2024-01-12_PUBLIC-SERVICE- PC 507--FRANCHISE-APPLICATION-VALLEY-UTILITIES-WATER-COMPANY-SIGNED.PDF

Elias J. Ancharski 2929 North Central Avenue
Direct: 602-640-9327 Suite 2000
Office: 602-640-9000 Phoenix, Arizona 85012
eancharski@omlaw.com omlaw.com
June 26, 2023
Maricopa County Clerk of the Board
301 West Jefferson Street, 10th Floor
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Fax: 602-506-6402
Email: clerkboard@maricopa.gov
Re: In the Matter of the Application of Valley Utilities Water Company, Inc. for
Renewal of Its Public Service Franchise Agreement with Maricopa County
To Whom It May Concern:
Please accept for filing the attached Application of Valley Utilities Water Company, Inc.
for Renewal of Its Public Service Franchise Agreement with Maricopa County.
If you should have any questions regarding this notice, please don’t hesitate to contact me
at the phone number or email provided above.
Sincerely,
Elias J. Ancharski
Osborn Maledon, P.A.
Attorneys for Valley Utilities Water
Company, Inc.
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
MARICOPA COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA
In the matter of the Application )
)
of ) APPLICATION FOR A
) PUBLIC SERVICE
Valley Utilities Water ) FRANCHISE
Company, Inc. )
)
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:
The undersigned, a citizen or citizens, and a resident of, or a company doing
business in Maricopa County, State of Arizona, hereby petitions your body for a Public
Service Franchise to construct, maintain and operate:
 A domestic water distribution system, consisting of pipe lines, meters,
connections and all necessary equipment,
 An irrigation water distribution system, consisting of pipe lines, ditches, gates
and all necessary equipment,
 A sewage system, consisting of lines, connections, manholes and all
necessary equipment,
 Other – (Cable TV, Gas, Telephone, etc., describe fully)

To serve the residents of (legal description or vicinity of):
Parcel No. 1 - All of Sections 1, 2 and 3;
Parcel No. 2 - The south half of the southwest quarter of Section 9;
Parcel No. 3 - All of Section 10, except the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter and
except the south half of the southwest quarter;
Parcel No. 4 - All of Section 11, except the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter;
Parcel No. 5 - The east half, and the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the
southwest quarter of the southwest quarter, all in Section 12;
Parcel No. 6 - Northwest quarter, and the north half of the southwest quarter, and all
portions of the South half of the Southwest quarter lying within Tierra Buena,
according to Book 121 of Maps, Page 50, records of Maricopa County, all in Section 14;
Parcel No. 7 - Southeast quarter, and the east half of the southwest quarter, and the
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the south half of the northeast quarter, and
the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, all in Section 15;
All said parcels being located within T2N, R1W, G&SRB&M, Maricopa County, Arizona.
.
Your petitioner has made application to the Arizona Corporation Commission for a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to exercise the functions of a public utility
to service to furnish the service described above to persons living within the area
described above, subject to the laws of the State of Arizona. If granted franchise, the
petitioner proposes to engage in and carry on in the business as described above and all
other things necessary for performing this service to the public in the area.
OR
Your petitioner holds a license issued, and is regulated, by the Federal Communications
Commission to furnish the service described above to persons living within the area
described above. The petitioner proposes to engage in and carry on in the business as
described above and all other things necessary for performing this service to the public in
the area.

.
That your petitioner is financially able to undertake installation and performance of this
service within the area for which this franchise is requested.
.
That by reason of the facts already stated herein, and because this service is not now
available to persons now living, or who may live, within the said area hereinbefore
described, and because of the further fact that services promptly supplied to waiting
customers and prospective applicants will do much to develop and improve the area
described, your petitioner respectfully petitions your Honorable Board of Supervisors to
grant this application for a right and franchise from the County of Maricopa, State of
Arizona. Petitioner will construct, maintain and operate the aforementioned utility for a
period to be determined at the hearing on this application, or for a period of one (1) year
after the franchised area or a portion thereof is annexed by a municipality, whichever is
shorter, along upon, under and across public highways, roads, alleys, and thoroughfares
(excepting State highways) within that portion of Maricopa County hereinbefore described.
Also not within the confines of any incorporated city or town and under such restrictions
and limitations and under such terms as this Board may provide, not inconsistent with law
and order and the rules of the Arizona Corporation Commission or Federal
Communications Commission and that this Board take such proceedings herein as
provided by the laws of the State of Arizona.

DATED at Phoenix, Arizona, this _ 20th day of _ June , 20_ 23 .
_
Signature of officer or authorized representative
Name: Bryan Thomas
Address: Valley Utilities Water Co., Inc.
6808 N Dysart Rd Ste 112
Glendale, AZ 85307