Commissioners and staff discussed proposed edits to Town of Florence landscape standards (Chapter 150) to discourage invasive and high-water-use plantings and to better align local code with state guidance. Vice Chair DeRozan said the town should ask developers to avoid plant species that are both invasive and water-intensive and suggested adding “noninvasive” to existing language that now encourages indigenous, low-water plants. A planning staff member told the commission that the Arizona Department of Water Resources and other state lists can inform a local list of preferred and prohibited species. “We struggle with landscaping because of water,” the vice chair said, noting public-right-of-way planting and irrigation overspray as recurring issues. Commissioners discussed defining “invasive” in the code’s definitions section and conducting a focused review of Chapter 150 that would also address turf limits, hardscape options and irrigation efficiency. Staff recommended forwarding a draft recommendation to the town council after research and defining terms. In a director’s update, planning staff reported multiple final plats under review and expected council consideration of several final plats in October tied to developments east of Felix Road and other projects. The Hunt Highway and Attaway Road projects were described as advancing; the town’s construction manager-at-risk is preparing a Guaranteed Maximum Price for the Hunt/Attaway project for council consideration. Staff also reported progress on Mesquite Trails site work and sewer installations and said Epicor received state approval that will allow commercial water allocations on a major corner at Hunt and Merrill Ranch Parkway. Commissioners asked staff to coordinate transportation-plan updates with county and regional partners and to track sewer and water timing to ensure roads and utilities are aligned with projected development.