HJM 6 — SANDIA SCIENCE & TECH PARK 20TH ANNIVERSARY

HOUSEA JOINT MEMORIAL 6RECOGNIZING 54THTHE LEGISLATURESANDIA -SCIENCE STATEAND OFTECHNOLOGY NEWPARK'S MEXICOTWENTIETH -ANNIVERSARY FIRSTAND SESSION,ITS 2019ECONOMIC, INTRODUCEDSCIENTIFIC BYAND AbbasTECHNOLOGICAL AkhilCONTRIBUTIONS andTO JasonNEW C.MEXICO AND THE NATION.

Harper 6 8WHEREAS, 10the ASandia JOINTscience MEMORIALand RECOGNIZINGtechnology THEpark SANDIAwas SCIENCEestablished ANDin TECHNOLOGY1998 PARK'Sthrough TWENTIETHa ANNIVERSARYpartnership ANDconsisting ITSof ECONOMIC,Sandia SCIENTIFICnational ANDlaboratories, TECHNOLOGICALthe CONTRIBUTIONScity TOof NEWAlbuquerque MEXICOand ANDSandia THEscience NATION.and technology park development corporation;

15and WHEREAS, theother Sandiakey sciencepartners andinclude technology park was established in 1998 through a partnership consisting of Sandia e t 17 national laboratories, the city of Albuquerque andpublic Sandiaschool wdistrict; l n d 18 science and technology park development corporation;

and = = 19 a l WHEREAS, other key partners include the Albuquerque public i a e r 20 school district;

the mid-region council of a t m m 21 governments;

public service company of d r e 22 New Mexico;

union development c e s k 23 corporation;

the United e a n b 24 States economic development administration;

and New Mexico's u [ congressional delegation;

and .212680.1 WHEREAS, the Sandia science and technology park is a master-planned technology community adjacent to Sandia national laboratories and Kirtland air force base and consists of over three hundred acres of land containing twenty-six buildings and forty-seven companies and organizations;

and WHEREAS, the Sandia science and technology park was HJM 6 Page 1 founded to enable joint research and development, commercialize technologies, develop local and national businesses, provide convenient supply channels and generally promote economic development;

and WHEREAS, the Sandia science and technology park's success in accomplishing its purposes is demonstrated by its significant social and economic contributions to the city of Albuquerque, Bernalillo county and the state of New Mexico, including three hundred eighty-four million eight hundred thousand dollars ($384,800,000) in total investments, both e e 17 public and private;

three billion one hundred million dollars e e n d 18 ($3,100,000,000) in taxable personal consumption;

twenty-two = = l ] 19 million five hundred thousand dollars ($22,500,000) in tax a l r i 20 revenue for the city of Albuquerque;

one hundred twenty-three t e a t million four hundred thousand dollars ($123,400,000) in tax m m 21 e d r e 22 revenue for the state of New Mexico;

five billion four hundred c e r c 23 million dollars ($5,400,000,000) in wages and salaries e a n b 24 attributable to park activities;

and for 2017, an average u [ salary of ninety-eight thousand dollars ($98,000) per year for .212680.1 - 2 - each full-time job in the Sandia science and technology park versus the forty-six-thousand-dollar ($46,000) average salary for each full-time job in the Albuquerque metropolitan area;

and WHEREAS, the Sandia science and technology park was one of the first research parks developed in connection with a HJM 6 Page 2 national laboratory;

and e e 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be e e n d 18 transmitted to the governor, the chair and vice chair of the = = l ] 19 legislative finance committee, the director of the legislative a l r i 20 finance committee, the secretary of economic development, t e a t Sandia national laboratories, the Sandia science and technology m m 21 e d r e 22 park development corporation, the mayor of Albuquerque, the c e r c 23 Bernalillo county board of county commissioners and the members e a n b 24 of the New Mexico congressional delegation.

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