HOUSE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 367   
                                
                      STATE OF NEW MEXICO
            43RD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION, 1998

                           REQUESTED BY
                            RICK MIERA            





FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN HOUSE DISTRICT 11 IN ALBUQUERQUE IN
BERNALILLO COUNTY.

     I request that the following capital outlay projects be
funded:

                    to the local government division of the department of
          finance and administration:
          
          A.  one million dollars ($1,000,000) to plan, design,
construct and equip a new building or renovate and equip an
existing building for the Albuquerque police athletic league in
Bernalillo county;
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          B.  two million dollars ($2,000,000) to design and
construct a fresh water exhibit depicting the Rio Grande
headwaters' habitat of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico,
including equipment and site improvements in Albuquerque in
Bernalillo county;

          C.  one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to
design and renovate Mary Fox park in Albuquerque in Bernalillo
county to address safety and Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 requirements;

          D. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to design
and renovate Old Town plaza to address water conservation,
landscaping and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
requirements in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

          E.  five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000) to
plan, design and renovate Tiguex park in Albuquerque in
Bernalillo county to address water conservation, landscaping and
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requirements; and

          F.  one million five hundred thousand dollars
($1,500,000) to design and construct exhibits for the butterfly
pavilion and insectarium at the Albuquerque biopark in Bernalillo
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county; and

                    to the state highway and transportation department:

          A.  five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to design
and construct improvements to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
boulevard in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

          B.  two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to design
and renovate the medians on Lomas from Eighth street to Old Town
in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county; 

          C.  two million five hundred thousand dollars
($2,500,000) to construct streetscape improvements along Central
avenue from Eighth street to Coors boulevard in Albuquerque in
Bernalillo county; and

          D.  one million five hundred thousand dollars
($1,500,000) to improve Central avenue from Girard to Broadway in
Albuquerque in Bernalillo county.