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Phoeniz - Arizona Chapter

DEMOGRAPHICS
  2000 Projected Population 2005 Projected Population Percent Increase 2010 Projected Population Percent Increase
Phoenix-Maricopa County 2,954,157 3,329,561 12.70 3,709,566 11.41
State 4,961,953 5,553,849 11.92 6,145,108 10.64
Population Rank By 2000 Arizona is projected to be the 21st most populous state in the US, by 2025, the 17th with 6.4 million people.

TYPE OF REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
Regional Governance Several associations of government dealing mainly with transportation and air pollution issues
 
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
Broad-based Federal and State Sources
Development fees Impact fees on new projects
 
TRAFFIC CONGESTION:
Urban Mobility Study: The 2004 Annual Mobility Report
 
SIERRA CLUB STATE RANK:
2000 Sprawl Report
 
STATE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM:
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
City of Phoenix — Brownfields Land Recycling Program
 
CURRENT GROWTH MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES:
Techniques Description
Restrictions on physically developable land Proposition 303 (passed 11/98) earmarks $220 million in state funds to acquire environmentally sensitive land over 11 years
Regional Urban Growth Boundary Growing Smarter Plus law provides for municipal service area boundary but does not limit growth if services are provided by private funds
 
PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND/OR INITIATIVES:
  NAIOP's Government Affairs Department has undertaken an aggressive program to monitor legislation (password required) at state capitals across the country where we currently have chapters. To view current legislative activity in your state click here to be directed to NAIOP's state legislative monitoring service. (Please contact the Assistant Vice President for State and Local Affairs, Steve Gallagher, to obtain the password.)
 
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Search for current smart growth news in the following papers.
The Arizona Daily Star
The Arizona Republic
 
Chapter Contact: Keith Earnest
Opus West Corp.
(602) 468-7083