Tucson Water Survey Seeking YOUR Input for Long-Range Planning Effort

Tucson Water (TW) is preparing a comprehensive long-range water plan to guide city water resources. The goal of the One Water 2100 Master Plan is to foster a shared vision for providing a reliable source of potable and non-potable water for our community in the decades to come. TW wants to know what is important to you when considering the future of Tucson’s water. Share your thoughts via this brief survey now. 

Have Ideas How Tucson Can Encourage Development or Streamline Processes?

The City of Tucson Planning and Development Services Department is seeking input on potential updates to improve its development codes including the Unified Development Code, Technical Standards Manual, Administrative Manual, and other related codes and standards. Click here and please share your ideas!

Higher Impact Fees in Marana? Town Updating Fee Studies. 

The Town of Marana is moving forward with updating its impact fee schedule as Mayor & Council tentatively approved the draft Land Use Assumptions and Infrastructure Improvement Plans as a statutorily required first step. These documents serve as the foundation of impact fee studies and establish the growth projections and necessary public services which will be funded by the collection of fees on all new homes constructed in the Town from 2023-2033. 

This is the third time in eight years the Town has initiated studies for its transportation, water and park development impact fees. While these fees allow the Town to fund ‘necessary public services’ resulting from growth, they also significantly increase the cost of new homes for homebuyers and must be carefully considered against well-defined statutory requirements.

The Town’s intent is to have the process completed with a final public hearing December 6^th and have the new fees in place early 2023.

AZ Housing Task Force Studying Supply & Affordability Challenges

During the 2022 Legislative Session, the housing industry advanced a variety of legislative bills intended to address the growing housing supply and affordability issues from a state-wide perspective. In response to that effort, the Legislature hit the pause button and initiated a bi-partisan Housing Supply Task Force to study and better understand the issues of supply and affordability throughout the state prior to adopting any future legislative remedy. The Task Force is 10 members and includes AAR’s Matt Contorelli and other housing interests and has been meeting twice each month.

The Task Force has met four times and heard from a variety of interests including home builders, housing non-profits, planning agencies, and water interests. This effort will likely inform a comprehensive statewide housing strategy and potential legislation in 2023. You can track and monitor meetings and agendas here. 

The Task Force will hold an in-person meeting September 12^th in the Tucson Mayor & Council Chambers from

1:00 to 3:00 pm. 

Housing & Property Advocacy Committee:

Get involved! 

The Housing & Property Advocacy Committee (HPAC) meets monthly to discuss and advance the various policy and political objectives of TAR and our members. As the regulatory environment continues to impact the business interests of our industry, there’s never been a more important time for you get involved in the HPAC.

For more information contact: shawnc@tucsonrealtors.org.

Our next meeting is September 8^th at 10a at the TAR office.