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OFFICIAL RECORDS OF
MARICOPA COUNTY RECORDER
JUSTIN HEAP
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WHEN RECORDED RETURN TO:
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ATTN: City Clerk, Lucinda J. Aja
530 East Monroe Avenue
Buckeye, Arizona 85326

ORDINANCE NO. 30-25

AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BUCKEYE,
ARIZONA, APPROVING THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND
ROADWAYS GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG WATKINS STREET FROM THE
EAST RIGHT OF WAY OF SOUTH MILLER ROAD, EAST APPROXIMATELY 625
FEET.

WHEREAS, Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) § 9-471(O) provides that a county right-
of-way or roadway may be transferred to an adjacent city or town by mutual consent of the
governing bodies of the county and the receiving city, if the county and the city each approve
the proposed transfer as a published agenda item at regular public meetings of their respective
governing bodies; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to A.R.S. § 9-471(O), property so transferred shall be treated as
though it were newly annexed territory; and

WHEREAS, the Maricopa County rights-of-way and roadways to be transferred pursuant
to this ordinance are generally located along Watkins Street from the East Right of Way of
South Miller Road, east approximately 625 Feet, approximately 0.641 acres, and as legally
described in Exhibit A and depicted on Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated herein by
this express reference; and

WHEREAS, this ordinance has been acted upon as published agenda item at a regular
public meeting of the Council.

BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are incorporated as if fully set forth herein.

Section 2. Pursuant to the provisions of A.R.S. § 9-471(O), the City hereby approves
and consents to the transfer by Maricopa County to the city of the county rights-of-way and
roadways as legally described in Exhibit A and depicted on Exhibit B.

Section 3. Upon approval by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the rights-
of-way and roadways as legally described in Exhibit A and depicted on Exhibit B shall be treated
by the city as newly annexed territory, and the city will be responsible for maintaining these
rights-of-way and roadways.

Section 4. The Mayor, City Manager, City Attorney, and City Clerk are hereby
authorized and directed to take all steps and to execute all documents necessary to carry out
the purpose and intent of this ordinance, and to ensure that a copy of this ordinance, together
with documentation of approval by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, is recorded in the
Office of the Maricopa County Recorder.

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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, this
24 day of December 2025.

Eric W. Orsborn, Mayor

ATTEST:

Lucinda J. Aja, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

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K. Scott McCoy, City Attorney

Attachments
Exhibit A —- Legal Description
Exhibit B — Depiction of Property

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EXHIBIT A
Legal Description

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LEGAL DESCRIPTION

WATKINS ANNEXATION December 4, 2024
BUCKEYE, ARIZONA Job No.P7124
Page 1 of 1

THAT PORTION LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH,
RANGE 3 WEST OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA,
AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT THE WEST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 17 MARKED BY A BRASS CAP IN
HAND HOLE FROM WHICH SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 17 MARKED BY A BRASS CAP IN
HAND HOLE BEARS SOUTH 00°15'20" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 2627.40 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 00°15'20" WEST, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID
SECTION 17, A DISTANCE OF 1316.88 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 89°45'17" EAST, AS MEASURED ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF WATKINS STREET,
RECORDED IN THE FINAL PLAT OF BUCKEYE NORTH, BOOK 174 OF MAPS, PAGE 5, OF OFFICIAL
RECORDS, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, A DISTANCE OF 65.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING;

THENCE NORTH 00°15'20" EAST, PARALLEL WITH AND 65.00 FEET EAST OF THE WEST LINE OF THE
SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 17, A DISTANCE OF 25.00 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 89°45'17" EAST, PARALLEL WITH AND 25.00 FEET NORTH OF SAID CENTERLINE, A
DISTANCE OF 558.40 FEET TO THE MOST WESTERLY SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 16 OF SAID FINAL
PLAT OF BUCKEYE NORTH;

THENCE SOUTH 00°15'20" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET;

THENCE NORTH 89°45'17" WEST, PARALLEL WITH AND 25.00 FEET SOUTH OF SAID WATKINS STREET
CENTERLINE, A DISTANCE OF 558.40 FEET;

THENCE NORTH 00°15'20" EAST, PARALLEL WITH AND 65.00 FEET EAST OF THE WEST LINE OF THE
SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 17, A DISTANCE OF 25.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING.

SAID ANNEXATION AREA CONTAINS 27,920 SQUARE FEET OR 0.641 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

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EXHIBIT B
Depiction of Property

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LEGAL DESCRIPTION

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