SENATE MEMORIAL 101
53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017
INTRODUCED BY
Clemente Sanchez and George K. Munoz
A MEMORIAL
RECOGNIZING CIBOLA COUNTY AND DECLARING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2017, "CIBOLA COUNTY DAY" IN THE SENATE.
WHEREAS, Cibola county is New Mexico's newest county, having been created on June 19, 1981; and
WHEREAS, Cibola county consists of the westernmost four-fifths of the former Valencia county; and
WHEREAS, Grants, with a population of more than nine thousand people, is the county seat of Cibola county; and
WHEREAS, Cibola county is over four thousand five hundred square miles in area and consists of one city, one town and twenty-three localities; and
WHEREAS, Cibola county is home to the Pueblo of Acoma, the Pueblo of Laguna and the Ramah chapter of the Navajo Nation; and
WHEREAS, Cibola county features Bluewater Lake state park and the nationally protected areas of the Cibola national forest, El Malpais national monument and conservation area and El Morro national monument; and
WHEREAS, Cibola county contains a larger stretch of historic route 66 than any other county in New Mexico; and
WHEREAS, Cibola county is home to six places on the national register of historic places; and
WHEREAS, the Cibola communities economic development foundation, incorporated, which, in 1994, grew out of the greater Grants industrial development foundation, incorporated, founded in 1982, promotes the economic and industrial base of Cibola county and its communities; and
WHEREAS, Antonio Esparza served as the first president of the Cibola communities economic development foundation, incorporated; and
WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Cibola communities economic development foundation, incorporated, consists of fifteen members who, together, represent Cibola county, the city of Grants, the village of Milan, Cibola foundation, incorporated, the Grants/Cibola county chamber of commerce, the Grants-Cibola county school district, New Mexico state university-Grants and private industry;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that Cibola county be recognized for its natural beauty and historic and cultural importance; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Cibola communities economic development foundation, incorporated, be recognized for its efforts to foster in Cibola county a thriving economic and industrial environment; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Wednesday, March 1, 2017, be declared "Cibola County Day" in the senate; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the Cibola communities economic development foundation, incorporated, the city of Grants, the village of Milan, Cibola county, Cibola foundation, incorporated, the Pueblo of Acoma, the Pueblo of Laguna and the Ramah chapter of the Navajo Nation.
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