Not just to record for the center function, you need to have these ones.

But I don't hear anybody else.

I don't hear anybody either.

And it's not on mute, right?

Oh Jarr, Dan, are you saying that question?

Okay, so the discussion is everybody.

Yeah, we would change it.

But do that nothing.

Yeah, you have a still ready to talk about it.

So, we couldn't have four and lines.

So you can say that we have to get it right.

So we're just charged.

Oh no, it's sad.

Was Eric on the test?

Yeah, yeah.

So generally, over the question.

I have the ones on the other.

Do you want to you want to text the other night?

Yeah.

I mean, actually, yeah.

Yeah, but I think that's a good thing.

So if we get one person on the phone, then we've got a quantum.

Okay.

Yes.

And they also need that.

So people can learn the agenda.

Hello?

Hi.

Okay.

My apologies.

I uh couldn't see it.

Uh I was having trouble with the key password.

Okay.

Erica and Ellen, are you there?

Alan is present.

All right.

I think we had an Erica two.

Eric is here.

Hi.

All right.

Okay.

Um tonight you will be voting.

Uh since we are short on the number.

Johnny Gonzalo.

Thank you, John.

So Eric, you will be voting tonight by the aid for approval or denial on the motion.

Is there an alternate?

So whether there is a motion.

Okay.

Did you hear that, Erica?

Maybe I'm on mute, Erica.

I did not, I did not, yeah, sorry.

I did not hear that.

Okay.

So we are short a member today, or two.

So as the alternate you will you are a voting member today.

You can always participate in the discussion.

Or Annie, you can make a motion as well.

So uh when we do the roll call vote, uh Linda will be calling for either you vote uh for approval or denial, uh whatever it's it's your choice.

You have any questions on that?

Uh no, I did uh great.

Okay, so Chair, we're ready to go.

So we'll call the Jan July 18th, June June 18th 2025 meeting of the planning and zoning commission to order.

We're meeting at 605, 607 in the Eloy City Council Chambers, and uh we'll open with a cr call to with a roll call.

Ms.

Belinda.

Chairperson Stephen Paulson.

Okay, excuse me.

Uh Vice Chairperson Conrad Tolson.

Here.

Commissioner Alan Crawford.

Present.

Commissioner Frank Facetel.

Absent.

Commissioner Backa.

Here.

Commissioner Gerard Whitman?

Here.

Commissioner Johnny Gunn.

Here.

And alternate Commissioner Erica Lopez.

We have a quorum.

Thank you.

Next we will have the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

So if you have a copy of the agenda there, we are now moving on to item Roman number four, public appearances.

Those wishing to address the planning and zoning commission may do so by signing in on a form provided by the community development director.

Do you have any?

No, okay.

So unless somebody has an urgent need to speak, uh make a public appearance regarding something other than what we're going to be discussing tonight.

Um please do so now or hold your peace.

All right, no problems there.

So we're gonna move on to item number Roman number five.

Motion to approve the May 21st, twenty twenty twenty-five meeting minutes of the planning and zoning commission.

And those were included in the packet.

So um do we have a motion to approve the minutes?

I have one comment.

Yes, go ahead, Mr.

Grimes.

Two and three on pages two and three on the header, the date is incorrect.

It listed as December eighteenth, twenty twenty-four, should be May 21st, 2025.

Any other comments?

All right.

So do we have a motion to approve as amended?

I so moved.

I will make a motion to approve as amended.

So we have a motion and a second, I believe we could consider that.

Okay.

All in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Okay, aye.

Any opposed?

Aye.

Was that an aye or an A?

Aye.

Is that an aye?

That was an aye.

Okay.

Minutes have been approved.

All right, item six, new business, possible discussion and or action on the following.

Item 6A.

The applicant is requesting a continuance of case number GPA 2025-002.

Silver Auto RV resort continued July 16, 2025 meeting.

The applicant application is requesting a minor general plan amendment from general industrial to high density residential on approximately 27 and a half acres located west of the intersection of West Taunton Road and North Labrea Street.

So I guess we have two requests for continuance, but I think we'll take each one separately.

So we have the request to continue item 6A.

Is there any do we have a motion to continue 6A?

And by the way, I think I'll make a motion to continue.

All right.

We have a motion and do we have a second?

I seconded.

Second.

Um I believe we can take a voice vote.

All right.

So all in favor of continuing, say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any of the vote?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

And by the way, uh Mr.

Simers, should I have opened the public hearing yet or does that come later?

That comes on the when we get to the individual item.

Okay.

All right.

I apologize.

I'm not, I'm the second in line here and uh used to letting the regular chair take care of things.

Okay, 6B.

The applicant is requesting a continuance of case number RZPA RZ pad 2000 2025-001, Silverado R V Resort to the July 16th, 2025 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting.

This applicant is to res application is to rezone in approximately 27 and a half acres from high density residential R3 with manufactured home overlay to high density residential R3 with the manufactured home with the manufactured home part and planned area development pad overlay.

The property is located west of the intersection of West Tonto Road and Labrayas Street.

Do we have a motion to continue this to July 16th?

I'll make a motion to continue.

Second.

A second.

Okay, we have a motion.

All right, we have a motion and a second.

Uh voice vote.

Uh all in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Go ahead.

Any opposed?

Aye.

I have agreed.

Any opposed?

No.

Motion carries.

All right.

So item 6C.

Review and consider.

Excuse me.

Review and consider providing comments to the Eloy City Council on case number A 2025-001.

Concast Eloy.

The City of Eloy has initiated an annex annexation.

The city is proposing to annex approximately 30.12 acres of land east of the northwest corner of West Adams Road and Guano Road.

So I will open the public hearing and staff.

Would you like to give a presentation?

Sure, thank you, Chair.

We're trying to bring up the slide of the PowerPoint right now.

But it seems not to be working like normal.

But anyhow.

So this is this project is located on the east side of Sunshine.

Sorry, Sunland Gin Boulevard, approximately uh 600 feet to the west to the east of Sunshine on Adams Road.

It is where the border patrol site is.

And to bring that up, is the border patrol site and just to the west is approximately third to the East, sorry, about 30 acres.

Um that the city is requesting to be annexed.

And in order to do that, we will be going to the city council on July 14th.

And at that hearing, we'll be requesting that the council adopt the ordinance to approve that annexation.

And at this time, the city council is uh not city council, the planning commission could provide comments.

Um unfortunately we we have an overlay on top of our map that's sharing on the screen, so it's not quite sharing.

But um maybe a little bit.

Yeah, fortunately we're having a little bit of uh thing got a little bit there if you can see it.

Scroll down a little bit more.

So there's Adams to the south, Sunland Gin to the uh to the west, and it's that area in the red.

So unfortunately, we can't share it on the screen up top, so we're having some technical difficulty.

So uh at this time the commission could provide any comments it would like for the the council to consider the is the graphic that we're showing is the same one that was in the report.

Uh the area in blue is the current city limits.

Uh the area in pink is um Casa Grand and the just the plain aerial is county.

So for that purpose, the applicant has come forward.

Well, actually, the city is the applicant.

It's initially uh submitted by the property owner on the east side, and then the city took over as applicant and coordinated with the handful of other property owners to annex.

So if there are any comments or questions we have the commission has at this time, we'll be happy to answer those.

As part of those negotiations with the property owners, the cities is gonna be doing routine maintenance on Adams Drive or Adams Road and Wano.

Um Adams is currently in the city, it has not been maintained to the city's standard.

So we're what we're planning on is part of the Sunland Gin Sunland Gin paving project that will go in and resurface Adams Road because that is our responsibility.

So back to you, Chair.

Thank you.

Any uh board questions or uh for the uh staff?

I have a question.

What's the benefit to the city?

The thank you, Chair.

Uh Commissioner Crawford.

The there's lots of benefits to the city besides increasing the sales tax revenue, not sales tax.

Well, it is will be a sales tax increase.

It'll be a property tax increase.

Uh these both properties are currently served by city water, so they will be since they'll be annexed into the city, they can pay the city rate.

Also the property to the east, which is the former Haymarn kind of area.

Uh the that is being proposed for what's called CONCAST uh construction equipment.

It's more of a concrete casting manufacturer that creates uh concrete pipes, storm drain inlets, a bunch of precast uh concrete features.

So the benefit to the city is not only additional property tax revenue as any sales tax revenue that's generated out of that business, and adding another business that potentially could add up to about a hundred new jobs.

Any other questions?

Does the uh public have any questions or comments on this matter?

Uh there being none, we'll uh oh board discussion.

Oh, we just did the board discussion.

Okay, so we're into the close of public hearing.

And uh do we have a motion on item six C Chair?

Um this does not require motion, it's just comments.

So there is no recommendation provided by the planning commission, it's just comments to the council for consideration.

Okay, it's an odd one.

All right, so that being the case, we can move on to the next item.

All right.

So moving on to item six D conduct a public hearing and make recommendations to the Eloy City Council on case number CUP 2025-003.

VG Arizona trailers.

The proposal is for a conditional use permit to allow retail slash general use on the property located at 1450 West Chambers Street, Eloy.

The property is zone industrial I2.

So we'll open the public hearing on item 6D, and does the staff have a presentation?

Just a short ones, uh Chair.

The item before you today is another business that has been currently operating on the property under a temporary use permit.

And what they do, I'm getting feedback.

What they do is thank you.

Some online as it pertains to this application.

But over time, the use was initially just all uh online sales with some minimal pickup and delivery.

But as the applicants expressed to staff that the locals have found them and they're starting to do more retail sales on site.

So that does require a uh conditional use permit.

So at that time we we asked that the applicant applicant come forward and process the conditional use permit.

Uh staff is supportive of the application, and they are here if you have any questions or if they would like to make any comments.

So we'd like it was the app would the applicant like to make a presentation?

Sure.

Uh please state your name and affiliation.

My name is Patrick Aiken.

I work for is is this a microphone that's on this one?

Yes.

I work for a light engineering, where the agent and applicant for Arizona trailers, and I'll I'll give my contact information here quickly, just so it's on the record for everyone.

Is a light engineering, and we're at 8339 North Oracle Street, suite 110, and that's in Oral Valley, Arizona, 85704, and our phone number is 520 308 0072.

Um behalf of this conditional use permit application.

We are seeking to allow general retail sales on site.

As Dan stated, we are well, we're currently approved for development plan and going through the building permit process for a prefabricated steel building that'll allow them to assemble trailers, these are utility trailers, um, assemble the trailers, do repairs, and the the need for the retail is most of their clients are going online and they're scheduling time to come in, but there are people that pass by or find them online and show up on site, and we'd like to check all the boxes and make sure that we're conducting business accordingly and doing or asking for uh approval to sell trailers when when that case happens.

There'll be um a 40 by 80 prefabricated steel building.

The front portion of that will be offices, there's three offices.

Um conditioned, allow public entry, bathrooms, ADA.

Um, we have fire access that is part of our submittal from both chambers and Davidson Street, and we believe that we've met all the all the findings and determinations that we're hopefully adding to the community by not endangering public health, adding another business to the community, um preserving the neighborhood character, and I'm I'm available for questions or concerns if all right, thank you.

If they arise, thank you.

Staff have it or does the board have any questions?

Let's go go ahead, Ann.

Mr.

The 40 by 80 are those conics you're gonna be using utilizing for your offices.

Um it is a prefabricated building, right?

Oh, it's a building, it's not like it was a connects containing it.

No, no, no, no.

This is yeah, so it's all steel, it'll be assembled on site, it's a pre-engineered, prefabricated building, um large warehouse-looking building, and then we're gonna do a Wayne's coat of um stone on the bottom, and and there's quite a bit of landscaping that's in involved in this as well.

And will the fabrication take place inside that building or outdoors for for their trailers?

It'll be it'll be inside.

Inside that building, yeah.

And then I should add um also as part of this, they're doing a display area outside.

So the fabrication will take place indoors, and then the display outdoors.

Can you explain to me a little bit what the trailers are?

Are they like little utility trailers or gardening trailers or what are we looking at?

Sure, mainly utility trailers.

A lot of them are are open, and uh, and I'm joined by Chloe Smith who's the owner operator, so she would be better at describing their trailers to you.

But they're they're utility trailers.

Okay.

With like a little ramp in the back, so some of them.

I think they vary in Chloe.

If you don't mind, if you don't mind her coming, just state your name and yeah, my name is Chloe Smith.

I'm the owner operator of Arizona Trailers.

Hello, Chloe.

But first of all, thank you for investing in Eloy.

Absolutely happy to be here.

Um yeah, so we do utility trailers.

Um kind of a broad term, but dump trailers, enclosed cargo trailers, little car hauler equipment haulers, the biggest we get are goosenecks.

So anything that's kind of towed behind a semi-track to help facilitate other people doing their work or taking their side-by-sides employs out into the so you can go from gooseneck down to regular bowl H.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So smallest two tires, four tires.

Okay.

Yeah, so the biggest is gonna be a 40-foot gooseneck, and then the smallest is a ten foot utility.

And it's gonna be available retail, like I could just go there and purchase one.

Yeah.

Nice.

I like that.

Instead instead of going with the hall, I'm afraid I can go see you guys, right?

Okay.

Once again, I I thank you guys for investing in Eloy.

Right.

Thank you.

Unless there's any other questions.

We'll uh let's see.

We had the stat or hand the after presentation.

Is there any comments or questions from the public?

There being none, we will close the public hearing and open board discussion.

I guess we sort of had the board discussion already, but any others that discussion by the board.

All right, I think we're ready for a motion to uh on the item for VZ for Arizona trailers.

Anyone want to make a motion?

I'll make a motion.

All right, got a motion.

I'll make a motion to approve.

Was that two motions or one per one person?

As Mr.

Crawford.

Yeah, I'll make a motion to approve.

All right, and do we have a second?

I'll second it.

All right, we've got a second from Mr.

Whitman.

So um uh Ms.

Belinda, will you uh do a roll call vote on that one?

Yes, Chairperson Paulson Vice Chairperson Tolson.

Aye, Commissioner Crawford I Commissioner Frasetto.

He's absent.

Uh Commissioner Bacta?

I Commissioner Whitman.

Commissioner Dunn.

I alternate Commissioner Lopez.

So I believe we've got a unanimous vote.

The uh the motion is approved, and we will move on to item six E conduct a public hearing and make recommendation to the Eloy City Council on case number R Z P A D 2007-016 point A1.

Tierra del Sol Sawtooth East Energy Center, a proposed amendment to the Tierra del Sol Planned Area Development to allow solar utility utility scale generation and batteries energy storage system facilities as a permitted land use in all underlying zoning districts of the pad.

The property is located on the southwest corner of West Milligan Road and South Tweedy Road and consists of approximately 320 acres.

So with that, we will open the public hearing and uh staff to would you want to give a presentation?

Sure, uh Chair.

This is actually continuation of assault development that's to the further to the west, but it's an addition to the previously approved 3,000 approximately acre development.

This property is 320 acres.

Um this will with the approval, if so done so by the council.

The will bring us to approximately a hundred and ninety-nine acres to the cap of that is allowed by the city of Eloy in its zoning ordinance unless otherwise approved by the city council.

Uh staff is recommending approval subject to the attached stipulations that are in the report.

And I'll let the applicant kind of get into how they plan for this project, but otherwise uh with this the big point is on this one with this approval that there will be 199 acres of solar left um within the city.

So was it actually wasn't the 199 acres, isn't that under uh six F is in Frank?

Yes, so it is we do E and F together.

You can do E and F together if you so choose to.

Um the issue at hand is with E.

The reason we have them in the order they are is because the order they were submitted.

So you can hear them together, but if you hear them together, you will be over the cap.

So the consideration that will then be do we do you recommend approval?

Um the council is the only one that has the authority to exceed the cap.

But it's just something that the commission does have uh need to be aware of.

Okay.

Let's let's take uh E is E first just to make it a little bit cleaner.

Um, and I should mention we have three letters recommending or supporting letters of support for Sawtooth solar.

We have one from the uh Chamber of Commerce, one from Community Action Human Resources Agency, CAROD, and one from McCarthy Construction, which I believe will be entered into the record.

So we're on E, the uh Sawtooth East Energy Center at staff presentation, I believe.

All right, and then we're ready for the uh applicant presentation.

Mr.

Rich.

Uh good evening, uh commissioners.

It's good to see you all.

Um my name is Court Rich.

I'm with the Rose Law Group.

I'm happy to be here tonight on behalf of EDF Power Systems, who is the developer of this project.

Are we fine blind with no presentation?

Uh are you able to see the are you all able to see in front of you?

Oh, you can.

Okay.

We can see it.

We're having issues project.

All right, well, I don't need to see it up there as long as as long as you all can see it.

There it goes.

Great.

Okay.

Well, I know um some members of the the commission have been on um throughout the whole saga of solar development in Eloy.

And I'll take some time during this presentation to kind of do uh a little recap because some of you were not on for that whole experience, um, and tell you how we got to where we are.

But before I get into the project, and um, Mr.

Chairman, I do I just have one presentation.

I assume you don't want me to get up here twice and do the same thing on the on each project.

Oh, that's fine.

I do like to talk, but I'll I'll spare you that.

So, first of all, I want to talk about EDF.

And I think um there's a lot of words here uh on this slide, not necessarily important.

The thing I want to drive home to you is that yes, solar and renewable energy is a big thing now.

There's a lot of new companies that have sprouted up uh, you know, in just the last few years.

EDF is not one of those.

They've been around for 35 years in North America doing projects.

Their parent company's been around for 80 years international doing inner energy projects, everything from nuclear to to all all facets of generation.

And so they know what they're doing.

Eloy's got a good partner in EDF, they've got an experienced company, it's not someone who just popped up because the government started like liking renewables or something like that.

They've been around, they'll be around, they've got a great uh a great history.

So not only do they have a history sort of nationally and internationally, um, they've already I think demonstrated their commitment to the community here in Eloy.

And it was mentioned, and I'll get into it more.

Um, a year, just about a year ago, they got the first portion of this project approved.

So they've been in Eloy, they've been interacting with the community.

Um they've got uh I'll talk a little bit about kind of the the unique opportunities that this project brings.

Um they through the the process, um, they try to hire locally.

There's a lot of opportunities.

Uh, and you saw that letter from McCarthy Construction talking about they'll be building this project, they go into the community, they train community members how to build solar projects, they get these skills that they can not only use on this project, but then because this is such a growing industry, it's great.

Um, tools for folks to learn and maybe be able to go out and and participate in this economy.

Um there's local contract opportunities for businesses during construction.

Um, you know, there's going to be hundreds of of construction workers both locally and and traveling and people coming and going uh that will support the local economy.

Um tax revenues, I'll get into it more uh later, but the whole um the three portions of this project the Sawtooth West, the the East and the Central, um, which are the whole thing together, uh, the economic impact is 60 million dollars in tax revenue to the city, the county, uh, and mostly the schools.

Um, 17 million goes to the schools over the life of this project.

So that's a big local impact.

Um, and if you're into it, you know, it also reduces air pollution and those types of things.

Um locally, uh, we're proud we've worked with the fire department.

Um, we have their support on this project, and we're really grateful to them for that.

We've worked very closely with them, can answer questions about that if you'd like.

Just earlier today, Kelsey Kenoki, who's the uh the developer on this project who's here with me, uh, was out at CARA and and they uh are donating to them to help them to expand their food bank to be able to bring it indoors and make it safer and larger and a better setup for them.

They're really excited to be able to do that.

Uh they're funding the Eloy Chamber of Commerce Back to School backpack program.

They've been regular sponsors of the Eloy Group Glow Festival over the last several years as well.

Uh the chairman mentioned uh the letters of support.

I'll just have pictures of them there.

You can't read them on this screen, but yeah, I think you have copies.

Um let me let me back up.

I just want to focus on this.

So this is, and I think this is what everybody wants to hear.

I know there's been a lot of solar, there's been maybe solar fatigue.

These two projects together are Eloy's last solar project.

You heard talk of the cap um that the city put in place uh at the beginning of this whole endeavor.

Um, they said, here's where we want solar, and then they said we only want up to 16% of the acreage of the city to be solar.

And if you want to go above that, you can, but you got to ask the council to do it.

And so, as you heard, we're very narrowly um right along that that edge of that, and I want to get into that, but I wanted to make sure I stress this is the last solar project that you're gonna have to deal with.

So I know that maybe makes some of you all happy.

Going back, the map that you see on your screen is from the staff report that was created in uh August of 2023 when the zoning ordinance was updated to tell the world where Eloy wants solar.

And let me orient you here.

That letter E, these letters were on the map.

The this area in yellow is the projects that were in front of the board or the the city at that time, and the city was saying this is where we want the solar to be located.

So E was Sawtooth West that was approved a year ago.

Part of D is now what we're calling Sawtooth Central, and then part of D is also what we're calling Sawtooth East.

And so the point I'm trying to make here is that I'm not up here with some new solar project in some new area asking y'all to to you know consider something out of the blue.

This this has been on the map, this has been in the process the whole time.

Uh, and I think that's really important, and I'll talk more about that.

But um I think we're talking about the acreage target, that's 16%.

It's almost exactly hit.

With the approval of these two projects, the city will be 121 acres within 121 acres of what that number was.

So frankly, I have a note.

It's a really amazing planning by staff.

Here we are, all these projects have gone through, and we're within one percent of the 11,744 acres that were set aside for solar.

Um, you know, I I think that's you can't do much better job than that in planning for this.

So good job to Dan and team for sure.

Um, you know, of the this the acreage of the entire city, that 121 acres over is like 0.04% or something like that.

So we're talking very minimal.

Any solar company, any solar project that comes to you after this will be entirely over that number.

And you can say, no, thank you.

We're not going over that number.

We're not, you know, if you want to.

Uh, I personally support solar, but you guys can you guys can be done um with it if you don't think it makes sense.

So um let's go a little bit more history here.

Way back in January of 2023, EDF was ready to move forward with their project and came to the city.

Uh and the city said, hold on, we're updating our zoning ordinance.

And EDF took a step back and we got involved in that process, came before this commission.

Those of you that were on it, remember there were many, many hearings, and we had many, many discussions, and I appreciate uh all the attention that was paid to it.

Um, and you eventually adopted the zoning ordinance.

Since that time, EDF has done things like extend extended their land options on the various projects that we're talking about.

They paid a deposit with with APS to for the interconnection of the transmission lines.

They've done more applications, they've updated environmental studies, they've continued to move these projects forward to get to this point.

Um in December of 2023, a big moment was when they finalized their interconnection with it with um getting approval from the corporation commission for that for their interconnection.

In May of 2024 is when the original Sawtooth West was submitted.

That was approved in August of 2024, so just about a year ago.

In September of 2024 is when the East Sawtooth East was committed was submitted.

That's on your agenda tonight.

And then in January, we submitted the Sawtooth Central, which is on your agenda tonight.

So hopefully that gives you kind of how we got here.

Um again, just trying to point out that the this is sort of been in motion this whole time, and this is an area that was already planned for for this.

So I want to also say some of you may not like solar.

You may be sick of it, you may not want any more of it.

But if you're gonna put solar anywhere in the city of Eloy, given what's happened, I think this site makes like it makes perfect sense at this point.

In fact, if you look at this map, you see Sawtooth Central and East in the middle there, and then shaded in green on either side of it is land that's already been approved for solar.

So what makes sense right in between those two properties that have been approved for solar?

I mean, solar makes sense there.

Right now, the zoning on this project is on both of these projects are for master plan communities.

Certainly, those aren't gonna develop right there in between these two solar projects.

So we think it's consistent, even if you don't like solar, if you're gonna put it anywhere on Earth, that this makes most the most sense of anywhere.

So there's solar on both sides of the project.

Your city code that you adopted, the the solar zoning ordinance said that you prefer solar to be contiguous to other solar properties to exactly to avoid this type of situation where you'd have a gap between them.

Um again, it would create this strange undesirable gap between two projects.

And I would submit to you that the solar is clearly the best use.

One of the things um that's gonna happen with the solar uh development is that roads are gonna get paved, they're gonna get chip sealed, and it would be quite unusual if the the project to the east paved part of Milligan and ship sealed it, and then all of a sudden it was a dirt road again right here on top of the sawtooth central project and the east project, and then all of a sudden it was paved again as it got to the west.

This is an opportunity to pave that road all the way across as well.

So um just really quickly about each of since we're doing these both kind of I'm telling talking to you about both of them at the same time.

Sawtooth East is the one on the east.

Um it's 309 acres, it's currently planned uh for a master plan community, and this amendment that we're doing today would allow solar to be an option that can be used uh as part of the development.

And then the the central one is to the west of it, um, and that's 325 acres.

And and again, it's it's right now planned for a community, and this amendment would technically allow the solar to be an option on that piece of property.

So I want to talk about the benefits to Eloy, and I think there are lots of benefits of this project.

Not only do I think it's the right thing in the right place, but there's great benefits.

So if you look at this map, um, the yellow lines are all dirt roads that will be paved with chip seal as a result of this project.

Your code requires that.

And so when this sawtooth complex develops, you're gonna get 13 miles of roadway that'll be dedicated uh and paved with chip seal for the city.

This will cut down on dust, this will make driving around that area a lot easier.

Um, and the city doesn't pay for it.

So that I think in and of itself is a great benefit.

Dust reduction, I just mentioned.

Solar doesn't use any water to generate electricity.

Um, a lot of this land is desert, but the the two projects in front of you today are farmed.

Um, saving that water is really important.

We've seen a lot of farmers uh around Penau County that have been welcoming of the solar panels next door because it keeps water in the ground for them to use, and so I think that's a really great benefit.

Um, I talked a little bit about the tax revenues, 17 million for the schools, 60 million in taxes overall.

Um, there's lots of jobs in the construction period.

We talked about job training, uh, and there'll be a lot of secondary spending in the community during the construction process.

Um there's also you know, the new uh manufacturers, new data centers.

You just approved a data center here.

Um, they're looking for not only energy, but a lot of them want green energy.

And so it's you know the kind of thing that the city can use uh for its marketing uh and help to you know attract uh businesses that want to build here as well.

Uh we talked about the community partnerships, and just having this type of project really helps the the local grid be more resilient.

Uh and so I think that's that's what I have for you.

I'm happy to answer all kinds of questions.

I just I appreciate your time.

Those of you that haven't been through all this.

If you have more questions about the history that I maybe I didn't cover, let me know.

Otherwise, I appreciate all your attention and and certainly hope that you'll support both these projects.

Uh thank you.

So board any board members have any questions for Mr.

Rich.

Including those on my phone.

I just have a comment that uh June 18th was the day that Mr.

Quart said there'll be no more.

This is the last solar project.

That's right.

I I'm certainly not gonna be after saying that I'm not coming back, Mayor, uh, with another one, or I'll have to do some explaining, that's for sure.

All right, it sounds like there's no questions for you.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

And we'll move on to the let's see.

We'll do to the uh is it does the public have any questions for the app for the applicant?

So please give us your name and uh Sarah Curtis 3830, North Mohoo Drive, uh City Council member.

Dan, this is just a I think it's a question for Dan, not the applicant.

On the online packet, there's a section in there that's it might be just an error that somehow got in there.

It's page 205 to 210.

I don't know if you see it, but it looks like uh plan for some landscaping community type deal.

Is that related to this, or is that just something that's in there?

I was just trying to figure out if it was relevant or residential community.

Oh, okay, yeah.

The there thank you.

Yeah, I know what you're talking about.

The in the in the packet as part of the original PAD, there's landscaping in that design guideline.

So it's the entire PAD that you're seeing.

Okay, so the the solar would just override what existed there before, or no the the landscaping that's there for the PAD would be applicable at the time of the residential development.

So okay, yeah, I understand.

Thank you.

If I could just add uh Mr.

Chairman, one response.

Uh councilwoman, I I don't know if it's relevant, but uh as you know, or maybe probably remember the the ordinance itself has all sorts of landscaping requirements that will have to go up, and that your city I know your staff is enforcing to buffer and surround the solar uh facility.

So just so you know that yeah, those those that were in there that you're referring to are probably associated with the original development, um, the landscaping for the residential development, but there is there is significant landscaping that goes along uh the outside of the of the solar facility.

Thank you.

Okay.

Dan Schneider, 525 Ford, North Arrowhead Drive in the Eloy.

Uh questions on I know is there's three different sections to this, uh the central and the east and whatever.

Now I assume they would not all be developed at the same time.

There will probably be RFQs go out the connect to the uh substations, and so the usage of each one of those probably be dependent upon whether you have uh a need at a substation or can get approval.

What happens to the roads?

Does each section of the road get done when that particular section, middle or east gets done, or does it all get done ahead of time?

Or what's the progress of when those roads get done?

And what you mentioned about going from paved to dirt to paper.

What happens if there's no RFQ available for the middle section?

Does that road still get paved yet at that?

Thank you, Mr.

Mr.

Chairman.

Um council member.

Uh uh good question.

So the current uh planning that's going on, and we've already talked to your staff about this a little bit, is that we want to plan all three of them at once, and there'll be one facility that that goes across all three.

So in that case, you will then get Dan can correct me if I'm wrong, they'll have to develop all those roads uh at at the same time.

So that that is the plan.

The size of the project that they have uh permission to interconnect with APS requires all three pieces.

Okay, thank you.

Anyone else from the public that would like to comment?

All right, looks like there's no other public comment.

We will close the public hearing.

Um the board wish to have any discussion on this.

And I think I think what we'll do is we'll take E, which is not exceeding the 16%, and then we'll go to the F just because it is a little it's a little bit stickier, but it's uh different matter.

So let's do E.

Uh, we'll vote on E and then we'll go to F.

But you can discuss either one right now.

Just one question.

You you mentioned in your presentation that you know it's lower water usage.

Uh the water that you do need either for uh fire uh prevention and and fire fighting and and cleaning the solar panels and all that.

Do you plan on using the well the existing wells on the property?

Mr.

Chairman Commissioner, good question.

Um, there are wells on the properties, and there's also water allocation from Katie, uh, which is the irrigation district, and I I believe it's some combination of those in working with the fire department.

Um they've told us like how big of a water uh tank they need.

Um, and and we're agreeing to you know everything that they've that they've asked for, so we have that.

So we have that.

Okay.

But there are some wells, yes.

Anyone else?

Chair, if I may add to that, there's both private and public wells out there.

Uh so you're we using the private wells.

So any other uh questions by the board.

I actually do have a question.

Go ahead.

Go ahead.

Go ahead, Erica.

Um the so between E and F are they all inside of that because I don't have the pictures in front of me that you guys do, so I'm trying to envision this.

And uh both the E and F property that you're looking to build on with inside this gap that you guys are talking about.

Yeah, uh Mr.

Chairman, Commissioner, uh, good question.

Yeah, I I guess I forgot that you can't, I couldn't see all those, so I could have been more descriptive.

Yes, they're they're both right next to each other.

They're together, they're very skinny rectangular parcels.

Together they make a square.

Uh and on either side of that square are expanses of solar that's already approved.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any other questions from the board, including those on the telephone?

Chair, if you want to make one clarification about the wells that I made, I was thinking about it afterwards.

Unless they're buying public water from the hard wells, then they can use those wells.

But so just want to make clarification.

All right.

Uh last call for comments from the board, including those on the phone.

I'm hearing crickets, so uh we'll close the uh board discussion, close the let's see.

Then we're ready to take a motion.

I I would prefer that we do E just because F and involves the overage a little bit on the uh 16 percent.

And uh also F has some the package has some conditions on it, which were not in E.

So uh we'll take a motion to approve six E first.

Do I have a motion?

I will make a motion to approve 60.

All right, do I have a second?

I second.

All right, got a motion second.

Uh Ms.

Belinda, would you call the roll?

Yes.

Commissioner Crawford.

I commissioner Bachda.

I commissioner Whitman.

Commissioner Gunn.

I alternate Commissioner Lopez.

I so we have an animus vote in favor of six E.

Thank you.

Oh, six F.

The only reason I'm pulling that one out separate is just because of the overridge and also the conditions that are attached to it.

Just that I think uh we would should make a reference to that not sure.

I looking at those conditions for six F, they look like the same conditions that are in the utility scale solar, unless there's no nothing different there, is there?

No, okay.

It's exhibit E in the or exhibit A in the package.

So um well, I think we're not do we have any questions before we go to to uh vote on six F.

All right, so I'm ready for a motion.

Yes, go ahead.

Um what was the end?

I'm sorry.

Uh say that again, please.

How much more would it be?

Oh yeah, I think we cut out so um Mr.

Chairman, Commissioner.

Uh I so the project the this this one that we're voting on now is a total of 325 acres, and if you approve all of that, it would be a hundred and just a hundred and twenty-one acres over that 16 percent cap.

And I would just note that um you know this one being to the side of the other one created an even now.

You'd have an even skinnier gap if you left this one out for some reason.

Um it would be perhaps even more difficult and challenging to to develop this parcel.

So thank you for anything but solar.

Yeah, and I uh along that line too in the package, it indicates that uh if we allow the the overage well the the total solar that's approved or would be approved with this is 11,854.57 acres.

I guess that's what the package says.

So as Mr.

Rich mentioned, this is a fractional overage on it, but um anyway, and I would believe or I think that any future projects that should come in here would have to go, would they come back to us to the board uh for approval before they move forward?

Chair members of the commission.

Any uh additional application would come back to the planning commission either through a rezoning or through a conditional use permit.

Okay, thank you.

So do we have a motion to approve item six F for Saw Tooth Central Sawtooth Central Energy Center?

I will make a motion to approve item six.

I'll second it.

Uh right.

Uh Ms.

Belinda, we have a roll call vote, please.

Yes.

Talton.

Commissioner Crawford.

I Commissioner Backa.

Aye.

Commissioner Whitman.

Hi.

Commissioner Gunn.

All right.

Alternate Commissioner Lopez.

Aye.

So we have a believe we have a unanimous vote.

Yes.

All right.

So that approves item six F.

And at this point, then we will move on to item seven in the agenda, which is informational item.

For the planning and planning and zoning commission members and staff will update the public on relevant events and activities they have attended since the last meeting.

And any future events activities or potential agenda items.

These items are for information only, no action will be taken.

So do we have any of those I do?

With regard to the general plan update, I posted information about that in coordination with Dan on the ropes and ranch next door site and on the ropes and ranch Facebook page.

And also had it sent out by the HOA to all residents to encourage them to complete questionnaire number one and to attend relevant meetings with about the general plan update.

Um I also plan to attend the Eloy Talks event uh this Saturday.

And at a club meeting that we had on Saturday, we also informed members of that club about the questionnaire and the general plan update to get more responses.

Thank you.

And then on the 6th of June, I along with Belinda and Erica attended a land use law seminar up in Phoenix.

Thank you.

And I believe I don't know whether Steph's can on that.

Oh, we've already you did mention the Eloy Talks event that's coming up, which I believe is next set.

Next Saturday.

Yeah, okay.

Which is open to anybody, right?

That is correct, Chair.

And um, unless the mayor wants to go before I do.

Okay.

Thank you.

Members of commission.

Um, just a reminder that tomorrow the city hall is closed, all city businesses closed.

Is that maybe the police department now they'll be around in celebration of Arizona?

Is that Arizona?

June June.

That's the end of slavery in the United States.

June.

Juneteenth.

The um also we'll have the Eloy Talks, which is on June 21st at two o'clock this Saturday.

We encourage all members of the public to attend.

This is the main kickoff as part of the general plan update as we start going through the envision phase of our uh the general plan update.

It's a famous person that's a well-known writer named Peter Kalega Kalema.

Uh he has a few authors of books.

He's going to be coming in doing a talk right here at City Hall in the atrium.

He will be leading also a small work group kind of work session that will be interactive.

And we encourage all members of the public, including members of the commission and the city council and other boards and commissions of the city to attend.

Um we're hoping to fill the atrium.

And I do appreciate Commissioner Whitman's assistance and getting this out to the public and the members of the council.

It's been encouraging to get people out and participate.

One thing is that we did leave the previous survey.

There will be more surveys open for an uh additional weekend.

And that last minute push by the members of the commission and the council.

We actually got 50 more people to participate in the last two or three days.

So that was great.

Uh is an average of 5% of the public participate.

We have far exceeded that minimum.

I've never had that before.

And the age group is almost exactly split right through.

So we have an excellent participation.

That just goes well to your all outreach, our consultants, and the staff that's been going out.

So I really appreciate that.

We will be having a commission next month.

Obviously, for the two items that being continued and a potential potential uh use permit.

The that is July 16th, if I remember correctly.

And uh so we'll be doing that starting in the end of July, so it'll be July 30th, 31st, and August 2nd.

We'll be actually doing our general plan uh workshops.

So we'll be having one at Roberson Ranch, one at the Toltix Senior Center, and one here in downtown, whether it'll be at the recreational facility here or city hall, we're still coordinating on that.

But uh just keep it on your calendar the 30th, 31st, and the second.

So uh on that chair.

I that's the all the staff comments we have for today.

Thank you.

And Mr.

Mayor, you have anything saying?

Yes, sir.

Thank you, Chairman.

And uh thank you, Commissioner Whitman, for doing what you did.

Again, it helped get the message out there and this assignment to you and your staff for getting the momentum and keeping that momentum going.

I think is gonna be really uh it's gonna be challenging, but I'm sure you guys are up to that challenge.

So just quick news here for the room on 6-9, the CSP 2024-001.

That was the exceptional health care sign.

City Council approved that 7-0.

So that's why we'll go up at exceptional health care.

And the plat for blue beacon, which was FP 2025-004.

That's what we put in the three plates into one council approved that, so we were good to go on that.

And I thank you everybody for all your help on that.

And that's all I got.

All right, thank you.

So I think that brings us to item eight, which is the motion to adjourn.

We have a motion to adjourn.

I make a motion to adjourn.

A second, any second.

I heard a second up there.

I'm Johnny.

All right, we have a motion and a second.

What that was a second, okay.

We have a motion, a second.

Uh all in favor say aye.

Aye.

All right.

Aye.

Any opposed?

We're adjourned.

Have a nice evening, everybody.

Can I hang out now?