VOTE NO on Both Prop 404 & Prop 492 Nov. 3, 2026
Proposition 404 - VOTE NO
What Current Events Teach Us About Over-development
Proposition 404 - VOTE NO
Save this beautiful, peaceful area.
STOP the NEW "Forever" gravel pit mine, 4.5 mile haul road, with heavy equipment working near long-established residential neighborhoods.
- A HUGE, NEW Mining operation being FORCED on our residents is simply WRONG.
- NO ONE wants a NEW ugly, dirty, noisy gravel pit near their formerly peaceful home runni
Save this beautiful, peaceful area.
STOP the NEW "Forever" gravel pit mine, 4.5 mile haul road, with heavy equipment working near long-established residential neighborhoods.
- A HUGE, NEW Mining operation being FORCED on our residents is simply WRONG.
- NO ONE wants a NEW ugly, dirty, noisy gravel pit near their formerly peaceful home running non-stop Mon - Sat from 7AM to 7PM.
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Proposition 492 - VOTE NO
What Current Events Teach Us About Over-development
Proposition 404 - VOTE NO
Save this beautiful natural open space and one of our oldest neighborhoods.
Stop the Lakeshore650 high-density development of 3500 homes, commercial retail and the 4 to 5 lane highway needed for the 35,000 car trips per day on 653 acres of County land near semi-rural residential neighborhoods.
- NO ONE thinks putting the Agua Fria River in
Save this beautiful natural open space and one of our oldest neighborhoods.
Stop the Lakeshore650 high-density development of 3500 homes, commercial retail and the 4 to 5 lane highway needed for the 35,000 car trips per day on 653 acres of County land near semi-rural residential neighborhoods.
- NO ONE thinks putting the Agua Fria River in a pipe is a good idea.
- NO ONE thinks we have enough water for 3500 more houses.
- NO ONE thinks homes should be built on top of three (3) FEMA Flood Plains.
- NO ONE wants to destroy the natural open space that is habitat for the Pronghorn. (No one except developers who will profit.)
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What Current Events Teach Us About Over-development
What Current Events Teach Us About Over-development
What Current Events Teach Us About Over-development
PRESCOTT VALLEY FLOODING
The recent flooding disaster in Prescott Valley is NOT the first. The Agua Fria River floods every ~4 years. The Town approved building within a FEMA flood plain and its likely that residents and businesses there had no idea they were in a flood zone and also had no flood insurance.
This is not the only construct
PRESCOTT VALLEY FLOODING
The recent flooding disaster in Prescott Valley is NOT the first. The Agua Fria River floods every ~4 years. The Town approved building within a FEMA flood plain and its likely that residents and businesses there 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 flood plain.
Today, with the destructive flooding caused by building in the Agua Fria riverbed, we are all witness to why the Lakeshore650 high-density master planned community of 3,491 homes should never come to fruition. The Town Council that should be protecting our health and safety is instead approving developments that are a danger to future residents, and creating financial risk for the Town.
Lakeshore650 was approved by the Town to be built on top of
THREE FEMA FLOOD PLAINS:
- ~92 ACRES of Agua Fria FEMA flood plain measuring ~ 735 to ~895 feet across
- ~1,422 WIDE at the confluence of the Lakeshore Drive FEMA flood plain
- ~28 ACRES of Coyote Springs FEMA flood plain measuring ~852 to ~116 feet across
See flood zones @ https://gis.yavapaiaz.gov/v4/map.aspx?search= and enter 402-14-708A in "Search" box, click on "Map Layers"
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.” Indicating that the Town of Prescott Valley is wholly responsible and fiscally liable for failures in flood plain management.
https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/prescottvalleyaz/latest/prescottvalley_az/0-0-0-42358
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Additional Information
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.
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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.
The "Development Agreement" stipulates 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 many MILLIONS of dollars in TAX REVENUE if Prop 404 passes. This exemption will have a significant impact on ordinary citizens.
Development Agreement para 3.6(b) https://nominesnearhomes.com/fain-pv-dev-agree-1
Town Council shows little concern for Wildlife or Open Space
Our Pronghorn herd is a cherished part of Prescott Valley
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.
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.
Learn more - https://stoplakeshore650.org/
Official Annual Report to the AZ Dept. of Resources
What does all this mean?
Prescott Valley is pumping more water out of the aquifer than it -s putting in, "over-drafting". This is no surprise because the Town was already pumping 65% more water out of the aquifer as compared to year 2000 to support the 119% increase in population in 2022.
In 2000 4,012.79 acre feet (1,307,245,555 gallons) was pumped. In 2025 the Town pumped 6,296.18 acre feet (2,051,616,191 gallons).
The Town knew in 1999 that they were out of safe yield yet the Town Council continued to approve massive housing developments. Today, the Town has approved 13,129 new housing units that are waiting to be built. That will house 31,116 more people who will consume an additional 3,049,368 gallons of water A DAY according to the Town's calculations - 98 gallons per person per day.
Safe Yield - Balancing Groundwater Withdrawals with Aquifer Recharge
The AZ Groundwater Management Act (AGMA) of 1980 first established the goal of achieving safe yield for the Prescott Active Management Area (PrAMA). The state set a specific deadline of Jan. 1, 2025 to reach a long-term balance between groundwater withdrawals and natural or artificial recharge.
The statutory goal of safe yield was designed to maintain adequate resources for the region, but it functions as a policy target rather than a strict legal mandate with penalties. In practice, the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) declared the PrAMA to be out of safe yield in 1999, and the overdraft persists today as the aquifer continues to be depleted faster than it is replenished.
https://www.azwater.gov/sites/default/files/media/PrAMA5MP.pdf
Limited Water Supply. Has the Town of PV Acted Responsibly?
The Town of PV has the RESPONSIBILITY to protect our water supply.
The Town failed to achieve a state of “safe-yield” by 2025 where “withdrawals of groundwater do not exceed recharge of the aquifer system.” PRAMA
PV's water comes entirely from groundwater pumped via deep production wells. While the Town claims that water levels are only dropping an average of 1 foot per year, what they are actually refer
The Town failed to achieve a state of “safe-yield” by 2025 where “withdrawals of groundwater do not exceed recharge of the aquifer system.” PRAMA
PV's water comes entirely from groundwater pumped via deep production wells. While the Town claims that water levels are only dropping an average of 1 foot per year, what they are actually referring to are "regional aquifer levels" which "have declined by less than 1 foot per year." Source: Arizona Department of Water Resources
The amount of groundwater pumped out in PV has increased from 4,011.79 acre feet in 2000 to 6,296 acre feet in 2025. That's an increase of 744,311,952.8 US liquid gallons.
Annual Report Arizona Department of Water Resources
1 acre-foot = 325,850.93 US liquid gallons
FACT: Water levels in PV wells have dropped over 22 feet on average in just ONE year.
The Town has been attempting to replenish the water by recharging treated wastewater and stormwater back into the aquifers** but at the same time – every gallon of water that is recharged is considered a “water credit” which is bought and sold on the open market to developers who use those credits to meet the state mandated 100-year assu
The Town has been attempting to replenish the water by recharging treated wastewater and stormwater back into the aquifers** but at the same time – every gallon of water that is recharged is considered a “water credit” which is bought and sold on the open market to developers who use those credits to meet the state mandated 100-year assured water supply needed to build new homes. Source: Terrapass.com and CWAG
**Aquifer recharge rates vary drastically, ranging from weeks to thousands of years.
*** Another contributor to the shortage of water is “Paper Water” Rights highlight a disconnect where the total legal water rights claimed by property owners (and others) vastly exceed the physical supply available.” Source:
In short, any water recharged has already been SOLD to be used in a new subdivision.
In short, any water recharged has already been SOLD to be used in a new subdivision.
- Prescott Valley has grown by roughly 17% since 2018. when when Kell Palguta took office.
- The population climbed from 45,833 in 2018 to ~53,600 today.
- Averaging a steady annual growth rate between 2% and 2.13%, Prescott Valley is one of the fastest-growing towns in AZ. Source: World Population Review
13,129 Already Approved Units. Is Growth Out of Control?
Mayor & Council kept approving THOUSANDS MORE housing units, despite 5,919 already approved, but not yet built.
- The Mayor & Council knew prior to 2020, 5,919 housing units had been approved, but not yet built.
- Between 2020 - 2025 they approved an additional 7,210 for a TOTAL of 13,129. Scroll to table below.
THAT'S ENOUGH TO HOUSE 31,116 MORE PEOPLE!
And none of it is "affordable" housing.
In 2022, PV voters passed General Plan 2035 to reduce the Town's ultimate population target of +120,000 by more than 40,000, bringing it down to ~ 72,000 residents, "to better manage water availability, infrastructure, and growth."*
Is this why Mayor Palguta rushed to approve General Plan 2035 TWO YEARS AHEAD OF THE STATE DEADLINE?
This reduced the public review timeframe, so perhaps voters wouldn't see that the "Land Use Section" still contained the "for-growth policies". There also was no reduction in the Town's footprint, nor reduction in planned development to align with the Voter-approved reduced population target.
Some say PV is not growing fast enough. But can our water supply and infrastructure accommodate 31,116 MORE PEOPLE?
PV continues to grow, boosting its population by another 2.2%, compared to less than 0.7% for Prescott" and faster than Phoenix's 0.7% and AZ State average of 1.3%.**
With 13,129 already approved housing units yet to be built and the expected influx of 31,116 migrants*** to fill those housing units (because locals can't afford to rent or buy them) PV's population of 53,500 (2026) will be increased to a Total of 84,616 people - far beyond the Town's projections of 72,100 people in 2055. Source:General Plan 2035 Pg 23
REFERENCES:
* In her argument in support of the General Plan 2035, which accompanied the November 2022 ballot, PV Vice Mayor Lori Hunt emphasized that the most important change written into General Plan 2035 is the population reduction by over 40,000 people vs the projected population of 120,000 people as stated in General Plan 2025.
**The General Plan acts as a ten-year roadmap directing the community's future physical, social and economic development." While the previous General Plan 2025 projected a build-out population exceeding 120,000, the updated Voter-approved General Plan 2035 reduced this long-range target down to approximately 70,000–80,000 residents to better manage water availability, infrastructure, and growth.
Prescott Valley, AZ.gov, Prescott Valley Town Council Meeting on Population Growth Facebook – Our Town Prescott Valley
Why change? Mayor Palguta & Town Council failed us.
Citizens wanted managed, balanced, responsible growth - but the Mayor & Town Council passed unchecked, irresponsible development without adequate roads, water, sewer, police, fire or medical services to sustain it.
- Between 2020 - 2024 thousands of housing units were approved unanimously by Town Council 99% of the time. (See Housing Unit Table.)
- They told us the housing they were approving was “affordable”, but they didn’t tell us that the developers didn’t have to comply because it is against Arizona State Law to require or incentivize developers to build affordable housing units for low to moderate income residents!
- They told us that increasing the number of available units would lower prices, but it hasn’t! “Rent prices in Arizona “increased by 72% from 2010 to 2022 and “the median sale price of homes increased by 57%” from 2019 to 2023.”
- They told us building “tiny rental towns” with smaller housing units on smaller lots without any place for children to play would make them "affordable" but it hasn’t!
- They just told us "vacancy rates" in PV are around 13 %, yet rental prices still have not dropped.
YET THEY TELL US THE ANSWER IS TO KEEP BUILDING!
We don't agree.
Regarding Mayor Palguta: “His terms in office are rife with residents’ concerns about traffic, water sustainability, pace of development and preserving community character – the result of rapid expansion over the past several years.” ~ Prescott Times
It's Time For Change in PV. Your help is needed.
Who We Are. Our Vision.
We are the rapidly growing Grassroots Volunteer Movement to STOP Over-development of our beloved Valley, preserving it for current and future generations.
We stand with our communities AGAINST over-development and incompatible land uses that burden our infrastructure, drain our very limited water resources, destroy rural neighborhoods and lessen quality of life.
We’ve completed TWO successful Petition Referendum drives to allow PV Voters to decide key issues in November 2026:
- Prop. 492: Vote NO to Stop Lakeshore650, the mega-development of 3500 new houses threatening to swallow up grasslands, the Pronghorn herd and the Agua Fria River on the edge of Town.
- Prop. 404: Vote NO to Stop the new Government Tank Mine. We stand against any gravel pit / haul road mining operations being forced on existing neighborhoods within PV Town limits. (More info. NoMinesNearHomes.com)
- We oppose the “tiny rental towns” proposed for our backyards and at their front gates such as Clipper Courts, Baja “Apartments”, The Bungalows, The Villas, Kachina, Navajo, The Observatory, etc.
What is Our Vision for Prescott Valley?
- Managed, balanced and economically responsible development with “a small town feel surrounded by rural areas” with sufficient, guaranteed water supply, social and physical infrastructure.
- Natural open space where wildlife is preserved and protected.
- Water must be managed responsibly – and NOT owned or controlled by outside investors or developers. Draught, dry wells and over-development threatens our current and future water supply. Dependable water supply for current residents should be secured and protected in perpetuity (100-years) and “Safe Yield” achieved.
- Protect citizens from Tax burdens favoring developers: Citizens should be protected from likely substantial Tax expense burdens due to special tax treatment given to developers by the Town of PV.
- Respect for citizens: The valid concerns of our existing residents should be heard, respected and acted upon – not mocked and disregarded in favor of developer profits.
- Citizen empowerment: Our citizens are intelligent and should have an active, empowered role in determining the Town’s future.
- The PV Town Council is supposed to serve, support and protect the best interests of its constituency -- not simply rubber-stamp all building and development projects.
The time is now to make a positive change. We’ve fought, cried, lost but also won -- and learned we are strong, but together, we are stronger. The worthwhile fight for our current and future generations continues, not with hate, but with love for this place we call home. We’re looking forward to a brighter future together. We hope you'll join us to VOLUNTEER or make a Donation.