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Consent agenda: A motion to approve the consent agenda as presented was moved and seconded. Council voted aye; the motion carried unanimously. (The consent agenda items were not read into the record in full during the meeting.)

Ordinance No. 2025‑183 (roadway and railroad crossing closure and abandonment): Mayor and council read the ordinance caption. A motion to adopt Ordinance No. 2025‑183 was moved and seconded; the council voted aye and the motion carried unanimously.

License and right‑of‑way agreement with Wired Connection LLC (Wired Fiber): After discussion and presentation by company representatives, a council member moved to approve the license and right‑of‑way agreement and another member seconded. The motion passed unanimously.

Ending: All recorded motions carried unanimously. Where a vote tally or rollcall beyond unanimous ayes was not read into the minutes, the meeting record shows the mayor asked for ayes and none were recorded in opposition.

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Public Works Director (presenting) said the El Toro extension now connects I‑19 to La Vita and that the Twin Buttes alignment includes two Union Pacific crossings the town is seeking to close as part of an agreement with Union Pacific railroad. Staff recommended adoption so the town can remain ahead of the Union Pacific schedule and remove the existing crossings when the railroad approves the new intersection and utility crossings at the El Toro Extension and Rancho Sahuarita Boulevard.

Council members asked timing questions and about signage and barricades; staff said temporary barricades remain in place for now and that permanent signage compliant with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices will be installed after barricades are removed.

Motion and vote: A council member moved to adopt Ordinance No. 2025‑183 and another council member seconded; the motion carried unanimously with all present voting aye.

Ending: Staff will coordinate with Union Pacific and the town’s contractor on utility crossings and will follow up on signage and the timing for opening the new intersection, with an estimated target of late summer (August timeframe) contingent on Union Pacific schedule and approvals.

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Jason Tamura, representing Wired, described the company as a regional fiber provider expanding from Nogales to Marana and said his team is working with other carriers and contractors to build a town backbone first, then bring service into neighborhoods. Tamura said Wired uses microtrenching and other low‑invasive methods to place fiber and that, after backbone work, customer installs will be performed when residents request service. “Once they do the order, we'll pull the service right to their house, put it where they want it,” he said.

Tamura discussed timing and service tiers: Wired staff estimated the rollout could take about a year because the backbone must be built first, though some work could proceed sooner depending on trunk capacity. He said pricing and exact packages for the Sahuarita market were still being developed but that Wired plans to offer symmetrical speeds up to 8 gigabits per second in deployments here (higher than the company’s Phoenix‑area tiers). Tamura also said Wired is hiring locally to support deployment and operations.

Council members asked about construction sequencing, microtrenching impacts, coordination with town capital projects and how Wired would avoid trenching recently surfaced or newly paved streets. Tamura said the company will coordinate with town staff on sequencing and infrastructure projects and will use trenching methods designed to minimize disruptions.

The council motion to approve the license and right‑of‑way agreement passed unanimously.

Ending: Town staff and Wired representatives said they would coordinate on construction schedules and community outreach; council members encouraged the company to promote local hiring and community presence.

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Gonzalez said incentives are tools intended to “induce a business to invest” where it otherwise might not and that any program should be tied to the town’s economic development plan priorities: people (workforce), prosperity (business growth and jobs) and place (projects that elevate quality of life). He recommended targeting incentives to “high value economic activity,” building enforceable conditions into any agreement, and offering a portfolio of financial and nonfinancial tools (for example, expedited permitting or infrastructure support) rather than a single universal rebate.

The session included a legal overview from the town attorney, who summarized case law the council should consider when crafting incentives. The attorney said courts require a “public purpose” and some form of consideration in exchange for a local government expenditure, and cautioned that using projected new sales tax alone as the basis for a subsidy has been legally problematic in Arizona precedent. He framed the practical test for incentives as proportionality: local government must be able to demonstrate that the public return is not grossly disproportionate to the public cost of any incentive. The attorney also said non‑financial community benefits can be considered when weighing a package.

Council members discussed examples and goals: limiting tax leakage (residents traveling outside the town for entertainment or retail), attracting entertainment venues and restaurants, supporting both horizontal (land/infrastructure) and vertical (building/tenant) development needs, and making a uniform, transparent toolbox available to applicants while allowing project‑specific tailoring. Council members cited past incentives — for example, a building‑fee incentive used for a large commercial center — as precedent and said they expect staff will bring concrete package proposals and examples at the next meeting.

Gonzalez and council members also noted tools now available for market analysis, including a location/foot‑traffic data product (referenced during discussion as PlaceAI/PlacerAI) that staff said will help quantify trade area leakage and support incentive decisions.

Ending: Council directed staff to return with more detailed options, qualifiers and sample agreements in subsequent meetings and to engage large local landowners and potential partners for feedback; staff said it will also circulate the town’s economic development plan to council members as background before the next session.

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The presentation described community outreach and capital work in 2024 and projects planned or underway for 2025, including SCADA upgrades at 10 locations, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) funded in part by a $1,600,000 grant, new generators at multiple distribution campuses, well rehabilitation, installation of metering valves at a standpipe, and a new lease and tenant improvements at a Samtec facility for operations staff.

The report matters because the utility’s capital and operational investments affect water reliability, customer billing and development capacity across parts of Sahuarita and nearby service areas.

Corbin told the council the company had filed a rate application about a year earlier; “the outcome was a 5 0, vote by the 5 elected commissioners to approve that rate application,” and Global Water volunteered a three‑phase implementation of the increase. Corbin said the phased increases start in May of this year, with further adjustments in November and the following May. He summarized the overall customer impact as “about $7 for the median customer,” defined in the slide as a household using roughly 3,500 gallons per month.

Presenters described specific 2024 accomplishments: a completed Farmers Water System master plan incorporating local specific plans; SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) telemetry upgrades for better operational visibility and alarms; procurement and installation of emergency generators (first at Serena Highlands distribution campus); purchase of a vector trailer to enable less‑invasive “soft digging” for valve and leak response; and a 10‑year lease and tenant improvement work at an 8,000 square‑foot Samtec facility for operations staff.

Planned 2025 investments noted included metering panel upgrades at a Saguaro/Las Quinta standpipe to reduce pressure surges during large draws, proactive rehabilitation of Well 6 (with a planned Well 7 next year), continued generator installations (Continental Water Distribution campus was named for this year), and engineering work on new treatment systems at the Sahuarita and Santa Rita distribution campuses. Corbin estimated treatment upgrades could total roughly $2,000,000 or a bit higher for upcoming work.

Corbin also reviewed customer support: Global Water promotes a customer assistance program it said provides up to $350 per year to qualifying households and indicated they will work with local assistance providers such as Valley Assistance Services and St. Vincent de Paul to help customers enroll. He also said the AMI grant offsets roughly $1.6 million of the approximately $2.0 million AMI project, reducing the rate impact on customers.

On water supply and growth, Corbin announced that Global Water’s Farmers systems obtained a designation of assured water supply (DAWS) from the Department of Water Resources, authorizing use of up to 5,306 acre‑feet per year; implementation began Jan. 1, 2025. He said membership in the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District (CAGRD) and fee arrangements for recharge were part of meeting DAWS requirements and that some recharge will be provided by CAGRD on Global Water’s behalf.

Council members asked about specifics such as the generators’ electric providers (TEP vs. TRICO), metering valve flow settings (presenters said they expect to program valves to limit peak draw from roughly 700 gallons per minute to a lower setting, e.g., ~500 GPM, to reduce pressure fluctuations), and timing for projects. Presenters estimated some projects would be completed in the coming months while larger treatment upgrades and well work would be carried into 2025 with approximate cost projections discussed in the presentation.

The council did not take formal action on the presentation. Staff said the Farmers Water master plan and the franchise agreements between Global Water and the town have been executed and that Global Water submits an annual report per a 2022 memorandum of understanding with the town.

Ending: Council members thanked the presenters for the update and asked staff to coordinate outreach to local assistance organizations about the customer assistance program; Global Water staff said they would follow up with those groups.

","Global Water representatives updated the Sahuarita Town Council on 2024–25 investments in Farmers Water and Saguaro/La Quinta systems, outlined planned 2025 projects and said a rate application previously filed was approved by five elected commissioners; they also reported attainment of an assured water supply designation.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Sahuarita council actions (May meeting)

Council adopts ordinance to close two Twin Buttes railroad crossings tied to El Toro extension

Council approves license and right‑of‑way agreement with Wired Fiber to expand fiber service

Sahuarita study session starts multi‑meeting review of economic development incentives

Global Water presents annual report, outlines projects and rate-case phase-in after regulator approval