City of Albuquerque - File #: R-18-62

• File #: R-18-62
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 8/20/2018
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 10/1/2018
• Enactment date: 10/12/2018
• Enactment #: R-2018-071
• Title: Formalizing A Collaborative Effort Between The City Of Albuquerque And Bernalillo County To Preserve Crestview Bluff As An Historic Urban Green Area (Pe?a, Sanchez)

Date	Action By	Action	Result
10/12/2018	City Clerk	Published
10/11/2018	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
10/8/2018	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
10/1/2018	City Council	Passed	Pass
9/17/2018	City Council	Accepted with a recommendation Do Pass, As Amended
9/10/2018	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do Pass, as Amended	Pass
9/10/2018	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Amended	Pass
8/20/2018	City Council	Introduced and Referred
8/20/2018	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY-THIRD COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. R-18-62 ENACTMENT NO. _____________________

SPONSORED BY: Klarissa J. Pe?a, Ken Sanchez


RESOLUTION
title
Formalizing A Collaborative Effort Between The City Of Albuquerque And Bernalillo County To Preserve Crestview Bluff As An Historic Urban Green Area (Pe?a, Sanchez)
body
FORMALIZING A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO COUNTY TO PRESERVE CRESTVIEW BLUFF AS AN HISTORIC URBAN GREEN AREA.
WHEREAS, Crestview Bluff has a long and rich history and is the last undeveloped location in direct proximity to the original Atrisco Village settlement and land grant that pre-dates the Albuquerque's "Old Town" founding; and
WHEREAS, The site area is located along the western edge of the Middle Rio Grande Valley in Albuquerque near Central Avenue and Old Coors Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, Crestview Bluff originated twelve years after the reoccupation of New Mexico by Don Diego de Vargas in 1692, an 82,000-acre land grant was awarded to Don Fernando Duran y Chaves II as a town settlement, which became known as the Atrisco Land Grant. The land grant stretched from the Rio Grande to the Rio Puerco and included the Crestview Bluff area and surrounding neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, The site comprises 34.11 acres, under multiple ownerships; and
WHEREAS, The subject property is located in both unincorporated Bernalillo County and within the City bordering Central Avenue; however, the residential subdivisions bordering immediately to the west of Crestview Bluff are within the city limits; and
WHEREAS, A study commissioned by the City of Albuquerque to evaluate the possibility of a land acquisition revealed as many as 152 occasional, vagrant and migratory wildlife species, of which, 17 species are formally recognized by either State or Federal authorities as sensitive, may be found at or proximate to the site; and
WHEREAS, Crestview Bluff has one...