3:00 P.M. – 5:30 P.M.

1. Roll Call

2. Approval of September 8, 2005 Meeting Summary

3. Update on 1997/2004 Conservation Bond Program Expenditures

4. Interested Sellers in the Cienega Corridor – Habitat Protection Priorities in the Southeast Sub-area (15 minutes)

Update from staff. Commission discussion/action.

5. Applications for the Sale of Open Space to Pima County (15 minutes)

Whitehurst Trust Property:39 acres located in the Sierrita Mountains west of Sahuarita. This property is NOT included in the 2004 Bond Ordinance for Open Space acquisition.

Daly Property:110 acres located just north of the Santa Cruz County line and east of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area. This property is NOT identified in the 2004 Bond Ordinance for Open Space acquisition.

Clyne Property: A total of 910 acres located north of the Santa Cruz County line and west of the Coronado National Forest. These parcels are NOT included in the 2004 Bond Ordinance for Open Space acquisition.

6. Conservation Opportunities in the Tortolitas Sub-area/NW Tucson (15 minutes)

Update from staff. Commission discussion/action.

7. Habitat Protection Priorities in the Sabino Creek Area (15 minutes)

Discussion requested by Commissioner Shattuck.

8. Coordination of Transportation Mitigation Acquisitions (5 minutes)

Report from staff. Commission discussion/action.

9. Section15 Mitigation Bank Exchange (5 minutes)

Update from staff on an exchange between Pima County and South Wilmot Land Investors, LLC, to be considered by the Board of Supervisors on December 6, 2005. The exchange is intended to enhance Pima County’s conservation of the endangered Pima Pineapple Cactus by relocating the conservation mitigation bank situated on the County’s Section 15 parcel to other parcels of land containing a higher density of Pima Pineapple Cactus and suitable habitat for the species. South Wilmot Land Investors, LLC will use the Section 15 property for development. Via this exchange, Pima County will also be acquiring 1,689 acres of biologically valuable land in the Cienega Corridor east of the County’s Cienega Preserve, and 43 acres of scenic saguaro-studded slopes along Gates Pass, adjacent to Tucson Mountain Park. If approved by the Board of Supervisors, the property exchange is contingent upon various conditions agreed to by the parties and subject to the approval and release of contractual and property obligations imposed on Section 15 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

10. Pima County Board of Supervisors Policy: Acquisition of Partial Interests in Real Property for Resource Conservation (10 minutes)

Report from staff on proposed Board Policy to establish procedures for acquiring partial interests in real property, such as conservation easements, deed restrictions, and life estates.

11. Updates: (30 minutes)

· South Corridor - Firkins and Pacheco (Board approved acquisitions)

· TEP Parcel – No update at this time

· Camino de Oeste Project Area – Matesich, Selective Marketing, (Board approved acquisitions) Serr (Approved by Commission)

· Belvedere – (Board approved acquisition)

· Diocese Parcel – Los Morteros

· Habitat for Humanity property

· Green Valley Hills

· Federal Land Exchange involving Tumamoc Hill

· Resolution Copper Exchange

· Double X Ranch - (Non-Bond property)

· Critical Landscape Linkages – Catalina/Tortolita connection across Oracle, Avra I-10 connection across I-10, and the Garcia Strip connection across CAP canal

· Granite (Acquired 10/13/05)

· Rail X Ranch – (Non-Bond property)

· Proposed Development Activities on Bond Parcels

12. Next Commission Meeting

The next Commission meeting is scheduled for January 12, 2006.

13. Call to the Public

14. Adjournment