHEREAS, a draft joint powers agreement was submitted to
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0009|     the museum division in October 1997; and
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0010|          WHEREAS, the park is a popular facility and provides
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0011|     economic benefit to Sandoval county and the town of Bernalillo
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0012|     and many park visitors and community leaders oppose the
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0013|     closure or transfer of the park; and
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0014|          WHEREAS, the attorney general's office has objected to
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0015|     the park's closure or transfer based on terms of a lease still
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0016|     in effect until the year 2042, the management authority
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0017|     pursuant to the enabling statutes of the respective agencies,
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0018|     the lack of legislative authorization for transference of
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0019|     appropriations and the lack of legislative authority for
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0020|     transference of property pursuant to Chapter 13, Article 6
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0021|     NMSA 1978 or personnel pursuant to Section 10-7-1 NMSA 1978;
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0022|     and
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0023|          WHEREAS, the state park and recreation division had
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0024|     asserted that the park no longer meets the division's criteria
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0025|     for a state park, and yet the state park and recreation
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0001|     division has not explained its criteria to the public; and
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0002|          WHEREAS, the state park and recreation division should
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0003|     conduct public hearings on any proposed closure or transfer of
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0004|     a state park in the future; and
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0005|          WHEREAS, private businesses and, therefore, the local
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0006|     economy may be hurt by the closure or improper and inadequate
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0007|     transfer of resources and operations of a state park as
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0008|     important and popular as Coronado state park; and
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0009|          WHEREAS, transfer or closure of the park may jeopardize
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0010|     the safety and security of the community and visitors to the
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0011|     area; and
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0012|          WHEREAS, this situation clearly supports the need for the
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0013|     legislature to re-establish a state park commission;
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0014|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0015|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that Coronado state park continue to be
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0016|     managed and operated by the state park and recreation division
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0017|     of the energy, minerals and natural resources department
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0018|     pursuant to statutory authority and legislative
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0019|     appropriations; and
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0020|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any further discussions or
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0021|     plans for changing the operating conditions of the park be
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0022|     conducted and prepared forthrightly, properly and pursuant to
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0023|     law; and
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0024|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0025|     transmitted to the governor, the secretary of energy, minerals
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0001|     and natural resources, the state cultural affairs officer and
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0002|     the attorney general.
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