Apache Junction approves historic $700M Superstition Vistas development 7-0

apache junction council meeting to order the pledge will be uh led by robert schroeder and the invocation by vice mayor rizzi heavenly father we thank you for the privilege of being gathered here today to do the city's business on behalf of our constituents we ask that each of us be guided by you in the decisions we make that will affect others and not by any personal agenda or ego we ask to be humble in our disagreements and that we never forget we are here to serve the people of this beautiful community father we ask for your protection for all of our first responders those serving in our military in all of their military and all of their family members we ask that they be brought home safely each and every day we also send our thoughts in our prayers to the family of the de dea agent in tucson who lost his life in the line of duty father bring his family peace and comfort in jesus name i pray amen it amen one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all roll call mayor wilson here vice mayor rizzi president council member biggs here council member evans here council member grandma here council member nesser president council member schroeder here you have a quorum your honor thank you consent agenda has a reminder under the all the items in the consent agenda will be approved with one motion if a council member wishes to remove an item for further discussion the requests will be made prior to approving the consent agenda and will be moved to the new business do i have a motion for consent agenda your honor yes i move that we accept the consent agenda with the amendments to um to include the minutes on items number 12 and 14 to reflect the motions that were made by city council second roll call council member schroeder yes vice mayor rizzi yes councilmember nesser yes councilmember evans yes councilmember biggs yes council member gremle no and i would like to explain why um on the consent agenda item number three this has to do with the residential townhouse subdivision named ironwood station it's at the southeast corner of ironwood drive in west superstition boulevard i had voted on this no on this previously and i know that there's a new plat but it's very similar but i i'm concerned about the amount of traffic that's going to be in that area and i had really wanted to see a deceleration lane put in and as i understand it that has not been added so i'm voting no thank you mayor wilson yes motion passes your honor okay awards and presentation whoops i lost the award here okay i have one here make a difference today for october 9th whereas serious social problems concerning our nation our city and our future and whereas we the american people and citizens of apache junction have a traditional of patho pathology what's that word bounce path of g philosophy i'm sorry vortism and a bridge to differences that separate people and help solve community problems and whereas in our city non-profit organizations schools corporations houses of worship families neighborhoods friends serve together to make a difference and whereas 2021 marks the 31st annual make a difference day held in partnership with arizona sustainability alliance and whereas the city of apache junction supports a vibrant community to enrich the lives of our citizen now therefore i chip wilson mayor city of apache junction do hereby proclaim october 9th as make a difference day in apache junction and urge all citizens to participate in volunteer projects as we work together to meet the needs of our neighbors in our city and dave walden will be receiving [Laughter] okay regional intergovernmental uh updates the regional government governmental meetings and updates from the council none of this time no do you have it well we have made a difference on saturday we will be meeting at the focal point at 8 o'clock we should be done by noon the projects that were laid out earlier um silly mountain the replanting of plants over at flatiron park we have a private well it's kind of a private alley cleanup to do it's really a fabulous way to help all of our neighborhoods and our city look better and we can't ever do that often enough but this is a national make a difference day and more a part of it so please come out know your honor yes one of the things i wanted to say is uh i attended this uh saturday a walk for uh ending alzheimer's and uh it was uh i'll say a unique opportunity um we had a bunch of mustangs running around both four-legged as well as the four-wheeled ones and uh it was uh an interesting morning a beautiful morning so it was very enjoyable and we'll make a comment a little bit later again so managers report thank your honor bryant powell city manager very happy to report tonight that on september 22nd the mayor vice mayor chief kelly were able to participate in our very own city the 6 and the 6th annual law enforcement breakfast hosted by the alliance of christian leaders of the east valley and at that event chief kelly and the apache junction police department was recognized as leaders in the east valley and so i'll pass along the hardware here and so you could take a look at it and we just want to congratulate our apache junction police department their great work here in the east valley today mayor you and i were able to attend a very special kickoff event for domestic violence here in penal county our pinal county attorney kent volkmer received all the law enforcement agencies all the folks that work in the prosecutor prosecution of of domestic violence awareness to florence today and chief kelly and corporal harshman and myself had a chance to get that kicked off and to be a part of that group that is doing all it can to help bring awareness to such a wave of horrible stuff that we all go through and so i wanted to make sure that everybody knows that the city passed a resolution at our last council meeting and and when you see the dutchman lit up in purple and our city is in purple it's in recognition of that awareness and then for my last item tonight i'm wanting to to recognize and i hope i got everyone but there are many individuals who have been a part of many of the discussions that laid the groundwork for the for the the many of the agenda items tonight so in the in in our audience tonight with some special visitors who are former city council members former mayors and former county supervisors and so i'll just go down and if you're here please stand we'll recognize you and give you a clap at the end robin barker jeff drew bull in the back there he didn't want to stand up dave waldron sandy smith todd house doug coleman and i think that's everyone uh we have a couple more that still may come later our former mayor jeff cerdy um but um if you would all please join me in giving these folks a great hand appreciate their dedicated service when you're talking when you contemplate the discussion of planning for the 30 years of apache junction it takes a long time to plan for that and it happened over many city councils that help lead that vision we have here with us also our coordinating partners uh like chief whitney from um the superstition fire medical and also rock garnett who was a part of these valid partnership who way back started this idea of superstition business and so we thank you all for being a part of our community and a part of this vision and i'm sorry lisa atkins is here state land commissioner i'm so happy she's here to make it and can witness this as well thank you mayor for that and thank you that concludes my report tonight okay announcement for uh the current events from uh al but first before we get started i have a special announcement to make that uh we did a an opportunity for a group getting together to get funds available for people that are suffering with cancer and they had a fashion show and one of our individuals up here decided to be part of uh one of the activities up there and here he is in all his glory [Laughter] see this is what he dressed up as being himself just for fun and of course then the other one is uh for night out and a man of uh presenting opportunities and uh we'll let you decide which ones of those are ow al if i could add real quick to that um as the mayor said it was the courage under cancer foundation which seeks to raise money for local community members who are fighting cancer going through one of the toughest times none of the money goes to research but it all does go to help them pay their bills and and make sure that they keep up on everything so they don't have everything could come collapsing under them um leading up to the event it's taken us quite a long time but the night of the event we crossed over their threshold they wanted to raise thirty thousand dollars and they had raised thirty five thousand dollars by the end of the night so none of that is possible without the amazing generosity of the apache junction and gold canyon community so thank you all for that thank you councilman thank you mayor um good evening al bravo public information officer for the city of apache junction a couple of quick announcements since we have of course a very busy agenda tonight kids idol returns the auditions are coming up here later this month and into november there is information available there on the screen you can watch for that obviously you can also go to ajkidsidle gmail.com for any questions we also are bringing back the art displays at city hall and at the library we've been a couple of years behind in bringing that back so that is now going to begin in november and go through the winter so if you have questions about that you'd like to have one of your pieces of art considered to be displayed at the city hall or at the library please contact the city manager's office at 474-5066 all the information is always on the home page as always and don't forget we're getting closer and closer to 2022 when we celebrate the centennial of our community and meetings continue on the second and fourth wednesdays of every month at the apache junction library they're still looking for a lot of a lot of help leading up to the big event on january the 8th 2022 and those are your announcements for tonight thank you okay at this time i'm going to combine the public hearings for items number 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 and 15 which consists of ordinances 15 15 15 16 15 13 15 14 15 11 and resolutions 21-47 21-48 and 21-39 as each pertain to the annexation and the proposed master plan community zoning for the auction and retained properties and i'm going to have jennifer kind of read them all out for me certainly your mayor item number eight ordinance 1515 case a n-1-20 on the proposed annexation of 6 600 acres of vacant state trust land item number 9 ordinance 1516 accompanying case a n-1-20 assigning and establishing city equivalency zoning to state trust land property being annexed item number 10 ordinance 1513 auction property at superstition vistas a request by dr horton inc to rezone approximately 2 783 acres from general rural low density single family detached residential to master plan community adopting by reference the master plan community zoning document item number 11 resolution 21-47 declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the city clerk and entitled auction property at superstition vistas master plan community plan august 30th 2021 item number 12 ordinance 1514 retained property at superstition vistas a request by the arizona state land department to rezone approximately 5 307 acres from general world low density single family detached residential to master plan community adopting by reference the master plan community document item number 13 resolution 21-48 declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the city clerk and entitled retained property at superstition vista's master plan community plan august 30th 2021 item number 14 ordinance 1511 amending city code volume 2 land development code by amending chapter 10 engineering standards and adopting by reference and amended chapter 10 as more fully detailed in that certain document entitled 2021 amendments to the apache junction city code volume 2 chapter 10 engineering standards and item 15 resolution number 21-39 declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the city clerk entitled 2021 amendments to the apache junction city code volume 2 land development code chapter 10 engineering standards catch your breath sydney your honor yes can i just take a quick minute to do a couple thank yous so i want to thank the teams internally that have been such a key piece of this including sydney as the project manager larry kirch rudy eskevias have been the key staff members on like i said before i i really do think rudy's middle name is rudy annexation estevious he is mr annexation for this city for decades and that team has been vitally important to the success of the preparation of the rezoning and the annexation piece have an infrastructure team darren from the sewer district mike loggins from our water district mike weaver from public works joel stern our city attorney and matt busbee and emil have been so key as we did some initial planning for infrastructure there is none there we're planning for and getting it ready and so some key components that were done many years ago as far as our plan on how this would work um really prepared us for this time our cfd team the community facility districts the ability to finance that infrastructure zach joel matt leslie from finance and um of course darren and mike from from the water district in the sewer district and then all of our departments that were involved on the development agreements pam harrison from library liz lagenbach from parks and rec chief tom kelly from pd and mike weaver from public works and and of course larry rudy and sydney were all part of that team i also have to say a huge thanks to mark adelman from the state land department we have an army and the state land has mark and the bard thank you so much for being there along the way and lisa for allowing him to be such a big part of it all the all the process and then to the folks over at dr horton and their group and their expertise and guidance along the way to help us conceptualize the ability for us to put this big piece all together to them we give great things and sydney i'll turn it over to you now good evening mayor and council for the record my name is sydney rice one of the planners on staff uh as uh jennifer noted and the mayor noted there are quite a number of items on your agenda tonight i'm going to be dividing my presentation into three parts into three public hearings the first public hearing will cover the annexation the auction npc the retained mpc and the engineering standard modifications a bit of background of how we got here today on november 4th the arizona state land department conducted an auction of approximately 200 acres 2 800 acres known as the auction property dr horton was deemed a successful bidder and they were tasked to master plan and re-zone a larger site of 8 100 acres known as the site the site is made up of two parcels of course the original 2800 acres that were they were auctioned but then the remaining acreage as well and that remaining acreage is known as the retained property at a later date dr horton partnered with brookfield residential for the development of half of the auction parcel the submittal and the review of the mpc plans started in april of this past year at the time of the auction portions of the auction property and the retained property uh were located in unincorporated pinal county approximately 6 600 acres because of this process dr horton has requested to annex that 666 600 acres the annexation process started on december 22nd of last year as you remember as you may remember city council had a public hearing regarding the annexation in january the annexation petition circled for about nine months from january to september 30th this exhibit here notes the parameters of the site the parameters of this site for the all 8100 acres are from baseline to uh to the sr-24 and from meridian to the cap canal the you could also note the parameters of the auction parcel uh which are from elliot to ray and meridian to idaho noted in that gray gray hash mark as i previously mentioned dr horton has partnered with brookfield and they're going to be responsible for the east half of the auction parcel one other thing to note through the annexation our current city limits stop at elliot through the annexation they will stop at the sr-24 alignment you could think of these two npcs as two new zoning ordinances which cover a lot of a range of topics examples of those are land use budgets permitted uses street standards and the landscape and wall standards so what exactly do these npcs facilitate they facilitate quite a quite a bit of development an example of that for the auction property is two development units approximately 11 000 new homes and for non-residential development approximately 443 000 square feet for the retained property it's six development units for a maximum of 16 000 new residential homes and about 9.5 million square feet of non-residential development uh because of the mpcs the development team has asked us to slightly modify chapter 10 of our engineering standards an example of those modifications is to allow underground storage and residential development which we previously did not allow in terms of public outreach approximately 950 public notification letters were sent out the development team also held three public meetings one on june 14th second one on june 23rd and the third one on august 4th a virtual meeting was also held on june 16th altogether approximately 60 people attended those meetings very common questions that came up about those meetings consisted of infrastructure improvements the timing of the sr24 and and what were the expected home prices um once that development gets going uh staff only received one phone call from a resident in the city of mesa expressing support for the development at the planning commission public hearing we had four residents at the city of mesa and they had very similar questions to those that attended the public open house meetings in person a few queued a few key dates to note the planning commission reviewed the mpc plans through two work sessions and formally recommended approval on 914.

of course city council also had two work sessions one on 9 20 and one last night where they held heard from the development team with that said staff is recommending approval of the annexation the auction npc the retained mpc and slight modifications to our engineering standards through the ordinances and resolutions listed on your screen that concludes staff's presentation regarding the first four items items eight through 15.

i'm here if you have any questions and so is the development team anyone have any questions no sir okay so [Music] does the applicants want to speak on this item mayor members of the council my name is patrick brown i'm the vice president of land for dr horton inc my address for the record is 20410 north 19th avenue first i want to thank the council's time last night as we had a very productive work session i also want to recognize the various planning commissioners that are located here tonight in their unanimous approval back in september we appreciate their support as well as your guys's ongoing time and effort and comments on our application as i mentioned we had a very productive work session and i won't go into the detail that we went into but uh i do think it was important that we were able to talk through the approach the state land department took to sell the property who dr horton and brookfield are the amazing outreach and extensive outreach that we've done and meeting with the various uh entity holders and just business interests in this market as well as i spent mentioned yesterday i think we've created an an unbeatable team and it starts with the state land department brookfield residential our consultants and the city of apache junction their various districts within the city i'd like to start by saying taking a page out of brian's and there's so many people to thank but i appreciate the time to do that tonight because they're they're everyone has put in a lot of time and effort so as for the state i really want to thank jim um jim perry paul peterson mark edelman and reuben ortega they have a number of consultants here at miller andrew miller michael caffiso and last but not definitely not least commissioner lisa atkins whose bravery allowed us to continue to move forward with an unprecedented and unique auction that leads us here today second on the great team at brookfield john bradley d macdonald carl polarone bob kimberly gary lynn and eric tune who's the real man of the action he's the one that's running the project for for brookfield and doing a fantastic job between brookfield and dr horton we have an army of consultants i think brian said that a few times truly it is an army and many of them are here i really want to thank uh karen taylor robson andy barron chris szabo dana belknap jeff denzek jody pakorsky jay kramer nick dodd dan matthews mike johnson win lamb josh robinson aubry thomas tim pullen jennifer bigsby and andrew schmiegelski plus hundreds others they really allow us to help create dreams and many of them make sure that those dreams can actually get built and become a reality and that makes it my job so much fun finally i really can't say enough about the amazing staff that the city of apache junction and their districts have shown us it truly has been a breath of fresh air it's become my favorite project to work on a lot of a lot of it starts with the leadership of brian powell many of you don't know we met prior to the october submittal of our qualifications for the auction and i can tell you right from that initial meeting you could tell from the staff that there was a vision there was a hunger and a passion about what superstition vistas and it was infectious and it started with bryant and it led to matt busby joel stern i can't say enough about the planning department as brian said larry kirsch sydney this npc document has your fingerprints all over this just like it does ours so appreciate your tireless amount of time rudy mike loggins mike weaver emile schmidt liz langenbach pamela harris chief kelly chief whitney zack sakas heather wallace and darren england really it's been a monstrous effort to get here today with all the master plans all the future infrastructure and the future growth that's coming i do need to thank the our dr horton family dan bono who's running the project for us for over a year this is his baby lance johnson our in-house counsel the all the corporate support from our corporate officers as well as our regional officers rick horton chris lyndhorst jeff mench and les brandon they have supported us from texas like you guys don't even understand this truly is a historic night we are or you are laying this foundation for the next great master plan community in the pat in the east valley and it's coming to the community of apache junction we would request your approval on the various actions tonight and thank you for all of your time happy to answer any questions as it arises thank you anyone have any questions nope thank you anyone else of the applicants would like to speak state land [Laughter] nope okay as a public hearing would anyone like to speak i've got a couple here that i've got requested um ron arnett would you like to speak rock rock oh okay [Music] good evening mayor council how delightful to be with you this evening you probably don't really understand this started about 18 years ago and it's been a delight to see it come forward and i'm excited to see you folks move forward i have to say that the name came from a visit that i had with sandy smith down south and we were talking about a park and as i drove back up hunt highway i could see the superstition and as i looked at the superstition i started writing names down as i drove vision of superstition superstition and putting it in spanish and then it came to me superstition vistas and when i got home i called chuck backus who had been the president or the chair of east valley partnership and i said how does it sound east valley partnership supporting superstition vistas and he said let's go with it and so we did only to be met by people like sandy and george hoffman who said arnett i don't like you i don't know what you're doing but i don't like you and it took us a while to get acquainted and because they thought we were going to try to move the county line east well it looks to me like tonight you're moving the county line west perhaps but as you start this it was a you're just now getting started on a 50 or 60 year vision that we had of superstition vistas and what you're going to do tonight i think is the start of an amazing development that's going to go across your south border and eventually do wonders where you've got 40 50 000 people here now you're going to have in this great community and i congratulate you i have to mention mark winkelmann of the state land department way back when who saw the vision with greedy gamage and of course sandy and we had many meetings with sandy smith chuck backus and mike hutchinson i have to give a shout out to also to dick silverman of srp when we first went to dick silverman and asked for money he said i'll give you money but i want you to come back and tell me that we have got every community that's going to be touched by this property engaged and involved and apache junction participated mesa participated the counties both counties and many others as we move forward to raise the money to get the master plan and once we got the master plan put together it was adopted by pinal county as part of their comprehensive general plan so you're just getting started with the grand plan that's been in place it includes transportation routes water open spaces employment areas and i believe that your team that's coming forward to ask for this change will embrace all of those items so i'm here to congratulate you and wish you well as you move forward i'd be happy to answer any questions thank you william caffrey mayor and council i'm new to the area but um i do think that there are some questions that i haven't heard i'm granted so i haven't heard all the debate that's taken place up to this point but uh some things that i would like to have considered can you give us your address please yes uh 2330 south cultural court thank you i'd like to have a few points considered before any final decisions are made as a resident of the area maybe the only one in this room that has these things on mind um but um when a decision is made for a community i think it's important that we consider how it affects everybody involved hopefully that's a sentiment that's shared that is shared amongst everyone here considering the people are involved the first person or the first group that is involved of course as a developer and i think it would be fair to say that uh as long as the economy continues to move in the direction that it is or stays stable and doesn't have a downturn that the developer's going to do well this is going to be a good thing for them financially i think it's also to be expected that the the city will benefit in terms of tax revenue from all the new residents and businesses that we brought in i think that's also quite clear and as far as the the people that come into this area um of course they get new homes and they do businesses that all would seem to be good um the only the only people that i don't know is being considered in this are the residents that live here already and i wonder as we see this same trend happening all over the country at what point do we stop to consider the long-term effects of bringing people into an area and increasing the population density i think the reason that apache junction has alertment for people and why i personally am here is because of the fact that they're at least in many sections like where i live the population density is limited to a point that the residents can have peace and quiet they can have a pace of life that is not so hectic as the urbanized areas and i think that's one of the reasons that people move here to arizona and to places like this is that they can have a higher quality of life my question is when we bring in this many homes these many businesses what does that do for the quality of the life of the people that are already here and at what point do we say in order to preserve that quality of life what point do we say hey we need to limit what we have so that everything stays good for those who are here in terms of of the not just the quality of life but even the values of our homes uh what i know for a fact having been through this in other areas that i've lived is what we're going to see here is we're going to see road constructions roads torn up traffic increases all kinds of other construction issues that will be created but even once this is done what else are we going to have we're going to have increased traffic with increased population density typically comes increased crime all the things that people move are moving here to get away from and in essence they're bringing themselves houses without any real yards you know for the kids to run around all these sorts of things and so my question is recognizing that we and you as well are affected by these things at what point is there a limit imposed not to mention the the questions of infrastructure being able to support this development at what point does the city council decide enough is enough i'd really like to know that so thank you very much mr schroeder george photo 2444 west virginia street pardon my throat there's a lot of good things with this i'd say 98 of it is what we need what we want what we need to move forward with uh just i want to say one thing and we'll let it at that i haven't heard anything about the proximity laws and they're there i'll find them if i need to if you can't i know where to find them we need proximity laws between religious entities and schools i haven't heard one thing about it it's got to be there we don't need the inner you know interaction between the two they could do it on their own thank you very much now i'm glad to see uh betty smith here uh she's uh long been a part of salt and i was right there with him for five or six years out in gold canyon i like what we did i like the discussions we were able to stop a lot of the growth out there um lisa atkins glad to see you came it's very important so a lot of the money you say comes for kids well 7 billion in the coffers i don't see anything going for the kids there is a solution i'd like to offer we can come up and i know i know i know the land trust act i've read it all the way back in 1910 okay it was set up for a select member of society and that's got to stop but that's another day that's another issue what we can do is come up with an index of how that money can be get mandated because we have such an education problem and it didn't just start yesterday this is 60 70 years of kids that nothing nothing compared to what i grew up i don't even feel myself educated i just was opportune i went i learned because i wanted to learn i was a sponge school was fun for me we need we need to make school fun but we can't do that if we don't get the money that we're supposed to get through a federal act we're not getting it we're not we're not getting that money they can say that we are all they want but we're not the proof is in the pudding schools are going under they don't know what to do they're they're taxed to the max that's not oh no this is the index for the annexation that these schools need to be paid for the kids need to be taken care of so it is within that the basis to start the ongoing now we we have gone at this for a long time like the first gentleman said he says 18 years it's actually longer than that they've actually tried to come up with a number of 300 000 homes and this is 30 years old we've been trying to do this and it's a pie in the sky because like the second gentleman said win is too much deal horton doesn't know too much they just want to build i can't credit i can't i can't discredit him for that but we can limit and and you know put limits on what can and cannot be done now credits all credits due to the staff and everything has been having to do with this you know what i've seen over the last couple of years one gentleman i call and friday night at seven o'clock he's there i come on saturday mornings to leave a message at seven o'clock he's there he doesn't give vacations he don't take time he does all the legal stuff which i mean you guys maybe take for granted not enough mr stearns is that person you really need to give a lot of credit to him because he all these other staff members depend on him to guide them in the right direction and pass what they can pass this is the guy right here you need to really thank him a lot thank you thank you okay is uh before i close the public hearings anyone else would like to speak in this yes come on forward name and address too yes my name is pam north i live at 8714 east alone drive in mountain brook village just next to gold canyon and i'm an ex californian i've been here for since the early 90s and my i came out with my folks retired they wanted to get out of california because of the growth and i hate seeing it happen here a few years ago after more than 10 years being [Music] having been back to california seeing what had happened to it i could not wait to leave so i have enjoyed well i just recently moved to mountain brook myself to help my folks i've lived in northeast mesa for 19 years and i have seen the blyth from mesa moving farther east as growth happened and i have enjoyed the peace tranquility which is what my folks loved about mountain brook village and i hate to see that destroyed what and what i'm concerned about is the infrastructure this the traffic on the 60 has gotten worse year after year and i see no signs of anything to help alleviate that but we're going to have you know a hundred thousand more cars on the road turning off just before we get to the um the freeway 60 turns into the two lane on into gold canyon it's been a nightmare i can remember when we first moved out here there was not even a traffic signal at mountain brook drive now you can't even get out without having to wait for a green green let alone get in i just hate seeing what we enjoy living out here destroyed by dense population and the crime and the noise and the drugs that it will bring so i am not thrilled i mean i understand growth but this is on a scale that i think will ruin this whole side of the valley so that's my issue so thank you for your time thank you anyone else steve byfield 561 east saddlebutte street patch junction i'm representing the chamber of commerce i'm the chairman of the board for the apache junction chamber and the business community and i got a few things i guess i you know people have made comments and you know they talk about growth but uh doing it this way we have control of this growth i mean you can let san tan valley come you can let queen creek come south north you have no control over it at least we can mold it and you've got great developer artie horton brookdale doing the job that is going to it's gonna take a lot of work you know it's gonna take many years but we've got it we've got a great police department we've got great facilities we got awesome bullying zoning larry and rudy and dave they do a great job we got everything in place we are at 100 years this year and this is a gift for a hundred years to have this at our feet and i truly think that uh his uh it's a blessing and that business community will definitely grow we have a very you know business that go down during the summer and and i think this is going to help i think this will help level that out and bring people and level out our businesses and needs to grow and even a mom-and-pop business will be advantage of this this uh this annex is so i say wholeheartedly the chamber and our business community support it thank you evening this todd house 50270 east hidalgo street this is a day i didn't think was ever going to come to aj i mean uh there's should we have fireworks tonight really this is the big night for city of apache junction uh i've heard this uh rock garnett the foundation of this for over 20 years this has been in the works and in the coming and i think that uh i just kind of held a baton for a few years after sandy laid the groundwork for this and i think it's an outstanding start of what's going to enrich the people that live in apache junction with a lot more diversity than we have currently and leave more opportunities for people to start small businesses and it will leave one of the greatest people that i can think of dr horton is going to be doing a master plan which is going to be just wonderful for the area and we have i have complete trust in their ability to do a wonderful master plan for you and i know that it's been a lot of work for the city i know that every part of the staff has worked all night and all day to try and get this done so this is just the culmination of a long time coming and i just here out of retirement just to say congratulations this is your night to celebrate and go forward with this annotation thank you [Laughter] i wasn't going to say anything tonight but i just have to say congratulations i know that a lot of us came out here i came out here in 1970 and it wasn't even incorporated when i first came out and had a little rv park and i've seen the planning as we've gone from times that have grown and the planning that has gone into this from not only the superstition vistas which you were a part of but taken into that was water taken into that is the transportation route the work on the north south the work on the 24 so that it will alleviate a lot of the congestion and as the developers go forward they will be paying for quite a bit of this infrastructure along with possibly the the infrastructure tax that was put in if it ever gets completely taken care of in the courts and so i think it's been a long time coming i know when we first started the superstition vistas and the planning i would like to correct rock about one thing i never said i didn't care for him i just said i didn't want him to move the county line the county line had to stay where it is so it is going to be developed i think that the planning that is going into it has been is vital and has been done and so thank you very much for uh doing that all of that you have done and again for state land it is their land and they have been part of this from the very beginning and lisa has taken it to the very next step so thank you very much for oh i don't know if i give you my address 4415 south primrose drive and that's not primrose lane thank you any questions thank you okay you're welcome next supervisor jeff 32561 north prospectors and i have an office right across the street and i want to thank and congratulate all of staff and all the tremendous work that's gone into this and lisa atkins with state land and everything has just falling into place with water and power and all the infrastructure and with the fees that are set up everything will should pay for itself all the other areas have had this kind of good growth there can be bad growth we don't want it uncontrolled like the san tan valley but this way starting with a base and the master plan that you guys have it's going to be really really good and we get the uh the reputation of being the retirement community there will be children here which is going to build brief new life into the community and the schools will will thrive and prosper too so i just wanted to give my uh appreciation and uh of course i jumped in late i didn't have much as as much as uh some of the pioneers in the back have but uh you guys have all done a wonderful job and we all look forward to it and it's so far south that it's not going to hurt our lifestyles that we live up here our cul-de-sacs will stay the same and this will help to get 24 pushed out i do want to put on your radar to start to develop rey ray road and get it punched as far as far east as possible the county is ready to help with that and hopefully adot will also so once again thanks and congratulations thank you next i'm doug coleman 1474 south royal palm i just want to say thank you to everybody i just i'm going to get emotional i've waited for this day for i don't know how well 20 plus years we moved out here in 1980 and i was born and raised in mesa right next door but i remember when we came out here um 1980 the census showed us at 9 000 residents i think what is now known as gold canyon which was kings ranch had a population of about a hundred and just watching the growth when i was elect first elected to the city council in 91 we just adopted a general plan and it called for us to keep the north part and in between the y which used to exist low density and horse property and to protect that but it always has been a plan for south of the freeway which opened in to have a little higher density to bring people in to support the community and to to add to not to detract from taught at the high school here for 31 years watched it go up and down and up and down and i i can't tell you how excited i am about this this whole project um i appreciate anybody that's had a little bit to do with it i do remember and maybe this is what sandy's talking about there was talk about a red mountain county that was uh going to take in the east valley and it was because they were starting to spend all kinds of money over on the west side uh over in glendale you know and and pushing those through and i'm glad we stayed in pinal county and uh and that that that didn't happen but um it's it's been a struggle i remember there was a supervisor in maricopa county that kind of lobbed a bomb and said that if mesa had any vision they would annex everything south and go right up to the superstition mountains and hem us in and i got a phone call at school asking me if i'd seen their proposed plan and i said no i haven't and they said can we email it to you real quick because we would like to get a comment from you and so they emailed it to me i was there at school and on my lunch break i took a look at it and uh called called the guy back and and he says oh what do you think and i said i think it's immoral [Laughter] and of course that was the that was the byline you know it's immoral mayor doug coleman and it was uh it was a struggle there's political cartoons that mayor hawker and i with boxing gloves on you know who's going to control all of this and i'm just i'm just i'm grateful to have the invitation to come here tonight to see this all come to to to approval from the community and i wanna i want you to know that i support you in your decision uh to approve this um i wanna thank lisa atkins especially in the state land department for for trusting us really to uh to do what's best for our community and for the area here in general thank you thank you thank you before i close again i'll ask for the the public hearing anyone else would like to speak on any of these items that are listed before the public hearing this time seeing comments from the council um yeah i guess uh a lot was mentioned and and first of all i just want to thank everybody who's helped us get to this uh opportunity um i'm in a unique position i'm really proud of tonight in the work that's happened growing up in apache junction i've heard about this i sat in doug coleman's classroom in high school and talked this whole through i've watched this happen over years and the ebbs and flows of trying to get it here so it's it's really really exciting and and to be a part of it's a real honor to the the community members who have concerns over transportation or or infrastructure or anything we have a 300 plus page bible on every piece of this development down south countless eyes have gone into this conversation 20 years of conversations have gone into this um it's a really great plan it's a solid plan i think the couple people mentioned you know really protecting what we have in the northern part of apache junction and growing to the south we can do both we can have a vibrant community while still maintaining that small town feel and we're we're going to make it happen and we all have to do it together so anybody that wants to jump on board with that we're ready for you deal i'd like to also tag on to what brayden has said but i'd also like to thank our staff because i cannot imagine it would make my head explode if i had to come up with a document like they did and even reading it my head wanted to explode not my cup of tea to do those things but i am so proud of all of you that put so much time effort and thought into this because being in real estate for over 30 years i have seen growth when i was first working power road was still a dirt road and nobody wanted to cross like power road was this no man's land east of there and i just loved it out here i thought well i belong out there i don't know about these people in town but that's what i'm doing um but the amazing work that has gone into this and it's really a 40-year project that has happened and more annexations will come along but this groundwork that has been laid the thoughts and the meetings that the community has been available to see i understand change is hard but change is the one thing that we can always bet on is going to happen and hopefully with this document and the people that are in charge it will happen in a way that it will be a big asset to the whole area robert sorry nothing bad okay kelly i just want to say it's such a an honor and privilege to follow in the footsteps of some of these great people and to be able to sit here today and vote on such an important thing that will affect our community forever and so thank you to staff and dr horton and and brookfield and i'm just excited about the whole thing and and i'm anxious to see it start and progress and it's going to be a great addition to apache junction so thank you all i just want to share a little story with you to tell you how proud i am of being a part of this my parents retired and moved to apache junction back in 1973.

when i don't i didn't live here then so i don't know what years and what happened but my dad got involved with the people who incorporated apache junction in 1978 getting all the signatures for petitions to get it on the ballot and everything and so my dad was quite involved with creating apache junction and he ended up he was the chairman of the very first board of adjustment for the city of apache junction and here i am now 43 years later with this happening so i'm kind of proud of that and proud of our city and everybody all the employees and everybody who's making this happen along with dr horton and brookfield and everybody else so thank you yeah i just want to share the same sentiments that kelly said to it's it is a privilege and an honor to be here after some of our following the footsteps and the the groundwork that some of our early pioneers had laid out and to hear the stories and as i see the faces shining how rewarding and gratifying it must be to staff we've got staff that have been here you know almost the whole time and some staff have left but and new staff that's come on board so it's really it is a privilege and an honor to look out and to just i got goosebumps just being a part of um what's to come due to the visionaries that were there ahead of us and i do share the same sediments with growth it's tough when i first moved here the whole reason we moved here is because our we we wanted our children to grow up in a rural community and we watched horses being ridden right down apache trail we don't want to lose our horse communities and our large properties and i asked that question last night if our developers are going to consider large properties so i get it i i get it and some of the comments that were made about growth we we have an opportunity i think um mr byfield said it well we can control it or we can have a neighboring community control it so it's really best for us to have that local control ourselves and um you know it's a it's definitely a privilege and honor we were there when uh they had the celebration they opened up the 60 to power road there was a huge celebration a huge celebration when supervisor sandy smith they had on the bridge over on ironwood you know these are all things that you know we remember coming in but certainly we weren't here as long as you folks so we just want to thank the folks that had the visionary and the early pioneers that really put this in place to begin with and thank you for coming and obviously thank you for the developers and the staff that have put the work in so really cool really neat to be a part of it well i'm going to make a couple of comments concerning a couple of the people that made comments as well first off the tax for the city of apache junction the city does not have a tax on your residence so there is no tax advantage at all for the city of apache junction the the individual in mountain brook village uh we're we're working on the roads the infrastructure down the south that's going to be taking them directly over towards the and that is going to definitely help out on that traffic that you were very concerned about so we have taken some of those things into consideration already and we're looking into this this is why again a planned community looks at the whole picture and comes up with alternatives that will help out that and that is something that's something that we are working very hard on and this is a planned community something that we look at for the entire area and again it was mentioned that you know we want to look at being able to control it ourselves in it instead of having it at wild uh you look down in the san tan uh area i mean there's no other than the the county and they just basically in a sense that people went and put up homes and everything in the area and started the development and of course they're suffering down there because of it in johnson ranch very much so and uh so we we're we're putting this in the aspects on it that we have control and we understand what's going on and what the needs are for the developments as well as what the needs are for the community and i also want to say thank you to our staff and everything that they did on this together as well okay i will close the public hearing and ask for a motion number eight ordinance number 1515 your honor yes i move that ordinance number 1515 be read by title only and the reading of the entire ordinance be waived council member nesser yes council member grandma yes councilmember evans yes councilmember biggs yes councilmember schroeder yes vice mayor rizzi yes mayor wilson yes ordinance number 1516 sorry 1515.

an ordinance of the mayor and the city council of the city of apache junction arizona extending and increasing the corporate limits of the city of apache junction pinal county arizona in case a n-1-20 pursuant to provisions of title nine chapter four article seven arizona revised statutes and amendments there too by annexing certain territory contiguous to the existing city limits of the city of apache junction recreation repealing any conflicting provisions providing for severability and providing for penalties main motion your honor yes i move the ordinance number 1515 as written by the city clerk be approved and adopted second moved and seconded roll call council member evans yes vice mayor rizzi yes councilmember nesser yes councilmember biggs yes councilmember grandma yes councilmember schroeder yes mayor wilson yes motion passes unanimously your honor okay first one done do i have a motion for item number nine ordinance number fifteen sixteen your honor yes yeah excuse me i just hit the wrong page here can you read now i just hit the wrong button thank you i move that ordinance number 1516 be read by the title only and the reading of the entire ordinance be waived moved and seconded roll call council member schroeder yes councilmember nesser yes councilmember evans yes council member grandma yes vice mayor rizzi yes council member biggs yes mayor wilson yes ordinance number 1516 an ordinance of the mayor and the city council of the city of apache junction arizona amending the apache junction arizona zoning ordinance by mending sorry the zoning district map city of apache junction arizona assigning and establishing city equivalency zoning to state trust land property located in unincorporated pinal county jurisdiction recently annexed pursuant to ordinance number 1515 changing the zoning district classification for said property described in annexation case an 1-20 ordinance number 1550 from pinal county general rural zone to city of apache junction general low density single family detached residential zone repealing any conflicting provisions providing for severability and providing for penalties main motion your honor i move that ordinance number 1516 as read by the city clerk be approved second moved and seconded roll call council member biggs yes councilmember evans yes vice mayor rizzi yes councilmember schroeder yes councilmember nesser yes council member grandma yes mayor wilson yes motion passes unanimously your honor thank you do i have a motion for item number 10 ordinance number 1513 your honor yes i move that ordinance ordinance number 1513 be read by title only and the reading of the entire ordinance be waived second approved and seconded roll call council member biggs yes councilmember evans yes vice mayor rizzi yes councilmember nesser yes council member grandma yes councilmember schroeder yes mayor wilson yes ordinance number 1513 an ordinance of the mayor and the city council of the city of apache junction arizona amending the apache junction arizona zoning ordinance by amending the zoning district map city of apache junction arizona changing the zoning district classification for a new master plan community known as the auction property at superstition vistas to be located on the property as described in rezoning case p-21-50-mpc a request by dr horton represented by patrick brown from general rural low-density single-family detached residential to master plan community adopting by reference that certain document filed with the city clerk entitled auction property at superstition vista's master plan community plan august 30th 2021 repealing any conflicting provisions providing for severability and providing for penalties [Music] do i have a main motion yes i move the ordinance number 1513 as read by the city clerk be approved and adopted second moved and seconded roll call vice mayor rizzi yes council member biggs yes council member evans yes council member nesser yes council member schroeder yes council member grandma yes mayor wilson yes motion passes unanimously your honor okay do i have a motion for item number 11 resolution 21-47 your honor yes i move that resolution number 21-47 a resolution of the mayor and city council of the city of apache junction arizona declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the city clerk and entitled auction property at superstition vista's master plan community plan august 30th 2021 repealing any conflicting provisions and providing for severability be approved second moved and seconded roll call council member evans yes council member biggs yes councilmember gremle yes vice mayor rizzi yes councilmember nesser yes councilmember schroeder yes mayor wilson yes motion passes unanimously your honor do i have a motion for item number 12 ordinance 15 14.

your honor yes i move that ordinance number 1514 be read by title only in the reading of the entire ordinance be waived second moved and seconded roll call vice mayor rizzi yes council member nasser yes council member biggs yes council member schroeder yes council member grandma yes council member evans yes mayor wilson yes ordinance number 1514 an ordinance of the mayor and city council of the city of apache junction arizona amending the apache junction arizona zoning ordinance by amending the zoning district map city of apache junction arizona changing the zoning district classification for a new master plan community known as the retained property at superstition vistas to be located on the property described in rezoning case p-21-51-npc a request by the arizona state land department from general world low density single family detached residential to master plan community adopting by reference that certain document filed with the city clerk entitled retained property at superstition vista's master plan community plan august 30th 2021 repealing any conflicting provisions providing for severability and providing for penalties okay main motion please your honor i move that ordinance number 1514 is read by the city clerk be adopted approved and adopted second moved and seconded roll call council member schroeder yes vice mayor rizzi yes council member big yes councilmember nesser yes council member gremlin yes council member evans yes mayor wilson yes motion passes unanimously your honor do i have a motion for item number 13 resolution 21-48 you're on yes i moved at resolution number 21-48 a resolution of the marion city council of the city of apache junction arizona declaring his public record that certain documents filed with the city clerk and entitled retained property at superstition vistas master plan community plan august 30th 2021 repealing any conflicting provisions and providing severability be approved second moved and seconded roll call council member schroeder yes vice mayor rizzi yes councilmember nasser yes council member evans yes council member biggs yes council member grandma yes mayor wilson yes motion passes unanimously your honor okay uh do i have a motion for item number 14 your honor i move that ordinance number 1511 be read by title only and the reading of the entire ordinance be waived moved and seconded roll call council member nesser yes council member grandma yes council member evans yes council member biggs yes councilmember schroeder yes vice mayor rizzi yes mayor wilson yes ordinance number 1511 an ordinance of the mayor and city council of the city of apache junction arizona amending apache junction city code volume 2 land development code by men in chapter 10 engineering standards by repealing and replacing in their entirety article 10-4 stormwater management section 10-4-2 stormwater standards section 10-4-4 storm water plan and drainage reports section 10-4-10 detention or retention facilities and section 10-4-11 drainage easements and convey covenants and adopting by reference that certain document entitled 2021 amendments to the apache junction city code volume 2 chapter 10 engineering standards repealing any conflicting provisions providing for severability and providing for penalties main motion please your honor i move that ordinance number 1511 as spread by the city clerk be approved and adopted moved in second roll call council member biggs yes councilmember grandma yes councilmember evans yes councilmember nesser yes vice mayor rizzi yes councilmember schroeder yes mayor wilson yes motion passes unanimously your honor do i have a motion for item number 15 resolution 21-39 your honor yes i moved at resolution number 21-39 a resolution of the mayor and city council of the city of apache junction pinal county arizona declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the city clerk entitled 2021 amendments to the apache junction city code volume 2 land development code chapter 10 engineering standards repealing any conflicting provisions and providing for several ability to be approved second moved and seconded roll call council members yes council member nasser yes council member evans yes council member grandma yes vice mayor rizzi yes councilmember big yes mayor wilson yes motion passes unanimously your honor i don't see any hands going up so i'm now going to combine the public hearings on items number 16 and 17 which consists of resolutions number 21-49 and 2150 since each related relate to a needed development agreements item number 16 resolution number 21-49 authorizing the city to enter into the superstition vistas development agreement for the auction property with dr horton inc item number 17 resolution 21-50 authorizing the city to enter into the superstition vista's development agreement for the retained property with the arizona state land department once again good evening council for the record sydney rights one of the planners on staff this portion of the presentation is public hearing number two uh as just mentioned these are items 16 and 17 on your agenda specifically going to cover the development agreements for the auction and retain the property starting from the beginning what exactly is development agreement development agreement is a contract which specifies the governing standards and the conditions for the development of a property this case the auction property there's a quite a number of items that need to be met for the development government to be valid for instance it must be consistent with the general plan must be amendable in writing must be recorded with the county recorder cannot have an emergency clause and must have a legal consideration between the illicit parties and in this case it will be effective 30 days after the annexation is adopted the development agreement covers a range of topics an example of those topics cover the duration npc uses reference to the cfds references to the master plan reports and it also makes notes of dedications and reservations made for public facilities uh examples of those dedications and and reservations for public facilities are the following for the auction property the development agreement notes that 20 acres are dedicated for a library site as well as a 10 000 square foot building for a police or police substation to be built on the auction property as well as uh 15 open 15 minimum of 15 uh open space to be located out in the auction property uh within that 15 percent uh 40 acres uh will be dedicated for public use and public programming for the retained property we have reservation for 10 acres to accommodate a police station and an evidence yard as well as the 15 open space requirement with that said staff is recommending the approval of the development agreement for the auction property and the development agreement for the retained property through the resolutions 21 49 and 21 50.

i'm here if you have any questions any questions from council seeing none do any of the applicants on these items want to speak i see shaking head nose okay as a public hearing would anyone like to speak on any of these two items and i don't see anybody moving so okay i will close the public hearing and ask for a motion for item number 16 resolution 2149 your honor yes i move that resolution number 2149 a resolution of the marin city council of the city of apache junction panel county arizona authorizing the city to enter into the superstition vistas development agreement for the auction property with dr horton incorporated be approved second moved and seconded roll call please council member biggs yes council member evans yes vice mayor rizzi yes council member nasser yes council member grandma yes councilmember schroeder yes mayor wilson yes motion passes unanimously your honor okay do i have a motion for item number 17 resolution 2150.

your honor yes i move that resolution 21-50 a resolution of the mayor and city council of the city of apache junction panel county arizona authorizing the city to enter into the superstition vistas development agreement for the retained property with the arizona state land department to be approved moved and seconded roll call council member evans yes council member biggs yes council member grandma yes vice mayor rizzi yes council member nasser yes council member schroeder yes mayor wilson yes motion passes unanimously your honor okay i am now going to combine the public hearings on items number 18 19 and 20 which consists of resolutions 21-44 21-45 and 2146.

hey they're in order all of them having to do with formation of the community facilities districts item number 18 resolution number 21-44 amending its policy guidelines and application procedures for the establishment of the community facilities district item number 19 resolution number 21-45 declaring its intent to form a community facilities district ordering and declaring formation of the tax living superstition vistas community facilities district number one item number 20 resolutions number 21-46 declaring its intent to form a community facilities district ordering and declaring formation of the tax living superstition vistas community facilities district number two sydney evening council sydney ryan's planner on staff this portion of the presentation is going to cover the cfds what is the cfts cfd is a council created special tax entity that allows the financing of public infrastructure examples of that is the installation operation and maintenance of roads water wastewater facilities flood control and drainage projects that benefit the specified area in this case again the auction property this tool is not uncommon in arizona you can find cfds in scottsdale surprise peoria prescott valley buckeye mesa and in goodyear as you may remember the mayor and city council approved the cfd policy guidelines in february 2021 through resolution 2105.

unfortunately this the house uh approved a bill in march 20 of 21 amending uh those cfd statutes um through resolution approves and adopts the amendments to the city's cfd policy guidelines to conform to the statutory statutory changes the following two slides are very similar one is specific to dr horton cfd is specific to their cfd number one is specific to dr horton and cfd number two is will be specific to brookfield uh dearhorn has requested a petition to the mayor and council to form superstition vistas community facilities district number one the cfd number one will levy property taxes to pay for the public infrastructure the average cost of the homeowner will be approximately one thousand five hundred eighty dollars a year dr horn has identified that these infrastructure costs total approximately 350 million dollars mayor city council will serve as the district board for cfd number one resolution 2145 approves the formation of cfd number one and the underlying development agreements uh dr horn has also submitted a request to form facilities district number two again to pay for public infrastructure the average cost of cfd number two to the new homeowner will be approximately one thousand seven hundred ninety dollars uh dr horton as i previously mentioned anticipates to transfer those interests to brookfield uh residential uh both dr horn and brookfield have identified the cost of infrastructure to be approximately 350 million dollars as well again mayor and council will serve as the district board for cfd number two resolution number 2146 approves the formation of the cfd number two and also the underlying development agreements now with that said that concludes my presentation for the cfd portion staff is recommending approval of the cfd formation policy through resolution 2146 the formation of cfd number one through resolution 2145 and the formation of cfd number two through uh resolution 2146.

any discussion from the council questions your honor yes it's not so much it's not a question i just want to put in perspective what's generally about to happen here the magnitude of what's happening to our city we're changing the footprint of apache junction forever the amount of work that went into this through past mayors past councils supervisors planning and zoning commissions everybody played a part in this for years if not decades and i for one am very proud to be a part of this and i can't wait to see what's come of this city and i thank all of you you're on it's awesome yes real quick i'd also just um like to highlight just another opportunity the apache junction has always led by growth paying for itself and and just as robert said this is uh the pinnacle of that happening this growth is being able to form these cfds and and have that the growth that's coming down south is paying for itself so our current uh what we know apache junction as of tonight is not going to be playing into that you saw the line about property taxes that's only going to be in that area that's not going to be for our current residents um and that that's been the the long mission of apache junction since the start that's been carried out by bryant and past councils and um past staff and everything as well so um really just thank you guys all so much for that and and laying this great foundation for us as as we can move this forward and take on this uh this endeavor anyone okay and i'm else to throw in the comment in the aspect on it again this is the cfd is having the uh aspect of the development the growth is going to pay for the the growth whereas the rest of us are going to be enjoying the overall benefits of the whole entire area okay this is a public hearing would anyone like to speak on these items and i see nobody running up front to come all the way up just miesha okay yeah she chased the cricket okay um well but i forgot to ask because applicants want to say anything you know i see a shaking head nose okay so uh i will close the public hearing and ask for a motion for item number 18 resolution 2144.

your honor yes i moved at resolution number 21-44 a resolution of the mayor and the city council of the city of apache junction pinal county arizona amending its policy guidelines and application procedures for the establishment of community facilities districts be approved second moved in second and roll call vice mayor rizzi yes council member nasser yes council councilmember biggs yes councilmember schroeder yes councilmember grandma yes councilmember evans yes mayor wilson yes motion passes unanimously your honor okay do i have a motion for number 19 resolution 2145 your honor i move that resolution number 21-45 a resolution of the mayor and city council of the city of apache junction pinell county arizona declaring its intent to form a community facilities district ordering and declaring formation of the tax levying superstition business community facilities district number one and approving the district development financing participation waiver and intergovernmental agreement which such district be approved moved and seconded roll call councilmember schroeder yes vice mayor rizzi yes councilmember nasser yes council member evans yes councilmember biggs yes council member grandma yes mayor wilson yes motion passes unanimously your honor okay do i have a motion for item number 20 resolution 21-46 your honor yes i moved that resolution number 21-46 a resolution of the mayor and city council of apache junction panel county arizona declaring its intent to form community facilities district ordering and declaring formation of the tax loving superstition vistas community facilities district number two and approving the district development financing participation waiver and intergovernmental agreements for such district be approved moved and seconded roll call council member nasser yes council member grandma yes councilmember evans yes council member biggs yes council member schroeder yes vice mayor rizzi yes mayor wilson yes motion passes unanimously your honor well thank you you all in the aspect [Applause] before we continue on i'm going to make a little statement in the aspect on it it's unusual to see as many people sitting in the audience we don't have a horse issue at all that's what so this is very outstanding uh second thing is after we're done with the final thing and the call to the public which is going to come up here fairly quick we're going to have some cake in the back for celebrating of the annexation so please attend your honor yes i i do think we also just broke the record for the most number of motions at a council meeting in an hour and a half in an hour and a half yes your honor yeah just because this is uh this group may never be back together again could we get a photo of current council with former council maybe rock and sandy could come up if you before we break up um al can you help me with with uh can you help me with that because this is the best lighting maybe do it right in here okay all right old business we don't have any old business we don't have any new business council direction to staff there is none keep moving forward uh selection of meeting dates times locations and purposes your honor yes i moved at an executive session at 6 00 p.m for monday october 18th and tuesday october 19 2021 be held in the city council conference room and the city council chambers at 300 east superstition boulevard apache junction arizona respectively and other meetings scheduled if necessary second moved and seconded roll call council member schroeder yes councilmember nesser yes councilmember evans yes council member grandma yes vice mayor rizzi yes councilmember biggs i really want to throw wrench in it and say no but i'm going to say yes mayor wilson yes motion passes unanimously okay call to the public and i do have one i would like to remind everyone to call the public as a courtesy and not required by law it's a time for the public to express requests communications comments and suggestions requests of speak forms must have been completed and handed to the city clerk before the end of the city manager's report all issues shall be presented in a professional manner without personal attacks under the open meeting law the council cannot engage in discussions on issues presented but may respond to criticism and may direct staff to follow up with a speaker directly in or place the matter on future agenda for council discussion there's a three-minute time limit speaker and mr schroeder i have one from you heart shoulder 244 west virginia street patchy junction we want to change our city's perception of where we are and where we want to be we can do that but it takes all you to understand people like me we want the same thing how we get there drastically different um last night i listened to a gentleman from d.l horton but let's be under no illusion here anybody even said it it's going to take 20 or 30 years to get all this hooked up and going and flowing and that's just for the industrial the commercial uses anybody wants to come in and add on their cents so let's not get ahead of ourselves let's move forward happily conveniently and and respect everybody including me as hard as that might be the other night i went to the pnc tony the general plan that was voted upon i don't know a year two ago 19 i think is dramatically flawed this suggests that we're gonna houses and and utopia and two or three story buildings and houses and they already tried i think they resoundingly don't want that so we we need to kind of get away from mesa we are not mesa we don't want to be anything like mesa we want good things but it doesn't have to be them we can we can come up with this what we can chew bubble gum and talk at the same time okay and walk and all that we can do that we don't need them we don't need them we don't need them we're doing it tonight we're doing it let's show them that we can move forward without the big grandiosa plans that look again it's 30 40 years i've been here they've been planning on 300 000 homes i don't think we want that let's let's try and steer away from that anyway thank you okay thank you i want to adjourn our meeting and celebrate for those of you that were former council members and everything we all come forward so we get a quick picture thank you