City of Albuquerque - File #: R-16-12

• File #: R-16-12
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 1/20/2016
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 4/4/2016
• Enactment date: 4/22/2016
• Enactment #: R-2016-024
• Title: C/S Establishing A Priorities List For The City Of Albuquerque's Future Open Space Land Acquisitions; Identifying Immediate Priorities And Special Provisions For Certain Properties (Benton)
• Sponsors: Isaac Benton

Date	Action By	Action	Result
4/22/2016	City Clerk	Published
4/22/2016	Mayor	Not Signed by the Mayor
4/13/2016	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
4/4/2016	City Council	Passed as Amended	Pass
4/4/2016	City Council	Amended	Pass
3/21/2016	City Council	Accepted with a recommendation Do Pass, As Amended
3/16/2016	Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee	Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do Pass, as Amended	Pass
3/16/2016	Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee	Amended	Pass
2/10/2016	Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee	Postponed as Substituted	Pass
2/10/2016	Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee	Substituted	Pass
1/20/2016	City Council	Introduced and Referred
1/20/2016	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY-SECOND COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. C/S R-16-12 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton


RESOLUTION
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C/S Establishing A Priorities List For The City Of Albuquerque's Future Open Space Land Acquisitions; Identifying Immediate Priorities And Special Provisions For Certain Properties (Benton)
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ESTABLISHING A PRIORITIES LIST FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE'S FUTURE OPEN SPACE LAND ACQUISITIONS; IDENTIFYING IMMEDIATE PRIORITIES AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN PROPERTIES.
WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque Open Space Division of the Parks and Recreation Department manages an inventory of Open Space Lands and has established a list of additional lands that are desired as additions to the City's open space network; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is responsible for ensuring that public funds earmarked for open space land acquisition are expended only on purchases that best promote the open space needs and interests of the residents; and
WHEREAS, the City Council does not presently have a mechanism to review proposed open space acquisitions until after significant resources are expended in furtherance of acquiring the properties; and
WHEREAS, notwithstanding that the Council presently lacks a mechanism through which it can give timely policy guidance in advance, the City Council must nonetheless ultimately approve any specific open space acquisitions; and
WHEREAS, since the Council is ultimately tasked with approving proposed acquisitions, City Resources would be better preserved by implementing a mechanism for the City Council to review open space acquisition priorities in advance of any steps in furtherance of specific acquisitions; and
WHEREAS, certain properties listed as priorities for acquisition by purchase as of December 2015, such as the Northern Sand Dunes and the North Rio Puerco Escarpment are located in unincorporated Bernalillo County some distance from the ...