Ed Smith, Hillstone Homes, Jennifer Smith, SBL Engineering

A Final Plat subdividing approximately 40 acres into 40 lots and 14 tracts south of Elliot Road and ½ mile west of San Miguel Drive.

Approve the Final Plat for Arroyo Ranch. (Marty Crossland, Interim Deputy Director of Development Engineering)

1. Any technical corrections to this final plat required by the City Engineer or his designee shall be made prior to the recordation of the Final Plat;
2. Prior to recordation of the final plat, Owner shall submit a current title report for the Property and shall modify this plat to reflect the current ownership and current lender including on the final plat a Lender Consent and Subordination in a form approved by the City Attorney or his/her designee for all lenders with a security interest in the property being platted herein. Owner shall provide documentation acceptable to the City Attorney or his/her designee demonstrating that the party executing this final plat is authorized to do so; and
3. Owner shall construct all on-site and off-site infrastructure improvements required: (i) for the City to provide utility services to the Property; (ii) by applicable Development Regulations, including by way of example, stipulations/conditions of approval of ordinances zoning the Property; the City of Goodyear subdivision regulations, the City of Goodyear Engineering Design Standards and Policies, and all adopted Building codes; and
4. Owner shall dedicate or cause the dedication, at no cost to the City, all easements and right-of-way needed for construction of all on-site and/or offsite infrastructure Owner is required to construct pursuant to stipulation 3 above. The conveyances required herein shall be lien free and free of all encumbrances except as agreed to by the City Engineer or his designee; and
5. Owner shall be responsible for installing and maintaining landscaping in the median and along the entrance road from south right-of-way line of Elliot Road to the north property line of the development which subsequently will be transferred to the Arroyo Ranch Homeowner’s Association (HOA) and such shall be noted on the final plat;

Although a fiscal impact analysis has not been conducted on this specific project, all new development will have an ongoing fiscal impact on the City. The development is responsible for construction of all infrastructure necessary to serve the site and will generate one-time revenue for the City through payment of permits, construction sales tax and development impact fees. Longer term fiscal impacts include increased demands for municipal services, the costs of which may or may not be offset by increased property values/tax levies, city sales tax, state shared revenues and the increased demand for commercial and retail development. Any areas that will be maintained by the city are constructed by the developer and then conveyed to the city two years after construction.

The property is currently zoned PAD under the Arroyo Ranch Final Planned Area Development (PAD), which was approved by City Council on December 15, 2014 by Ordinance No. 2014-1316. A preliminary plat for all of the property rezoned by Ordinance No. 2014-1316, including the Platted Property, was approved by the City Council on March 28, 2016.

As set forth in the attached preliminary plat Council Action Report, the proposed subdivision is consistent with the General Plan and will not adversely impact the surrounding area. Further, the proposed subdivision is consistent with the technical requirements of the city's subdivision regulations and engineering standards, and provides for the orderly development of the property by identifying the required infrastructure needed to serve the development. The Final Plat is in substantial conformance with the Preliminary Plat.