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Surprise council approves consent agenda, recommends two liquor licenses and OKs 5.41-acre annexation
Summary
At its Jan. 7 meeting, the Surprise City Council approved the consent agenda, recommended two restaurant liquor-license applications to the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control and approved a 5.41-acre annexation tied to Resolution 2025-01.
On Jan. 7, 2025, the Surprise City Council voted on several routine and land-use items, approving the consent agenda, recommending two pending restaurant liquor licenses to the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control and adopting a resolution to begin annexation proceedings for approximately 5.41 acres.
The consent agenda, which contained 11 items, was approved on a recorded vote of 6-0 after a motion to adopt was made and seconded. Council then considered two separate public-hearing items that were opened, received no registered public comment and resulted in motions recommending approval of liquor-license applications to the state licensing authority: application 310915 for Torchy's Tacos at 16430 W. Waddell Road, and application 310636 for Blue Sushi Sake Grill at 13442 N. Posada Parkway. Both motions were moved, seconded and the council declared them passed.
Council also moved to approve Resolution No. 2025-01, initiating the process to record a blank petition for annexation in case FS24-0623 (referred to in materials as Surprise 2 905). Staff told the council the current request covers two parcels totaling 5.41 acres located south of the Central Arizona Project, east of Buckeye city limits, north and south of the future Beardsley Road alignment and west of the future 250 First Avenue alignment. The motion to approve the resolution passed.
City planning staff explained that adopting the resolution triggers a 30-day waiting period during which the city will file the blank petition and the applicant must obtain property-owner signatures before a subsequent public hearing. Council members asked clarifying questions about which parcels remained in the petition and staff confirmed one parcel had been removed since a prior presentation to council in October 2024.
The formal actions at the meeting were procedural and did not include extended policy debate. The liquor-license items were recommended to the state agency for final approval; the annexation action set the city process in motion rather than completing annexation itself.
