0001| SENATE MEMORIAL 6 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| RICHARD M. ROMERO | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| A MEMORIAL | 0011| REQUESTING THE ALBUQUERQUE METROPOLITAN ARROYO FLOOD CONTROL | 0012| AUTHORITY TO CREATE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDE DRAINAGE | 0013| BENEFITS TO VALLEY RESIDENTS, AND TO FUND THE APPROPRIATE | 0014| AGENCY FOR FLOOD CONTROL AND DRAINAGE WORK IN PROPORTION TO | 0015| REVENUE COLLECTED FROM VALLEY RESIDENTS. | 0016| | 0017| WHEREAS, the New Mexico legislature established the | 0018| Albuquerque metropolitan arroyo flood control authority to deal | 0019| with flood control issues in the greater Albuquerque | 0020| metropolitan area; and | 0021| WHEREAS, the authority has focused its capital | 0022| construction program on controlling arroyo flooding, which | 0023| affected valley residents; and | 0024| WHEREAS, multimillion-dollar projects have been developed | 0025| in this area to control flooding from arroyos but not within | 0001| the north and south valleys; and | 0002| WHEREAS, the authority has done drainage master planning | 0003| for the south valley, but has not yet implemented a | 0004| construction program; and | 0005| WHEREAS, flooding and ponding of rainwater within the | 0006| valley constitutes disaster status in many parts of the valley; | 0007| and | 0008| WHEREAS, residents in the valley area pay an annual | 0009| property tax assessment to many local governments for flood | 0010| control and drainage; and | 0011| WHEREAS, valley residents deserve to have local drainage | 0012| problems addressed as soon as possible; | 0013| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE | 0014| OF NEW MEXICO that the Albuquerque metropolitan arroyo flood | 0015| control authority, the city of Albuquerque, the middle Rio | 0016| Grande conservancy district and Bernalillo county develop joint | 0017| powers agreements for the planning, design, construction and | 0018| maintenance of flood control and drainage projects in the north | 0019| and south valleys, with the objective that the authority will | 0020| commit funding for the benefit of the valley area in proportion | 0021| to the revenue it collects from the valley; and | 0022| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the authority report on the | 0023| status of the recommended joint powers efforts to the second | 0024| session of the forty-third legislature; and | 0025| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be | 0001| transmitted to the Albuquerque metropolitan arroyo flood | 0002| control authority, the city of Albuquerque, the middle Rio | 0003| Grande conservancy district and Bernalillo county. | 0004| - 3 - | 0005| | 0006| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0007| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| March 1, 1997 | 0011| | 0012| Mr. President: | 0013| | 0014| Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0015| | 0016| SENATE MEMORIAL 6 | 0017| | 0018| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0019| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0020| CONSERVATION COMMITTEE. | 0021| | 0022| Respectfully submitted, | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| __________________________________ | 0003| Gloria Howes, Chairman | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0008| Adopted_______________________ | 0009| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Date ________________________ | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against | 0016| Yes: 5 | 0017| No: 0 | 0018| Excused: Adair, Aragon, Gorham | 0019| Absent: None | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| SM006RU1 | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0002| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| March 5, 1997 | 0006| | 0007| Mr. President: | 0008| | 0009| Your CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0010| | 0011| SENATE MEMORIAL 6 | 0012| | 0013| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0014| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0015| | 0016| Respectfully submitted, | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| __________________________________ | 0022| Michael S. Sanchez, Chairman | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0002| Adopted_______________________ | 0003| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| Date ________________________ | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| The roll call vote was 8 For 1 Against | 0011| Yes: 8 | 0012| No: Davis | 0013| Excused: Lyons | 0014| Absent: None | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| SM006C01 |