PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT WITH BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE RELATED TO THE SONORAN VALLEY PARKWAY PROJECT RECOMMENDATION: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 16-1746 APPROVING THE EXECUTION, AS AN INVITED SIGNATORY, OF A PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT AMONG THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, ARIZONA; THE ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE; REGARDING THE SONORAN VALLEY PARKWAY PROJECT THROUGH RAINBOW VALLEY, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, FROM RAINBOW VALLEY ROAD TO STATE ROAD 238. PURPOSE: The City has been invited to sign a Programmatic Agreement (PA) among the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to facilitate the granting of a right-of-way (ROW) permit across federal lands for the Sonoran Valley Parkway which will extend south from the intersection of Rainbow Valley Road and Riggs Road to SR238 in the Mobile area. The PA outlines what will need to be done to comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Execution of the PA will allow SHPO to concur with the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and for the BLM to issue a Record of Decision and grant a ROW permit. (Joe Schmitz, Long Range Planner)

Committee

City Council Regular Meeting

Introduced

April 6, 2016

On agenda

April 25, 2016