Resolution 40-25 Intention to Create Mid - Hayden Estates SS FINAL w. edits 6-25-25.pdf

City of Buckeye — Regular Council Meeting (2025-07-01)

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WHEN RECORDED, RETURN TO: 
 
City of Buckeye 
Lucinda J. Aja, City Clerk  
530 East Monroe Avenue  
Buckeye, Arizona 85326 
RESOLUTION NO. 40-25 
 
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BUCKEYE, ARIZONA, 
ACCEPTING A PETITION, WAIVER AND CONSENT TO FORMATION OF A 
MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BY THE CITY OF BUCKEYE; 
DECLARING THE INTENTION TO FORM A MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT 
DISTRICT; DESIGNATING SUCH DISTRICT AS “CITY OF BUCKEYE MAINTENANCE 
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. MID-2025-005”; PROVIDING FOR THE ANNUAL 
LEVY OF TAXES OR AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT AGAINST THE LOTS WITHIN THE 
DISTRICT IN PROPORTION TO THE BENEFITS RECEIVED 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 for the formation of the City of 
Buckeye Maintenance Improvement District No. MID-2025-005 to operate, maintain, repair and 
improve Parkings, Parkways, Retention Basins and Detention Basins within, adjacent to, or that 
serve the District, as it now exists or is hereafter dedicated, constructed, modified or enlarged, 
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 has been filed with the Clerk and 
presented to the Mayor and Council at the meeting at which this Resolution was adopted. 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 Mayor and Council find that the Petition was signed by all of the non-
public real property owners in the proposed District, exclusive of mortgagees and other 
lienholders. 
 
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 of Buckeye, Arizona located at 530 East Monroe 
Avenue, Buckeye, Arizona 85326. 
 
“Detention Basin” shall mean a flood control structure that captures and diverts 
stormwater runoff and typically does not retain a permanent pool of water. 
 
“District” shall mean the City of Buckeye Maintenance Improvement District No. MID- 
2025-005, encompassing the property described in Exhibits A, B, and C attached hereto. 
 
“Mayor and Council” shall mean the Mayor and Council of the City. 
 
“Landscaping” shall mean trees, plants, grass, ornamental structures, lighting structures

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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. 
 
“Petition” shall mean the petition, waiver and consent to formation of a municipal 
parkway maintenance improvement district by the City on file in the Clerk’s office. 
 
“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 any political subdivision or 
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. 
 
“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 the operation, maintenance, repair and improvement of Parkings, 
Parkways, Retention Basins and Detention Basins within, adjacent to, or that serve the District, 
as it now exists or is hereafter dedicated, constructed, modified or enlarged, 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. 
 
Section 3. 
Declaration of Intention to Order Formation of the District. The public 
interest and convenience require and it is the intention of the Mayor and Council to order the 
Work through formation of the District pursuant to Title 48, Chapter 4, Article 2, Arizona Revised 
Statutes. The District’s sole purpose shall be for the operation, maintenance, repair and 
improvement of Parkings, Parkways, Retention Basins and Detention Basins within, adjacent to, 
or that serve the District, as it now exists or is hereafter dedicated, constructed, modified or 
enlarged, 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, “City of Buckeye Maintenance Improvement District No. 
MID-2025-005”. 
 
Section 4. 
Omission of Public Property from District. Any Public Property or 
property owned by a homeowners’ association that is included within the District shall be 
omitted from all assessments or taxes hereafter to be made with respect to the District. 
Additionally, any public streets, avenues, alleys, or public easements hereafter dedicated to 
public use shall become exempt after such dedication. 
 
Section 5. 
Statutory Authority. All proceedings pertaining to the District shall be 
done under and as authorized by Title 48, Chapter 4, Article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, and 
all amendments thereto including, without limitation, Section 48-574.

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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 
formation of the District and has specifically waived all protests against formation of, and 
objections to, the extent of the District. City staff has verified that all non-public real property 
owners within the District exclusive of mortgagees and other lienholders have signed the 
Petition, and the Mayor and Council find as a fact that all such property owners within the 
District have signed such Petition. Therefore, no publication or posting of any notice pertaining 
to formation of the District will be made. 
 
Section 7. 
Engineer’s Estimate. The District’s sole purpose will be for 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, the signer 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 November 1, 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(A) to December 20, 2025. 
 
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, 
this 1st day of July, 2025. 
 
 
___________________________________ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eric W. Orsborn, Mayor 
 
ATTEST: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
__________________________________  
 
Lucinda J. Aja, City Clerk 
 
 
 
 
 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
__________________________________ 
K. Scott McCoy, City Attorney 
 
Attachments 
Exhibit A:  
Legal Description 
Exhibit B: 
Assessor’s Parcel Number(s) and Owner’s Name(s) 
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. 40-25 was duly passed by the Mayor 
and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, at a City Council meeting held on July 1, 2025 and 
the vote was ___ aye's, ___ nay's, ___ recused, and  
  were absent and that the Mayor and 
___ Council Members were present thereat. 
 
DATED: July 1, 2025. 
__________________________________ 
Lucinda J. Aja, City Clerk

EXHIBIT A 
Legal Description 
(consisting of 1 page)

EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR THE CITY OF BUCKEYE
MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
NO. MID-2025-005, HAYDEN ESTATES
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
A PORTION OF LAND IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 1
NORTH, RANGE 3 WEST, OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN, MARICOPA
COUNTY ARIZONA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT A FOUND BRASS CAP IN HAND HOLE BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF SAID SECTION 19, THENCE SOUTH 89°20'16” EAST 683.01 FEET, ALONG THE SOUTH
LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 19, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
THENCE NORTH 0°39'44” EAST, 849.72 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 30°18'22” EAST, 218.52 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A NON-TANGENT
CURVE TO THE LEFT, CONCAVE SOUTHERLY, HAVING A RADIUS BEARING SOUTH
13°19'40” WEST 625.05 FEET;
THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE, 38.78 FEET THROUGH A CENTRAL
ANGLE OF 3°33'17”;
THENCE NORTH 80°13'38” WEST, 434.49 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE
TO THE LEFT, CONCAVE SOUTHERLY, HAVING A RADIUS BEARING SOUTH 9°46'22” WEST
765.00 FEET;
THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE, 120.24 FEET THROUGH A CENTRAL
ANGLE OF 9°00'21”;
THENCE NORTH 89°13'59” WEST, 123.69 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 45°28'30” WEST, 42.21 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 89°49'01” WEST, 60.00 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 0°10'59” EAST, 1318.53 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE
SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 19;
THENCE SOUTH 80°15'09” EAST, 1682.35 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A NON-TANGENT
CURVE TO THE LEFT, CONCAVE NORTHERLY, HAVING A RADIUS BEARING NORTH
11°07'20” EAST 1060.49 FEET;
THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE, 249.13 FEET THROUGH A CENTRAL
ANGLE OF 13°27'35”
THENCE NORTH 88°38'09” EAST, 732.41 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 0°08'04” EAST, 2157.97 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST
QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 19;
THENCE NORTH 89°20'16” WEST, 1968.04 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE
SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 19 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 5,127,662.92 SQUARE FEET OR 117.71 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

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

EXHIBIT B
ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBERS FOR THE CITY OF BUCKEYE
MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
NO. MID-2025-005, HAYDEN ESTATES
OWNER
504-26-009E
504-26-009F
ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBER
PULTE HOME COMPANY LLC
CASTLEROCK LAND LLC

EXHIBIT C 
Boundary Map 
(consisting of 1 page)

EXHIBIT C
BOUNDARY MAP FOR THE CITY OF BUCKEYE
MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
NO. MID-2025-005, HAYDEN ESTATES
BROADWAY
ROAD