Res No 34-26 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. 34-26 
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
BUCKEYE, ARIZONA, ORDERING THE WORK AS DESCRIBED IN 
RESOLUTION NO. 33-26; ORDERING THE FORMATION OF CITY OF 
BUCKEYE MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. MID-2026-001 AND 
ORDERING THE RECORDING AND FILING OF THIS RESOLUTION. 
 
WHEREAS, on April 7, 2026, the Mayor and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona (the 
“City”) passed and adopted Resolution No. 33-26 (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-2026-001 (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 prosed 
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.  
 
BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, as follows:

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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-2026-001 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 provide in A.R.S. § 48-574, all statues 
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. 
 
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, 
this 7th day of April, 2026.

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___________________________________ 
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 Ordinance No. 34-26 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)

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 
504-41-006L  
 
 
 
VILLA BONITA VISTA LLC (EXCEPTION PARCEL)

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EXHIBIT C 
 
Boundary Map 
 
(consisting of 2 pages)

APACHE ROAD
BROADWAY ROAD
239TH AVENUE
(ALIGNMENT)
ROESER ROAD
EXHIBIT "C"
1"=500'
1
NORTH
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scale
500
feet
0
1" = 500'
1130 N. Alma School Rd.
Ste. 120 Mesa, AZ 85201
T:480.503.2250 | F:480.503.2258
www.epsgroupinc.com
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Sheet No:
19-1227.4
VISTA BONITA
CITY OF BUCKEYE MID EXHIBIT
EXHIBIT "C"
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TJP
RAJ
CITY OF BUCKEYE MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
MID-2026-001
VISTA BONITA - BOUNDARY MAP
TOTAL LAND AREA:
2,468,328 Square Feet
56.6650± Acres, more or less

LINE TABLE
EXHIBIT "C"
NTS
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1130 N. Alma School Rd.
Ste. 120 Mesa, AZ 85201
T:480.503.2250 | F:480.503.2258
www.epsgroupinc.com
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Reviewed by:
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Sheet No:
19-1227.4
VISTA BONITA
CITY OF BUCKEYE MID EXHIBIT
EXHIBIT "C"
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TJP
RAJ
CITY OF BUCKEYE MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
MID-2026-001
VISTA BONITA - BOUNDARY MAP