0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 70
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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|                           JAMES G. TAYLOR
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING CONTINUED COOPERATION BETWEEN THE ALBUQUERQUE
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0012|     METROPOLITAN ARROYO FLOOD CONTROL AUTHORITY, THE MIDDLE RIO
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0013|     GRANDE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT AND OTHER ENTITIES IN PROVIDING
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0014|     EFFICIENT AND COST-EFFECTIVE FLOOD PROTECTION TO THE RESIDENTS
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0015|     OF THE GREATER ALBUQUERQUE AREA.
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0016|     
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0017|          WHEREAS, the New Mexico legislature recognizes that the
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0018|     Albuquerque metropolitan arroyo flood control authority, the
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0019|     middle Rio Grande conservancy district and other entities have
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0020|     a responsibility to provide flood protection to the residents
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0021|     of Albuquerque; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, the Albuquerque metropolitan arroyo flood
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0023|     control authority and other entities have constructed, own and
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0024|     operate flood control facilities throughout the greater
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0025|     Albuquerque area, including the Rio Grande valley; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, the middle Rio Grande conservancy district has
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0002|     constructed, owns and operates irrigation, drainage and flood
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0003|     control facilities in the Rio Grande valley; and
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0004|          WHEREAS, the facilities owned and operated by these
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0005|     entities were purchased and are maintained with public funds;
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0006|     and
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0007|          WHEREAS, these entities have a history of cooperation in
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0008|     providing flood control for the collective benefit of each
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0009|     entity and the general public;
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0010|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0011|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the Albuquerque metropolitan arroyo
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0012|     flood control authority, the middle Rio Grande conservancy
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0013|     district, and other entities in the area be urged to continue
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0014|     their cooperation and to strive for the joint use of publicly
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0015|     financed facilities for the common goal of controlling flood
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0016|     and storm waters, without undue financial burden upon other
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0017|     public agencies; and
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0018|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0019|     transmitted to the Albuquerque metropolitan arroyo flood
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0020|     control authority and to the middle Rio Grande conservancy
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0021|     district.
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