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- Creators: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
- Creators: Pima County (Ariz.). County Administrator's Office
- Creators: Bryan, Alfred, 1871-1958
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.
A report on the proposed acquisition of the Rancho Seco property. The majority of the property is classified within the SDCP as multiple use or recovery management areas. Acquisition of this property is key in keeping Altar Valley intact and undeveloped.
Evaluates the conservation significance of county-owned properties in Avra Valley, specifically with regard to Priority Vulnerable Species and the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan.
Acquisition of this property in northeastern Pima County will prevent development of this property, conserve an important tributary to the San Pedro River, conserve riparian habitat associated with an intermittent stream and springs, and further goals of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan and Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan. The acquisition is ideally located to expand the emerging reserve system in the San Pedro watershed, which is anchored by the County's A7 Ranch, and complemented by the existing Buehman Canyon Preserve. This report provides preliminary biological and cultural information on this acquisition. Additional biological and cultural resource information will be available after County staff and consultants complete surveys of the property.
Brings together the findings of previous reports and suggests policies to address water quality issues in Pima County.
These proposals bring together the new policy proposals from the 2001 draft Comprehensive Plan Update and the 1992 Regional Plan and Special Area Policies. One of the proposed regional plan policies suggests that natural and cultural resources should be protected according to their value under a Conservation Lands System.
In September of 2000 the Board directed staff to undertake an update of the 1992 Pima County Comprehensive Plan, reflecting the land use concepts, policies and principles of conservation identified in the draft Preliminary Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. This document, adopted on December 18, 2001, updates the Comprehensive Plan in accordance with Board direction so that it conforms with the Conservation Plan and complies with the state law.
Introduces an affordable housing development review standard and recommends that the Board adopt a policy which would promote conformity with the standard in the development proposals to which it applies.
Pima County's level of service standards tend to be low compared to other jurisdictions and compared to benchmarking information. This is not a surprising result, given the County's expenditures per capita are far below those of county governments in other parts of the United States that are experiencing growth pressures. A concurrency management system will bring service levels in line with population demands.
Conservation easements are becoming an important mechanism in Pima County for dealing with matters such as the establishment of mitigation banks and the negotiation of conservation commitments with federal environmental regulatory agencies. This tool will also assist in the implementation of the Ranch Conservation Element of the SDCP. Includes the verbatim proceedings of a workshop on conservation held on August 18, 2001.