Dorothy Gilbert and the Phoenix Mountains Preserve

produced by the Arizona Collection, Arizona State University Libraries

1990's

1990

Ruth Hamilton, PMPC, solicited support from House Bill 2218 to prohibit state or any subdivisions from building highways within the Mountain Preserve without voter approval. It passed.

Letter of support to legislature from David Gironda, 2/3/90.
ACC# 98-1906, 2/30

H.B. 2218 Mountain Preserve: Alienation, An Act, 1990.
ACC# 98-1906, 2/30, 2 pages

Governor Rose Mofford signs H.B. 2218 into law on April 9, 1990.
ACC# 98-1906, 2/30, 3 pages

Letter from Jack Rasor, 2/6/92.
ACC# 98-1906, 4/2

Re:  Extending 32nd Street through the preserve to 40th Street.

Letter from Dottie Gilbert to James Colley, 2/22/92.
ACC# 98-1906, 4/2

Letter from James Colley to Jack Rasor, 2/26/92.
ACC# 98-1906, 4/2

An attempt by a developer to extend 32nd  Street through the preserve to 40th Street and Shea Boulevard. An immediate negative response by all concerned delayed that as of 1993.

“Urgent Letter” from Jane, 1992.
ACC# 2002-2476, 1/1

Dottie addresses the Park, Recreation and Mountain Preserves Bond Committee, 1/21/93.
ACC# 2002-2476, 1/1

Dorothy protests the city’s plan to push back acquisitions of the remaining land to complete the preserve to 1998-99.

Remaining parcels and appraisal, 4/8/93.
ACC# 2002-02476,1/1

Last of the parcels designated for acquisition into the Phoenix Mountain Preserve since the first bond issue was passed in 1973.

Letter and maps from Bell on Parcel 27 and 247, 7/3/97.
ACC# 2002-02476,1/1, 4 pages

Correspondence pertaining to the Phoenix Mountain Preserve last parcels to be acquisitioned.

This site was produced collaboratively by Rose Minetti, Archives and Special Collections; Sue McNamara, also with Archives; and Heather Knowles, Library Instruction, Systems and Technology, at Arizona State University Libraries.