Protect and Preserve Scottsdale Task Force

Description

The Protect and Preserve Scottsdale Task Force shall develop a recommendation to the Council on a financial strategy to protect and preserve Scottsdale’s open spaces and quality of life, through identifying and quantifying the unfunded needs for the protection, preservation, and perpetual maintenance of the City’s open spaces (e.g., Indian Bend Wash Greenbelt and McDowell Sonoran Preserve), public safety, and other needs.

The Protect and Preserve Scottsdale Task Force was active between January 2023 and April 2024. Per the enabling resolution that authorized the creation of the Task Force, the Task Force was dissolved upon Council action at the April 2, 2024 Regular City Council Meeting to send the sales tax question to the voters .

The final recommendations of the Task Force can be found in the Protect and Preserve Scottsdale Task Force Amended Final Report dated March 28, 2024, which can be accessed here. 

Members