BLM 2021 LEASE RPP APPLICATION STATUS.PDF

41835 N Castle Hot Springs Rd
Attn: Unit Operations Building
Morristown, AZ 85342

Phone: (602) 506-9500

Main: (602) 506-2930

Maricopa County

Parks & Recreation Department

September 15, 2021

Mr. Ed Kender

Lower Sonoran Field Manager

Bureau of Land Management-Phoenix District
21605 N. 7" Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85027

Re: San Tan Mountain Regional Park R&PP Application
Dear Mr. Kender,

San Tan Mountain Regional Park is wholly located within Pinal County but primarily serves
the residents of Maricopa County. In 1999, Maricopa County and Pinal County approved a
Cooperative Agreement (CA) to acquire, manage, and operate the Park by Maricopa County.
The CA also outlines that Maricopa County will be the sole applicant to acquire the land from
the Bureau of Land Management under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.

After months of productive discussions between Pinal and Maricopa County, it has been
determined that it is in the best interest of San Tan Mountain Regional Park to continue to be
managed by Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department (MCPRD).

At this time, MCPRD would like to move forward with the R&PP Application process for San
Tan Mountain Regional Park lands. Please find attached the Application For Land For
Recreation or Public Purposes dated June 1, 1999 and a letter from your office dated
November 2013 indicating the application was “pending”. Please let me know how we should
proceed with the application process.

Sincerely,

R.J. Cardin

Director

Office direct: 602-506-9506
RJ.Cardin@Maricopa.gov

Encl: MCPRD R&PP Application June 1, 1999
BLM Letter re: Continued Management November 25, 2013

ce: Jennifer Waller, Operations Manager

United States Department of the Interior

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT .
Phoenix District i) AMERICA
Lower Sonoran Field Office
21605 North 7th Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85027
www.blm.gov/az/

In Reply Refer To: NOV 2 5 2013

2064/2912 (P010)
AZA-20633A / AZA-2917702

Mr. R. J. Cardin, Director

Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department
234 North Central Avenue, Suite 6400

Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2208

Dear Mr. Cardin:
This is in response to your letter dated September 19, 2013, concerning San Tan Mountain Regional Park.

As mentioned in your letter, the San Tan Mountain Regional Park Cooperative Recreation Management
Agreement, signed by both the Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department (MCPR) and the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM), is the instrument that has allowed MCPR to manage the San Tan Mountain
Regional Park. This agreement expired on September 9, 2013. In 1999 a Recreation and Public Purpose
(R&PP) Act application was filed by MCPR but could not be processed until the Lower Sonoran Resource
Management Plan was completed. We agree that this pending application is the path that will lead to /
MCPR’s control of the lands at the San Tans, but because of staffing issues, other priorities, and our other
workloads, the status of this application remains “pending”.

Section 307(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 does provide for the Secretary of
Interior to accept the “contribution of services” for the management and protection of public lands. We
accept your offer of the “contribution of services” to manage the San Tan Mountain Regional Park in
accordance with the BLM approved park plan. We believe this is an excellent interim tool that both agencies
can use until we can complete the process of the R&PP application. We will keep you abreast of our
progress working on the R&PP application as we move through our fiscal year 2014.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 623-580-5500 or Jim Andersen, Lead Realty
Specialist, at 623-580-5570.

Sincerely, |

Edward J. Kender
Field Manager

re C. 30-99- OY fi bo

Form 2740-1 FORM APPROVED

(August 1994) OMB No. 1004-0012
UNITED STATES Espires: Tune 30, 1996
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Date Serial Number
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT JUNE 1, 1999 (BLM use only)
APPLICATION FOR LAND FOR Home phone (include area code)

RECREATION OR PUBLIC PURPOSES
(Act of June 14, 1926, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 869; 869-4)

la. Applicant's name b. Address (include zip code) Business phone (include area code)
COUNTY, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION] —-301 W. JEFFERSON, 10th FLOOR (602) 506-8675 CONTACT: aM Hos

OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA PHOENIX, AZ 85003 . T
2. Give legal description of lands applied for (include metes and bounds description, if necessary)

SUBDIVISION SECTION TOWNSHIP RANGE MERIDIAN

SEE EXHIBIT A
County of State of “ — Containing (acres) { @ an,
PINAL ° ARIZONA 6,908.61

3a. This application is for x Lease O) Purchase (If lease, indicate year )

b. Proposed use is Bs § Public Recreation (J Other Public Purposes

4. Describe the proposed use of the land. The description must specifically identify an established or definitely proposed project. Attach a detailed plan
and schedule for development, a management plan which includes a description of how any revenues will be used, and any known environmental or
cultural concerns specific to the land. . °

SEE EXHIBIT B

5. If applicant is State or Political subdivision thereof, cite your statutory or other authority to hold land for these purposes.

A.R.S. 11-932

3. Attach a copy of your authority for filing this application and to perform ail acts incident thereto.

7. If land described in this application has not been classified for recreation and/or Public purposes pursuant to the Recreation and Public amposes Act,
consider this application as a petition for such classification.

Continued on reverse)

8. Are all activities, facilities, services, financial aid, or other benefits as a result of your proposed development provided without regard to Ree, color
religion, national origin, sex, or age? Yes C1 No (if “no,” describe the situation or activity and your plans for achieving comptiance.)

9. Are all activities, facilities, and services constructed or provided as a result of your proposed development accessible to and usable by persons with
disabilities? 4 Yes QO No (If"no,” describe the situation or activity and the reasons for nonaccessibility).

Applicant’ Signanare == 25)922 "6/18/99

Title 18 U.S.C. Section 1061, makes it a crime for any person ingly and willfally to make to any department or ageucy of the United States any false,
fctitioes, or fxadulaat statotnents ar representation ty & any muoer Son as fortes oo. Lae
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. Type or print plainly in ink.

2. Submit application and related plans to the BLM District or Resource Area Office
in which the land is located.

3. Study controlling regulations in 43 CFR 2740 (Sales) and 43 CFR 2912 (Leases).

4. If applicant is non-governmental association or corporation, attach a copy of your
charter, articles of incorporation or other creating authority. If this information has
been previously filed with any BLM office, refer to previous filing by date, place,
and case serial number.

5. If applicant is non-governmental association or corporation, attach a copy of your
authority to operate in the State where the lands applied for are located. If
previously filed with any BLM office, refer to previous filing by date, place, and
case serial number.

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
{(lrems not listed are self-explanatory)

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2. If land is surveyed, give complete legal description. If land is blueprints in any combination available and necessary to describe
unsurveyed, description should be by metes and bounds connected, the finished project. Site designs should be provided for intensive
if feasible, by course and distance with a comer of public land use sites and general information about improvements existing or
survey. If possible, approximate legal subdivisions of unsurveyed planned on lands within the overall project.
lands should be stated. Acreage applied for must not exceed that d. An estimate of the construction costs, how the proposed project
specified by ceguiations, : will be financed, including a list of financial sources, and an

3a. Generally, title to lands will not be granted upon initial approval of estimated timetable for actual construction of all improvements
an application. In order to assure proper development or use plans, and facilities.

the general practice will be to issue a lease or lease with option to
purchase after development is essentially completed. {n any case,
term of lease may not exceed 20 years for non-profit organizations
or 25 years far governmental agencies, instrumentalities or political

e. A plan of management to include operating rules, proposed source
and disposition of revenues arising from the proposed operation,
personnel requirements, etc.

subdivisions. £. A specific maintenance plan to include, for example, sewage and
+. Leases and patents under this act are conditioned upon continuing garbage disposal, road maintenance, upkeep and repair of grounds
Public enjoyment of the purposes for which the land is classified. and physical facilities, etc.
The plan of development, use, and maintenance must show, at a g. Applications for solid waste disposal sites must comply with
mininum: guidelines established by the Environmental Protection Agency
. a. A need for proposed development by citing population trends, (40 CFR 258) and must include a detailed physical description of
shortage of facilities in area, etc. the site including a map, description of ground water situation, soil
b. That the land will benefit an existing or definitely proposed characteristics and management plan.
public project authorized by proper authority. 6. This may consist of a copy of a delegation of authority, resolution or
G. Type and general location of all proposed improvements. other evidence of authority from the governing board of the
including public access (roads, trails, etc.). This showing may applicant's organization, copy of the by-laws of the organization. or
take the form of inventory lists, maps, plats, drawings, or the like.

EXHIBIT A

Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department
Legal Descriptions for Public Lands
in
San Tan Mountain Regional Park

T.3.S8.,R.7.E., G& SRM

Section 4:

Section 8:

Section 9:

Section 10:

Section 16:

Section 17:

Section 19:

Section 20:

Section 21:

Section 22:

Section 28:

Section 29:

Section 30:

Section 31:

Section 32:

S% SW % (80.00), W % SW % SE % (20.00)

E % (320.00), E '% SW % (80.00)

S % (320.00), NW % (160.00), S % NE % (80.00)
W % (320.00), W % NE % (80.00)

N % (320.00)

E % (320.00), E '% NW % (80.00)

Lot 2 (39.57), Lot 3 (39.41), Lot 4 (39.63),
E % (320.00), E % SW % (80.00), SE %4 NW % (40.00)

E 4 E % (160.00)

All (640.00)

SW % (160.00), W % W % SW % SE % (10.00)
All (640.00)

All (640.00)

All (640.00)

All (640.00)

All (640.00)

TOTAL ACREAGE: 6,908.61 acres