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City of Albuquerque
File #: R-26-2   
Type: Resolution Status: In Committee
File created: 1/5/2026 In control: Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee
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Title: Directing The City To Update All Maps, Information, And Documentation To Accurately Reflect The City's Ownership Of The Monta?o Bridge (Baca)
Sponsors: Joaquín Baca
Attachments: 1. R-2
CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SEVENTH COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. R-26-2 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Joaqu?n Baca


RESOLUTION
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Directing The City To Update All Maps, Information, And Documentation To Accurately Reflect The City's Ownership Of The Monta?o Bridge (Baca)
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance O-89, passed on December 23, 1982, the City of Albuquerque annexed the Monta?o Rd. NW right-of-way line on the Rio Grande East to the then-Municipal Boundary Line; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to O-89, the City of Albuquerque also annexed the Griegos Lateral Wasteway right-of-way between the East right-of-way line of the Albuquerque Riverside Drain and the West right-of-way line of the Griegos Lateral; and
WHEREAS, on June 15, 1989, the City of Albuquerque entered into an Agreement (the "Construction Agreement") with Ann Simms Clark and her husband Robert Emmet Clark (the "Simms"), wherein the Simms conveyed all Access Rights associated with land upon which the Monta?o River Crossing Project was to be built; and
WHEREAS, on November 27, 1995, pursuant to a Quitclaim Deed executed by Ann Simms Clark, individually, her husband Robert Emmet Clark, and Ann Simms Clark, as General Partner of Bosque Verde Ltd., a New Mexico Limited Partnership (the "1995 Quitclaim"), two tracts of land were quitclaimed to the City of Albuquerque; and
WHEREAS, on September 25, 1997, pursuant to a Quitclaim Deed executed by Ann Simms Clark (the "1997 Quitclaim"), two additional tracts of land were quitclaimed to the City of Albuquerque, subject to and conditioned on perpetual use of these lands for city park purposes; and
WHEREAS, on July 9, 2001, pursuant to a Quitclaim Deed executed by Ann Simms Clark (the "2001 Quitclaim"), the conditions of the 1997 Quitclaim reversionary interest were amended; and
WHEREAS, the above transactions ceded ownership of the land upon which the Monta?o Bridge sits and land appurtenant to the City of A...

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