The Mesa City Council voted unanimously Sept. 22 to recommend that the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approve formation of the Mesa Vista Estates Irrigation Water Delivery District (IWDD).

Robert Blinco, a District 1 resident and speaker at the meeting, told council the neighborhood irrigation system installed decades ago is aging and that homeowners want to pool resources to pay for larger and rising repair costs. The proposed IWDD boundary given to council was described as roughly bounded by Jensen Street, East Mesa Vista Lane on the south, North Mesa Drive on the west and North Dresden on the east.

Councilmember comments were brief; the council approved forwarding the neighborhood request to the county supervisors for final action.

Why it matters: an IWDD would give property owners a formal mechanism to collect and manage funds for repair and replacement of irrigation infrastructure that serves the listed neighborhood. Council action on Sept. 22 was limited to recommending county approval; the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors will make the final decision.

No ordinance or expenditure was approved by the Mesa council at the Sept. 22 meeting; the action was a recommendation to the county.