MARICOPA COUNTY RESO C-06-26-242-X-01 SIGNED.PDF

ORDINANCE
C-06-26-242-X-01

WHEREAS, A.R.S. § 9-471.02 and 9-471.03 provide a method for deannexation of land
from a municipality to a county; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to A.R.S. § 9-471.03(C), the City of Mesa passed and adopted
Ordinance No. 5999 declaring the deannexation of the territory described as follows:

The west 10 feet of the east 65 feet of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of the
northeast quarter of section 15, township 1 north, range 7 east of the Gila and Salt River Base
and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona; Except the north 65 feet and the south 25 feet thereof.

WHEREAS, it is the desire of Maricopa County to receive the certain deannexed territory
now within the corporate limits of City of Mesa and

WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be severed and returned to Maricopa County meets
the conditions outlined in A.R.S. § 9-471.03; and

WHEREAS, Maricopa County Department of Transportation conducted an analysis of the
impact of the Deannexation as follows:

MCDOT Analysis: The west 10 feet of the east 65 feet of the northeast quarter of the
northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 15, township 1 north, range 7 east of the
Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona; Except the north 65 feet and
the south 25 feet thereof.; and

WHEREAS, after such notice as was appropriate and legally required, the Maricopa
County Board of Supervisors scheduled a hearing on the matter on February 25,2026; and

WHEREAS, it was determined at such hearing that requirements pursuant toA.R.S. § 9-
471.03 (C, D and E) have been satisfied; and

WHEREAS, it is the determination of the Board of Supervisors that the public interest is
served by the deannexation; and

WHEREAS, no protests were filed before the Board of Supervisors,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County,
Arizona, that the territory earlier described in City of Mesa Ordinance No.5999. is hereby declared
to be returned to Maricopa County contingent on the remaining requirements of A.R.S. § 9-471.03
including the final public hearing scheduled for March 25, 2026

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County, Arizona, this

25 day of February 2026. ty é—

Kate Brophy MéGéé, Chair of the Board of Supervisors

ATTEST:
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Juda i Garza, Clerk of the Rdprd