What's Next? GENERAL ELECTION Nov 3rd, PROPs 404 & 492!

The Council hasn’t shown much concern for the quality-of-life for our residents when it comes to supporting more development. 

GOVERNMENT TANK (THE MINE): For the Record – the Town Council voted 5 – 2.  (Freund and Kiehl voted against).  GOVERNMENT TANK will appear on the ballot in Nov. 2026 as Proposition 404.  Citizens volunteers formed a PAC, 'Concerns of the Community' and collected more than 2,000 signatures on Referendum Petition No. R-03-2026 Government Tank.

A dispute began when Town Manager Gilbert Davidson denied the “by-right” to mine county land on either side of StoneRidge Drive as it passes over Lynx Creek. AP&S has been mining the adjacent county parcel for decades and the expansion of mining might have gone unnoticed except for Mayor Palguta rallying residents of StoneRidge to object. The Town Manager requested that the Fain Signature Group find another location, but he failed to add “outside of town boundaries.”

Instead of allowing the mining of 40 acres near Fain Park for only 10 years, the Council has doomed the residents of Prescott Valley to a Forever Mine (50+ years) potentially expanding into adjacent  1700 acres and stretching from near residential backyards of StoneRidge to Raven Ridge, to Prescott Country Club as well as exposing portions of PV and Dewey-Humboldt to noise, vibration and dust.  Reference the Mine Reclamation and Closures Plan signed by McCormick owner of AP&S and submitted to the State Mine Inspections Office.  

The new GT Mine location includes a new crushing plant, "100,000-ton blasting events," and a new 4.5-mile-long dirt haul road with 30 and 60-ton trucks crossing Old Black Canyon Highway on their way to the current AP&S plant.

It comes with a Development Agreement stipulating that the Town will refund any sales and property tax increases on ANY real property of the Fain entities after 2025. The town could potentially lose tens of millions of dollars in tax revenues with the approval of the GT site. This exemption will have a significant impact on ordinary citizens.  

Development Agreement para 3.6(b)  https://nominesnearhomes.com/fain-pv-dev-agree-1 

The Council hasn’t shown much concern or responsible management of water, natural open space and wildlife when it comes to supporting more development, including the 3,491 unit housing development Lakehore650 planned for 652 acres located on the intersection of the Agua Fria River and Lakeshore Drive. 

Citizens volunteers formed a PAC, StopLakeshore650, in December 2023. They collected more than 4,700 signatures on Referendum Petition No. R-01-2024Lakeshore650 to place it on the ballot for the registered voters of PV to decide. The PAC also won a lawsuit against the Town of Prescott Valley when the Town tried to violate their State Constitutional right to referendum. Lakeshore650 will appear on the ballot in November 2026 as Proposition 492. 

Lakeshore650 is a high-density master planned community consisting of 652 acres of land located west of the intersection of Lakeshore Drive and Fain Road.  Currently located in the County and zoned for 325 homes (1 home per 2 acres), 3,491 homes and undefined commercial retail is proposed.  Lakeshore Drive would become a 4 to 5 lane highway. This land includes the Agua Fria River, its tributaries and watershed as well as three (3) FEMA "managed" flood plains.  

The Agua Fria River is a significant source of drinking water for the residents of PV. The development redirects the Agua Fria River into a pipe, isolating it from its watershed and reducing the amount of water available to the public.

Current Events - Prescott Valley Flooding 07.23.2026

The  flooding disaster in Prescott Valley has been in the news for several  days now. It has revealed that the Town approved building within a FEMA  floodplain and also that residents and businesses there likely had no  idea they were in a flood zone and also had no flood insurance.  This is  not the only construction the Town has approved within a FEMA  floodplain.

Lakeshore650, the high-density master planned community of  3,941 homes, was on the cusp of starting construction when Prescott Valley residents united to form STOPLAKESHORE650 to delay the high-density development  with a referendum. Today, with the destructive flooding caused by building in the Agua Fria riverbed,  we are all witness to why the Lakeshore650 project should never come to fruition. The Town Council that should be protecting our health and safety instead is approving developments that are a danger to future residents, Lakeshore650 was approved by the Town to be built on top of not one, not two but THREE FEMA FLOODPLAINS, including the Agua Fria. And the Town Council knew the floodplains were there because we testified at the council meetings and shared evidence downloaded from the Yavapai County GIS Interactive map, a website accessible to everyone including the public. Additional Information from https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/prescottvalleyaz/latest/prescottvalley_az/0-0-0-42365 2026 (current)

State Statute ARS 48-3610 “the Arizona Legislature enabled the Town of Prescott Valley to assume the powers and duties for Floodplain Management and adopt regulations in conformance with ARS 48-3609 (as amended) designed to promote the public health, safety and general welfare of its citizenry.” That would indicate that the Town of Prescott Valley is wholly responsible and fiscally liable for failures in floodplain management, including building and/or maintaining a public road Roundup Drive in the riverbed of the Agua Fria or that there is no culvert where the riverbed crosses Robert Road?

Once it's gone, it's gone forever... Currently used to graze cattle, these 652 acres  are some of the best Pronghorn habitat in the Quad-Cities area and part of Game Management Unit 19A: one of the largest and highest-density pronghorn populations across the entire state.   The combination of rolling grasslands, watershed and the Agua Fria River between high rolling hills form a unique and precious habitat for the Pronghorn and their fawns. 

"Beginning in the late 1980s, the Arizona Game and Fish Department expressed concern over the loss of high quality pronghorn habitat that was being eliminated at an alarming rate through urban sprawl and population expansion into rural areas.Throughout the 1990s, continued loss of habitat caused some local pronghorn populations to be drastically reduced or eliminated." Arizona Statewide

Pronghorn Management Plan

The loss of natural open space and wildlife habitat equals a loss of quality of life for our residents - the American Pronghorn is being exterminated in Prescott Valley mainly due to loss of habitat, many are harmed or killed when forcibly removed. The offer of playing fields for rent and a small park will not compensate residents for their loss. Other than a very small herd of Pronghorn on Glassford Hill trapped there by surrounding housing developments, the Pronghorn of Lakeshore650 are the last that live close to town. 

The Developer proposes having Pronghorn, the river, utilities, and a trail all sharing a narrow corridor approximately 100 feet wide.

Nuisance noise and vibration from increased traffic - approx. 35,000 trips per day - this semi-rural community has approx. 900 homes and can currently use Lakeshore Drive to walk on.

A significant increase to infrastructure is required to support this mega development including its own water campus and treatment for 24,000 gallons of liquid waste per day and roadways and storm water solutions for massive flooding - once completed, the responsibility of running and maintaining infrastructure falls to the Town.

The three (3) new wells proposed may be more than 1000 feet deep and will create a “dimple” in the aquifer, robbing existing wells of water.

The impact of 3500 more homes on schools, health and safety services that are already overwhelmed will not be compensated. 

Most of the promised jobs and economic benefit are temporary and will go to out-of-area construction related companies, not to Prescott Valley.