“and canteen; the conversion of the Recreation Hall space to accommodate an expanded men's and boys! clothing store; use of space vacated by the men's and boys! clothing store to accommodate a women's ready-to-wear store; discontinuing the tailor shop and substituting in the space a radio and television sales and service; discontinuing the Community Center Cafeteria and converting the space to accommodate the Mesa Public Library, It is not contemplated that additional funds will be requested in order to provide additional space for concessions. All concession operations at White Rock have been discontinued dueto the decrease in population, In addition to concessions in commercial buildings, second floor office space is available in the Hill Theater Building, Concessions Building, and above the jewelry store in the Commun- ity Center. Rental rates for office space were established on a flat rate per square foot per month to compare favorably with similar accommodations in Santa Fe or Albuquerque. Rentals are on a first-come, first-served basis, There is no waiting list for office space, but the vacancy factor is very low. Purposes for which office space is being used are as follows: insurance sales, pet shop, photo and hobby shop, accounting and bookkeeping services, automobile sales, dairy office, chiropractor's office, catalogue order office, optometrist, investment services, and sewing machine agency. A limited number of churches, clubs, and service activities occupy, under flat rate license agreements, buildings of temporary construction or buildings which are not suitable for commercial purposes, Some are as follows: Nursery School, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Civic Club, Chapel, Youth Center, Youth Lodge, Girl Scouts, Motor Club, Sportsmen's Club, American Red Cross, Los Alamos County offices, and the Skating Association. The cold storage building and warehouse, a warehouse at 120 Seventh Street, anda portion of a warehouse at 180 Seventh Street which were constructed for the Army under the Manhattan District have become surplus to official requirements and maximum commercial use is being made of the space which has been vacated. Initially as warehouse space became available the same was advertised for competitive bids. There has beena high turnover among warehouse space tenants and space was advertised frequently until only one bid was received. Competitive bidding established a price of approximately 5 cents per square foot per month, and since there is no longer competition in response to invitations to bid, the space is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no waiting list for warehouse space. A number of primary concessions rent warehouse space for storage purposes in connection with their business activities, and in addition warehouse space is presently rented for the following purposes: Ice sales and storage, moving and storage of household goods, Fix-It-Shop, dairy office and storage, and egg storage. The following table shows revenue and expense for commercial operations for fiscal years 1951, 1952 and 1953: 1951 Revenue Expense Gain or Loss T1952 $322, 458. 00 158, 683.00 +$163, 775.00 $395, 820.00 146, 703. 00 +$ 249,117.00 1953 $401, 060.00 121, 800.00 A A +3279, 260.00 260. 00 ihe 3 ’ A sharp reduction in the number of dormitory residents has resulted in a surplus of buildings of this type. The buildings cannot be converted to commercial use due to their 100 AT wT _ /Oo v\ floor plan, construction, and location. The surplus dormitories, however, have been made available temporarily to the various religious groups. At present seven buildings are occupied by eight denominations.