Res No 33-26 MID with Exhibits.pdf

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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. 33-26 
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
BUCKEYE, ARIZONA, ACCEPTING A PETITION, WAIVER, AND CONSENT TO 
FORMATION OF A MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (MID); 
DECLARING THE INTENTION TO FORM A MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT 
DISTRICT; DESIGNATING SUCH DISTRICT AS THE “CITY OF BUCKEYE 
MAINTENANCE 
IMPROVEMENT 
DISTRICT 
NO. 
MID-2026-001”; 
AND 
ORDERING THE RECORDING AND FILING OF THIS RESOLUTION. 
 
BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, as follows: 
 
Section 1.  
Acceptance and Findings.  A Petition, Waiver, and Consent of Formation 
of Maintenance Improvement District No. MID-2026-001 to operate, maintain, repair and 
improve 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. To enhance such 
purposes the Petitioner grants the City of Buckeye (“City”) the public use of all such Parkings, 
Parkways, Retention Basins and Detention Basins and access thereto across the Petitioner’s 
property to carry out all District purposes. The Petition is accepted. The Petition purports to be 
signed by all of the non-public real property owners in the proposed District, exclusive of 
mortgagees and other lienholders. After verification of such ownership, the Governing Body 
finds that the Petition was signed by all of the real property owners in the proposed District, 
exclusive of mortgagees and other lienholders or the owners of any Public Property. 
 
Section 2. 
Definitions. In this Resolution, the following terms shall have the following 
meanings: 
 
“City” shall mean the City of Buckeye, Arizona. 
 
“Clerk” shall mean the Clerk of the City, located at 530 East Monroe Avenue, Buckeye, 
Arizona 85326. 
 
“District” shall mean the City of Buckeye Maintenance Improvement District No. MID- 
2026-001, as described by the legal description, Assessor’s parcel number, and map in 
Exhibits A, B and C attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein. 
 
“Governing Body” shall mean the Mayor and City Council of the City. 
 
“Petition” shall mean the Petition, Waiver, and Consent to Form a Maintenance 
Improvement District by the City of Buckeye, on file in the Clerk’s office.

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“Public Property” shall mean any lot or parcel belonging to the United States; the state of 
Arizona (the “State”); any county, city, town, school district or political subdivision; or any 
institution of the State or county that is physically located within the District, including 
without limitation any public street, avenue, alley or public easement located within the 
District hereinafter dedicated to public use. 
 
“Detention Basin” shall mean a flood control structure that captures and diverts 
stormwater runoff and typically does not retain a permanent pool of water. 
 
“Landscaping” shall mean trees, plants, grass, ornamental structures, lighting structures 
and facilities for watering or otherwise maintaining such landscaping that are now in 
place or hereafter constructed or acquired for beautification of streets within or adjacent 
to the District.  
 
“Parking” shall mean the landscaped public area lying between a sidewalk and the 
adjacent street.  
 
“Parkway” shall mean a street with landscaped sides and/or a landscaped center median 
and shall also include ornamentation that enhances the beauty of a street.  
 
“Retention Basin” shall mean a stormwater control structure that captures and retains 
stormwater runoff and typically retains a permanent pool of water.  
 
“Work” shall mean providing for operation, maintenance, repair and improvement of 
parkings, parkways, retention basins and detention basins. 
 
Section 3.  
Declaration of Intention to Order Formation of the District. The public 
interest and convenience require, and it is the intention of the Governing Body to order, the 
Work through formation of the District pursuant to A.R.S. Title 48, Chapter 4, Article 2. The 
District’s sole 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. For purposes of this 
Resolution and of all resolutions, ordinances and notices pertaining hereto, the District shall be 
known as and is hereby designated as “City of Buckeye Maintenance Improvement District No. 
MID-2026-001”. 
 
Section 4.  
Statutory Authority; Payment of Incidental Expenses. All proceedings 
pertaining to the District shall be done under and as authorized by A.R.S. Title 48, Chapter 4, 
Article 2, and all amendments thereto including, without limitation, A.R.S. §§ 48-616 and -617. 
All Incidental Expenses shall become the obligation of the District. 
 
Section 5.   
Excluded Property. No Public Property or property owned by a 
homeowners’ association will be liable to pay any portion of the District’s costs and expenses. 
Additionally, any public streets, avenues, alleys, or public easements hereafter dedicated to 
public use shall become exempt after such dedication. 
 
Section 6. 
Protests and Objections to Extent of District. In the Petition, the signer 
has made written consents and waivers pertaining to the ordering of the Work and to the

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enlargement of the District and has specifically waived all protests against enlargement of, and 
objections to, the extent of the District. City staff has verified that all non-public real property 
owners within the District have signed the Petition, and the Governing Body finds as a fact that 
all non-public property owners within the District have signed such Petition. Therefore, pursuant 
to A.R.S. § 48-617(A), no publication, mailing or posting of any notice pertaining to formation of 
the District will be made. 
 
Section 7. 
Engineer’s Estimate, Plans and Specifications. The District’s sole 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. No engineer’s estimate, plans, or 
specifications have been filed with the Clerk. In the Petition, all owners of land within the District 
specifically waived the filing of an engineer’s estimate, plans, or specifications. 
 
Section 8. 
Recordation. A certified copy of this Resolution shall be recorded in the 
office of the Maricopa County Recorder within ten (10) days of its adoption to give notice of 
formation of the District, as required by A.R.S. § 48-574(M). 
 
Section 9.  
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. 
 
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, 
this 7th day of April, 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

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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 Ordinance No. 33-26 was duly passed by the Mayor 
and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, at a City Council meeting held on April 7, 2026 and 
the vote was ___ ayes, ___ nays, ___ recused, and  
  were absent and that the Mayor 
and ___ Council Members were present thereat. 
DATED: April 7, 2026. 
__________________________________ 
Lucinda J. Aja, City Clerk

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EXHIBIT A 
 
Legal Description 
 
(consisting of 2 pages)

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

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EXHIBIT C 
 
Boundary Map 
 
(consisting of 2 pages)

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EXHIBIT A 
 
Legal Description 
 
(consisting of 2 pages)

EPS Group, Inc. • 1130 N. Alma School Rd, Suite 120 • Mesa, AZ  85201  
Tel (480) 503-2250 • Fax (480) 503-2258 
S:\Projects\2019\19-1227\Legal Survey\Legals\19-1227.4 MID Exhibit Legal Description.docx 
Exhibit “A” 
City of Buckeye Maintenance Improvement District 
MID-2026-001 
Vista Bonita 
MID Exhibit Legal Description 
 
Job No. 19-1227.4 
January 19, 2026 
 
A portion of the Northwest Quarter of Section 28, Township 1 North, Range 3 
West of the Gila and Salt River Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona; 
 
BEGINNING at a found mag nail at the Northwest Corner of said Section 28, 
from which a brass cap flush at the North Quarter Corner of said Section 28 
bears North 89 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds East, 2649.28 feet therefrom; 
 
Thence along the north line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 28, North 
89 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds East, 1950.13 feet to a point on said north 
line; 
 
Thence, departing said north line South 0 degrees 08 minutes 00 seconds West, 
1313.60 feet to a point on the north line of the south 1345.00 feet of the 
Northwest Quarter of said section 28; 
 
Thence along said north line North 89 degrees 51 minutes 27 seconds West, 
1941.81 feet to a point on the west line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 
28; 
 
Thence along said west line north 0 degrees 13 minutes 54 seconds West, 
1298.00 feet to the Northwest Corner of said Section 28 and the POINT OF 
BEGINNING; 
 
EXCEPT the following described parcel of land: 
 
A portion of the Northwest Quarter of Section 28, Township 1 North, Range 3 
West of the Gila and Salt River Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona; 
 
COMMENCING at a found mag nail at the Northwest Corner of said Section 28, 
from which a brass cap flush at the North Quarter Corner of said Section 28 
bears North 89 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds East, 2649.28 feet therefrom;

EPS Group, Inc. • 1130 N. Alma School Rd, Suite 120 • Mesa, AZ  85201  
Tel (480) 503-2250 • Fax (480) 503-2258 
S:\Projects\2019\19-1227\Legal Survey\Legals\19-1227.4 MID Exhibit Legal Description.docx 
Thence along the north line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 28, North 
89 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds East, 957.00 feet to a point on said north 
line; 
 
Thence, departing said north line South 0 degrees 13 minutes 54 seconds East 
along the west line of the east 261.00 feet of the west 1218.00 feet of the 
Northwest Quarter of said section 28, being 957.00 feet east of and parallel with 
the west line of the Northwest Quarter of said section 28, 80.00 feet to the POINT 
OF BEGINNING; 
 
Thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds East, being 80.00 feet south of 
and parallel with the north line of the Northwest Quarter of said section 28, 
261.00 feet; 
 
Thence South 0 degrees 13 minutes 54 seconds East along the east line of the 
west 1218.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of said section 28, being 1218.00 
feet east of and parallel with the west line of the Northwest Quarter of said section 
28, 278.50 feet; 
 
Thence South 89 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds West, being 358.50 feet south 
of and parallel with the north line of the Northwest Quarter of said section 28, 
261.00 feet; 
 
Thence North 0 degrees 13 minutes 54 seconds West along the west line of the 
east 261.00 feet of the west 1218.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of said section 
28, being 957.00 feet east of and parallel with the west line of the Northwest 
Quarter of said section 28, 278.50 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; 
 
Said parcel of land containing 2,468,328 square feet, or 56.6650 acres, more or less, 
and being subject to any easements, restrictions, and/or rights-of-ways of record or 
otherwise. 
 
The description shown hereon is not to be used to 
violate subdivision regulations of the State, 
Country and/or Municipality, or any other land 
division restrictions.

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

Exhibit B 
City of Buckeye Maintenance Improvement District 
MID-2026-001 
Vista Bonita 
Assessor Parcel Numbers 
 
 
 
 
 
ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBER 
 
OWNER 
504-41-724  
 
 
 
GMCD VISTA BONITA LP

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EXHIBIT C 
 
Boundary Map 
 
(consisting of 2 pages)