Pinal County BOS Considers STV Comprehensive Plan
Employment, transportation, utilities problematic
by Dana Trumbull | Apache Junction/Gold Canyon News
On August 15, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors (BOS) met in Special Session to consider a number of items, including the adoption of a 157 page San Tan Valley (STV) Comprehensive Plan. Presented by Pinal County Planning Manager Steve Abraham, the plan covers 70 miles, and is the result of more than 18 months of study and public input, examining the unique needs and issues of San Tan Valley that are “the result of unprecedented growth and development for the last 25 years.”
According to www.pinalcountyaz.gov, the plan is an attempt to “establish public policy and guidance for future growth that will be more closely associated with the San Tan Valley community today, rather than the current county-wide Comprehensive Plan dated 2009.” If approved, Abraham stated that the document would become “its own chapter” in the county’s Comprehensive Plan. “We would look at this document first, and then look at the rest of the Comprehensive Plan to make sure the development guides meet those criteria… Further there’s an economic opportunity that does a fiscal analysis providing governmental services and infrastructure cost, sales tax and preliminary job numbers.”
The planning zone ranges from Germann Road on the north, to AZ Farms on the south; the CAP Canal on the east, then west to Ellsworth and up the Meridian Road alignment, following the county line.
