SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 14

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2018

INTRODUCED BY

Stuart Ingle and Cliff R. Pirtle

 

 

 

 

 

A JOINT RESOLUTION

RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE SALE BY THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF 31 GAIL HARRIS STREET, LOCATED ON THE FORMER WALKER AIR FORCE BASE, ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO.

 

     WHEREAS, Section 13-6-2 NMSA 1978 provides that a state agency may sell or otherwise dispose of real property by competitive sealed bid, public auction or negotiated sale to a private person or to other entities; and

     WHEREAS, Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978 provides in pertinent part that any sale, trade or lease of real property belonging to a state agency for consideration of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more shall be subject to the ratification and approval by the state legislature prior to the sale, trade or lease becoming effective; and

     WHEREAS, the real property and improvements at 31 Gail Harris street, more particularly described below, on the former Walker air force base in Roswell, New Mexico (the "property"), were transferred to the state by the federal government and, pursuant to a deed without warranty issued on May 2, 1980, the property vests in fee simple in the state, without

consideration, if the property is continuously used for health and welfare purposes for a period of thirty years, which condition has been met; and

     WHEREAS, the general services department holds the title to the property, but no longer has a use for it and proposes to sell it by competitive sealed bid, public auction or negotiation, which negotiation may begin with a request for proposals to purchase the property; and

     WHEREAS, the property is described as follows:

BEING a tract of land lying and being situated in Section 33, Township 11 South, Range 24 East,

N.M.P.M., and being more particularly described as follows:

     BEGINNING at a point from which the NW corner

of Section 33 bears N 15° 23' 21" W a distance of 927.23 feet;

THENCE S 89° 42' 22" E a distance of 1076.15 feet;

THENCE S 0° 13' 38" W a distance of 524.94 feet;

THENCE S 89° 52' 22" E a distance of 61.22 feet;

THENCE S 0° 16' 38" W a distance of 142.74 feet;

THENCE N 89° 34' 22" W a distance of 1138.10 feet;

THENCE N 0° 04' 51" E a distance of 664.85 feet to the point of beginning containing 16.06 acres, more or less, together with the Buildings described in Schedule "A" attached to the aforesaid Correction Deed; and

     WHEREAS, consideration for sale of the property shall be one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the sale of the property as described above be hereby ratified and approved by the legislature; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the general services department.

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