Mesa weighs new limits for large water users — Oct 29–Nov 10

Mesa City Council — October 29, 2026

• Hear a presentation, receive an update, and discuss recommended changes to Mesa’s large water user requirements and Water Shortage Management Plan.: Mesa leaders will review a proposed update that would lower the standard water demand ceiling for large users from 330 to 224 acre-feet and add schools to the list of excluded users. The update would also require conservation plans and keep permits subject to drought and shortage limits, while a separate 2026 Water Shortage Management Plan update would make the city’s response more flexible. View item

Flagstaff Sustainability Commission — October 29, 2026

• Carbon Neutrality Plan (CNP) Climate Goals: The Sustainability Commission scheduled 90 minutes for Flagstaff’s Carbon Neutrality Plan climate goals. The item lists Commission Chair Amy Wolkowinsky, commission members and Climate Goals Informal Working Group members Alyssa Kuzukian and Tom Lammie, and Sustainability Director Nicole Antonopoulos. View item
• Flagstaff Sustainability Office (FSO) Updates: The agenda lists a 10-minute Flagstaff Sustainability Office update, with Senior Sustainability Planner Genevieve Pearthree scheduled to present. View item

Mesa City Council — November 02, 2026

• Approving and authorizing the City Manager to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Flood Control District of Maricopa County (FCDMC) for construction, construction management, operation, and maintenance of the Pecos Road Basins and Storm Drain Improvements Project. The IGA will authorize a cost share of expenditures not to exceed a total of $17,800,000. The City’s responsibility will be fifty percent (50%), up to $8,900,000, and FCDMC will be responsible for the remaining fifty percent (50%), up to $8,900,000. This project is funded by Local Streets Sales Tax. (District 6) Resolution No. 12582: Mesa’s Nov. 2 council agenda included a 50/50 cost-share agreement with the Flood Control District of Maricopa County for construction, construction management, operation and maintenance of the Pecos Road Basins and Storm Drain Improvements Project. The cost share is capped at $17.8 million, with each side responsible for up to $8.9 million, funded by Local Streets Sales Tax in District 6 (Resolution No. 12582). View item

Flagstaff City Council — November 03, 2026

• Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2026-53:: Flagstaff’s Nov. 3 agenda included Resolution No. 2026-53, approving an amendment to the Cooperative Purchasing Intergovernmental Agreement for a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement and adding the City of Phoenix to the statewide consortium. View item
• Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2026-28:: Flagstaff’s Nov. 3 agenda included Ordinance No. 2026-28, which would rezone about 13.01 acres from Rural Residential with a partial Resource Protection Overlay to Single-Family Residential with the full overlay. Applying the full rather than partial overlay extends that protection layer across the entire 13.01-acre site. View item

Board of Supervisors — November 04, 2026

• AGREEMENT WITH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: The Nov. 4 Board of Supervisors agenda included a five-year agreement with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality that outlines and defines who runs which air-quality monitors in the county, with a term ending June 30, 2031. Its stated purpose is ensuring the Environmental Protection Agency’s minimum network monitoring requirements in Maricopa County are met under 40 CFR Part 58. View item
• AMENDMENT TO LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH TROON COUNTRY CLUB AIR QUALITY MONITORING SITE: The Third Amendment to License Agreement CA00038 would extend the county’s license to run an air-quality monitoring site on about 100 square feet at Troon Country Club, 24303 North Alma School Road in Scottsdale, from February 2, 2027 through February 1, 2032. It also grants the county one additional five-year renewal option, subject to the club’s approval. View item
• AGREEMENT WITH THE SALT RIVER PROJECT FOR (TT0557) MAINTENANCE OF SRP IRRIGATION VALVES LOCATED AT THE BROADWAY BRIDGES AT THE TEMPE CANAL: The Nov. 4 supervisors agenda included a 10-year maintenance agreement with the Salt River Project for irrigation valves at the Broadway Road bridges over the Tempe Canal, just east of Loop 101. Under the agreement, SRP keeps owning, operating and maintaining the valves, while the county assumes all costs of removing, disposing of and replacing concrete or asphalt slabs over the valve access and 40% of traffic-safety costs during required or emergency maintenance. View item
• AMENDMENT TO IGA WITH CITY OF CHANDLER FOR HEAT RELIEF: The Nov. 4 supervisors agenda included Amendment No. 2 to the county’s heat-relief funding agreement with Chandler, reallocating $218,132 in carryover funds among approved budget lines without increasing the total award, which stays at $316,154.34. The heat relief centers are to ensure air-conditioned space, hydration and food are available to people recovering from heat exposure. View item
• AMENDMENT TO IGA WITH THE CITY OF TEMPE FOR HEAT RELIEF: The Nov. 4 supervisors agenda included Amendment No. 3 to Tempe’s heat-relief funding agreement, adding $11,176 and reallocating the remaining $2,696.35 from materials and supplies to salaries and wages. The revised budget rises from $130,000 to $141,176 for centers that are to offer air-conditioned space, hydration and food. View item

Phoenix City Council — November 04, 2026

• Local Limits Study for 91st Avenue and 23rd Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plants - Engineering Services - WS90120037 and WS90200044 (Ordinance S-53305) - Citywide: Phoenix’s Nov. 4 formal agenda included an item authorizing engineering services for a local limits study at the 91st Avenue and 23rd Avenue wastewater treatment plants, tied to contracts WS90120037 and WS90200044 and Ordinance S-53305, citywide. The published agenda title does not describe the study’s scope. View item
• Request Authorization to Accept Funding and Enter Into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Flood Control District of Maricopa County for the Fiscal Year 2027 Capital Improvement Program - 35th Avenue and Dobbins Road Storm Drain Project (Ordinance S-53309) - District 8: Phoenix’s Nov. 4 formal agenda included a request for authorization to accept Flood Control District of Maricopa County funding and enter an intergovernmental agreement for the 35th Avenue and Dobbins Road storm drain project in District 8, part of the district’s fiscal year 2027 capital improvement program (Ordinance S-53309). View item