April 26, 2007

Maricopa city officials are seeking support from people in a proposed annexation area to keep them from being acquired by Goodyear while improving Maricopa’s economic possibilities.

The city said they will proactively communicate with residents and property owners in community forums about their intentions.

“Our plan isn’t to do the bare minimum to communicate with residents,” said planning department administrative assistant Nicole Daily. “We’re not just annexing land, we’re annexing a community.”

The city is concerned that if they don’t lock in the annexed land, then Goodyear will continue to acquire land to its south like its 67-square-mile annexation that takes effect Thursday. This annexation contains the town of Mobile and a large stretch of the proposed Loop 303 highway area heading south out of Goodyear.

Maricopa’s April 17 proposed annexation of the 44-square miles to the south and east of the city will secure land for a possible regional airport, land to the south of the Ak-Chin Indian Reservation and two square miles in Maricopa County. It is expected to impact roughly 12,000 residents.

“People in Thunderbird Farms need to know that we are doing this to protect them from Goodyear,” Councilmember Will Dunn said Monday. He said these residents are a part of Maricopa’s community.

If they became a part of Goodyear, then they would have to drive more than 50 miles to talk to a city official, he said.

The proposed two square miles into Maricopa County are an important part of the annexation plan, according to Daily.

“This allows us to be a regional player within Maricopa County,” she said.

Having land in Maricopa county is the first criteria to join the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) – a planning body for highway placement and other regional transportation issues such as the Loop 303 heading south from Goodyear toward Maricopa.

“Employment centers for sustainability are in this corridor,” said Amy Haberbosch at Monday’s planning and zoning meeting.

The annexation process will take13 months or less. The city must get 51 percent of signatures from property owners to add the area to the city.

For more information about MAG go online to: mag.maricopa.gov.

To talk to city officials and learn more about the annexation processes, residents can attend the following two upcoming events:

If you go:
What: City information booth 
Where: Farmers Market on Papago Road in Thunderbird Farms
When: Saturday from 8 – 10 a.m.

If you go:
What: City Information Booth at Salsa Festival
Where: Pacana Park on Porter Road
When: Saturday 11- 7
 
Story by Aaron Thacker, map courtesy City of Maricopa

NOTICE of PUBLIC HEARING
City Council: May 15, 2007 @ 7:00p.m.
Maricopa Wells Middle School
45725 W. Honeycutt Avenue Maricopa, AZ 85239

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT a Public Hearing will be held at the above referenced time, place and location. The purpose of the public hearing is to receive public testimony on the following requests: 

ANNEXATION 07-01:

A portion of Sections 14 and 26 all of Sections 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35 of Township 4 South, Range 2 East and a portion of Sections 16, 27 and 28 and all of Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 of Township 5 South, Range 2 East and a portion of Section 21 and all of Sections 17, 18, 19 and 20 of Township 5 South Range 3 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona to that of the legal limits of the City of Maricopa, Gila River Reservation, Ak-Chin Reservation, and Maricopa County and all adjacent right of ways and all of Sections 13 and 24 of Township 5 South Range 1 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona to that of the legal limits of Maricopa County and all adjacent right of ways, described as follows: All of Section 15 Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways; to that of the legal limits of the City of Maricopa the Gila River Reservation and the Ak-Chin Reservation. All of Section 18 Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways; to that of the legal limits of Maricopa County and the Gila River Reservation. All of Section 19 Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways to that of the legal limits of Maricopa County. All of Section 20 Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 21 Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 22 Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways.All of Section 23 Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways; to that of the legal limits of the Ak-Chin Reservation. All of Section 27 Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona. All of Section 28 Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 29 Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 30 Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways; to that of the legal limits of Maricopa County. All of Section 31 Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways; to that of the legal limits of Maricopa County. All of Section 33 Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 34 Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona. All of Section 35 Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona to that of the legal limits of the Ak-Chin Reservation. That Portion of Section 14, Township 4 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona, to that of the legal limits of both the City of Maricopa and the Ak-Chin Reservation. All of Section 26 Township 4 South Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways; to that of the legal limits of the Ak-Chin Reservation; excluding the Northeast ¼ of the said section. All of Section 2 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona to that of the legal limits of the Ak-Chin Reservation. All of Section 3 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona. All of Section 4 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 5 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 6 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways; to that of the legal limits of Maricopa County. All of Section 7 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways; to that of the legal limits of Maricopa County. All of Section 8 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 9 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 10 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 11 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona to that of the legal limits of the Ak-Chin Reservation. All of Section 13 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona to that of the legal limits of the Ak-Chin Reservation. All of Section 14 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona to that of the legal limits of the Ak-Chin Reservation. All of Section 15 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 17 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 18 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona to that of the legal limits of Maricopa County. All of Section 19 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways to that of the legal limits of Maricopa County. All of Section 20 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 21 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 22 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 23 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 24 Township 5 South, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All that portion of the North half of Section 16 Township 5 South Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona, described as follows; Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Section 16; Thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 East along the East line of said Section 16, a distance of 2642.89 feet; Thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, a distance of 1319.00 feet; Thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, a distance of 678.00 feet; Thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, a distance of 614.70 feet; Thence North 32 degrees 25 minutes 59 seconds West, a distance of 417.07 feet; Thence North 68 degrees 20 minutes 28 seconds West, a distance of 581.41 feet; Thence North 18 degrees 01 minutes 03 seconds West, a distance of 873.50 feet; Thence South 86 degrees 13 minutes 51 seconds West, a distance of 631.79 feet; Thence North 42 degrees 39 minutes 04 seconds West, a distance of 828.22 feet to a point on the North line of said Section 16; Thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East along said North line of Section 16, a distance of 4159.50 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. All that portion of the Northwest ¼ of Section 27 Township 5 South Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona, described a follows; Beginning at the Northwest corner of said section 27; Thence North 89 degrees 27 minutes East along the North line of said Section 27, a distance of 1532.8 feet; Thence South 10 degrees 27 minutes West, a distance of 982.1 feet; Thence South 82 degrees 38 minutes West, a distance of 844.2 feet; Thence North 85 degrees 41 minutes West, a distance of 512.7 feet to a point on the West line of said section 27; Thence North 00 degrees 21 minutes West along said West line, a distance of 1024.4 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. All that portion of North ½ of the Northeast ¼  of Section 28 Township 5 South Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian Pinal County, Arizona, described as follows; Beginning at the Northeast corner of said section 28; Thence South 00 degrees 21 minutes East along the East line of said section 28, a distance of 1020.4 feet; Thence North 85 degrees 41 minutes West, a distance of 56.1 feet; Thence North 78 degrees 07 minutes West a distance of 613.3 feet; Thence North 68 degrees 21 minutes West a distance of 962.2 feet; Thence North 72 degrees 25 minutes West a distance of 568.6 feet; Thence North 36 degrees 19 minutes West a distance of 430.5 feet to a point on the North line of said section 28; thence North 89 degrees 34 minutes East along said North line, a distance of 2340.1 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. All of Section 17 Township 5 South, Range 3 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways; to that of the legal limits of the Ak-Chin Reservation. All of Section 18 Township 5 South, Range 3 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona to that of the legal limits of the Ak-Chin Reservation. All of Section 19 Township 5 South, Range 3 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 20 Township 5 South, Range 3 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 13 Township 5 South, Range 1 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 24 Township 5 South, Range 1 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways. All of Section 21 Township 5 South Range 3 East of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona including all adjacent right of ways; to that of the legal limits of the Ak-Chin Reservation; excluding the Southwest ¼ of the said section.

Anyone wishing to appear and make comment is encouraged to attend.  Written comments are welcome and, if received prior to the meeting, will be included in the record. For questions please contact the City of Maricopa’s Planning Department at (520) 568 9098 ext 285.

Dated this 24th day of April, 2007

Rick Buss, City Manager

Published in the Casa Grande Dispatch April 26, 2007