Minutes from the December JCCR Meeting

NOTE: There is a JCCR Meeting coming up so I thought that I would post a portion of the minutes from the last JCCR meeting which was held in December of last year.


Review of State Lake Improvement Fund Grants & Consider Approval of State Parks Enhancement Fund Projects.

Mr. Art Smith, JLBC Staff, presented the review of the Arizona State Parks Board State Lake Improvement Fund (SLIF) projects and approval of State Parks Enhancement Fund (SPEF) projects.

SLIF provides funding for counties and local governments for land acquisition and capital projects on water where motorized boats are permitted.

Funding for SLIF comes from the gasoline taxes for boating and watercraft license taxes.

The 25 grants and projects total $7.1 million of the SLIF request. They include boat purchases and refurbishments, boating area renovations and improvements, leasehold acquisition and state parks projects. SLIF items are for review by the Committee.

SPEF provides funding for operating state parks and other capital projects as approved by the Committee. Funding from SPEF comes from admissions and concessions fees. The 2 SPEF projects total $1 million for a new visitor center at Picacho Peak and a wastewater treatment facility at Slide Rock State Park. SPEF items are for consideration of approval by the Committee.

The JLBC Staff provided several options for the Committee to consider.

Discussion ensued on this item.

Mr. Jay Ziemann, Assistant Director, Arizona State Parks Board, responded to member questions.

Representative Pearce moved that the Committee give a favorable review to the Parks Board request for 25 SLIF grants and projects totaling $7,104,400 with the condition that the favorable review does not constitute an endorsement of General Fund support of these projects in the future.

Also, approve the Parks Board request for$1,000,000 in SPEF monies for 2 State Parks capital projects. The motion carried.

Mr. Clifford Edey, La Paz County Board of Supervisors, and Mr. Mark Nexsen, Lake Havasu City Mayor, addressed their support of the SLIF projects to the Committee.