Res No 60-26 MID 2026-002 Heritage West Formation.pdf

City of Buckeye — Regular Council Meeting (2026-06-16)

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WHEN RECORDED, RETURN TO: 
 
City of Buckeye 
ATTN: City Clerk, Lucinda J. Aja 
530 East Monroe Avenue 
Buckeye, Arizona 85326 
 
RESOLUTION NO. 60-26 
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BUCKEYE, 
ARIZONA, ORDERING THE WORK AS DESCRIBED IN RESOLUTION NO. 61-
26; ORDERING THE FORMATION OF CITY OF BUCKEYE MAINTENANCE 
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. MID-2026-002 AND ORDERING THE 
RECORDING AND FILING OF THIS RESOLUTION. 
 
WHEREAS, on June 16, 2026, the Mayor and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona 
(the “City”) passed and adopted Resolution No. 61-26 (the Resolution of Intention”), which 
Resolution of Intention declared the Mayor and Council’s intention to form the City of Buckeye 
Maintenance Improvement District No. MID-2026-002 (the “District”), solely for the purpose shall 
be the operation, maintenance, repair and improvement of Parkings, Parkways, Retention 
Basins and Detention Basins within, adjacent to, or that serve the District, and public 
landscaping, street lights, all headwalls, pumps, piping, canals, washes, ditches, storm drain 
inlets, scuppers, dry wells, and other adjuncts and appliances related to such Parkings, 
Parkways, Retention Basins and Detention Basins (collectively, the “Work”); and 
 
WHEREAS, a legal description, Assessor’s parcel number(s) and a map of the proposed 
District boundaries are attached hereto as Exhibits A, B, and C and incorporated by reference 
herein; and 
 
WHEREAS, prior to adoption of the Resolution of Intention, a petition (the “Petition”) for 
the formation of the District was presented to this Mayor and Council, which Petition purported 
to be signed by all of the non-public real property owners in the proposed District, exclusive of 
mortgagees and other lien holders; and 
 
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council accepted the Petition and found that the Petition 
was signed by all such owners and have verified such finding of such fact; and 
 
WHEREAS, in the Petition the signer waived all protests against the proposed Work, all 
objections to the extent of the District, and all publication, posting and mailing of the Resolution 
of Intention and this Resolution; and 
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to A.R.S. §§ 48-574 and -579, the Mayor and Council hereby find 
and determine that they have jurisdiction to order the Work of operation, maintenance, repair 
and improvement of Parkings, Parkways, Retention Basins and Detention Basins within, 
adjacent to, or that serve the District, and public landscaping, street lights, all headwalls, pumps, 
piping, canals, washes, ditches, storm drain inlets, scuppers, dry wells, and other adjuncts and 
appliances related to such Parkings, Parkways, Retention Basins and Detention Basins, and by 
this Resolution order the formation of the District described in the Resolution of Intention.

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BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, as follows: 
 
Section 1.  
Ordering the Work and District Formation.  All protests against the Work 
or the formation of the District and all objections to the extent of the District being waived by the 
owners of all non-public real property within the District, exclusive of mortgagees and 
lienholders, the Work as described in the Resolution of Intention is hereby ordered and the 
formation of the City of Buckeye Maintenance Improvement District No. MID-2026-002 is hereby 
ordered. The legal description, Assessor’s parcel number(s) and boundary map of the District 
are set forth in Exhibits A, B, and C.  
 
Section 2. 
Excluded Property. No publicly owned land or property owned by a 
homeowners’ association will be liable to pay any portion of the District’s costs and expenses. 
This exclusion shall apply to all public streets, avenues, alleys, or public easements within the 
District that may hereafter be dedicated to public use.  
 
Section 3.  
Annual Tax or Annual Assessment. Subject to the restrictions of Section 2 
of this Resolution, the City shall annually, commencing in tax year 2026 and for the City’s 2026-
2027 fiscal year, make annual statements and estimates of the expenses of the District, if any, 
and shall submit the same to the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County for the levy and 
collection of ad valorem taxes upon the assessed value of all taxable property, real and person, 
in the District or by equal apportionment of taxes based on the number and classification of 
properties within the District, and shall publish notice of the statements and estimates, hold 
hearings on them and adopt them at the times and in the manner proved for an incorporated 
City’s statements and estimates by applicable portions of Title 42, Chapter 17, Article 3, Arizona 
Revised Statues, and shall annually set, fix and cause to be levied and assessed the amount to 
be raised by ad valorem taxes upon all of the taxable property of the District and shall cause to 
be collected, as County taxes are collected, the amounts shown by the statements and 
estimates so adopted by the Mayor and Council. As provided in A.R.S. § 48-574, all statutes 
providing for the levy and collection of general county taxes, including collection of delinquent 
taxes and sale of property for nonpayment of taxes, are applicable to the District taxes as 
provided to be levied by this section. 
 
Section 4.  
Recording and Filing. The City Clerk is ordered and directed to cause a 
certified copy of this Resolution to be recorded in the office of the Maricopa County Recorder 
within ten (10) days of the adoption of this Resolution. The City Clerk is further ordered and 
directed to file certified copies of this Resolution with the Arizona Department of Revenue (the 
“Department”) and the Maricopa County Assessor, as required by A.R.S. § 42-17257, together 
with all other information prescribed by the Director of the Department relating to the boundaries 
of newly created taxing jurisdictions. 
 
Section 5.  
Extension for Filing. If either the formation of the District occurs after 
November 1 of the year preceding the year in which initial assessments are to be levied, or the 
resolution ordering the Work is not filed with both the Arizona Department of Revenue and the 
Maricopa County Assessor prior to such deadline, the Mayor and Council hereby request, 
subject to the November 30 deadline for such request as provided in A.R.S. § 42-17257(B), that 
the Director of the Arizona Department of Revenue extend the deadline prescribed by A.R.S. § 
42-17257 to December 20, 2026.

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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, 
this 16th day of June, 2026.  
 
 
 
 
 
___________________________________ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eric W. Orsborn, Mayor 
 
ATTEST: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
__________________________________  
 
Lucinda J. Aja, City Clerk 
 
 
 
 
 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
__________________________________ 
Tosca Henry, City Attorney 
 
Attachments: 
Exhibit A – Legal Description 
Exhibit B – Assessor’s Parcel Number and Owner’s Name  
Exhibit C – Boundary Map 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CERTIFICATION 
 
I, Lucinda J. Aja, the duly appointed and acting Clerk of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, do 
hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 60-26 was duly passed by the Mayor 
and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, at a City Council meeting held on June 16,2026 
and the vote was ___ aye's, ___ nay's, ___ recused, and    were absent and that the Mayor 
and ___ Council Members were present thereat. 
DATED: June 16, 2026. 
__________________________________ 
Lucinda J. Aja, City Clerk

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EXHIBIT A 
 
Legal Description 
 
(consisting of 2 pages)

Page 1 of 4 
 
EXHIBIT A 
CITY OF BUCKEYE – MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT 
MID 2026-002 
HERITAGE WEST LOTS 
LEGAL DESCRIPTION 
 
LOCATED WITHIN A PORTION OF THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 3 
WEST, OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA. 
 
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 
 
COMMENCING AT A FOUND MONUMENT IN HANDHOLE, ACCEPTED AS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 
SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 3 WEST, FROM WHICH A FOUND MONUMENT IN 
HANDHOLE, ACCEPTED AS THE NORTH QUARTER CORNER OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, 
RANGE 3 WEST, THEREOF BEARS N90°00’00”E A DISTANCE OF 2616.36 FEET;  
 
THENCE, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 29 N90°00'00"E A DISTANCE OF 1021.81 FEET TO 
THE POINT OF BEGINNING; 
 
THENCE, N90°00’00”E A DISTANCE OF 1594.55 FEET TO THE NORTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 
29; 
 
THENCE, CONTINUING ALONG SAID LINE, N90°00’00”E A DISTANCE OF 2616.40 FEET TO THE 
NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 29; 
 
THENCE, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 29 S00°06'26"W A DISTANCE OF 1321.63 FEET; 
 
THENCE, N89°55'37"W A DISTANCE OF 2621.37 FEET; 
 
THENCE, S00°19'24"W A DISTANCE OF 1318.31 FEET; 
 
THENCE, N89°51'15"W A DISTANCE OF 2628.98 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 29; 
 
THENCE, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 29 N00°35'56"E A DISTANCE OF 1713.97 FEET; 
 
THENCE, LEAVING THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 29 N89°59'50"E A DISTANCE OF 1021.75 FEET; 
 
THENCE, N00°36'09"E A DISTANCE OF 916.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. 
 
EXHIBIT A 
CITY OF BUCKEYE – MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT 
MID 2026-002 
HERITAGE WEST 
LEGAL DESCRIPTION

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THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL CONTAINS A COMPUTED AREA OF 9,427,018 SQUARE FEET OR 216.41 
ACRES, MORE OR LESS AND IS SUBJECT TO ANY EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, OR RIGHTS OF WAY OF 
RECORD OR OTHERWISE. 
 
THE DESCRIPTION SHOWN HEREON IS NOT TO BE USED TO VIOLATE ANY SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS 
OF THE STATE, COUNTY AND/OR MUNICIPALITY OR ANY OTHER LAND DIVISION RESTRICTIONS. 
 
PREPARED BY:    
 
ATWELL, LLC 
645 E. MISSOURI AVE., STE. 420 
PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85212 
PROJECT NO. 21000619 
DATE APRIL 27TH, 2026 
 
SPRING
JAMES G.
22282
04-27-2026

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EXHIBIT B 
 
Assessor’s Parcel Number and Owner’s Name 
 
(consisting of 1 page)

SPRING
JAMES G.
22282
04-27-2026

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EXHIBIT C 
Boundary Map 
(consisting of 1 page)

SPRING
JAMES G.
22282
04-27-2026