Attachment B - Approval Report 230026.pdf

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Planning and Development Department 
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL – ABND 230026 
Your abandonment request was granted CONDITIONAL APPROVAL. 
This request will NOT be completed until all the stipulations have been met and this request is 
formally adopted by City Council. It is the APPLICANT’S RESPONSIBILITY to ensure that all 
stipulations are satisfied. Please contact Dru Maynus at (602) 262-7403 for questions and 
notification of your completion of the stipulations.  
Upon completion of the stipulations Dru Maynus will schedule your request for City Council formal 
approval. You will receive a copy of the abandonment document after it has been recorded with 
Maricopa County. 
If the stipulations of abandonment are not completed within two years from the date of your 
conditional approval (your expiration date is February 5, 2026), this request will then expire. 
At that time a new submittal will be required along with the required payment for the abandonment 
process.  
ATTACHMENT B

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Planning and Development Department 
February 5 2024 
Consolidated Abandonment Staff Report: ABND 230026 
Project# 20-3214 
District: 7 
Location: 
Applicant: 
Request to abandon: 
Purpose of request: 
8450 S 59th Avenue, Laveen, AZ 85339 
Village at Carver Mountain 
To remove an 8-foot public utility 
easement (PUE) located on 8450 S 59th 
Avenue, Laveen, AZ 85339. 
The applicant states the areas of the 
existing PUE is planned to be developed.

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City Staff Comments 
 
Street Transportation Department – Josh Rogers 
No comments or stipulations.  
 
Water Services Department – Donald Reynolds 
WSD has NO stipulations for this Abandonment. The proposed property has existing water 
and sewer mains that can potentially serve the development. 
 
CIP Projects: Please be aware that City of Phoenix Capital Improvement Project 
#WS90500301 is in the Planned phase, tentative project schedule start date: 7/1/23, end 
date 6/30/24, scheduled to rehabilitate sewer pipe segments in the area. CIP projects may or 
may not move forward due to budget constraints. Public can check the City's CIP projects 
website for updates: https://www.phoenix.gov/waterservices. Regardless of the CIP project 
status, the development is required to verify the sewer capacity needs and upsize the existing 
sewer main as needed before occupancy. 
 
PDD Traffic – Derek Fancon 
Recommend approval. 
 
8-foot PUE to 
be abandoned

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PDD Site Planning – Dru Maynus 
Approval recommended. 
 
PDD Civil Engineering – Michelle Flores 
Recommend approval. 
 
Public Transit Department – Jorie Bresnahan 
No comments received. 
 
Streetlights – Jason Fernandez 
Recommend approval. 
 
Street Transportation Department Utility Coordination – Rozanna Brown 
No comment. 
 
 
Utility Company Comments 
 
Arizona Public Service (APS) – Kim Paxon 
Arizona Public Service has no objection to the ABND 230026, the subject property is outside of 
APS service territory. 
 
Lumen/CenturyLink – Tori Jacoby 
CenturyLink of Arizona, Inc. d/b/a CENTURYLINK (“CenturyLink”) has reviewed the request for 
the subject vacation and has determined that it has no objections with respect to the areas 
proposed for vacation as shown and/or described on Exhibit “A”, said Exhibit “A” attached 
hereto and incorporated by this reference. 
 
It is the intent and understanding of CenturyLink that this Vacation shall not reduce our rights to 
any other existing easement or rights we have on this site or in the area. 
 
This vacation response is submitted WITH THE STIPULATION that if CenturyLink facilities are 
found and/or damaged within the vacated area as described, the Applicant will bear the cost of 
relocation and repair of said facilities. 
 
Cox Communications – Jacob Horsman 
I have reviewed the proposed abandonment request for the parcel located at APN 300-02-023L, 
in Phoenix, AZ.   
 
Based upon the supplied drawings/exhibit that you’ve submitted it has been determined that 
COX will allow easement abandonment with the following stipulations; 
 
Developer provides a new alignment as stated in the request form. If nothing is presented, then 
the current alignment is to remain.  
 
Also please note that Cox Communications accepts no liability for costs associated with any 
relocation of existing facilities required because of this proposed abandonment. 
 
Southwest Gas Corporation – Susan R. Mulanax 
After reviewing the plans for the above-referenced project, it has been determined that there are 
no apparent conflicts between the Southwest Gas system and your proposed abandonment of

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the public utility easement. Southwest Gas would like to recommend abandonment of the public 
utility easement located at the above-referenced location. 
Salt River Project (SRP) – Michael Laguna 
SRP has no objection to the abandonment request of the 8-foot public utility easement as 
shown on the ABND 230026 package for the Village at Carver Mountain.  
Stipulations of Conditional Approval  
The request of abandonment ABND 230026 is conditionally approved and the following 
stipulations will need to be met:  
1. All utilities within the subject PUEs shall be relocated to locations approved by each
affected utility company.  All work is to be done by each affected utility company at no
expense to the affected utility company. An appropriate performance agreement, in an
approved form and cost amount, must be posted with the Planning and Development
Department to guarantee the improvements.
2. The above stipulations must be completed within two years from the conditional approval
decision dated February 5, 2024.
This conditional approval has been reviewed and approved. 
Signature: _______________________________________    Date: April 3, 2024 
REPORT SUBMITTED BY: Dru Maynus, Abandonment Coordinator/Site Planner 
cc: 
Applicant/Representative, Jeffrey L. Williams