I just want to ask you nothing.

Oh, yeah, I'm just putting this thing.

I have it.

I could have the front.

Mayor Sutton?

When you're ready.

All right.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

And welcome to tonight's Eloy City Council meeting.

It is Monday, January twelfth, and the time is six PM.

Madam Clerk, may I have a roll call, please?

Councilmember Majaska?

Here.

Councilmember Curtis.

Here.

Vice Mayor Tuwango?

Here.

Councilmember Schneider.

Here.

Councilmember Garcia?

Present.

Councilmember Galindo.

Here.

Mayor Sutton.

Here.

Thank you.

If we would all kindly stand for a moment of silence and the pledge of allegiance led by Council Member Snyder.

Thank you, sir.

So I see we have quite a few people here tonight.

And I'm sure we all have something to say.

But I just want to let you know for the public comment period, anybody can come up and speak what they like for their three minutes to address the council.

And you can't you can ask us questions, but we can't answer them back.

So anybody can come up and speak.

During a public hearing.

What about during the three minutes?

What if somebody has something to say that if it's unrelated to a unrelated?

Mayor Council members, I you know, generally we try to err on the side of caution, but I I think what w what staff is trying to convey to the council and to the public is that we do have a call to the public, which basically is for items that are not on the agenda that are gener as a general rule that are related to community matters that are there that where they would have three minutes to speak.

We just want to make sure for clarity purposes that they understand that because it's a public hearing, we do allow someone to speak once at the public hearing.

We don't want to confuse them.

So in the general call of the public that they have their comments heard at that time rather than at the public hearing when the council is considering the matter.

So we'll just hold the hideout stuff till the public hearings portion.

All right, because everything I see on this paper here says hide out, hideout, except the one for Ralph just says Grand Valley.

Is this hideout related?

I have I have another issue going on.

If you have another issue, bring that up other than hideout by all means, sir.

Just state your name in the city where you live.

Well, if that's you, Eloy.

Uh good evening, Mr.

Mayor and Eli Council City City Council members.

Um I want to alert the council to a potential safety and health hazard coming to Eloy.

The free point free point ecosystems plant that's planned for construction in Eloy is being permitted as a manufacturing plant.

But it is, in fact, a high temperature chiralysis chemical processing plant.

Because we'd likely see toxic and carcinogenic emissions from this plant.

This project must be permitted as a chemical plant, which brings in stricter environmental and emission standards.

It's been over two months since I asked interim city manager Lutcher McKenzie to help me set up a full city council 15 minute briefing from retired EPA pollution prevention manager Kevin Green.

I've not heard back.

Therefore, I am formally making that request again.

I believe that you owe your constituents your attention to this matter.

I'm leaving a fact packet that I'd like to get copied to each city council member and ask that you review it in hopes that you set up a hearing, a meeting with Kevin Green.

Thanks for your time and attention.

Thank you, sir, for addressing this council.

Does anybody else have anything that is unhide out related?

Okay.

I see this is a pretty tilted group.

So with that, we get to everybody's favorite part of the proceedings.

Mayor announcements.

And I have six pages because we haven't been here in four weeks.

First of all, if I'd like to say happy new year to everyone here and everyone online, I really believe 2026 has some great things on the horizon for Eloy.

And what we've been doing for these past couple of weeks.

Saturday, December 13th, Councilmember Curtis and I attended Reach Across America at the Eloy Cemetery.

We laid wreaths in honor of our veterans.

Elo will always remember and respect those who served.

A great turnout and a big thank you to EPD.

EPD showed up big time.

Thank you, Chief.

Thank you for that.

Later on that same evening, we had the Christmas tree lighting and light parade here on Main Street.

A fantastic event.

Santa and Rudolph arrived by parachute.

Thank you, Miss Curtis.

And the sky dive people.

Only an Eloy.

A huge shout out to Paul Chad, Jerry, for making the park look great and showcasing our city.

I heard a lot of compliments throughout the night.

Tuesday, December 16, along with Dan Seimer and Council Member Snyder.

We attended the land advisors annual update in Scottsdale.

All the major home builders were there.

D.R.

Horton, Poulty, and others.

Eloy and Panell Council, Panel County, were mentioned multiple times during their presentation.

It was great to see us on the radar.

Now this was an Arizona-wide thing, but Eloy's name is on that screen more than once, and that's we get notice people.

It really was.

Tuesday, December 18th.

We celebrated the Love's Gold Opening.

You know, we've all seen the drawings on that loves.

But she and it built really hit you.

In fact, we were there tonight, weren't we, Councilmember?

It's big.

And it's an impressive facility.

And now we also have a Wendy's and a Dunkin' Donuts out there.

And rest assured, I have personally conducted the necessary quality control testing, and both are 100% spot on.

I also got gas through the Love Zap for $2.19 a gallon.

I'm just saying.

Later that same day, I attended the Chambers Christmas Mixer at La Palonus.

Great food, great people, great chance to wish everyone Merry Christmas and thank our chamber members for all they do to support Eloy.

But on December 22nd, along with Vice Mayor Tarango and Council Member Vod Roska, we judge the annual city staff window decorating contest.

I know it sounds easy.

They take this window judging here really serious.

They do.

So congratulations to finance for the grabbing first place, police for second, and admin for third.

A great effort by everyone involved.

Then on Thursday, December 23rd, Councilmember Vod Roska and I visited the senior center to distribute gifts to all seniors.

The gifts were donated by a very special secret Santa who went above and beyond.

The seniors were truly surprised and grateful.

They felt seen, they felt appreciated, and that's what matters.

Thank you to our very special secret Santa, and I don't see her sitting here tonight because I was going to embarrass her just a little bit.

But thank you for all who made that possible.

Then lastly, on Wednesday, January 7th, Interim City Manager Lecher and myself met with Fred Schneider, who was the president of Arizona Water.

We discussed their outlook on water and water management for the county, and we will meet again in August to review what's happening on the water scene.

So that's enough from me.

Just recently, uh this Friday, I along with uh several other council members attended the uh Penell County Partnership uh breakfasts, and uh what they had was a panel of uh mayors, and I think it was about five uh mayors from different uh jurisdictions here, and they basically uh recapped their 2025 accomplishments, what what they did right, what they did wrong, and then kind of went into what goals they uh wanted to uh actually uh get in 2026.

Uh some of the stuff is pretty common to all of us.

Uh they talked about affordable housing, education, uh interest infrastructure uh projects and revenues.

Um, you know, everything that us small towns are dealing with as well, but I found it very informative.

Thank you, sir.

Sarah.

Michelle.

Ms.

Joanne.

Yes, yeah.

Um, I'm sorry, I I had a family celebration that took me away the weekend that Eloy was celebrating, but I saw the pictures, kudos to our community development staff.

I heard it was a wonderful weekend and full of events, and also uh thank you to the Eloy Chamber for all of their efforts to make that weekend such a success for Eloy as well.

But on December 27th, along with Vice Mayor Tarango, I attended the Florence Dedication part to uh Jason.

Rodriguez Lopez, thank you.

I had a brain fart there.

So Jason Lopez was a deputy that uh was killed in the line of duty twenty almost twenty five years ago.

Um, and the city of Florence and Panau County has not forgotten about his dedication and and the service that he provided for the community and giving up the giving the ultimate sacrifice.

And I know I've shared with uh the council members that my one of my goals is that we need a federal building here in Eloy named after Jose Francisco Jimenez.

He gave up his life for and sacrificed, you know, made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom almost 60 years ago.

But I I still believe that he needs to be honored as well.

We cannot forget our heroes.

We cannot forget those people who may who will always make a lasting impression, especially when they come from our hometown.

So I will continue those efforts to honor our local hero.

Um I also have uh went to the uh Penell Partnership Breakfast along with other council members.

And one of the things that I took out of it was uh the statistics showed that Penau County is uh growing.

It has a 3.7% growth in the last year.

Um eight percent growth.

So I was excited about that.

Um of the questions that the panel was also asked was what keeps them up at night, very similar to I believe what keeps up us up at night as well.

Um, and their uh priorities and and you know that was housing, uh making it affordable and diversified, um, partnerships.

They didn't have very great things to say about local government and how the legislature treats us.

So that was um that was significant and safety, and I believe those are uh the priorities of this council as well.

Um and lastly, I'll share that it's golf season, golf tournament time, and I've received three uh requests for sponsorships uh for golf tournaments.

One is the St.

Helen of the Cross golf scramble, which will be uh at Robson Ranch on March 21st.

Um I will share this with the city manager and the city manager if you would share it with the rest of the council.

Um there are some opportunities for some single sponsorships as well.

There's also the Eloy Lions Club um tournament and the United Way of Penau County.

The Eloy Lions Club does serve Eloy directly, and it does provide uh vision care for all of those in need, whether in Eloy or Panaw County.

I think that's a very worthy cause.

Um St.

Helen of the Cross Catholic Church is one of the oldest and probably first established religion uh congregation in Eloy and continues to have a strong, strong following.

So there's a strong church that is that supports the community.

Um lastly, the United Way of Panaw County, their golf tournament specifically supports the Dolly Part and Imagine Library.

Um, and as of the last three years, uh people in Eloy with the Eloy zip code who has a child from zero to five years old can register through the United Way of Panaw County for a book that uh comes to them in the mail every month from the Dolly Part and Imagine Library, and that's a very worthy cause as well.

And that's it for me.

Thank you, Council Woolley.

Jose.

Well, I may not play golf, but you will find me in the pews at St.

Helens every Sunday.

Um to add on to what the mayor had mentioned earlier.

I did go to the tree lighting ceremony.

That was a great night.

I got a little tired that night too though.

Um staff is doing a great job.

It was nice being able to see that Ms.

Payne was being recognized on her retirement.

And when I did join the mayor, actually I was kind of um instructed to by my boss to show up for the loves ribbon cutting.

She didn't give me the whole scope until I realized that they were giving us a donation for the school, which is always welcome.

We can always use the donations to help with our students.

And speaking of schools, winter break is over.

I'm back in the classroom, and the kids are walking to and from school.

So please be careful if you're driving outdoor during the early mornings or after school.

Yeah, I have something a little bit different.

I have a reading the noise uh noise, the news, and you may have two or two events happening at one in Casa Grand relative to annexation.

Uh there's some property that uh the planning zone approved, yeah.

City council approved to annex uh down by the Luciplet.

However, there's a citizens initiative to put that in the ballot.

And so I was talking to one of the uh council members in Cause Granite.

They're saying that that probably will cost them 100,000 dollars just to run the put that on the ballot to see uh uh what the systems think.

And also, in conjunction with that, I think it was City Mirana and everybody's been reading about data centers.

There was a data center approved uh zoning at Murana, went through planning and zoning up to council approved, and a similar thing's happening there, whereas citizens initiative to not accept that but put it in the ballot and have the decisions vote on it.

And so I think it's kind of a word of warning to city staff to council to other people involved in government that we have to get the public involved in some of the planning of these activities because when it comes to that point, and then uh to have a good citizens initiative, all you have to do is go out and get so many signatures to get it on the ballot.

But then it you have to fight the battle there who's right, who's wrong, and reapprove the whole process.

So I think getting the public involved early on when you in planning and zoning and in city council to to address some of these issues so you make the right decision so the public doesn't say, well, wait a minute, we don't agree with that.

Let's get some signatures and let's put it in the ballot and see what everybody thinks.

Because uh it really, if you do that, you add time delays and you really throw monkey wrench to any development decisions you're trying to do.

So just uh word of caution, let's just be aware as we start approving some of these uh activities, whether it be uh a new plant, whether it be uh anything, uh just uh the repercussions if we don't do it right.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

And just as I wrap up the uh council member announcements, Councilmember Galindo, Mr.

Lopez should never be forgotten.

And we should say his name.

Thank you for that.

So now we move on to City Manager announcements.

Awesome.

Thank you, Mayor.

I'll try to keep my announcements brief, you know, hopping into the new year, was hoping it was gonna be a little bit slow to start off with, but doesn't seem like it.

So I mean, good news and bad news, obviously.

But first to start off Thursday, January 15th.

Uh, we have the elementary school district, they're gonna be having their MLK youth march.

So that begins at 3rd Street and Main Street at 9 a.m.

Um with a celebration ceremony following the main street park.

So after you finish the march from Frontier to the Main Street Park, there's gonna be a celebration that's gonna be taking place then.

So if you can join us on Thursday, January 15th at 9 a.m., that'd be fantastic.

On Saturday, the 17th, we have the Penell County Animal Control.

They'll be hosting their walk-up vaccination clinic.

So we host several of these throughout the year.

Uh they have rabies vaccinations, parvo, um, cat combos, microchips.

So just make sure if you're going to bring your pets um to to this vaccination clinic to make sure that they're leashed.

They will also be making accommodations for anyone that has super aggressive pets as well.

Uh, the next item we have up here is the Monday.

So it's for the actual MLK Day celebration.

The Eloy Division for Self and Community Improvement, they're going to be having their annual Martin Luther King Junior Day celebration.

That's gonna be going from 8 to 2 p.m.

So that event will take place starting at Eloy Junior High at 8 to 9:30, which they'll have a breakfast, they'll have a program, and then following that, they will be busing all participants to Trolley Thomas Park for a march from Twice Thomas Park back to the Eloy Junior High.

Where following that there will be a lunch and various other activities that will be taking place there.

So if you can join us on next Monday, that'd be fantastic as well.

And then lastly, too, we have the annual father-daughter banquet.

So this is one of the large-scale events that we host every year.

Usually it always sells out.

We don't sell tickets at the door, so make sure that if you're planning to attend that event on February 6th from 6 to 9 p.m.

at Robeson Ranch Ramosa Ballroom, uh, it's gonna be $20 per person for residents and then $30 per person for non-residents, and you must pre-register online.

So we always sell out, people show up at the door, and we don't have the ability to give them tickets.

So don't put us in that position.

Make sure you get online and register.

Uh registration is open right now.

The deadline for that is February 1st, and you can find the registration link on the community services page under online registrations.

So, with that being said, that's all the updates I have, and now I'm gonna pass it over to the community's favorite department, the police department.

So Chief Bignalis.

Thank you, Mayor.

Hi, good evening, happy new year, good evening, everybody.

Mayor, vice mayor, city council members, city manager, city attorney, or city clerk, and uh members of the community.

I thought good to see everybody here.

I love seeing everybody in the community, and uh just goes to show the the investment that everybody has in our community.

Um, as I close last of my methods and came before council and spoke, I did kind of a recap of 2025.

So tonight uh usually I do like a recap of the prior month, but only do is kind of do a summary of what we're looking forward for the police department in 2026.

So, once again, I thank you for the opportunity to share the Eloy Police Department's goals as we move into 2026 and beyond.

I'm proud of the progress we've made, and I'm generally excited about where we're headed because our focus is clear.

Deepening community trust, improving quality of life, using technology responsibly, and building a strong future-ready police department.

At its core, our plan is about two things: optimizing the present, how we serve Eloy right now, and planning for the future so we grow responsibly with the community.

First, we are making a major push to strengthen training, professional development, and leadership across the police department.

Great policing starts with great people, and great people need clear training, consistent standards, and opportunities to grow.

That's why we are working on a department-wide training plan that reinforces high-quality performance, accountability, and professionalism.

Alongside that, we will be developing a career development blend so our officers and professional staff can see a pathway forward, how they improve, how they advance, and how they become leaders within the police department organization.

This is about building police leaders today and creating the next generation of leader for tomorrow through intentional development and succession planning.

Second, we are strengthening community engagement and problem solving policing.

Because public safety is not just about response, it's about prevention, partnership, and quality of life.

We will continue to build on an approach that is community-based centered and intelligence-driven, focus on addressing the root causes of crime and the ongoing quality of life issues that matter most to residents, things like neighborhood crime and safety, repeat nuisance areas, drug activity, traffic safety concerns, and other daily issues that impact how safe people feel and how they experience their community.

To do that, we will build upon our ability to use real-time crime data to deploy our resources strategically and proactively.

This helps us to focus where we can have the greatest impact rather than simply reacting after the fact.

We are also committed to increasing transparency by offering a public-facing crime mapping tool so the public can see accurate information, stay informed, and have confidence that we are being open about what's happening in our city.

And we will keep expanding meaningful community programs that strengthen relationships and help us solve problems together.

That includes programs like our adoptive school program, our citizens academy, our cops and clergy program, and our volunteer program, and continue engagement through Instagram and Facebook to keep the community informed, connected, and involved.

The goal is simple.

Stronger relationships, better communication, more cooperation, and better outcomes for quality of life across the city of Eloy.

Third, we are focused on staffing, recruitment, retention, and succession planning.

Because none of these goals are possible without the right people.

Staffing is bigger than just filling vacancies.

It's also about ensuring we have the right balance of sworn and professional staff to support our officers so they can stay focused on the core police work and our operations remain efficient and responsive.

We will actively evaluate additional support roles that strengthen service delivery and efficiency, positions like community service officer, records technician, communications dispatcher, and a property evidence technician.

These rules are vital because they increase capacity, improve turnaround times, and allow small personnel to focus on patrol presence, investigations, and community engagement.

And just as important, we are emphasizing succession planning so we can prepare for retirements, unexpected vacancies, and continued growth of the city of Eloy.

Succession planning ensures continuity, stability, and strong leadership at every level.

Fourth, we will continue to leverage technology to strengthen the strengthen operations, improve transparency, and maximize our capabilities, especially as we balance growth with staffing realities.

We are consistently exploring new technology that makes us more efficient and more effective.

Systems like Peregrine, which is a countywide law enforcement data sharing platform, use of flock cameras, and our drain program have already proven invaluable in supporting safety operations and helping us solve crimes and respond more efficiently.

We're also using AI assisted report writing to help reduce administrative time and keep officers in the field where they belong, serving the community.

We are also actively evaluating additional AI-driven investigative tools to help strengthen casework and improve efficiency in our investigations bureau.

Technology is not replacement for people relationships, but when used responsibly, it becomes a force multiplier.

So when you look at our goals in 2026 and beyond, the theme is very clear.

We are focused on developing our people, engaging in our community, improving quality of life outcomes, strengthening trust through transparency, leveraging technology responsibly and building an apartment that can grow with the city of Eloy.

This is about being proactive, not reactive.

It's about investing in training and leadership, strengthening recruitment and retention, and make sure that we have the staffing and support services needed to deliver the level of service that the city of Eloy deserves.

So mayor, vice mayor, council, and community members.

Thank you for your continued support and partnership.

We are excited.

We are excited about the work ahead.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chief.

Just a couple of quick things here.

The Facebook posts, I speak for a lot of people in the community, and we like those.

We get it you get to feel more in tune and in touch with what's going on.

They're really doing a great job with the Facebook posts.

I'll pass that along.

Secondly, is the crime mapping tool.

Is that live yet?

It is not live.

We are trying to work out some technical challenges as far as coding with our um our computer aided dispatch and record management system.

So once we can work through some of those technical items, then we'll get it live.

We hope to have it probably by mid-February at latest.

Very excited for that.

Thank you.

Yes.

Anybody have anything for Chief?

Anything for Chief?

Go ahead, sir.

Chief, I've been around uh thanks for the the uh update though, and what you've got planned for this year.

I think pretty uh exciting and aggressive too.

But anyway, um like 15, 16 years, maybe it's because the Facebook posts are something, but it seems that we're having a lot of traffic actions lately.

Uh is it can you comment as it's speed?

Is it people not paying attention?

Is it an impairment?

Any comments to uh maybe it's just me on nursing or more, but it just seems like we're having a lot of uh uh traffic actions for some reason.

Uh councilman and can city council, it's all of the above.

It's uh it's it's speed, it's inattention, it's uh it at times it can be impairment.

Uh one thing we have done is uh as we talked in the past was bringing back our track of traffic enforcement unit, and we're working on some uh traffic enforcement campaigns to address the speeding, uh DUI enforcement, um, more enforcement for impairment and distracted drivers, seatbelt, etc.

So as we move forward here in 2026, we will have we will have a specific calendar soon as far as what some of those campaigns are going to entail to help um address some of those traffic issues.

Yes.

Thank you, Chief.

Thank you very much.

Very welcome.

Thank you.

The pet uh getting the pets, the inoculations for the pets, do they have to be from Eloy?

Or can somebody from Arizona City come over and get their pets taken care of?

No, that's for anybody who can come and participate.

It's just gonna be hosted here at the Eloy City Hall parking lot.

So anyone can come, uh, but it is going to be at the Eloy City Hall.

Great, thank you.

All right, so ladies and gentlemen, right now we're gonna do something that's a little out of the ordinary for a meeting.

We're gonna break into executive session at this point.

Usually we do this at the end so you can all go home.

But uh there's some issues that we have to discuss.

So a discussion of legal matters and consultation with the city attorney, city staff, and to our public body to consider its position and instruct the attorneys regarding the public body's position regarding for that they are the subject of negotiations pending or compliment of commitment litigation and the settlement discussions conducted in order to avoid resolved litigation pursuant to ARS 38-431.03, A3 and 4 for the following matters.

Amending the consolidated rate and schedule fee, agenda consender item 7F.

Next is authorizing the mayor to execute contract number 2026-02 COE between the City of Eloy and Gould First Construction, LLC to provide code enforcement remediation services.

So we're going to break into executive session.

In that executive session will be all council members, will be our city attorney, our interim city managers, city clerk, and Mr.

Dan Syma.

We should be well, I'm going to try to have us back here as quickly as possible within 30 minutes.

So again, we appreciate your patience in this.

And Council, let's do this as quick as we as we can.

Thank you.

Do I have a motion to go into the motion and go into executive session?

All right.

Second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Let's go.

Aye.

We all hear.

All right.

Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you for your patience, by the way.

It was greatly appreciated.

At this time we get to item number seven, that will be the consent agenda.

All items listed with an asterisk are considered to be routine matters and will be enacted by one motion and one roll call vote of the council.

There will be no separate discussion of these items as a council member show request and in which the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.

Any council members wish to have anything removed from the consent agenda at this time.

Hearing none, I'm looking for a motion to prove to approve the consent agenda as presented.

So moved.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Madam Clerk.

Councilmember Garcia.

Yes.

Councilmember Galindo.

Yes.

Councilmember Valdraska?

Yes.

Councilmember Curtis.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Tarango.

Yes.

Councilmember Schneider.

Yes.

Mayor Sutton.

Yes.

Okay, that brings us to Section 8 business and possible discussion and/or action on the following.

Item A.

We will conduct a public hearing to adopt resolution number 26-1644.

Finding the applicable criteria have been met.

Approving case number GPA 2025-003, which is Hideout Ranch and Entertainment Center application for a minor general plan amendment from open from parks open space to community commercial submitted by Tana Peterson on behalf of Peterson Elo 501 LLC.

Property located at 1505 Toll Tech Road and Clark House Drive, consisting of approximately 19.75 acres.

I will open this public hearing.

Thank you, Mayor.

Members of the Council and Timer Community Development Director.

The case before you today is a series of cases.

So we're going to be hearing them each part of them individually.

The case is called the Hideout Ranch Entertainment Center.

It's located at the old San Miguel Golf Course.

Talltech Road.

It's located near the center west east side of the development.

Currently, in the site is part of the uh formal golf course highlighted in the green.

The site of the development is highlighted now in the yellow.

So you can see here it's on the northeast corner.

Immediately adjacent to the golf course is the village at Grand Valley Ranch and the Century Complete project, which is also Grand Valley Ranch.

Yeah, Santa Rosa Canal to the north, and yeah, undeveloped land to the south.

Now, as I indicated, there's a handful of parts of this application.

The first one is a minor general plan amendment.

The second is a rezoning.

The third is for declaring a public record for those portions of the rezoning that will be maintained in the clerk's office.

The third is for the conditional use permit for outdoor entertainment.

And the fourth is a development agreement pertaining to a traffic impact analysis.

As we move forward and listen to each item, each item before the council is solely for that specific part of the application.

As we discuss the item, all comments must be limited to that part.

The case the first case that we're going to be hearing today is pertaining to the minor general plan amendment.

The minor general plan amendment is on your left hand side is the existing general plan designation of parks and open spacing and community commercial.

The applicant's request is to change the parks and open space to community commercial.

Moving forward, all other parts of the application will be the application since there's multiple will be heard separately.

So the first item before you today is solely on the general plan amendment pertaining to the change in general plan use.

Any council members have any questions for Mr.

Simer?

Hearing done, I would like to see the applicant then.

Thank you, sir.

Please state your name, sir.

I am not Tanier Peterson.

He was going to play hooky tonight.

Said Dad, you're going to take on the presentation unboxing the map there about five minutes ago.

He and I are going to have to talk about this one.

Kevin Peterson, Queen Creek, Arizona.

We uh, as a family uh are the managers of this uh this project.

Um may I just add if I could, real quick, just to set the stage a little bit.

If we started looking at this entire project, which uh consists of the entire repurposing of the old San Miguel Golf course, which has been setting dormant, and we we started that process a couple years ago.

Um just to let you know, we we were proactive as a family, and we had a couple of uh non-required neighborhood meetings with the neighborhood at their clubhouse a couple of times just to let them know who we were and to let them know that we're not quite sure what's going to happen over here, but as a family, it's something that uh we're interested in and we think we're gonna try to tackle in the future.

And uh we've tried, and I think we continue to try by evidence of having a number of additional neighborhood meetings as we started the process to try to uh have good communication with the neighborhood neighborhood, and I want to let the council know that that we'll continue throughout the entire process of keeping the best open communication we can with the neighborhood because this is their neighborhood.

We understand that there is going to be some level of sacrifice on their part that they're going to that they're going to make uh in order to have this this what we feel is is a wonderful asset for the community and for the town.

Um we hope and pray that this the sacrifice that they do make at the end of the day, they are happy with that sacrifice because it it is a positive has positive results for the community and as well for their actually their their own neighborhood as they come and participate in some of the the activities that are eventually going to hopefully be presented at the at the entertainment center.

Just a little bit about our family.

We uh uh spent most of our our career or my early career in Maricopa County, but all of our projects right now, we have 23 projects, they are all in Penau County.

We are projects in Penell County, we have projects in in Coolidge, we are projects in Florence, we have projects in Casagran, and we have several projects in Eloy.

But the most important thing is all of our projects and the future of our family projects are all in Pennell County, and Eloy is a significant part of that.

When we do with us, you'll be dealing with our family.

You'll be dealing with myself, uh, you'll be dealing with my son Tanner, my son Adam, or my son-in-law Macaulay.

And so we are a family operation.

So thank you for your your indulgence on that.

Uh I don't have much much to add uh other than what uh Dan has already put together as far as the the general plan uh uh uh portion of of this presentation, but the reason that we are doing the general plan amendment is to eventually get the zoning and the special use permit.

We want to repurpose this 20 acres, we want to restore the clubhouse as a restaurant and an event center.

We want this space around the old clubhouse that used to be the big plant putty and green and and and places golfers came to a place a place where families can gather and groups can gather and corporate parties can happen and town events can happen, and and it's a places where kids can play and and uh and enjoy the outdoor of the Arizona uh offers, and um we uh we want to preserve the character of this site, uh, and then we want to add to it.

So, other than that, at this portion of the presentation, I don't have much more to add other than what Dan already added.

Are there any questions from my part?

Anybody from council have questions?

Okay, hearing none, sir.

Thank you.

Thank you.

No, it being this is a public hearing.

Anyone from the public want to get up and speak about the changing of the general plan amendment from parks open to community commercial?

Anybody like to come up and just mean good evening again, Mr.

Mayor and Council.

Uh my wife and I have lived in the village of Grand Valley Ranch for over 20 years.

We were members of the Grand Valley and then San Miguel Golf Courses.

We love the family feel and camaraderie we shared with fellow members, and in fact, we've traveled close to close across Canada visiting folks we befriended there.

We missed those good old days.

In truth, the Peterson group could proceed with their project without getting our count our community's consent.

We're nearly an adjacent neighborhood, but that's not how they conducted their business.

They brought us into every aspect of their planning, invited our input and opinions at every step.

It gives me confidence in the Peterson group's sincerity and integrity.

Of course, there's gonna be some occasionally slow traffic or even noise that comes along with this project.

The Petersons have never denied that.

However, in my opinion, the positive potential greatly outweighs any minor inconveniences.

I urge the council to approve the zoning measure regarding the Peterson's Grand Valley Ranch project.

I'm hoping to restore some of those good old days.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Anyone else like to come up and say a few words?

Consider where people on the list should just go or we're confused on how the process happened.

Well, this portion here is just changing the general plan from parks open to commercial.

It kind of all blends together.

You might want to come in further down the way.

Okay.

Okay.

What was that?

No, okay.

Kindly state your name in the city you live in.

Good evening.

Dennis Daring, Eloy, and I live at the village also.

When we first moved here, it was the first year that the golf course closed.

One of the reasons we did move to the village was because of the golf course.

Needless to say, we were very devastated.

But it became very obvious that an ostrich farm had more chance of being built than a new golf course.

My family, but we have two other relatives that own property in the village.

All three of us are in favor of what the Peterson Group wants to do.

We think it's going to bring great value to our properties, and it's going to get rid of that ugly eyesore out there.

So I highly urge the council to approve this project.

Thank you very much very much.

Thank you, sir.

Anybody else from the public?

Anybody from council?

Okay, at this time I'm going to close the public hearing.

Do I hear a motion to read by title only?

Resolution 26-1644.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Motion and second.

I'll make the motion.

There you go.

I'll second it.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Okay.

Madam Clerk.

Resolution number 261644.

A resolution of the mayor and city council of the City of Illinois, Arizona, approving a minor general plan amendment to change the land use map from parks slash open space to community commercial on an approximately 19.75 acres of land located at 1505 North Toltec Road and 3500 West Clubhouse Drive, Eloy, Arizona.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Do I have a motion to approve as read?

So moved.

Second.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Madam Clerk.

Councilmember Garcia.

Yes.

Councilmember Golindo.

Yes.

Councilmember Valdraska?

Yes.

Councilmember Curtis.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Terengo?

Yes.

Councilmember Snyder?

Yes.

Mayor Sutton.

Yes.

Thank you.

Okay, moving on to item B, conduct a public hearing and consider adopting ordinance number 26-996, finding that the applicable criteria had been met and approved case number RZPAD 2005-63.

Which is a rezone the property from open space recreational, multifamily residential, and single family residential with the planned area of development, PAD Old Aray.

General Commercial C2 PAD with modified design development and land use standards submitted by Tana Peterson on behalf of Peterson Eloy 501 LLC.

The property at 1505 North Toltec Road and 3500 West Clubhouse Drive, consisting of approximately 19.75 acres.

Mr.

Sima.

Thank you, Mr.

Member of the Council.

As the mayor indicated, the case before you is a rezoning application.

It is to rezone the property to general commercial from the multi-family parks and open space.

Open space residential and uh single family residential.

The rezoning is pretty much the crux of the application in addition to the C UP.

It sets up the additional criteria going into the subsequent items.

But this item today that we're hearing right now is the rezoning.

It will allow hand uses, but the primary purpose of the application is to allow the restaurant use on the CT portion or C2 or general commercial part of the property.

The application does include modifications under the PAD, which will allow for indoor commercial entertainment for up to 150 persons.

Why is that?

That is how the building is currently designed and has been designed since it was constructed to allow for 150 persons.

As it pertains to the outdoors, the planary development does allow for a modification to incorporate up to 300 persons as a matter of right.

There is a management plan that staff required of the applicant to submit and addresses quite a few of the criteria that we have and the concerns with, although we we do still see additional items coming forward as the management and the different types of events come into play.

So as a different type of events, a one-time management plan cannot address all of them.

So the applicant has agreed to you and the staff has incorporated stipulations that allow for modifications to be approved by the zoning administrator meet.

To address case-specific examples, very similar to our special event permit process when they come through and get a special event permit.

Staff analyzes those situations and they are addressed individually.

As many may recall, the golf course was used for a number of uses, not just the golf course, but there is also weddings and several other activities being there.

Staff is not concerned about the traffic on the drive as it is designed to handle the golf course and the additional not additional, but the occupancies that were originally built.

Although with those considerations, staff has worked with E Fire to start to incorporate stipulations and requirement for emergency access for our second point of access from the Taglia Room as required by the International Fire Code as adopted by the city and the EO Fire District.

Rob Jarvis is here to answer any questions as it pertains to the fire district requirements.

As indicated on the map, and as I stated earlier, the property currently has open space, recreational, which is a designation of improved open space, multi-family residential, and a small part of it as single family residential.

Because the plans on the screen before you were the original general uh master plan for the golf course, and we foresee those being modified.

On the right-hand side of the screen is the proposed CT designation.

The C2 is continuous to the existing C2 and just enlarges it.

The C2 will allow for the interoperable entertainment along with a handful of other modified uses.

One of the uses that we incorporated into this was the ability to do uh food trucks on the site as part of the events or individually.

So it's truly to create the atmosphere that they want.

Uh it's pretty similar to the proposed amendments coming up later this year, which allows food trucks on by right on these type of properties much later, but we incorporated it now instead of coming back and modifying it.

So with that, I'll answer any questions that the council may have.

And if not, I will turn it over to the applicant.

Council.

I think that looks good, Mr.

Sonna.

Thank you.

B this is a public hearing that is open.

We will now take the applicant.

Thank you, Mayor members of the council.

I will uh just add maybe a small amount to uh Dan's presentation.

We won't add too much if I can figure out how to move things forward.

Okay.

Um as I mentioned earlier, we want to try to find the sweet spot.

And that sweet spot is going to uh develop as we uh finalize our operator of the restaurant and as we finalize the event coordinator of the hideout.

We want to take the best of the projects that we're familiar with, some of the examples we talked about in the Southeast Valley would be Santan Flats, SNEF Farms, uh Pecan Lakes, the uh olive mill, and others that are operating in areas that we're familiar with.

But all these different operators incorporate a significant amount of outdoor activity where folks can come and eat, enjoy, mingle, dance, listen to music, play games, and a variety of other events.

We're not exactly sure what that mix is going to be, but that's going to come, and that's the next exciting part about what we're going to do.

But the most important thing for all of us to understand here is we hope to create a friendly, safe environment, and satisfy the needs from families to corporates to municipal to weddings to all the various needs that may be in this area, and we hope and we believe we're in this area where people can come and enjoy this amazing facility that we're going to put together.

Umdoor with the lights and the tents and then the chairs and the bistro lights.

Um we will incorporate a stage as part of this.

Um we will incorporate a stage as part of this is kind of hard to see this this uh this aerial, but uh besides besides the outdoor seating, the lighting, the activity and the food, is we will incorporate uh uh a stage that uh will uh uh give us the ability to to have uh uh uh events and activities and music and and uh concerts, if you will, and and and and and uh uh an atmosphere that is fun, enjoyable, and exciting, and that's part of the the plan.

And a lot of that's still coming together, and we'll be working with staff and Dan and everybody as we put everything together, and a lot of that'll depend upon uh on the of course the final operator and and the event coordinators.

Um we believe that this will bring jobs, local employment, boost the local economy tax base, create dining and uh a dining entertainment hub.

We are hopeful that we draw from North Tucson.

We're hopeful that we draw from the southern part of Maricopa County.

We're hopefully hopeful that this facility does not only accommodate our local needs, but it actually brings tax revenue and tax dollars in from uh people that are willing to to commute for an hour or so, and and we don't know for sure that's gonna happen.

We have a little bit of the fills of drums here, or we kind of build it and see if they come.

But our our feedback that we're getting from folks is if we create something special here, which we believe the environment is is already there, we just gotta find the right the right uh uh uh finality of of the plan, we think folks will travel and they'll come and they'll enjoy this.

And you know, I think during the pumpkin uh holiday season, people come to see the pumpkins during Christmas, they'll come to see Santa Claus during the the Fourth of July events uh and and uh we hope to have this the city is the city is a Eloh Glow, is always called.

We hope to have like Eloy Glow in some of the local events that are already here.

Uh we hope to have some of that here at this location.

Um I don't have really anything else to add other than to let you know that when it comes to putting the final touches together on the entertainment portion of it, we are in the process of doing that.

It's exciting.

Uh we invite all input.

Whether there is no idea that uh member of playing and zoning or council or staff or the neighbors or the school district or anybody, if anyone has an idea of what they would love to see here, talk to us about it because nothing is off limits at this point.

And we want this to be as tampered as we possibly can for this community, and we want it to be as perfect for this community as we can.

So as much and any input that anyone anybody wants to give to us, we are 110% all heirs, and we're at the point right now where those are the kind of decisions.

My last presentation here will show you a couple of slides to show you the progress that we've already made on the rehab from the old golf golf uh club to uh to some of the renovations we've already made, and that alone just kind of gets me excited.

Hopefully that'll get everybody else excited.

But next is next next step is refining.

Do we have mini golf?

Do we not have mini golf?

Do we have table tennis?

Do we not have table tennis?

Do we have this?

Do we not have that?

Those are the type of things that we're talking about.

So uh please spread the word.

Uh we're very accessible.

Me and my sons are very uh willing to listen, and we hope that we're able to dial it in as perfect as we can for the neighborhood as well as the town.

Any questions?

Thank you, sir.

Anybody from council have questions for Mr.

Peterson?

And this is a public hearing.

If anybody from public would like to come up now, and this is just for the rezone from open space recreational, multi-family residential to general commercial.

Sir now, I suppose.

If you just state your name in the city where you live.

Ken Blondo, Eloy.

My name is Ken.

My wife and I, Doris, have lived at Village at Grande Valley Ranch for seven and a half years.

I pastor church just off of Main Street around the corner from here.

I serve as President Eloy Ministerial Alliance and recently became part of the new Eloy PD Initiative, Cops and Clergy.

That just to say, I love the city and care deeply about seeing Eloy thrive.

Grab the mic, Ken.

Yeah.

Yeah, I usually don't have that problem.

Thank you.

But let's be honest.

When we see businesses leaving Main Street and hear that more might follow, it can be discouraging.

But the good news is this good news.

I'm a pastor had to say that.

Bringing a family-friendly restaurant and activity venue brings opportunities, a place where you can enjoy a meal, lingering time with varying activities, providing family and friends a periodic uh place to hang out and just enjoy yourself with some music.

I'm here specifically in support of the request for these 19.75 acres for the Hideout Ranch Entertainment Center.

I have to thank the mayor and the council for sending out your letter in late last year that cleared up some of the concerns that showing us that the ordinances are covering a lot of the concerns that are that are already out there, real concerns that are there.

It was encouraging to see the process that is transparent.

That letter was factual and grounded in exist those existing ordinances.

Resoring this parcel gives the city a responsible framework for what can happen on this land and just as important what cannot.

And for uh the Hideout Ranch Entertainment Center.

I have to thank the Peterson Group for their willingness to invest in Eloy, and as it's been shared, their willingness to listen and put up with our multiple texts and emails and phone calls and visits and requests for meetings.

Thank you for putting up with us.

When people like Peterson Group put their resources, time and energy into our city, that sends a strong message.

Eloy is worth believing in.

Approving this rezoning helps bring momentum.

It supports family-friendly recreation, event space, dining, and activities as it's been shared, and give the residents locally but also regionally a place to enjoy visitors, more visitors to come.

It means jobs and renewed sense that good things are happening here.

Simply put, this is a thoughtful step forward for our city.

And I would say that a vote the opposite direction, obviously, would probably reverberate throughout the community at large, uh negatively, obviously.

For those reasons, I respectfully ask you to vote yes on this resume.

I thank you for the time.

Um, and thank you for help help make uh I'm thanking you ahead of time to help making Eloy a better place to live, work, and yes, have a little fun along the way.

Sign myself and 40 other neighbors in the community next to us in our community, uh, Tucson, Cassigreen, and beyond.

So thank you for your time.

Thank you, sir.

Anybody else like to come up andor Sutton, Council members, Mr.

Letcher.

Hang on.

This is going to be totally different.

The proposed rezoning of 19.75 acres before you has met city, state, county, and federal codes and ordinances.

As I've previously stated at the public hearings, the neighborhood expanding zoning.

Excuse me, could you please say your name for the record?

Oh, I'm sorry, Beverly Seekers, Eloy.

Thank you.

Back to the beginning of the bullet.

As I have previously stated at the public hearings, neighborhood, and planning and zoning meetings.

My concerns are the same.

Safety, security, traffic, noise, and drainage.

I'm a permanent resident, not seasonal.

The Peterson Group tells us they want our input and ideas.

They want to be a good neighbor.

Yet we have heard we need to make sacrifices.

This is good for the Eloy community to provide a venue that is not available to our community, family activities, music, and let's not forget food and alcohol.

We were told in November, if the restaurant is not up and running by the end of the first quarter of 2026, it will open in the fall of 2026.

The Peterson Group needs our support and money to make this successful, and we want them to be successful.

We don't want half-baked part way and that it doesn't come through.

As elected representatives, I am asking that you delay approval at such time that our concerns will be specifically addressed and successfully addressed.

It's not about the development in our backyard.

How do we preserve our living environment that we have had for more than 20 years?

Security, quiet, safe, and an enjoyable retirement life in a small gated community.

We are not ropes and ranch.

We are 98 homes.

Who will monitor the developer to ensure compliance?

The Petersons own a lot of land in Pennell County, which we heard Kevin say.

What's their track work record with compliance?

Has it been at city and county level?

Is this developer a good investment for Eloy?

I'm asking each of you to carefully consider your vote tonight on whether you believe this development will positively impact the community and for me, my home, and neighborhood.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Anybody else wish to come up and add a little.

Hello, sir.

State your name and city.

Andrew Rodriguez, Eloy, Elo Chamber of Commerce, the executive director.

Um just want to let you guys know the Chamber of Commerce has taken a stance on it as we are in favor of the project.

I was basically going to say almost exactly for the benefits of what Mr.

Peterson just wrote on there.

And also for we saw on the coex what you got with the what the city put on on the website we read what uh what the city put on there, and also what Mr.

Peterson's family went back and forth on it.

Um we were standing with it with him working with the fire department, police department, and the city of Eloy with all their projects.

So again, we are standing with him.

We we look forward to this project going through, and we again we know that the long term is going to be beneficial to the city for job creation and tax base, so thank you guys very much.

Thank you, sir.

Is there anyone else?

State name and city, please.

Hello, my name is Melissa McNeil, and I'm a resident at 1229 North Fairway Drive at the village, Green Valley Ratch.

I've attended a lot of meetings, and I've had the privilege of being able to walk with the Peterson group, the 19.75 acres.

They have been wonderful to meet with us, uh always been willing to listen to our opinions and our questions.

I had grave concerns in the beginning.

Unfortunately, I continue to still have concerns.

But I still look at my small backyard, only 18 feet from my back patio to their property line.

Not this 19.75 acres, but their property line.

I have put every amount of money I have in the house I bought with my critically ill husband in our home.

I cannot afford to move.

This has to work.

I am going to hold every one of you accountable that says yes to this.

I'm going to hold you accountable.

Both at these meetings, subsequent to your vote, if you say yes, and at the ballot box.

I don't know what else to do.

In my career, I had compliance officers that went all over the state of Oregon that come made people comply to rules and regulations.

And I hope to God that you will have the same thing.

I want them to be successful.

I want Eloy to grow.

I moved here for a reason.

And that reason was because I liked the area.

And I have family here, and I don't have a lot of family left.

I was the youngest in my family, and I want this to work.

But I ask you, please, think about your vote tonight, and think about people like me that are very vulnerable, and people that are even much older than I am that live there that are asking you to please, please remember the vulnerable that are living very close to this 19.75 acres.

Thank you very much for your consideration.

Thank you, ma'am.

Good evening, Mary Sutton, Vice Mayor Vicky Lee to Council members.

I'd like to begin by thanking you all.

We appreciate and are grateful for all you do.

My husband and I, oh, and thank you also for letting me speak here this evening.

My husband Ron and I are here to oppose or not to oppose, excuse me, progress or the development at the former San Miguel Golf Course.

We would like to ask the city to prioritize the safety, health, and livability of our 55 plus community.

The residents need more than just general assurances.

We need clear commitments and a clear point of contact should problems occur.

If safety concerns arrive or rise, it's important that we understand what the city's process for accountability is.

Who is responsible for monitoring the impacts of traffic control, the enforcement of parking rules, noise, or the coordination of public health and outreach services, and ensuring ensuring that emergency vehicles can always reach our neighborhood without delay.

What specific measures will be in place to protect the people living nearby?

There are health concerns for females and seniors regarding drug use and discarded paraphernalia, especially during events.

Can the city please clarify how drug-related activity will be monitored during these events and which department is responsible for responding to issues when they reported it?

Again, thank you very much.

Thank you.

Anyone else?

Just your name and city, please.

Helen Sutts, Eli.

Um Early Native Z brought the familiar loud music coming from Arizona City again.

Thinking of the proposed hideout stage, I determined to see how far it was.

One mile, which is 5,280 feet.

Thankfully they turned the music down pretty quickly this time.

Tanner says the closest houses to the proposed outdoor stage are 1,200 feet, or for the city, approximately 775 feet, significantly closer.

At Tower's prompting, I checked out Santan Flat and Pican Lake Entertainment Booth, both in Queen Creek.

At Santane Flat, Penau County Board of Supervisors required them to place the wall around the three-acre property to prevent excessive noise, a complaint from neighbors, and they faced litigation.

They started stage music two nights a week and now it's five.

At the Con Lake, the outdoor stage is surrounded by buildings and landscape to buffer sound.

The next door equestrian center stage is not.

It has a roof and half walls.

I spoke with a couple who said they live a mile away and they hear the events they have there.

At the November 3rd neighborhood meeting at San Miguel Clubhouse, Mr.

Peterson stated that the music stops at 10 p.m.

It wasn't until I corresponded with Dan Simmer I learned the city code allows 11 p.m.

Due to our close proximity.

If this passes, please hold them to 10 p.m.

for all music events.

On the way of Arizona in high school day and long, we'd light up as kids and friends in the camper and go watch our brothers play Santa Cruz and Eloy.

We find memories who were happy to buy a home here.

Some of the neighbors who are proponents of this development look at me as if I have two hands when I mention my concerns about the potential growth of Hideout Ranch Entertainment Center.

They shrug or I will, it's Eloy.

Even the hairdresser in Arizona City says so.

In my opinion, that is myopic thinking.

I lived here before the run return to before country thunder, and when the Renaissance Festival is nothing more than an arena and a drumstick.

The point is you cannot put the genie back in the bottle.

Nor can you feel the impact of event venues until you've lived near them or having stuck in the traffic, of which I've experienced both.

If this is approved, I'm asking city council to please put a cap on the number of over 750 person events per year and number of allowed intendees at least until event parking and infrastructure can support it, i.e.

turn lanes.

I'm grateful for the safeguards the planning group has put in place and very thankful for the proposed second access start from Big Tadway.

Hence we don't feel totally thrown under the bus.

Since many of us don't want these bigger events and aren't able to move.

So I ask you, team, do you have an empty field next to you?

If this is going in there, would you really feel like yay in my backyard?

Or is it simply yes in your backyard?

Thank you.

Thank you, ma'am.

Anybody else?

Anna Keeler, I've been a full-time resident in front of Grand Valley Rank for 20 plus years.

I'd like to know why the Peterson group thinks we should be giving them sacrifices when they have not listened to anything that we have concerns about.

Thank you.

If the stipulations are not met, who is the person we need to contact that about it?

The Eway police, the city Eway Mayor, the Eloy City Council members, or the or the Eloy Interim City Manager.

That is if you, the elected council members and mayor vote for this against the wishes of the community.

Thank you for your concern.

Thank you.

Hello, sir.

Please state your name in your city.

My name is Jim White.

I live at the village at Grand Valley Ranch.

And my message is short and sweet.

Oh, it's running against the loves development in our community.

And I feel like if you can approve approval the blogs, you can approve this measure.

Thank you, sir.

Anyone else?

Dan, would you like to follow up on anything?

Anyone else?

As a produced chain, the reporting.

I think the big item of question out there is how do we address concerns during the day?

These are code enforcement elements.

At night.

So it's kind of a combination tag team effort.

If there are truly code enforcement issues, obviously they can be taken at night and we follow up during the day.

If they're nuisance issues, not speaking for the chief, but he has a lot more leeway when they come to that level instead of code enforcement, but when they do become nuisance that we can enforce.

And obviously, working with the Petersons and code enforcement activities.

As it pertains to certain type of activities that are through the conditional use permit that are later, we can address those separately.

So that's to help project noise out.

In the stipulations that we also incorporate around about noise, the case addresses the let me see if I can get back to that.

This screen helps.

The code measures that at their property line as it pertains to noise.

So it's allowed at 70 decibels, which is equivalent to large uh conversation in a crowded room.

My favorite one is flushing the toilet.

But uh the stipulations that we incorporated measure the noise at the boundary of the property of the use and not at the property line.

The intent of that is to help mitigate those noises at the residence.

So as it pertains to the complaints and the uses, we do have our code enforcement process that we go through.

Obviously, you you do have the ability to work with the property owner and continue to enforce those codes on the way up to bringing them to citations and bringing them before a judge for fines.

So I don't know if the chief wants to add anything.

Sure.

Yeah, at this juncture, it's really hard to explain how we would address any specific issues.

Obviously, beforehand, we would work with leadership from the development, leadership from uh code enforcement, um, every all the stakeholders and see what the expectations are, um, balance that with the local law, state laws, federal laws, and put together what operational plan, how to best address all the issues that come out of there, just like we do with any venue.

So it's really hard to be speculative, but you know, theoretically issues that may come up, uh, but just wants to show that we will put effort 150% into an operational plan to address any issues that come out of the development.

Thank you, sir.

Yep.

Anyone else with Dan?

I'd be happy to answer any questions.

I do want to say that the operation recall to management plan is a critical part of this, and we do have one in the packet, although we do the applicant and I do agree that they need to be tailored to this each event.

So uh, and of course, we need to get not only the police department's input, but our professional on-call traffic management analysis when they use specifically come in.

Thank you.

So any questions for Mr.

Sumer from council.

I just have a couple of quick questions, and they might also be uh referring to item C.

Well, one of the concerns was about drainage, and one of the concerns was about traffic, and I was wondering if you could address those.

As it pertains to this island learning the council, traffic is a good calculation is based on the current ITE, which is international traffic management engineering.

They're approximately the same for the use as they are right now for the golf course that we're anticipating.

Now, is that happening right now?

No.

If you have a full golf course and restaurant and they're all running at one time, and it is possible that you have up to 800 trips a day, which is possible with this event.

Um parking management is a critical component of that management plan.

You currently can park 190 cars, which equivalents out to about 450 persons, which is why we have the additional criteria and requiring this use to go into the conditional use permit, which is the next item, and that separately is addressed.

When there's um parking management plans are approved for those additional events like special events and stuff like that, we will look at those at a case-by-case basis.

You know, where's the most appropriate?

Is it more appropriate to use the emergency access as a point of getting vehicles out of there quickly?

You know, that we're gonna have to work with Eloy Fire, Eli police on the exact specifics of those.

When we know what type of events we're working with.

The ability to have a management plan now, which is a typical requirement, is in the plan, which gave me enough comfort level to bring the case forward with additional stipulations that as we move forward and these events change, they need to come back.

So staff will be looking at that from their from our point of view, not just from my point of view from code enforcement enforcement and stipulations, which everything rides on my position or the resonant minister, but also from police and fire from their point of view too.

Oh, drainage, thank you.

Uh the site currently has a uh is in the floor plan.

It does have some retention licenses out there to address that.

When the modifications to the site are done, they will be required to go to Pennell County to update the floor plan use permit, it's called.

Um certain employments won't those, certain don't.

Um potentially with some of the approvals, they may need to do that much sooner than later.

Ideally, that will be addressed, you know, before they start having large events.

Uh but obviously it it depends on you know the types of improvements.

So again, it was a golf course, people were out there before.

Uh so it's kind of there already, it's more when we get into these larger events that we really need to get with Pennell County and addressing those considerations and making sure that's one of the reasons you'll see in the next uh application that we are requiring that secondary emergency, not just the emergency access, but an access that's permanent to maybe able to get people out.

So I have for you.

Good.

Yep.

Okay, anybody else have anything before I close this public hearing?

Seeing hearing none, public hearing is closed.

Do I hear a motion to read by title ordinance 26-996?

So moved.

I have a second.

I'll second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion passes, Madam Clerk.

Ordinance number 26996.

An ordinance of the mayor and city council of the city of Eloy, Panau County, Arizona, approving case number RZPAD 2005-63.

Hideout ranch entertainment center, an amendment to the zoning map in parentheses, rezone from one excuse me, from open space recreational OSR, multiple family residential R3, and single family residential R1-6.

With the planned area development overlay, PAD, to general commercial C2 PAD on approximately 19.75 acres of land located 1505 North Toltec Road and 3500 West Club House Drive, Eloy, Arizona, providing for several ability and establishing an effective date.

Thank you.

Do we have a motion to approve those read?

So moved.

We have a second.

Second.

Madam Clerk.

Councilmember Garcia.

Yes.

Councilmember Galindo.

Yes.

Councilmember Valdwasca.

Yes.

Councilmember Curtis.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Tarango?

Yes.

Councilmember Schneider.

Yes.

Mayor Simon.

Yes.

Okay, that brings us to item C: Adoption of Resolution 26-1648 declaring a public record that a certain document filed with the city clerk entitled RZPAD 2005-63.1 hideout ranch entertainment PAD development plan.

Mr.

Simon.

Thank you, Mayor members of the council.

This item is we've done on many of other PADs is the adoption of a public record so that when and if we publish the reordinance and the ordinance, the ordinance in the paper, we don't have to publish all the pages that go along with it, and it is to create a public record for those purposes that can be referred to.

The public can come in and look at that document at any time as it's kept in the clerk's office.

And hopefully they don't bother me because it'll be there.

So it's a housekeeping item and it's efficient for uh file management.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Any questions for Mr.

Simon?

Quick question.

Mr.

Steimer, will these be available online for anyone who'd like to read them?

So they won't have to print up however many pages there are.

So until such time that we are able to search our public records, which I don't think we are yet, uh, they would have to come in or look it up under the report.

Anybody else have any questions?

Hearing none.

Do we hear a motion to read by title adoption of resolution 26-1648?

May I make a motion that we read by title adoption of resolution number 26 1648?

Do I have a second?

Second.

Madam Clerk.

All in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed motion passed.

Motion carries.

Madam Clerk.

Resolution number 261648, a resolution of the mayor and city council of the city of Eloy, Panau County, Arizona, declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the city clerk entitled RZPAD 2005-63.A1, Hideout Ranch Entertainment Center, PAD Development Plan.

Thank you.

Do I have a motion to approve resolution 26-1648 as presented?

So moved.

Do I have a second?

I have a second.

Madam Clerk.

Councilmember Garcia?

Yes.

Councilmember Galindo?

Yes.

Councilmember Valdraska?

Yes.

Councilmember Curtis.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Tarango?

Yes.

Councilmember Snyder.

Yes.

Mayor Sutton?

Yes.

Okay, that brings us to item D, conduct a public hearing and consider adopting resolution 26-1645, finding that the applicable criteria have been met to approve case number CUP 2025-008.

High Rout Ranch Entertainment Center for a conditional use permit for commercial entertainment outdoors submitted by Tana Peterson on behalf of Peterson Eloy 501 located at 1505 North Toltec Road and 3500 West Clubhouse Drive can sit in approximately 19.758.

Is it this time I will open the public hearing?

Mr.

Simon.

Thank you, Mayor members of the council.

The item before you is the last public hearing case of this, although we do have one additional item.

And it is the conditional use permit for commercial outdoor entertainment.

And this is for activities between three and six hundred persons.

So you can already have the one to 300.

This is for those events that are greater than 300, but less than 600.

Why is that?

Well, based on the traffic configuration and access to the site and additional criteria once we get above that, we do want to start taking a more significant look, even though we every time we look at it, it'll be significant.

But we really want to take a look at how access and how people are getting out.

What are the emergency procedures?

What are the uh events like we all know how glow is glow as 5,000 people?

If glow happens here, you're gonna need similar uh police you're gonna similar first aid, or you need similar uh restaurant, well more restrooms for that matter, um, and other things based on a greater size event.

And trying to plan for those at this level on the stage is virtually impossible because we don't know.

We don't know what type.

Is it a national act?

Is it an international act?

So working with the applicant, we agreed to limit us to 600 people based on the available access coming into the property events that could happen where we were comfortable eventually adopting or approving a management plan that doesn't require those special considerations, and what other additional restroom or security methods that are needed.

So, as I indicated on the screen here, the any event gradually 600 event uh persons outside will require special event permit.

And any event between three and six hundred requires a special event permit until such time that an updated master uh management plan is provided that addresses those events between that size and a specific second access is provided, not just an emergency access, a second access.

So that not only we using um clubhouse drive, the applicant can use the second permanent access roadway into the development.

Uh that is to provide for both for safety security methods and for exiting of traffic and to minimize impacts on the Toltec road, provides different points that which events can come out.

Furthermore, uh which is related to the next item, uh, any improvements they can do in improvements under this conditional use permit to get up to that point, whether it whether it be a paved street or temporary paid drive or something of that nature.

But more specifically, with the next item, you'll be having a traffic impact analysis so that we can evaluate the full impacts of not just this development, but the entire project because we do one now, they have future plans for future development.

We do it again, we keep building.

The idea is to get all the impacts addressed at one time.

The traffic management plan that's stipulated does address those, would address those type of criteria, but on a lesser scale.

And that is you know, whether they're temporary improvements and the traffic impact analysis permanent improvement.

And there's many different ways we can address temporary improvements.

It's very typically the paved access, but it helps.

So as we go into those, and we spoke earlier about the operations plan, which I call it the monitor management plan, uh, those get into more heavy detail, and that's where we really need to start buttoning down these events.

So until we have those that additional access, where we know the how the parking is going to be managed for every time, and we then we can go from that three to six hundred have that access, and we know how it's operating.

Uh there are additional archers for restroom facilities and all that other within the next five years.

Uh knowing that if the project doesn't go, it goes away.

Furthermore, there's a condition or a requirement of the ordinance that allows the council that if through code enforcement activity that we just can't get them to comply, the council can go through and do what's called a redication of the CUP, and that is we're going to take your CUP away through a public hearing process.

It's rare.

It has happened, but it's rare because once any applicant or property owner gets up in front and knows, hey, they've been bad, they're going to do what they can to keep that right.

Uh I've been involved with them a few times.

You see once once you get an applicant before the council, knowing that they're going to lose their right and they may have spent half a million million dollars because they didn't comply, they comply really quick and they stay that way.

So that is the main those over the main reasons why we agree to allowing this as a conditional use permit than a use by right, so that we can address those issues on a much grander scale and have the ability to review it.

Now one of the items that's in the zoning case I didn't mention is the annual review.

We did strike that, and that's because it allows me only an annual review can be interpreted a different many different ways.

Without that provision, I can review at any time.

So it's even though I can do it, it's questionable, so we did it so they can review at any time.

So the idea is to work through and work through issues as they arise.

I'll be happy to answer any questions or turn them over to the applicant on the rest of their presentation.

Anybody on council have any questions?

Yeah.

I remember years ago that the restort was pretty viable.

I remember uh they used to have a fish fry on Friday nights.

And uh this goes back 10, 12 years ago, and some of you may remember that that they had entertainment.

I remember going a lot of times we sit outside to picnic tables and uh entertainment, it was a really nice event.

And fortunately, uh new order of the golf course took over and we kind of lost that thing.

So I think we're kind of headed that way now.

I think I like the approach that is being taken that uh we get started maybe at that level and see what we learn along the way, and we make changes uh for the next stage.

And I think it's to your point, it's kind of hard to consider all the what ifs right now.

But if you get take a little step and then see what works, what doesn't work, then take the next step.

And I saw that kind of like the approach that uh you're you're taking here.

Thank you, Mayor.

Members of council.

One of the things I didn't mention in the last case, but it's applicable to that one as well as this one.

I have in the stipulations approved by council, I have the right.

The zoning administrator has the right, which I'm using I has the right to call the applicant in and say we need to change this plan because of ABC is not being addressed.

And they have they have to address those plans, otherwise we go into a court enforcement action.

So anybody else?

Mayor.

Go ahead, sir.

Help me out or indulge me however we want to look at it.

By right, they'll be able to hold on the event up to 300 people.

Uh is 300 people about the size of a home football game.

No.

Smaller, larger?

Smaller.

Smaller.

I've seen what our police department does with the home football game and getting it cleared out within just a few minutes.

I'm comfortable with that.

I think that most of the I'm sorry, I don't remember your name.

The young lady next to uh Reverend Blando, that most of her concerns seem to be getting addressed or will be addressed in one form or another.

Yes.

Thank you.

Now the key to that is the cooperation of the traffic management plan and whether we, the police department management or their professional staff manages it.

And that's why we have Chief Bertales and our traffic management staff look at those plans going, there's less than we want to do unless they want to pay for it, is having our staff manage those activities.

We want them to manage them until police says otherwise.

So question probably for Mr.

Peterson.

Um as we know, you know, you mentioned that this could possibly be a new location for the GLO.

The GLOW holds 25 to 3,000 people that come in.

Um, but there's so much access around the venue.

Um where the glow is being held now.

Is do you have any plans or any future uh outlook as to adding maybe an another access into maybe going and taking an interest access all the way to 11 mile corner road so that you have access coming in both directions?

Um if the if the future development for this is to have a venue that can exceed 300 people, maybe even exit exceed 600 people.

Is there any plans or do you have any future like development ideas as to how to accommodate that bigger group?

Great.

Thank you for the uh the question that council member.

Um as we uh review tonight, um we are talking about 19.5 acres of the old golf course.

So phase two, which we haven't been ready to present yet, which will be presented in the future, is what is the repurposing and use of the rest of the the 300 acres of the golf course.

And when we come in and put the together the uses and the plans for the repurposing of the rest of the golf course, that's when additional permanent access points will be incorporated primarily down to Batagnia.

Because of the CAP canal that's on our north boundary crossing that, of course, is I think literally an active Congress.

And so that that's going to be difficult.

So our north entrances is going to be limited to Clubhouse, Clubhouse Drive.

And then eventually there will be a permanent ingress egress in one or two locations down to Battaglia.

I think what we're talking about, if I understand what Dan is saying, as we move forward and determine in the future what type of events and what size of events and what the flow is of those events, my sense is there will be at least one temporary access point that comes from the clubhouse to Battaglia until such time eventually one or two more permanent access points as our Batagula.

And I guess, and that was the purpose of the management plan.

And I think the key component component of the management plan that we're supportive of is the fact that the town staff has the ability with good common sense communication between us, the future event coordinators, the future uh event operators, depending upon what the event is, the police department, the fire department, good common sense of a practical approach as to how we move people in and out.

And that is that decision is made through this management plan at staff level on an as needed and agoing basis.

And council member, your point was exactly perfect.

Is this going to evolve?

We will we will learn as we go through the process.

But the commitment that we make to council members that we make to staff to we that we make to members of the community that have supported us and also members of the community that have some concerns is that we will work in absolute good faith with everybody.

We want to see this successful and we want to see it work to everybody's advantage.

And we do not want this to be a problem for the community.

We want this to be an asset for the community.

At this stage, we just can't, we couldn't put together a document to cover all the whys and the why nots and the maybes and the maybe nots and the ifs and the if nots.

So uh in fact, some of those numbers on the management plan, your Dan was very aggressive, and I don't really agree with.

But what I did agree with was the fact that that document gives us the ability to communicate.

And that document gives us the ability to adjust as we need to based on common sense needs as this project evolves.

I don't know if that answered your question.

Is that okay?

I just have one last comment.

You know, like uh the former speaker said, you know, growing up in Enough, I remember being very skeptical and driving by and seeing the development of ropes and ranch and thinking it's never gonna work.

In the way it will it will never prosper, it will never work.

And I am proud to say I was wrong.

So I wish you all the best.

I hope this development works.

Um like I said, I I'm pretty excited about it, and I hope that I I'm wishing you all the best that this is going to be a success.

Thank you.

And thank you to everybody that has made positive comments tonight and and give them support.

And also thank you to those that express concerns also.

We we we are also grateful for those concerns being expressed because that'll make us be better at the areas that we need to uh need to have concern over in the future.

Um, if I could just show a couple of pictures up here, which I'm excited about.

Um normally when a developer buys something, they wait until they get approvals before they spend a penny.

We've been so excited we kind of jumped the gun and we've already started.

This is a picture of kind of the old clubhouse before we got started, uh at least one of the angles.

And uh now this is the picture with uh the night with the roof redone and and repainted and the the clubhouse being repainted, uh a different angle of from the uh the area looking where the big beautiful patio covering is where we're gonna have lots of people having good uh good coverage, cover shade and and enjoy themselves.

And we went ahead and added our event lawn uh just outside the uh the east side of the clubhouse.

You can see those doors where the clubhouse are, those roll up so it opens so you can like like a garage door, and so it can open up uh the the far east side of the clubhouse for private parties onto the event lawn that we have there uh on the east side.

You can see those doors where the clubhouse are, those roll up so it opens so you get it like like a garage door, and so it can open up uh the the the far east side of the clubhouse for private parties onto the event line that we have there uh on the east side, and that's just a start of the continued refinement, but just to let everybody know, because of our excitement, we have proactively jumped the gun and started doing things that we probably shouldn't have done until after the vote tonight.

But I hope that shows to the town and the neighbor that we are committed to try to make something happen just as soon as we can, and uh we're excited about trying to make this a very positive asset for the town.

Any other questions for me?

Hearing none.

Yeah, this is still a public hearing.

If anybody from the public would like to get up and tie some ribbons on this, feel free.

Thank you.

Okay, seeing none, I will close this public hearing.

Do I hear a motion to read by title only?

Resolution 26-1645.

So moved.

Do I have a second?

Second.

All favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Hearing none, Madam Court.

A resolution, excuse me, resolution number 261645, a resolution of mayor and city council of the city of Eloy, Arizona, approving case number, CUP 2025-008, Hideout Ranch, Entertainment Center, a conditional use permit for commercial entertainment outdoors on approximately 19.75 acres of land look located 1505 North Toltec Road and 3500 West Clubhouse Drive, Eloy, Arizona, and establishing an effective date.

Thank you.

Do we have the motion to approve as read?

So moved.

Second.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Vote call, Madam Clerk.

Councilmember Garcia?

Yes.

Councilmember Galindo.

Yes.

Councilmember Vodraska?

Yes.

Councilmember Curtis.

Yes.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Tarango.

Yes.

Councilmember Snyder.

I want to say when you first presented this, the first thing that came to mind was the winery up in the floor.

Is a similar thing, but it's just expanding a little bit more.

So uh my vote is yes.

Mayor Satman.

Yes.

Okay.

Item E consider adopting resolution number two six-1646, authorizing the man to execute contract number two oh two six-zero one COE development agreement between the City of Eloy and Peterson Eloy 501 LLC pertaining to the submitter of comprehensive traffic impact analysis providing warranted traffic mitigation improvements.

Mrs.

Simo.

Thank you, Mayor Member Council.

This is the last item as it pertains to this application series.

And working with them, we agree that certain sometimes we don't know exactly the appropriate time to start looking at what type of improvements need when we don't know the rest of the plan.

So what it is is we have the w wherewithal and the stipulations now to help us be comfortable in the previous cases, but the future zoning cases on the rest of the property will not include this property typically.

So it's anticipated.

So normally we will not be able to ask for that traffic impact analysis because it's not pertaining to it.

The applied has agreed to do include this property as part of the overall 300-acre impact analysis.

And this is to ensure that whether it's the Petersons and a property gets sold, any future property owner incorporates that analysis.

And it's an agreement between us and them to assure that that happens.

So mayor.

Thank you, sir.

Any questions for Mr.

Simon?

Hearing seeing none.

Do we hear a motion to read by title adoption of resolution 26-1646?

So moved.

We'll have a second.

Second.

All favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

Madam Clerk.

Resolution number 261646.

A resolution of the mayor and city council of the city of Eloy, Arizona, authorizing the mayor to execute a development agreement number 2026-001-COE for the property located 1505 North Toltec Road and 3500 West Clubhouse Drive, Eloy, Arizona.

Thank you.

Do I have a motion to approve resolution 261646 as presented?

So moved.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Roll call, please, Madam Clerk.

Councilmember Garcia.

Yes.

Councilmember Golindo.

Yes.

Councilmember Valdraska.

Yes.

Councilmember Curtis.

Yes.

Mayor Tarango.

Yes.

Councilmember Schneider.

Yes.

Mayor Sutton.

Yes.

I'd like to say congratulations to the Peterson group.

You guys, we wish you well, absolutely.

Well right now I'm going to speak for myself.

And I'm going to say that I personally I'm excited about this project and I really want to see this project come to fruition.

And now I'm going to speak, which I feel is for the rest of this council.

And they can say no if they don't.

If there are complaints about this venue, if there are things that are really off the rail on this venue, we the city will take those complaints extremely serious, as we do everything else in this city.

We're not playing around.

I believe the Petersons are on the level.

I believe they're only up and up.

But remember, you always have this city to come back to for any of that stuff.

You have you can hold myself accountable, this council accountable, and we will hold the assistant city map, the city manager, and our co-compliance accountable.

Because we don't want to see you guys really, really put out.

So please, if you do have those complaints, please bring them to this to this council.

Bring them to us personally.

I I'm giving you my word on that.

All right.

Anybody else have anything before we call this a wrap?

My favorite time of the meeting.

Do I have a motion to adjourn?

So move.

Do I have a second?

Second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Thank you, everybody.

Have a safe trip home.

Thank you for your patience.

I know why you always remember.