1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Unfinished Business

Draft Operating Policies, possible action by the Commission

Draft will be distributed to Commissioners before the meeting. If the Commission cannot approve a motion in 20 minutes, the item will be continued to the next meeting.

Draft goals and criteria for evaluating candidate acquisitions, possible action by the Commission

Draft will be distributed to Commissioners before the meeting. If the Commission cannot approve a motion in 20 minutes, the item will be continued to the next meeting.

Update on Sweetwater Preserve and Trust for Public Land Donation (5 minutes)

Update on A-7 Ranch Acquisition (5 minutes)

New Business

Approval of July 14 Meeting Summary

Update on 1997 Open Space Bond Program Expenditures to Date (Jim Barry – 10 minutes)

Update on 2004 Conservation Bond Program Expenditures to Date: Community Open Space, Jurisdictional Open Space, Habitat Protection Priorities (Nicole Fyffe - 15 minutes)

Staff Report on Congressional legislation to provide for a land exchange involving Tumamoc Hill, properties in the Ironwood National Monument and Las Cienegas Nation Monument (Linda Mayro – 5 minutes)

Legislation will be distributed to the Commissioners before the meeting.

Presentations on Prior Planning Processes:

A) Introduction to the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan (SDCP) (County Administrator)

B) Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plans and Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (Sherry Barrett – 10 minutes, Questions – 5 minutes)

C) Science Technical Advisory Team and the development of the Conservation Lands System (Bill Shaw – 10, Questions 5 minutes)

D) Development of the Habitat Protection Priorities (Rob Marshall – 20 minutes, Questions 5 minutes)

BREAK – 10 minutes

E) Cultural and Historic Resources and the SDCP (David Cushman – 10 minutes, Questions- 5 minutes)

F) Ranching Technical Advisory Team and Science Commission (Tom Sheridan – 10 minutes, Questions – 5 minutes)

G) SDCP Steering Committee (Carolyn Campbell – 5 minutes, Questions – 5 minutes)

H) Funding Issues and Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plans (Sherry Barrett 5 minutes – Questions 5 minutes)

I) MSCP Implementation Committee (Bill Arnold – 5 minutes, Questions 5 minutes)

J) SDCP Overview; Question and Answer period (Maeveen Behan – 10 minutes, Questions 10 minutes)

10. Draft Real Property Acquisition Process for potential acquisitions not included in the 2004 Bond Ordinance

This item will be discussed if there is time remaining after the presentations - 10 minutes.

11. September 16, 2004 Commission Meeting at 5 p.m. and Suggested Agenda

Suggested agenda items for the September 16 meeting and proposed dates and agenda items for future meetings will be distributed to Commissioners before the meeting.

12. Call to the Public

13. Adjournment