San Tan Valley News

The Town of San Tan Valley will swear in its seven-member Council on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Central Arizona College's San Tan Valley Campus, and the Town has invited residents and families to attend. The same evening, the council chooses its mayor and vice mayor and sets how long each member's first term lasts. A reception with light refreshments r...

The Town of San Tan Valley Council on Nov. 4 rezoned about 27.74 acres on Hunt Highway for regional commercial use, which clears the way for the large warehouse store and gas station proposed next to the Solera neighborhood at Johnson Ranch. The vote was a voice vote, and no one was opposed. The land is south of the southeast corner of Hunt Highway...

The Pinal County Flood Control District board and the Town of San Tan Valley Council both adopted the San Tan Valley Area Drainage Master Plan on Wednesday, Nov. 4. The county board voted that morning and the Town Council voted that evening. The plan is the county's study of where stormwater collects in the San Tan Valley area and where new culvert...

The Town of San Tan Valley Council on Nov. 4 annexed 3.33 acres at the southwest corner of Gantzel Road and Lone Star Lane, the first annexation the town has approved, and then rezoned the land for commercial use. The annexation passed on a voice vote with no one opposed, and the rezoning passed on a unanimous roll call. The town's Planning and Zon...

SRP customers in the San Tan Valley area can get up to $600 back on attic insulation and up to $400 back on duct testing and repair, and SRP is promoting both as heating season starts. Both rebates go through a participating SRP contractor. The steps for each are below, along with a home energy assessment and a billing plan that can help with winte...

The Town of San Tan Valley Council voted Nov. 4 to let Mayor Daren Schnepf send a letter to the Town of Queen Creek opposing its proposed water resource fee as it applies to San Tan Valley customers. The vote was a voice vote, and no one was opposed. Queen Creek's council holds a public hearing on the fee at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, and that i...

Anyone can nominate a friend, coworker or family member for up to $1,000 in free car repairs from OOROO Auto, which is accepting nominations for its Joyride program through noon on Nov. 24. Joyride is OOROO's annual holiday program for people who cannot afford repairs to the vehicle they depend on, and this is its tenth year. It started in 2017, wh...

The Town of San Tan Valley Council adopted the first update to the town's fee schedule Oct. 21, effective that day. Adding or changing an address now costs $50, and a basic zoning confirmation letter for one parcel costs $75 instead of a flat $250. The fee schedule lists what the town charges for services such as permits, addresses and sign approva...

The J.O. Combs Unified School District is collecting $25 Fry's gift cards, food and wrapping supplies so 230 local families can have holiday food bags this year, and food can be dropped off at the district office on Kenworthy Road. The district says that last year the need was greater than the number of families it was able to serve. Community dona...

Mesa Gas is the natural gas provider for homes and businesses in the San Tan Valley area, and it is offering them a chance to win a $50 credit on their gas bill. Customers who take a short survey by Oct. 31 are entered in the drawing for one of four credits. Take the Mesa Gas survey. It takes only a moment. To be entered, you must be a current, val...

The Town of San Tan Valley Council approved a marketing agreement Oct. 21 that allows Service Line Warranties of America, a HomeServe USA company, to offer optional water and sewer line repair plans to town residents. Homeowners in the town may start receiving the company's offers, which will carry the town's name and logo. Participation is volunta...

Queen Creek Water's proposed water resource fee would apply to everyone who gets water from Queen Creek Water, whether the home is in the Town of Queen Creek, the Town of San Tan Valley or unincorporated Pinal County, and the Queen Creek Town Council can vote on it as early as Wednesday, Nov. 18. If your water bill comes from the Town of Queen Cree...

Life-size, bronze-etched replicas of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights are on display in the lobby of the Pinal County Administration Building in San Tan Valley through 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, as part of the Pinal County Library District's Charters of Freedom Traveling Museum. The museum opened its San ...

EōS Fitness is holding a grand opening party Thursday, Oct. 22, from 4 to 7 p.m. at its new gym on Hunt Highway, about three weeks after the gym opened. The gym at 1404 W. Hunt Hwy, in Skyline Ranch Marketplace, is EōS's first in the San Tan Valley area and its 47th in Arizona. EōS says the 40,000-square-foot gym is open 24 hours a day, seven days ...

The Town of San Tan Valley Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 on Sept. 28 to recommend that the Town Council deny commercial zoning for 3.3 acres at the southwest corner of Gantzel Road and Lone Star Lane, where the owners want to build a small shopping center. The commission only recommends, and the Town Council makes the final decision. Tha...