July 29, 2013 TOWN OF FLORENCE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL WORK SESSION PROPOSED MAGIC RANCH ANNEXATION PROPOSED ARIZONA FARMS ANNEXATION
AGENDA Update Process/timeline General Plan and Planning Area Corporate limits Annexation areas Town and other services Fiscal Impacts Opportunities/Challenges Questions and discussion
PROCESS/TIMELINE Neighborhood meetings (May) Fiscal analysis (June/July) File annexation (August 9 th ) Public hearing (September 3 rd ) Circulate petitions (Sept. 10 th ) Concurrent processes Annexation ordinance Comparable zoning Adoption of annexation/waiting period Final steps
2020 GENERAL PLAN
PLANNING AREA and CORPORATE LIMITS FLORENCE 2000 CENSUS: 17,054 FLORENCE 2010 CENSUS: 25,356 Town of Florence Corporate Limits 62.1 sq miles Proposed Annexation area Corporate Limits to 68.1 sq miles Planning Area 196 sq miles
Area of this annexation is 2,571 acres or 4.02 square miles Census Population: Census Population: 3,748
Area of this annexation is 1,171 acres or 1.89 square miles Census Population: Census Population: 519
SERVICES Governance Administration Finance Public Works Police Fire Public Works/Engineering Parks and Recreation Community Development Library Legal/Courts Private Services
FISCAL IMPACTS Town Departments Finance Department lead Projected Revenues State shared revenue Property, sales taxes Fees, etc. Projected Expenditures 10 year analysis period Operating budget/General Fund CIP budget Elliot D. Pollack Fiscal Impact Study Fiscal Impact Cost/Benefit Analysis
OPPORTUNITIES Existing housing units New construction (D.R. Horton) Permit Fees Development Impact Fees Ready to build lots Master planned communities Mixed land uses Rooftops = population Population = State shared revenues Population impacts demographics and economic development opportunities
OPPORTUNITIES Future N-S Freeway Hunt Highway AZ Farms Road Felix Road Regional Commercial Employment Future Passenger Rail
OPPORTUNITIES Municipal governance Grow into Planning Area Preserve growth and development opportunities Off-sets future impacts of STV incorporation CAG/MAG/MPO – regional influence Superstition Vistas – regional influence Diversification of Florence economy
Annexation process Concurrent steps (GPAs, Zone Changes, PADAs, etc.) Special Census Delay in collecting State-shared revenues Delay in collecting property taxes New capital expenditures Large geographic area Update Development Impact Fee Study/IIP CHALLENGES
Presentation by Jim Rounds with Elliot D. Pollack & Company Fiscal Impacts Cost/Benefit Analysis FISCAL IMPACT STUDY
July 29, 2013 TOWN OF FLORENCE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL WORK SESSION PROPOSED MAGIC RANCH ANNEXATION PROPOSED ARIZONA FARMS ANNEXATION