SENATE RULES COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 12
48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008
A JOINT RESOLUTION
GRANTING PRIOR APPROVAL TO THE PROPERTY CONTROL DIVISION OF THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES OF LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS IN TAOS COUNTY FROM THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO THE TOWN OF TAOS.
WHEREAS, Section 13-6-2 NMSA 1978 authorizes state agencies to donate real property to other state agencies, local public bodies, school districts or state educational institutions; and
WHEREAS, a private nonprofit corporation currently provides alcoholism counseling and detoxification services in a state-owned facility that occupies approximately two acres of land held by the property control division of the general services department in Taos county; and
WHEREAS, the approximately two acres on which the rehabilitation facility is located is part of a parcel of land situated within private claims within the Cristoval de la Serna grant in Taos county, being more particularly bounded and described as follows, to wit:
A certain tract of land in Taos, Taos County, New Mexico; within the Cristoval de la Serna Grant; located within projected Section 29, Township 25 North, Range 13 East, NMPM; described as part of Tract 1, Map 5, Survey 1, of the 1941 Taos County Reassessment Survey; also described as part of Parcel 24 of the Cowan and Associates listing of the Weimer properties; and more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at the NE corner of this tract, a 1/2 in. rebar set with an aluminum cap stamped '1808', from whence triangulation station "Bosque", a 1973 State Engineer Office brass cap monument found, bears; N 36° 00' 09" E, 3620.4 ft. distant, thence; S 01° 25' 37" E, 321.75 ft. to the SE corner, a 1/2 in. rebar set with an aluminum cap stamped '1807', set on the northerly right-of-way of Weimer Road, thence along said right-of-way; N 79° 07' 04" W, 380.00 ft. to the SW corner, a 1/2 in. rebar set with an aluminum cap stamped '1249', thence leaving said right-of-way; N 31° 08' 29" E, 298.89 ft. to the NW corner, a 1/2 in. rebar set with an aluminum cap stamped '1247', thence; S 88° 23' 36" E, 210.67 ft. to the POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING. This tract contains 2.000 acres, more or less; all as shown on a survey plat entitled "Weimer to State of NM Property Control Division", RGSS survey no. L4093, by James D. Crowl, NMLS no. 5213, dated 11/24/1993, and amended 12/16/1993."; and
WHEREAS, in order to maintain the facility in a clean, safe and habitable condition required to support its program, the private nonprofit corporation seeks local control and maintenance responsibility for the facility; and
WHEREAS, the town of Taos has offered to assume ownership of the facility and the approximately two acres of land used by the facility and to maintain the facility in a clean, safe and habitable condition; and
WHEREAS, the town of Taos has agreed to accept the rehabilitative services provided by the program as consideration in lieu of rent; and
WHEREAS, the property control division of the general services department has agreed to transfer ownership of the facility and the approximately two acres of land used by the facility to the town of Taos, contingent on the town of Taos bearing the expenses incurred to transfer title of the approximately two acres of land occupied by the program;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the property control division of the general services department may transfer by quitclaim deed to the town of Taos a parcel of approximately two acres on which the rehabilitation facility is located; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the transfer of the approximately two-acre parcel be contingent on the town of Taos bearing the expenses incurred to transfer title to the town of Taos; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that prior to the transfer the capitol buildings planning commission shall review the transfer of the approximately two-acre parcel; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to the property control division of the general services department, to the town council of the town of Taos, to the capitol buildings planning commission and to the board of directors of the private nonprofit corporation that operates the rehabilitation program in the facility proposed for transfer to the town of Taos.
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