HM 50 — EL JARAL NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING

HOUSE RURAL DEVELOPMENT, LAND GRANTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE MEMORIAL 50 56TH LEGISLATURE- STATE OF NEWMEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2024 INTRODUCED4 BY6 Miguel8 P.10 A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE TO MAINTAIN THE RESIDENTIAL AND AGRICULTURAL CHARACTER OF THE EL JARAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND ADJACENT SEGMENT OF MONTOYA ROAD NORTHWEST.

Garcí15 aWHEREAS, andthe JavierEl MartínezJaral 6section 8of 10the Avilla MEMORIALdel REQUESTINGAlbuquerque THEwas CITYfounded OFin ALBUQUERQUE1706 TOfor MAINTAINthe THEpurpose RESIDENTIAL-of AGRICULTURAL-2farming ZONINGand DESIGNATIONagricultural FORe THEt EL17 JARALactivities NEIGHBORHOODas ANDa ADJACENTsource SEGMENTof OFfood MONTOYAsupplies; ROAD NORTHWEST.

15and WHEREAS,w thel Eln Jarald section18 ofWHEREAS, the villaacequia delMadre Albuquerquede Duranes was foundedconstructed into 1706= for= the19 purposea ofl farmingprovide andwater agriculturalto eirrigate tthe 17farmlands w l activities as a source of foodthe supplies;community;

and n d 18 WHEREAS, the acequia Madre de Duranes was constructed to = = 19 a l provide water to irrigate the farmlands of the community;

and e a n b 24 u [ WHEREAS, the El Jaral neighborhood is currently zonedused asfor "residential-agricultural-2"u [ small homes and family farms and serves as an urban green zone .227720.1.228253.1 HRDLC/HM 50 area for the purpose of farming and maintaining livestock within Albuquerque;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, the current design and structure of Montoya road w l n d 18 northwest are severely inadequate to meet the needs of expanded = = 19 a l development in the El Jaral area;

and a l i a e r 20 WHEREAS, accommodating needed changes to this segment of a t m m 21 Montoya road northwest will impose extensive changes to the d r e 22 existing residences and property lines of existing residences;

c e s k 23 and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, zonezoning changes on Montoya road northwest wouldwithout u [ significantlyfully impactengaging the historicalcommunity agriculturalwould charactersignificantly ofimpact .227720.1the .228253.1 - 2 - HRDLC/HM 50 historical agricultural character of the El Jaral community;

NOW,and THEREFORE,WHEREAS, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the city of Albuquerque beannexed requested to maintain the residential- agricultural-2 zoning designation for the El Jaral community in 2007, and the adjacentarea segmentis now part of MontoyaAlbuquerque roadcity northwest;council district 2;

and BEWHEREAS, ITafter FURTHERthe RESOLVEDannexation thatin copies2007, many residents of thisthe memorialEl beJaral transmittedcommunity submitted a petition to the city of Albuquerque cityplanning councildepartment andurging the mayorconsideration of Albuquerque.the history of the El Jaral community when considering the future of the community;

-NOW, 3THEREFORE, -BE 12IT 14RESOLVED 16BY eTHE tHOUSE 17OF wREPRESENTATIVES lOF nTHE dSTATE 18OF =NEW =MEXICO 19that athe lcity iof aAlbuquerque ebe rrequested 20to amaintain tthe mresidential mand 21agricultural dcharacter rof ethe 22El cJaral ecommunity sand kthe 23adjacent esegment aof nMontoya broad 24northwest; u [ .227720.1

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the city of Albuquerque e t 17 planning department be encouraged to hold a public meeting w l n d 18 within the El Jaral community regarding the zoning needs of the = = 19 area prior to making a decision to change the area's current a l i a e r 20 zoning;

and a t m m 21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be d r e 22 transmitted to the mayor of Albuquerque, the councilor for c e s k 23 Albuquerque city council district 2 and the city of Albuquerque e a n b 24 planning department.

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