SANTAN VALLEY, Arizona — A group of Santan Valley residents are asking voters to decide whether it’s massive. Pinal County Communities should be incorporated as cities.

After previous attempts at incorporation failed to gain momentum, a new commission, STV Inc. 2024, informed Pinal County that it would try again to have the community recognized as a municipality.

In a letter sent out last month, the founding committee said it will spend the next few months to gather feedback from voters on how the city boundaries of Santan Valley could be drawn if the referendum is successful. said to spend

“Our hope is that these efforts will fulfill our intention to put this initiative to a vote in November 2024, allowing the community to decide the future of Santan Valley,” the letter said. says.

As an unincorporated area, the San Tan Valley must rely on the county to provide some public services, and the community does not have a council of elected representatives to make decisions.

“We want the State Revenue Fund to be managed locally to address issues like water, transportation and development,” said Tyler Hudgins, one of the committee members. told the Pinal County Board of Supervisors last week.

One of the first attempts to incorporate the San Tan Valley was blocked by the city of Florence after the city council voted against the proposal in 2004. East Valley Tribune.

in recent years, Lawmakers Amend Arizona Laws Removing the power of cities to block the incorporation efforts of neighboring communities.

According to the latest census data, San Tan Valley has about 100,000 residents and could become the largest city in Pinal County if the community is incorporated.

The Incorporation Commission plans to hold a neighborhood conference in the near future to raise awareness about the benefits of incorporating Santan Valley.

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