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Subcommittee recommends city council approve water service application for 90‑unit Marina Street apartments
Summary
The Prescott City Council Subcommittee on Water Issues voted 3‑0 to recommend that the full council approve WSA‑24‑013, a request for 11.66 acre‑feet per year to serve a proposed 90‑unit multifamily complex at Marina Street south of La Rue Street.
The Prescott City Council Subcommittee on Water Issues unanimously recommended that the full City Council approve water service application WSA‑24‑013 for a proposed 90‑unit apartment project off Marina Street.
City staff said the project, submitted by Michael Taylor Architects for owner YH Development Properties, estimates total water demand at 11.66 acre‑feet per year for a 90‑unit multifamily development. Brian Reese, water resources environmental service manager, told the subcommittee the applicant used the city’s indoor multiplier of 0.12 acre‑feet per unit and an Arizona Department of Water Resources outdoor multiplier of 1.5 acre‑feet per acre to calculate 10.8 acre‑feet of indoor use and 0.86 acre‑feet for landscaping.
The city’s residential water budget available to allocate at the time of the hearing was 25 acre‑feet for the six‑month budget period; the 11.66 acre‑feet figure falls below the subcommittee’s appeal threshold. Reese said, “Given the water budget is available for it, staff has no objection to moving this forward for approval through full council.”
Developer Mark Van Warmer said the team was still finalizing unit count and performing due diligence on site details including stormwater drainage and grading. Council members and other subcommittee members asked that standard site engineering, stormwater and platting questions be resolved later in the permitting process.
The subcommittee moved to forward WSA‑24‑013 to the full council for approval; the motion passed 3‑0. The subcommittee’s recommendation does not itself approve the project; water allocation and final land‑use approvals remain subject to subsequent council action and any required permits or site plan reviews.
The subcommittee also approved the minutes from its Jan. 7 meeting; Councilwoman Freeworth noted she had been absent from that prior meeting and would abstain from that vote.
What happens next: The recommendation will be transmitted to full council for a formal vote and any additional conditions or permits will be addressed as part of the city’s standard development review and public hearing processes.
