Mesa council weighs 78-home rezone at Guadalupe Road — Sept 22–Oct 7

Tempe Development Review Commission — September 22, 2026

• USE PERMITS: The Development Review Commission took up five use permits, including a new 66-foot wireless tower for Verizon at 2104 West Southern Avenue and U-Haul vehicle rental at 1204 East Baseline Road. One request would let a home at 1748 South Sierra Vista Drive keep two required parking spaces in its front-yard setback and shade the driveway, and two others cover resale shops at 511 West University Drive. View item

Scottsdale City Council — September 22, 2026

• Boards, Commissions, and Task Forces Interviews and Appointments: Scottsdale interviewed and appointed residents to city boards, filling one Board of Adjustment seat, one Development Review Board seat and three Planning Commission seats. Those panels handle the variances, design reviews and land-use recommendations that shape what gets built. View item

Tucson City Council — September 22, 2026

• Update on Housing and Homelessness Emergency Declaration and Shelter Care Code Amendments (City Wide) Memorandum: SS/SEP22-26-198: Tucson's mayor and council scheduled a study session update on the city's housing and homelessness emergency declaration and on proposed shelter care code amendments. The agenda lists those items but does not describe what the code changes would do. View item
• Community Preference Policy (City Wide) Memorandum: SS/SEP22-26-199: The same study session listed a discussion of a community preference policy for affordable housing. The agenda gives the title only, with no detail on how the policy would work. View item

Mesa Planning & Zoning Board — September 23, 2026

• ZON21-00066. "Greenfield Multifamily," 1.9± acres located approximately 2,025± feet north of the northwest corner of East Brown Road and North Greenfield Road. Rezone from Single Residence-35 (RS-35) to Multiple Residence-3 with a Planned Area Development Overlay (RM-3-PAD) and Site Plan Review. This request will allow for a 30-unit multiple residence development. (District 2).: Mesa's Planning and Zoning Board heard a request to rezone 1.9 acres at 1544 North Greenfield Road — land now zoned for very large single-family lots, about one home per acre — so 30 townhomes can be built in five two- and three-story buildings. City staff recommended approval with conditions, and neighbors wrote in on both sides. View item

Phoenix City Council — September 23, 2026

• Mayor and Council Appointments to Boards and Commissions: Phoenix seated new members on village planning committees and the Industrial Development Authority, including James Murphy, chief executive of Willmeng Construction, Ginger Ward of Southwest Human Development, and Patrick Carlson of Arizona Public Service. The village committees review land-use cases in their areas. View item
• Proposed 44th Street and Bajada Road Annexation - Public Hearing - District 2: Phoenix took up a public hearing on annexing about 1.3 acres roughly 1,180 feet east of 44th Street and Bajada Road, where one single-family home would gain city police, fire and trash service. The task force analysis expected no new officers and small added costs — about $1,532 a year for police and $817 for fire. View item
• Proposed 32nd Avenue and Dobbins Road Annexation - Authorization to File - District 8: The same meeting listed authorization to file for a second annexation: about 28.1 acres at 32nd Avenue and Dobbins Road in District 8. Annexation brings unincorporated county land under Phoenix zoning, which is the step that comes before city-style development. View item
• Housing Services-Property Management, Master Leasing and Housing Based Supports (Ordinance S-53221) - Citywide: Phoenix's formal agenda listed Ordinance S-53221, covering property management, master leasing and housing-based support services citywide. Master leasing rents existing homes rather than producing new ones, and the agenda gives no dollar amount or unit count. View item
• Design, Fabrication and Installation Contract with coLAB studio, LLC for the Girasol Affordable Housing Public Art Project (Ordinance S-53187) - District 8: The council agenda included a design, fabrication and installation contract with coLAB studio, LLC for public art at the Girasol affordable housing project in District 8. The agenda gives no unit count or construction date. View item
• Laveen Flood Mitigation Program - Engineering Services - ST83140144 (General Obligation Bond) (Ordinance S-53223) - Districts 7 & 8: Phoenix's agenda included engineering services for the Laveen Flood Mitigation Program (ST83140144), funded by a general obligation bond in Districts 7 and 8. Drainage capacity is a prerequisite for building in the area. View item

Mesa City Council — September 24, 2026

• Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the Utility Fund forecast and recommended rate and fee adjustments.: Mesa staff briefed the council on the utility fund forecast and recommended rate changes for water, wastewater, electric, gas and trash service — including a 23% water usage increase for large commercial and industrial customers. Rate ordinances are expected December 1, a public hearing December 8, and new rates February 1, 2027. View item
• Appointments to various boards and committees.: The mayor's recommended appointments included Helen Theriault for the Building Board of Appeals and Emmilean Cardoza, Evelyn Herrmann and Mary Teresa Marshall for the Human Relations Advisory Board. Ms. Herrmann manages short-term rentals; these boards advise on building and neighborhood rules rather than land-use cases. View item

Tempe City Council — September 24, 2026

• PUBLIC HEARING ITEM PURSUANT TO A.R.S. § 9-462.04: Introduce and hold the first public hearing to adopt an ordinance for a Zoning Map Amendment and a Planned Area Development Overlay for EMERALD CENTER MIXED-USE, located at 8550 South Priest Drive.: Tempe opened the first public hearing on a zoning map change and a planned area development overlay for Emerald Center Mixed-Use at 8550 South Priest Drive. The posted exhibits identify The Widewaters Group, working with Trammell Crow Companies, as the proposer, and the draft ordinance is No. O2026.44; the staff report posted with the agenda carries little further text. View item
• PUBLIC HEARING ITEM PURSUANT TO A.R.S. § 9-462.04: Introduce and hold the first public hearing to adopt an Ordinance for a Zoning and Development Code Text Amendment for Section 3-409 - Group Homes for Adult Care, Persons with Disabilities, and Child: Tempe also held a first hearing on a text change to its code for group homes serving adults who need care, people with disabilities and children. The change follows state assisted-living legislation (SB1473) and comes with a housing impact statement. View item
• Approve a one-year contract renewal with the City of Tempe, Masis Staffing Services LLC, and Tempe Community Action Agency that will continue the Tempe Works Program which provides unsheltered individuals with temporary and permanent employment opportunit: Council members considered renewing Tempe Works for another year — a program run with Masis Staffing Services and Tempe Community Action Agency that connects people experiencing homelessness with temporary and permanent jobs. The summary sheet posted with the agenda had no readable text. View item
• Approve one-year contract renewals with Adobe Insulation, Inc. dba Adobe Energy Management, Boyjin Development LLC, Champion Built Contracting, Inc., G&G Specialty Contractors, Inc., Gridline Constructions, and Recon Restoration for the purchase of housin: Tempe weighed renewing one-year contracts with seven contractors for housing work, among them Adobe Insulation (doing business as Adobe Energy Management) and Champion Built Contracting. The agenda title is cut off mid-word and the posted summary sheet has no readable text, so the full scope is not clear. View item

Planning & Zoning Commission — September 24, 2026

• Belmont 4 Owner: Belmont Infraco LLC the Tonopah area.: County staff recommended approval with conditions for a zone change on about 5,157 acres north of Indian School Road at 355th Avenue in the Tonopah area — from Rural-43, which allows roughly one home per acre, to an industrial designation. The plan would allow buildings up to 80 feet tall and up to 150 feet for energy production, and a 2024 county vote already changed the land's area plan designation from the Belmont master plan to industrial. View item
• MMI Wittmann ILA Sept. 24, 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission Agenda Owner: 37 Acres R & G Ranch Properties, LLC WHSC zoning district in the Circle City / Morristown / Surprise area: Staff recommended a special use permit for a fiber-optic utility compound on a 2.1-acre lease area inside a 37-acre parcel about a mile northwest of Circle City along Grand Avenue (US 60). The plan calls for a fenced, unmanned compound with one equipment shelter, one parking space and no antennas, towers or dishes. View item

Mesa City Council — September 28, 2026

• ZON24-00708 "Park North" 5± acres located approximately 270± feet east of the northeast corner of South Power Road and East Guadalupe Road. Rezone from Limited Commercial with Planned Area Development Overlay (LC-PAD) to Multiple Residence-3 with a Planned Area Development Overlay (RM-3-PAD) and Site Plan Review. This request will allow for a 78-lot attached single residence development. EXDEV PARK NORTH LLC, Owner; Brennan Ray, Ray Law Firm applicant. (District 6): Mesa's council took up a rezone of a 5.05-acre commercial lot at 6912 East Guadalupe Road, about 270 feet east of Power Road, to allow 78 attached single-family homes at roughly 15.4 homes per acre. The applicant is Excolo Management for owner EXDEV Park North LLC; city staff recommended approval with conditions and the Planning and Zoning Board voted 7-0 in favor. View item

Board of Supervisors — September 28, 2026

• ZONING ORDINANCE, AND ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES VIOLATIONS AT 16712 W. WILDCAT DR, SURPRISE, AZ 85387, APN 503-51-145R: County supervisors scheduled a private executive session with county attorneys over alleged zoning ordinance and state-law violations at 16712 West Wildcat Drive in Surprise (parcel 503-51-145R). The agenda lists the planning director and the code compliance manager among those attending; code enforcement is the path that governs conditions on occupied homes. View item

Board of Supervisors — September 30, 2026

• AMENDMENT TO IGA WITH ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR HOUSING SUPPORT SERVICES: Maricopa County is set to accept $1,445,832 from the Arizona Department of Economic Security for the fiscal year that began July 1. The money pays for housing support services — emergency shelter and case management while people and families who are homeless look for permanent housing. View item
• AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH NEWTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: Supervisors would extend the county's agreement with Newtown Community Development Corporation to September 30, 2027, so the last seven homes can be finished. The program buys and rehabilitates single-family houses and sells them to low-income first-time buyers through a community land trust; the amendment adds $3,032.59 for a new total of $5,073,114.10. View item
• AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH UMOM NEW DAY CENTERS FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES: The county would award UMOM New Day Centers $267,727.50 for fiscal 2027 to run emergency shelter and case management, bringing that agreement to $882,520.34. The money is federal Community Development Block Grant and Emergency Solutions Grant funding. View item
• AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH A NEW LEAF FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES: A New Leaf would receive $219,909.50 in federal block grant money for emergency shelter and case management, raising that agreement's total to $640,477.50. View item
• AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH A NEW LEAF FOR RAPID REHOUSING SERVICES: A New Leaf would also get $191,272 in Emergency Solutions Grant funds for rapid rehousing — short- and medium-term rental help with case management. The goal for the year is 10 households, and the agreement total would rise to $595,419.41. View item
• AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH TEMPE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY FOR RAPID REHOUSING SERVICES: Tempe Community Action Agency would receive $275,220.24 in Emergency Solutions Grant funds for rapid rehousing, with a goal of helping 14 households. The agreement total would reach $918,322.72. View item
• AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH TEMPE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES: The same agency would get $159,042.02 for emergency shelter and case management, bringing its shelter agreement to $630,064.02. View item
• AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH SAVE THE FAMILY FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA FOR RAPID REHOUSING: Save the Family Foundation of Arizona would receive $379,764.86 in Emergency Solutions Grant funds for rapid rehousing, with a goal of 20 households. The agreement total would rise to $1,319,293.43. View item
• AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS, INC. FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES: Native American Connections would get $206,639 for emergency shelter and case management, for a new agreement total of $696,565.39. View item
• AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNITY BRIDGES INC. FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES: Community Bridges would receive $316,728.48 for emergency shelter and case management, bringing its agreement to $947,342.48. View item
• COMPETITION IMPRACTICABLE FOR SDB CONTRACTING SERVICES: Supervisors would authorize $296,736 more for SDB Contracting Services to replace failing septic systems with sewer connections in the Glen Cove community, a county island inside Mesa. The county says the work protects low- and moderate-income residents and preserves existing affordable housing in manufactured-home communities; it is paid for with American Rescue Plan Act money. View item
• IGA WITH CITY OF EL MIRAGE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACTIVITIES: The county would send El Mirage $436,547 in federal block grant money to resurface and rehabilitate streets in the city's original square mile, re-grade areas to improve drainage, and add features that meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards. View item
• PLANNING AND ZONING SETTING OF HEARING: Supervisors would set an October 21 public hearing for a stack of county land-use cases, including rezonings called Belmont 4, Dynamite Farm, Perryville Industrial, Hassayampa Distribution Center and Johnson North, plus special use permits and the MMI Wittmann case. It is the county's pipeline of future entitlements in unincorporated areas. View item
• ROAD FILE 6047: The county set a November 4 hearing to accept 3.69 acres of streets in The Landings – Parcel 2-2, a subdivision recorded in Book 1526 of Maps, Page 49, into the county road system. The streets sit near 195th Avenue and Camelback Road, and acceptance makes them eligible for state highway user revenue funds for upkeep. View item
• ROAD FILE 6048: Same step for The Landings – Parcel 1-1: a November 4 hearing on taking 4.60 acres of streets (Book 1526 of Maps, Page 50) near 195th Avenue and Camelback Road into the county road system, also with state highway funds for maintenance. View item
• CASITAS BONITAS SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT HEARING: Supervisors set an October 21 hearing on sewer rates in the Casitas Bonitas Sanitary Sewer Improvement District. The Arizona Corporation Commission approved a new residential rate of $65.91 for Liberty Utilities on August 31, 2026, up from $42.43 approved in 2012, and the district's total per-lot fee would be $74.71. View item
• HEARING FOR 2026 FIVE-YEAR FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT PLAN: Supervisors scheduled the required public hearing on the county's 2026 Five-Year Floodplain Management Plan, Resolution 2026R002, which would take effect September 30, 2026. Floodplain rules govern where and how homes can be built on land that floods. View item

Scottsdale Historic Preservation Commission — October 01, 2026

• HP-0053-2026 O'Donnell Facade: The Historic Preservation Commission was set to consider a certificate of appropriateness for facade changes at a home in the Village Grove Three historic district — removing weeping mortar, adding stucco and shutters, and replacing a board-and-batten element. The property is zoned Single-family Residential, Historic Property (R1-7 HP). View item

Surprise Planning & Zoning Commission — October 01, 2026

• Staff Reports: Surprise's Planning and Zoning Commission was set to hear the Community Development Department's FY26 update, described on the agenda as a presentation and discussion. View item