State Trust Land Overview

Presentation to the Arizona Floodplain Management Association

by

Mark Edelman, AICPPlanning & Engineering ManagerArizona State Land Department

May 6, 2016

• What is State Trust Land?

• How does ASLD manage flooding?

• Q & A

What is State Trust Land?State Trust land is:

Land that was granted to Arizona by the federal government in preparation for Arizona’s

statehood.

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Arizona’s State Trust Land

State Trust land is not public land!

Because these lands are held in trust, they differ greatly from public lands

such as BLM or US Forest Service land, and are more akin to private land.

Every Acre has a BeneficiaryState Trust land is held in trust and managed by the Arizona State Land Department for the sole

purpose of generating revenues for Arizona’s K-12 public schools…

Image Source: Raising Arizona Kids.com

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…and 12 other institutional beneficiaries.

Image Sources: Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind; Arizona Department of Corrections; Arizona Pioneer’s Home; Arizona Board of Regents; University of Arizona College of Engineering

• Every dollar earned goes into the Trust

• ASLD is a General Fund agency

• ASLD partners with local governments for land planning and floodplain

management.

What about the money?

Interaction with local floodplain managers• ASLD is a stakeholder in regional studies,

planning, and coordination:Area Drainage Master Studies & PlansMitigation of local flooding issuesJurisdictional Dams on State Trust landFloodplain delineation studies CLOMR/LOMR submittals to FEMA404 Permitting

Pinnacle Peak West ADMSFlood Control District of Maricopa County

Hunt Highway Regional Drainage Pinal County

Commonly-encountered drainage issues on ASLD-adjacent development:

• Reliance on:• uncertified and unmaintained impoundments and

diversion structures, or • trespass installations

• Deficient or unmaintained on-site drainage conveyance or retention

• Unmapped or localized flooding hazards• Fissures and ground subsidence

Working with State Land

• Consultant to Applicant/Lessee/Local FPM• ASLD Contractor via ADOA State Procurement

Office’s Professional Services List https://spo.az.gov/

• State Trust land is not public land and should be thought of in the same way as private land• Every dollar ASLD earns goes to our beneficiaries, who must be compensated for

any use on the land• ASLD is a General Fund appropriation agency

• ASLD coordinates with local floodplain managers on both local and regional flooding

issues

Conclusion:

Thank You! Questions?Arizona State Land Department

602-542-4631 / https://land.az.gov/

ASLD Planning & Engineering SectionManager: Mark Edelman, AICP

602-542-6331 / medelman@azland.gov

Local & Regional Flooding Issues involving State Trust landManny Patel, PE

602-364-1596 / mpatel@azland.gov

ADWR Jurisdictional Dams on State Trust land and Colorado River Sovereign Lands

Cheryl Doyle602-364-0166 / cdoyle@azland.gov