0001. CPA2024006 BOS SHORT REPORT.PDF

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August 20, 2025
CPA2024006
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Report to the Board of Supervisors
Prepared by the Maricopa County Planning and Development Department

Board Hearing Date:
August 20, 2025

Case #/Title:

CPA2024006 – BNSF Intermodal CPA

Supervisor District:
4

Applicant/Owner:
Susan Demmitt, Gammage & Burnham, PLC / BNSF

Request:
Major Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) to change the land
use designation in the White Tank Grand Avenue Area Plan from
Single-Family Rural to Mixed Use Employment. CPA case approval
is by Resolution, attached.

Site Location:
Generally located north of US-60 between 211th Ave. and 235th
Ave. in the Wittmann area

Site Size:
839-acres of a total 4,321-acre site

County Island Status:
Yes, City of Surprise
Additional
Comments:

Approval of this item would designate an 839-acre portion of the
total 4,321-acre BNSF intermodal facility site from Single-Family
Rural to Mixed Use Employment. The remainder of these acres
already have the Mixed-Use Employment designation. This is due
to a mapping error during the update of the White Tank Grand
Avenue Area Plan in which the land use designation was
inadvertently deleted for an 839-acre area that had originally been
designated as industrial in the 2000 version of the White Tank
Grand Avenue Area Plan. Industrial uses ae appropriate along the
railroad with highway access. The intermodal facility will be an
economic development boon.

Staff has received extensive public comment on this project. As of
this writing, staff has received a total of 5,429 support items and
1,537 opposition items.

The applicant has provided a memorandum indicating their wanting
to have this case continued to the November 5, 2025 Board of
Supervisors hearing to allow the applicant more time to prepare
their second submittal and so that this CPA case could be heard
alongside the zoning case, Z2024072, rather than separately.

August 20, 2025
CPA2024006
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Commission

Recommendation:
On 11/7/24, the Commission voted 6-0 to adopt a motion
recommending the Board of Supervisors approve CPA2024006

Presented by:

Joel Landis, Planner
Reviewed by:

Darren Gérard, AICP, Planning Manager

Attachment:

Continuance Request by Applicant (2 pages)

Note:
11/7/24 Draft P&Z Minutes are not available as of the writing of this report, but can be
provided upon request later when available.

Via Email
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
Chairman Tom Galvin, District 2 (district2@maricopa.gov)
Supervisor Debbie Lesko, District 4 (district4@maricopa.gov)
301 West Jefferson Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85003

Re:
CPA2024006– BNSF Logistics Park Phoenix

Dear Chairman Galvin and Supervisor Lesko:

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to consider BNSF’s above-
referenced Major Comprehensive Plan Amendment case on August 20, 2025. BNSF respectfully
requests that the Board continue this matter to its November 5, 2025 meeting. BNSF, in
coordination with Supervisor Lesko and the District 4 office, is requesting this continuance to align
the hearing schedule for the Major Comprehensive Plan Amendment with the companion rezoning
request, Case Number Z2024072.

BNSF’s Logistics Park Phoenix project will be a state-of-the art master-planned campus
featuring a rail-served intermodal facility, logistics park, and logistics center designed to facilitate
the transportation, storage, and distribution of goods destined for the Phoenix metropolitan area.

As part of designing this project, BNSF has been coordinating closely with the Arizona
Department of Transportation, the Maricopa County Department of Transportation and the City of
Surprise on the project’s traffic impact analysis, which will result in commitments by BNSF for
local and regional transportation infrastructure improvements.

BNSF will also be submitting an updated rezoning application that includes a reduction in
access points and other measures to minimize traffic concerns, generous building setbacks and
open space buffers with landscaped natural earthen berms for the benefit of adjacent properties,
Dark Sky lighting protocols, and reduced building heights for the warehousing and distribution
facilities. The core intermodal facility is more than one-half mile away from the nearest residential
properties.

Lacy A. Kreger
General Director Economic Development
BNSF Railway Company
P.O. Box 961057
Fort Worth, Texas 76161-0057
2650 Lou Menk Dr.
Fort Worth, Texas 76131
Tel 817.867.6845
Lacy.Kreger@bnsf.com
www.bnsf.com
With the Logistics Park Phoenix project, the Phoenix region has a crucial opportunity to
prepare thoughtfully for growth and position Phoenix as a leader in creating a resilient domestic
supply chain while maximizing the use of rail, the most environmentally-friendly form of surface
transportation.

We sincerely appreciate the continued coordination and considerable time and energy
devoted to working with us and the community by Supervisor Lesko and her office as BNSF moves
this important project forward.

Should you have any questions regarding this continuance request, please do not hesitate
to contact me at lacy.kreger@bnsf.com. Thank you for your consideration of this request.

Sincerely,

Lacy Kreger
General Director Economic Development

cc:
Mr. Scott Isham

Mr. Tom Ellsworth

Mr. Joel Landis