Dorothy Gilbert and the Phoenix Mountains Preserve

produced by the Arizona Collection, Arizona State University Libraries

1985-89

Ordinance for amendment to the Charter of the City of Phoenix - City of Phoenix Mountain Preserve, 2/85.
ACC# 98-1906, 1/10. 4 pages

Penny Howe and Mayor Terry Goddard supported PMPC officers to draw up Position 115, 4 out of 5 voters approved. Property within the Mountain Preserve can not be sold, traded, alienated, re-designated or deleted without the approval of the majority of electors. A loophole provided trade if it was approved by the Council before January 1, 1989.

PMPC summary of Proposition 115.
ACC# 98-1906, 1/10

Mayor Terry Goddard, Charter amendment, June 21, 1985.
ACC# 98-1906, 1/10

Sample ballot, Proposition 115, 11/5/85.
ACC# 98-1906,1/10, 3 pages

Phoenix Mountain Lookout map showing Gosnell’s request, December 1985
ACC# 98-1906, 4/17, 3 pages

Gosnell request for a trade of 34 exterior acres for 29 interior acres in South Mountain Park.

Charter Amendment, Paradise Valley Voice, 1/29/86.
ACC# 98-1906,1/10

Photograph: Bruce Babbitt signs charter.

Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council Newsletter Red Alert.
ACC# 98-1906, 4/15

Citizens became outraged, then organized Mountain Preserve Trust. Took out a referendum petition to refer the matter to the electorate and also an initiative petition (Proposition 100) to amend the City Charter by eliminating the 3-year trading period. The initiative passed and there could be no trades without voter approval.

Voters may be asked again to back mountain preserves, The Phoenix Gazette, 4/17/87.
ACC# 98-1906, 2/35

Bond Issue Proposition, April 19, 1988.
ACC# 98-1906, 2/35, 2 pages

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