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Prescott City Council Regular Voting Meeting —August 8, 2006 Page 5 ... Councilwoman Suttles asked if more studies would be done and the project would continue into Prescott Valley and Mr. Hammit replied Prescott Valley was working on a different approach for the development expected along SR69, such as a curb median and added the barriers could be taken out as signals were warranted along the route. B. Presentation by Representative on State Proposition No. 105, State Trust Land. Bas Aja, representing the Cattleman's Association, presented the following information regarding Proposition 105: • Both Proposition 105 and 106 were Constitutional amendments and should not be taken lightly. • Proposition 105 had two components: (1) was a new, modern planning tool, and (2) was a mechanism for conservation for State Trust Land. Also allows for public right of way with no publication requirements. • It allowed for the disposition of easements and public rights-of-way without advertising, auction or compensation. • Proposition 106 allowed the bureaucrats at the Land Department to take money from the Trust; the fund which currently was designated for education and schools should remain untouched and allowed to grow for the future. • It did not create a Board of Trustees. C. Presentation by Representative on State Proposition No. 106, Conserving Arizona's Future. Patrick Graham, State Director for The Nature Conservancy, presented the following information: • Primary goals were to (1) conserve land for open space and protection of water sources; (2) require State Land Department to follow local plans; (3) achieve more timely disposal of State Trust Land suitable for development; and (4) increase funding for classrooms and teacher salaries. • The initiative would reportedly designate nearly 65,000 acres of State Trust Lands within the Big Chino Subbasin and Prescott area as either permanently or provisionally reserved. • The U.S. Congress would have to amend the Arizona-New Mexico Enabling Act by 2009 before this could be enacted. • Proposition 105 would reduce revenues by conserving lands without compensation.