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Public Hearing. An Ordinance of the City of Maricopa, Arizona, adopting the document filed with the City Clerk entitled "The 2025 Amendments to the Tax Code of the City of Maricopa" to amend the City Tax Code to increase the general transaction privilege tax rate by one-half percent (.5%); excluding the tax classes of hotels, hotels/motels: additional transient lodging and retail sales: food for home consumption from the general rate increase; providing for severability; and designating an effective date of October 1, 2025 for a period not to exceed twenty (20) years. Discussion and Action.
AGENDA ITEM DESCRIPTION
Maricopa Road was originally created in about 1930, as a one lane road between Phoenix and the Maricopa Wells area surrounding the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1990, Maricopa Road was widened to two lanes in each direction, through a new state funding tool called a Roads Improvement District. It was also added to the state highway system at that time, with the designation as State Route 347.
Since those two lanes in each direction were paved in the early 1990s, and since the State added Maricopa Road to its state highway system, no capacity has been added to State Route 347 despite the fact that over 75,000 additional residents now rely upon the route as a daily commuter corridor to the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.
The citizens, developers, staff, and elected officials in Maricopa have sought expansion of the roadway for many years. The steps to seek widening of this important Route have been extensive and persistent, with particular focus over the last few years. Some of these steps include:
1. Regular attendance at monthly State Transportation Board Meetings.
2. Removing the burden of ongoing maintenance of State Routes within the City limits.
3. Taking on projects that would have otherwise fallen to the responsibility of the State (such as Smith-Enke/John Wayne Parkway inter...
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