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Budget panel backs $250,000 feasibility study for Rio Verde wildlife crossing, adds legal caveat on preserve funds
Summary
The Scottsdale Budget Review Commission voted to recommend moving $250,000 from preserve reserves for a Rio Verde wildlife-crossing feasibility study and to move the $35 million construction placeholder out of the five-year capital plan — but added that the study fund be spent only if the city attorney deems it an allowable preserve-fund expense.
The Scottsdale Budget Review Commission on April 11 recommended that City Council fund a $250,000 feasibility study for a Rio Verde wildlife crossing and move the $35 million construction amount out of the five‑year capital improvement plan until that study is complete.
The vote followed detailed discussion on whether the preserve fund can legally be used to pay for a feasibility study. The commission added language that the $250,000 be authorized "if determined to be an allowable expenditure from the preserve fund" by the city attorney. Chair Smith called for objections and the commission approved the two recommendations as amended.
Why it matters: The $35…
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