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State Trust Land Reform Update. Management Committee July 14, 2003. Participants. Variety of Interests Represented State Land Department Primary Beneficiaries of State Trust Land (Education Community) Conservation Interests Valley Partnership Central Arizona Homebuilders Association
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State Trust Land ReformUpdate Management Committee July 14, 2003
Participants • Variety of Interests Represented • State Land Department • Primary Beneficiaries of State Trust Land (Education Community) • Conservation Interests • Valley Partnership • Central Arizona Homebuilders Association • League of Arizona Cities and Towns • Cattlemen’s Association • Among others
Drafting Committee Membership • Drafting Committee Members • County Board of Supervisors (Lisa Atkins) • Steve Betts • Ed Fox • Grady Gammage • Valley Partnership (Maria Baier) • Central Arizona Homebuilders (Spencer Kamps/ Becky Burnham. • Primary Beneficiaries of State Trust Land (Education Community) (Penny Kotterman, Steve Duncan) • Conservation Interests (Andy Laurenzi, Sonoran Institute, Peter Culp, Sonoran Institute ) • League of Arizona Cities and Towns (Steve Olson • State Land Department (Mark Winklemen, State Land Commissioner & Richard Hubbard, Deputy Commissioner)
Main Advantages for Cities, Towns & Counties • Greater cooperation between Cities, Towns and the State Land Department in the Planning, Management, and Disposition of State Trust Lands • The provision of open space and conservation lands. • Conservation Land • Option Lands • Planning Process • Right-of-ways may be resolved • Right-of Ways Designated for Public Purpose • Pre-1968 Right-of-ways • Board of Trustees will improve Accountability
Moving Legislative Package Forward • The First Draft was completed in January 2004. • Lobbyists work towards a November Ballot. • An ad hoc legislative committee on state trust land reform was formed in early June. • Ad hoc committee reviewed the proposed changes and determined that the changes were too complex to be reviewed in such a short time. • The Ad hoc committee proposed to have the committee continue to work with the stakeholders and have an election in May of 2005.
For More Information Contact: Michelle Green, 602-254-6300 www.mag.maricopa.gov