On the heels of a regular meeting with no hearings or separate action items on an agenda earlier this month, the Buckeye City Council has three hearings for annexations and rezonings on its Tuesday agenda.
Two of those hearings at the meeting, set for 6 p.m. Tuesday at Buckeye City Hall, 530 E. Monroe Ave., are for the same property. The council will consider annexing into the city and rezoning 2 acres within the planned Vista Bonita subdivision.
The other hearing is for annexation of 38.5 acres, spread across two parcels, located on the northeast corner of Jackrabbit Trail and Monte Vista Road.
Jackencanto LLC is requesting annexation of two parcels of land for a project known as Encanto 38.
According to a staff report, the annexation is being requested with the intent of rezoning and developing single-family residential and future commercial.
Annexations require consideration at two City Council meetings.
Tuesday’s meeting will be the first of those two, for the purpose of holding a public hearing to allow affected parties the opportunity to comment on the request, with council voting on April 19 of approval by ordinance.
The intersection of Jackrabbit Trail and Monte Vista Road is about one-half mile north of Interstate 10 and about 2 miles south of Indian School Road.
Council, city staff and the public have all mentioned the need to widen or improve Jackrabbit Trail to handle more traffic to and from the new businesses and housing in the area.
One of the items on Tuesday’s consent agenda is a final plat approval for Mystic Vista, a 293-lot phase of a project on the northwest corner of Apache Road and Southern Avenue.
There are three access points to arterial roads as well as a collector road that runs from 246th Avenue to Apache Road and will eventually tie into 247th Avenue.
The original preliminary plat approval for the Mystic Vista community was granted in 2005.
Also on the consent agenda is a $150,000 alternative alignment study for where Apache and Baseline roads meet at the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.
As part of the city’s capital improvement program, Buckeye wants to remove Railroad Street and realign either Baseline Road or Apache Road to create a new intersection northwest of the Union Pacific line.
Tuesday’s meeting will be preceded by both a 2:30 p.m. workshop, where findings and recommendations from process improvement consultant Lisa Custer of Curtis & Co. will be one main focus, and a 4:30 p.m. executive session for legal advice from attorneys in connection with revitalization districts in the city.
Jason W. Brooks News Editor | Chandler Independent @JasonWBrooks2
Jason W. Brooks joined Independent Newsmedia, Inc., USA, in July 2021 as an associate editor. After a year covering Buckeye, he has covered Chandler since the fall of 2022, in addition to assisting the Daily Independent throughout his time at INI.
Education: University of New Mexico, bachelor of arts in journalism and mass communication, print emphasis, English minor.
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