Planning and Zoning - Regular Meeting

Good evening. I now call to order the meeting of the planning and zoning commission for the city of Apache Junction. Today's date is April 28th, 2026, and the time is 7:02 p.m. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Rudy, can I get a roll call, please? Yes, sir. Mr. Chairman, Chairman Hansi, here. Vice Chair Barker, here. Commissioner Gage here. Commissioner Star here. Commissioner Mikeland here. Commissioner Callen, Commissioner Kelly here. Sixth President, we have a quorum. Mr. Chairman, thank you. Rudy. Uh consent agenda. Do we have a motion to approve the agenda and minutes? Mr. Chair, Commissioner, Vice Chair Burke, I move that the Planning and Zoning Commission accept the agenda as presented and approve the minutes from the March 24th, 2026 meeting. Can I get a second? Second.

Rudy, we have a motion and a second. Can I please get a roll call? Commissioner Kelly, yes. Commissioner Chairman Hanshee, yes. Vice Chair Barker, yes. Commissioner Gage, yes. Commissioner Star, yes. Commissioner Mikeland. Yes. So move, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Rudy. So we have two public hearings tonight. The first one is presentation and discussion on request of continuence of case P-26-6-PZ to May 2nd, 2026. 12th 12th or May 12th, I'm sorry. Yeah, that's correct.

Yeah, that's correct. chair. Uh no presentation from staff or the applicant. Uh the applicant has just asked for a continuence to that said date. And so all we need is to do is procedurally open the public hearing for public comment and then close and then vote on um that extension to May 12th. Thank you. That's correct. Okay. So at this time I'm going to go ahead and open it to the public. If anybody would please like to come up and speak, you have three minutes. Please state your name and address. Hey Sydney, could you clarify which case this is please?

Uh, Mr. Chair, if I could just get a clarification from Mr. Urias. Do you know when the date would be for the continuence? Did they ask for a certain date for for the f first public hearing? They've asked for a continuence to May 12th. And the first public hearing is which one? It's a simple reasonzoning uh from RS20 to RSGR. And so this is a case P26-6-PZ. What was the date again? May 12th. Okay, that's what I read. I missed. Yeah. So going twice. No one else. And now close the public portion. So

thank you. Can I get a motion? Mr. Mr. Chair, Vice Chair Burker, I move that the Planning and Zoning Commission continue case P-26-6-p to May 12th, 2026. Can I get a second? I'll second. Rudy, I have a motion and a second. Can I get a roll call? Commissioner Kelly, yes. Chairman Hansheie, yes. Vice Chair Barker, yes. Commissioner Gage, yes. Commissioner Star, yes. Commissioner Mikeland. Yes. So move, Mr. Chairman, case continue to your meeting of May 12th. All right.

Sorry, I moved my paperwork. Okay. The second public hearing is also request. There's presentation and discussion to on request of for continuence of case P-26-4-PZ. And we're moving at the same date. No, no, chair. This will be a different date. Okay. So, that's going to be May 24th, 2026. It'll be May 26th of this year. May 26th. Yes. The applicant has uh requested the date of May 26th of this year.

Okay. So, again, I'm going to open that one up to public hearing. You have three minutes to speak. Please state your name. And now open it to the public. Should be five minutes on a public hearing. I thought it was three for us and city council was five. Oh, I got to change that. Sorry. You have five minutes and I'm sorry.

I don't think my nerves could handle it. My name is Paula Mahoney. I live at 350 North Renick Drive in Apache Junction. And uh you guys all have a copy, but I wanted to read it out loud. Um it's from my husband who wanted this statement read into the record. Says, "Mr. Leftwitch, due to out of town travel, I am unable to attend tonight's planning and zoning commission hearing. I'm requesting the statement be read aloud." Sorry, I didn't realize that was an email. I reside at 350 North Renick Drive, directly across from the proposed development. I cannot attend the April 28th hearing, but I will represent I will be present at the June 2nd city council meeting. Please read this into the official record. While my wife and I accept the development of this property, our focus is ensuring that the final site divine uh design remains compatible with our established singlestory neighborhood. I appreciate that the updated 146 unit plan keeps the primary resident entrance at the southern portion of Renick Drive. This design choice is crucial. Poor site planning creates a permanent disrupt creates permanent disruptions. Take note at the car wash at Apache Trail and Thunderbird whose exit was carelessly aimed at the neighborhood instead of the main road. And because of that oversight, we are now subjected to punishing sounds of massive air dryer 7 days a week, 12 hours a day. If the developer is granted the flexibility of an RM-2/PD zoning, the city must demand strict adherence to this layout in return. And I request that the commission condition any approval on the following four points. Number one, strict entrance adherence. The primary access point must remain exactly where it is depicted on the southern portion of Renick Drive to prevent traffic from flooding uh the front of our homes. Infrastructure

improvements. Proper sidewalks must be required to safely manage the dense influx of pedestrian and vehicle traffic on this single lane road. Boundary mitigation. Lock in a sixoot uh solid block wall and mature dense landscape buffer along the western boundary. From an engineering perspective, this is mutually beneficial. It screens the two-story apartments from the neighborhood and the tree canopy reduces severe solar heat gain on the complex's exposed western walls. Accountability to the plan. Number four, the approval of this PD must be a binding agreement. The developer must be held strictly accountable to this exact site plan with no future design changes permitted that would alter the entrance location or shrink the neighborhood buffers. Thank you for your time and I do urge the commission to ensure that we learn from class past planning mistakes. Thank you for letting me read that.

Thank you. Would anybody else like to speak? Going twice. sold. And now close the public's uh sec public hearing.

I now ask for a motion. Mr. Chair, Chairman Bark, Vice Chairman Bark, I move that the Planning and Zoning Commission continue case P-26-4 to May 26, 2026. I have a motion. Do I have a second? Second. Rudy, I have a motion, a second. Can I please get a roll call? Commissioner Mikeland, yes. Commissioner Kelly, yes. Chairman Hansen, yes. Vice Chair Barker, yes. Commissioner Gage, yes. Commissioner Star, yes. So move, Mr. Chairman, this case will be continued to your meeting of May 26.

There's no old business this evening? No, sir. There's no new business this evening. No, sir. Um, commission, do you have any news information to report? I don't. Okay, director's report. Rudy, do you have anything to report? Uh, our building expo is this Saturday. Fun for the whole family. So, hope you all can come out and and look at the big uh construction equipment and all the various activities. See the little kids riding around on miniature construction equipment. It should be pretty cool. What about for us adults? What can I drive? Well, maybe you can ride the big one.

Okay. And so you're w you're well all welcome to come out and and enjoy the the day. Should be a nice day from 8 to 12. And where's it at? It's it's right at the triangle at city center. Uh right behind the rusty buckle. Okay. Yeah, sounds like a good time. If I wasn't working, I'd be there. Um selection of meeting dates, times, and location.

Why not? Cool. Uh, I move that the planning and zoning commission hold a regular meeting on May 12th, 2026 at 7 p.m. in the city council chambers located at 300 East Superstition Boulevard. In the event there are no items to be brought forward to the commission, these meetings may be cancelled, notification of cancellation properly posted, and the commission notified by staff. Do I have a second? Second. Rudy, I have a motion and a second. Can I please get a roll call? Commissioner Star, yes. Commissioner Mikeland, yes. Commissioner Kelly, yes. Chairman Hansen, yes. Vice Chair Barker, yes. Commissioner Gage,

yes. So move, Mrs. Chairman. Thank you, Rudy. I now adjourn the meeting at 7:13 p.m.