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- Creators: Pima County (Ariz.). County Administrator's Office
- Creators: Hayden, Carl T.
Letter of introduction for Dwight B. Heard on the arrival of National Park Service Director Stephen T. Mather to Phoenix. Mather's visit includes trips to Roosevelt Dam and Tumacácori.
Letter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass concerning the passing of the national park bill. Hayden states that he will try to make the bill as advantageous to Arizona miners and farmers as possible, but the land will either remain as a national monument or become a national park. A postscript is added concerning the land allocated for the Havasupai Tribe.
Develops the methods for using the National Land Cover Dataset to report change by jurisdictions and land ownership by utilizing an existing dataset. Local GIS-based measures of development based on tax assessor records do not provide direct measures of habitat loss.
Without action by Pima County, Rosemont Ranch would probably either be mined or become a residential subdivision over the next several decades. A ranch conservation scenario offers the best outcome for preventing fragmentation of the landscape and conserving the natural and cultural heritage of the area.
During the planning process for the SDCP, concerns were raised regarding loss of property tax revenue as well as adverse tax base impacts of Pima County purchasing parcels for open space. This report assesses impacts in two ways. First, the net assessed values of the open space parcels before purchase are compared to the sum of the net assessed values of all parcels in Pima County and in each applicable school district. Second, the property taxes assessed by Pima County and applicable school districts on each open space parcel before purchase is compared to the sum of the property taxes assessed on all parcels within Pima County and applicable school districts.
The purpose of this report is to highlight lands acquired with 1997 and 2004 voter-approved bond funds, provide a historical record of Pima County’s land conservation efforts and consider how these properties contribute to Pima County’s long-term vision – the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. The report also provides a special feature on the evolution of conservation and land use planning in Pima County.
The Neighborhood Conservation Plan will ensure that promises of good housing, beautiful natural surroundings, security, and economic prosperity are not made only to those who live in the outlying areas.
Provides information on the Pima County Comprehensive Plan process and product. It also includes maps, policies, public requests and comments, the Planning and Zoning Commission's motions and findings from its public hearings, 2001 annual plan amendment requests, and other related material for the Board's perusal with regard to the Comprehensive Plan public hearing scheduled for April 23, 2002.
Upon adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, the Board directed staff to bring forward program proposals to implement the policies of the Plan at sixty-day intervals, beginning with mixed use and affordable housing programs.This study combined with the studies issued previously on the topics of housing and affordability in Pima County provide the information and options necessary to establish mixed use and affordable housing programs within Pima County.