A. The board of supervisors hereby establishes the conservation acquisition commission.
B. The conservation acquisition commission shall have a total of eleven members, appointed as follows:
1. Five members, one appointed by each member of the board of supervisors;
2. Two members appointed by land conservation organizations active in Pima County;
3. One member appointed from the Pima County natural resources, parks and recreation commission;
4. One member appointed by the local board of realtors;
5. One member appointed by the ranching community; and
6. One member appointed by the county administrator.
C. Appointments to the commission are for a term of eight years. Upon the resignation of any member, the appointing authority shall appoint another member to begin a new eight-year term.
D. The duties and responsibilities of the commission are as follows:
1. Oversee and monitor all open space bond acquisitions placed before the board of supervisors for consideration including, but not limited to, acquisitions funded by general obligation bonds.
2. Make recommendations to the board of supervisors and the Pima County bond advisory committee for priorities in the scheduling of open space acquisitions and periodic assessment and change in priorities as necessary.
3. Make recommendations to the board of supervisors and the Pima County bond advisory committee on any aspects of open space land management, including management of lands acquired for open space.
4. Make recommendations to the county administrator, and the Pima County bond advisory committee on any aspect relating to internal county management of the open space acquisition process.
5. Make recommendations to the Pima County bond advisory committee on the amount of bond funding and location of open space property to include in bond implementation plans for future bond elections.
E. The commission will meet as often as it deems necessary but in any event no less frequently than semi-annually.
F. Under direction of the county administrator, county staff shall prepare progress reports and otherwise brief the commission on the status of implementation of the conservation bond program component of the bond implementation plan, with special attention paid to major issues impacting implementation of the conservation bond program.
G. The commission shall review and make recommendations to the board of supervisors on all potential amendments to conservation bond program components of the bond implementation plan.
H. The commission shall review and approve the semiannual progress reports on the conservation bond program component of the bond implementation plan prior to it being transmitted to the Pima County bond advisory committee as required by Section 3.06.040.
(Ord. 2015-26 § 1 (part), 2015: Ord. 2004-16 § 1 (part), 2004; Ord. 1997-25 § 1 (part), 1997)