Extinguishing the federally patented easement of the Solana Road alignment from 14th Avenue to 13th Avenue will be considered at a June meeting of the Apache Junction City Council.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, in the council chambers, 300 E. Superstition Blvd.
That section of the alignment has never been maintained by the city and is not classified as a local roadway, Project Engineer Raquel Schatz said during a May 18 council work session.
“It’s an alignment. It’s not a maintained roadway because there’s no pavement there,” she said. “There’s a house on their lot that they are trying to demo(lish)... (T)hey are going to use a house to put on there so they can still live on the lot while they fix up the other house.”
Area transportation would not be adversely affected by an extinguishment, Schatz wrote in a memo to council.
“The owner of 2777 E. 13th Avenue filed an application for the extinguishment,” she wrote. “Once the easement has been extinguished, the property owner can obtain permits through the city for future developments once they complete the extinguishment process through each individual utility provider.”
Richard H. Dyer can be reached at rdyer@iniusa.org, or on X @rhdyer. Please submit comments at yourvalley.net/letters or email them to AzOpinions@iniusa.org. We are committed to publishing a wide variety of reader opinions, as long as they meet our Civility Guidelines, https://www.yourvalley.net/civility-checklist/.
Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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