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Council approves water service for 12 short-term casita units at Aspire complex
Summary
The council approved WSA 25-045, authorizing water service for a proposed 12-unit short-term rental project at the Aspire complex. Staff estimated the project’s annual demand at 2.04 acre-feet and confirmed nonresidential allocation was available.
The Prescott City Council unanimously approved water-service application WSA 25-045 on Nov. 4, authorizing water service for a proposed 12-unit casita complex at the Aspire sports complex near Gateway Boulevard.
Bridal Reese, water resources manager, told the council the developer’s demand analysis used the city’s water management multipliers and estimated 1.44 acre-feet for indoor use plus 0.6 acre-feet for landscape irrigation, for a total annual demand of 2.04 acre-feet. Reese said the city’s current nonresidential allocation has 23.23 acre-feet remaining for the budget year and concluded the application fits within that allocation.
Reese also clarified the project is proposed as short-term rentals (not long-term multifamily housing) and that the proposal appears likely to be master-metered rather than individually metered, a detail councilmembers noted as relevant for future water-use monitoring.
Applicant Jim Thomas (owner of Aspire Sports) addressed access questions and confirmed the outer loop roadway would remain open and that nearby development would not block access to the site. Councilmembers expressed support for the proposal as part of local economic activity at the Marketplace/Aspire area.
Outcome: WSA 25-045 — approved 7–0.
Clarifying details: Demand estimate 2.04 acre-feet/year (1.44 indoor + 0.6 landscape). Non-residential allocation remaining before this action: 23.23 acre-feet. Proposed metering: master meter (staff observation). Project type: short-term rental casitas, not long-term apartments.
Speakers quoted are limited to those on the record: Bridal Reese (Water Resources Manager) and applicant Jim Thomas.
Topics: water_supply (justification: formal water-service approval, quantified water demand and resource allocation; scores: topic_relevance 1.00, depth_score 0.7, opinionatedness 0.05, controversy 0.1, civic_salience 0.55, impactfulness 0.5, geo_relevance 1.00)
Provenance: topicintro: transcript excerpt at 01:06:17 when the water resources manager introduced WSA 25-045; topfinish: transcript excerpt at 01:14:30 where council voted to approve the application.
