PLZS-21-00117- Festival Ranch PUP E Planing Area 3 Parcel 33- Project Narrative.pdf

FESTIVAL RANCH
PUP E PLANNING AREA 3 PARCEL 33
FINAL PLAT NARRATIVE

August 14, 2025

Prepared for:

Pulte

8605 E Raintree Drive, Suite 300
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
(480) 391-6000

Prepared by:

6) Stantec

3133 West Frye Road, Suite 300
Chandler, Arizona 85226
(602) 977-8075

Stantec Project No. 4201464000

Application Request

This application requests the approval of a Final Plat for Festival Ranch PUP E Parcel 33, a
portion of the Festival Ranch Master Plan. The Final Plat for Festival Ranch Parcel 33 contains
a total of 133 lots and 48.47 acres.

Introduction

The Festival Ranch Community Master Plan (CMP) is comprised of approximately 10,105
acres. The property is located in the northern portion of the City of Buckeye. The CMP is
bounded on the west by the Hassayampa River and by State Lands on the north and east. The
south edge of the property is partially bisected by the Sun Valley Parkway and is bounded by a
small portion of the White Tank Mountains, State Lands, and private landowners.

The original Festival Ranch CMP consisted of six Planning Units, identified as Planning Units A
through F. Portions of the original Planning Units E and F are presently identified as Planning
Area One, Planning Area Two and Planning Area 3 of the Festival Ranch Development. This
Preliminary Plat is a portion of Festival Ranch Planning Unit E Planning Area Three.

The subject site is located in the most western portion of Planning Unit E. The site is bounded to
the north by the CAP canal, to the east by Wagner Wash, to the west by future Parcel 35, and to
the south by Beardsley Parkway.

Within Festival Ranch there are numerous parcels identified with residential, recreation, retail,
mixed use, worship and school designations. This parcel will be developed as a detached,
single-family residential parcel with a net density of 2.74 du/ac. The remaining parcels within
PUP E will be subsequently submitted, under separate submittal packages, as they are
developed per the City of Buckeye requirements.

Location

This Final Plat consists of a portion of Section 22 of Township 4 North, Range 4 West of the
Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona. The site is located within the
City of Buckeye north of Beardsley Parkway, and west of Desert Oasis Boulevard.

Zoning
The property is zoned Planned Community per the Festival Ranch CMP as approved by City
Council in September of 2000.

Proposed Development

The Festival Ranch PUP E identifies this parcel as Flex Residential, Development Option 2
which allows for a density range of 2-5 du/acre. The Final Plat will be developed in a single
phase. This parcel contains a total of 133 lots with three typical residential lot widths of 45, 50
and 55 feet. All lots will have a minimum depth of 115 feet. Parcel 33 are planned with various
walking trails and open spaces spread throughout the development, with one programmed open
space area located within each parcel. Please refer to sheet three of the conceptual Landscape
Plan for a list of proposed amenities.

This plat includes replatting a portion of Parcel Z1, recorded in book 1364, page 23 of the
Maricopa County Recorder. The replat modifies the right of way along the south side of
Beardsley Parkway and re-dedicates a 10’ public utility easement and sidewalk easement
adjacent to the right of way change.

The net area of the site is 48.47 acres. Landscaped open space totals 10.83 acres, which
represents 22% of the net area.

Street Improvements
Parcel 33 is bordered by Beardsley Parkway to the south. The full section of Beardsley
Parkway will be developed to provide access to Parcel 33 across Wagner Wash.

All residential streets have a 44-foot right of way. The local streets will be 32 ft wide from back-
of-curb to back-of-curb as approved in the Festival Ranch CMP on September of 2000.
Standard street light design with LED lighting will be used in Parcel 33.

Utilities

Located near the east boundary of the site, there is an existing high voltage electrical
transmission easement for a WAPA transmission line with towers and an access road. The
transmission towers are spaced at an interval of approximately 1,300 to 1,400 feet.

The Central Arizona Project (CAP) Canal is located adjacent to the north boundary of the
project and to the overall Festival Ranch PUP E northern boundary. The CAP is designed to
bring about 1.5 million acre-feet of Colorado River water per year to Pima, Pinal and Maricopa
counties. It is a 336-mile long system of aqueducts, tunnels, pumping plants and pipelines and
is the largest single resource of renewable water supplies in the state of Arizona.

There is one existing 15-inch trunk sewer main is located within the street network of the future
Parcels 84 and 88 that originates at the existing treatment facility south of Sun Valley Parkway
and continues east in Beardsley Parkway to Planning Area 1.

There are no other existing utilities in this portion of Planning Unit E within this Final Plat.

Communications

Cox Communications will provide video, high-speed data and telephone services to Festival
Ranch. Cox is currently constructing or has facilities within Festival Ranch to serve this project.
Cox is aware of the development timeline for Festival Ranch and has expressed their ability to
provide communications services in accordance with the project’s needs.

Natural Gas
Pulte Homes has negotiated an agreement with Southwest Gas to provide natural gas service
to Festival Ranch.

Electricity
Pulte Homes has worked with Arizona Public Service (APS) to provide electrical service to

Festival Ranch. APS has installed a 69-kV, overhead transmission line that runs from
approximately Bell Road and Cotton Lane west along the Salt River Project corridor to service
the project. Pulte Homes and APS have also constructed a substation on the Festival Ranch
property to service the project. The delivery of electrical service will be timed to meet the
project's needs.

Open Space and Recreation

Festival Foothills residents have access to the amenities located within Festival Foothills
Phases 1 and 2 located along the eastern limits of Festival Ranch, which include a 12 acre
community park, consisting of a splash pad, 2 full court basketball courts, children’s adventure

playground for all ages, lighted baseball and multi-purpose field with auxiliary fields, and picnic
ramadas with barbecue facilities directly connected to a K-8 school located at the intersection of
Canyon Springs and Desert Vista Boulevard. Additionally, residents will have access to multiple
parks located in Phases 1 and 2 designed for various age groups located throughout the
community linked together by a series of trails running through the community.

Sun City Festival has several amenity facilities spread throughout the community to ensure
residents’ convenient access to community activities and facilities. Just east of the site, across
Wagner Wash, is a community arts and crafts center with an ancillary softball field and pickle
ball sport courts. Additionally, there is public access to the dog parks and golf course. The golf
course and accompanying facilities include 27 existing golf holes. A driving range with practice
greens is also provided. The golf course provides not only recreation programming for the
community, but it augments and enhances the landscaping and open space in the community.

Tract C of Parcel 33 will include a community park. Possible community park amenities include
a pool site with a restroom facility, covered patio area and sunbathing deck with pool
chairs, play structure tot lot, active turf area, and off-street parking.

Parcel 33 will include a series of connected open spaces that will provide excellent connectivity
to the residents. The open spaces will consist of two programmed open space sites, pedestrian
walkways, landscaping, and retention for the community. Sidewalks are proposed to connect
the open space to the adjacent street network.

Beardsley Parkway includes an 8’-0” wide public granular trail on north side of the alignment
along with an 8’-0” wide attached concrete sidewalk, both of which are located within the right-
of-way. An 8’-0” wide detached concrete sidewalk with 9’-0” of landscaping adjacent to the
street, is planned to be located within the right-of-way on the south side of Beardsley Parkway.
Lighting for the public trail will be provided by the existing and planned streetlights along
Beardsley Parkway.

An 8-0” wide concrete trail will be provided on the south side of the CAP Canal. The trail will
provide multiple connections into Parcel 33 and will be available to all Festival Ranch residents.

Offsite & Onsite Stormwater Control

A master study of the storm water system was developed by Coe & Van Loo Consultants, Inc.
The study has been recently updated as part of a regional master storm water system by Erie &
Associates and excerpts from the report are included as part of the Final Drainage Report.
Parcel 33 has been designed in accordance with the updated study. (Dated October 29, 2020)

Water Supply and Distribution
A study of the water distribution system to serve the area was prepared by Wilson Engineers
dated October 14, 2020).

The Sun City Festival potable water infrastructure consists of a system of water distribution
mains, booster pump stations, pressure control valves, wells and storage tanks.

The number of wells has been determined based on the maximum day demand and coincident
irrigation and construction water use demands. Well production rates have been assumed to be
1,200 gpm, based on information from Errol Montgomery and Associates, Inc. Initially three
groundwater wells will be in operation. Two of the wells currently serving Sun City Festival are
located south of Beardsley Parkway and one is located north of Beardsley Parkway. Future well

#4 is located north of Beardsley Parkway. The existing and future wells will be of sufficient size
and capacity to serve Parcel 33. Well #1 is in Parcel E1, Well #2 is within the confines of the
water campus and Well #3 is located in Parcel N1. Well #4 is within Sun City Festival Parcel
HH1-1.

The booster pump stations have been designed to meet the greater of the maximum day
demand plus fire flow or the peak hour demand. The storage tanks will supplement the source
supply when demands exceed maximum day demand (i.e. peak hour and fire flow). Initial
storage requirements are based on a four-hour commercial fire flow of maximum intensity and
50% maximum day demand equalization and emergency reserve.

The parcels currently being developed are located within the City of Buckeye pressure zone 6
and have been found to have adequate pressure and supply to serve the associated parcels.

Wastewater Collection and Treatment
A study of the wastewater collection and treatment system to serve this area was prepared by
Wilson Engineers (dated October 14, 2020).

Based on the natural topography, the wastewater collection infrastructure consists of an existing
15” gravity trunk sewer line that parallels the west side of Wagner Wash within the proposed
street network. The trunk sewer follows street alignments and/or sewer easements, and has
been internalized in the residential streets where possible. The trunk sewer discharges to the
Festival Ranch Water Reclamation Facility (WRF), located at the southwest corner of the
development, south of Sun Valley Parkway.

Public Services

Police and fire services will be provided for the community by the City of Buckeye. Emergency
staff will be stationed at Buckeye Fire House No. 704. The Fire House is located along primary
transportation corridors at the intersection of Beardsley Parkway and Desert Oasis Boulevard,
to minimize response times.

The Wickenburg School District provides public education to Festival Ranch. Pulte Homes has
worked closely with the District. Pulte Homes will provide the City a letter of support for the
development of Festival Ranch Parcel 33.