A street in south Apache Junction has been renamed to match the name of the surrounding masterplanned housing subdivision.
The Apache Junction City Council voted unanimously May 2 on changing the street to Radiance Avenue as part of a consent agenda with other items. Vice Mayor Robert Schroeder was absent.
Four final plats and a map of dedication for Reverence at Superstition Vistas by D.R. Horton — now known as Radiance — were approved by the City Council in August. The plats had lot sizes between 4,400 and 6,000 square feet for a total of 439 lots.
Road improvements for Radiance Avenue, the east-west midsection road, will be constructed with the first phase of construction, Interim Planning Manager Sidney Urias wrote in a memo to the council.
“On Jan. 17, 2023, D.R. Horton submitted a map of dedication for Phase 1B; since then, the name of the community has changed from Reverence to Radiance. Consequently, D.R. Horton has elected to rename Solina Avenue to Radiance Avenue,” he said.
Radiance Avenue will be dedicated to — and maintained — by the city of Apache Junction, according to the map of dedication.
Also in the consent agenda, the City Council approved:
a request by D.R. Horton for a map of dedication for Meridian Road, Radiance Avenue, Reverence Road and Ray Avenue. The proposed roadways will serve as access to the development of Radiance at Superstition Vistas Phase 1A. The road improvements will be constructed with the first phase of construction.
a request by Brookfield ASLD 8500 LLC for a final plat for infrastructure for Ray Avenue Phase 2. It is for property between the Warner and Ray avenue alignments, Ironwood Drive and the Idaho Road alignment.
A total of 2,783.13 acres of state trust land south of Apache Junction sold for $245.5 million to Arlington, Texas-based homebuilder D.R. Horton in a live auction Nov. 4, 2020. D.R. Horton is partnering with Brookfield Residential Properties Inc. to develop about half the auction property. K-12 schools were the beneficiary of the land sale between Elliot and Ray roads and from Meridian east about 2 miles.
Richard H. Dyer can be reached at rdyer@iniusa.org, or on Twitter @rhdyer. To voice your opinion on this story, connect with us at AzOpinions@iniusa.org.
Richard Dyer Managing Editor | East Valley @RHDyer
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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