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Board establishes Lockett Estates domestic water improvement district; appoints three interim directors
Summary
Property owners petitioned for a domestic water improvement district (DWID). After hearing, the board found statutory requirements met and created the Lockett Estates DWID, appointing three interim board members and scheduling the first public election in 2026.
The Coconino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved creation of the Lockett Estates Domestic Water Improvement District after property owners submitted a petition and met the statutory thresholds for formation.
Attorney Jeff Crockett, representing petitioners, summarized that Lockett Estates is a platted subdivision in the Lockett Ranches master plan area east of Fort Valley Road. The existing water system — owned and operated by the Lockett Estates Homeowners Association — contains a registered well, a 50,000‑gallon storage tank and a distribution system currently regulated by ADEQ as a public water system. Petitioners said 11 of the 16 property owners and owners of the subdivision’s common tracks signed the petition, surpassing the majority ownership requirement.
Crockett requested the board declare the proposed district boundaries (Lots 1–16 and Tracks A–C on the amended plat) and appoint an initial three‑member board of directors: David Hayward, Edward Wiebe and Agnes Progy. Deputy county staff verified that at least 51% of property owners had signed the petition and that the three proposed interim board members were registered electors inside the proposed boundary.
Supervisors discussed the benefits of a DWID, including local governance of water services, access to financing mechanisms for infrastructure, the ability to set rates appropriate to local needs (without a profit return component), and improved long‑term water system management. Supervisors noted two lots within the plat were excluded from the district boundary at the petitioners’ request; those properties are commercial parcels that are not connected to the system.
The board voted unanimously to establish the Lockett Estates DWID (Resolution 2025‑33) and appointed the three interim directors to serve until the district’s first elected board is chosen at the countywide general election in 2026.
