Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Pima County Board of Supervisors — What to Watch

Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Board of Supervisors' Hearing Room

53 substantive items on the agenda (24 for discussion, 29 on consent calendar)

Pima County Board of Supervisors: Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Pima County supervisors will vote on a 20-year agreement with the Regional Transportation Authority that sets how the county receives regional transportation money and builds its share of RTA road projects through 2046. The board will also discuss how to hire a new county administrator, hold hearings on taller homes at Canoa Ranch and on reviving a lapsed rezoning near Valencia Road, and consider more than $11 million in road and sewer contracts on the consent calendar. A proposed rural-protection policy for the Tanque Verde Valley is expected to be postponed to Nov. 24 at the applicant's request.

1. A 20-year deal to deliver regional transportation projects

Item 30 (A & B) · Discussion item

The RTA funds road, transit and safety projects across the region. This intergovernmental agreement, which runs from Oct. 27, 2026, to Dec. 31, 2046, sets how Pima County will receive RTA funding and deliver its assigned projects. The companion resolution would let the county administrator sign individual "project charters" under the agreement. That means many project-level decisions over the next two decades may not come back to supervisors for a separate vote. The agreement has no direct cost, but it shapes which roads get built or fixed in unincorporated Pima County for years.

2. Supervisors to set the process for hiring a new county administrator

Item 21 · Discussion item

The county administrator is the top unelected official in Pima County. The administrator runs day-to-day operations, oversees thousands of employees and prepares the budget. The board will discuss and possibly vote on how the search will work. Those choices could include who conducts the recruitment, how candidates are screened, and how much of the process happens in public. The District 3 supervisor placed the item on the agenda.

3. Taller, two-story homes proposed at Canoa Ranch in Green Valley

Items 15 and 16 · Public hearings

A developer wants to raise the 24-foot height limit to 30 feet so two-story homes can be built on up to half the lots in a planned community. The site covers about 485 acres west of the I-19 frontage road, roughly one to two miles south of W. Canoa Ranch Drive. Lots along the outer boundaries and the interior collector road would keep the 24-foot cap. The Planning and Zoning Commission split 5-2 in favor, and residents submitted letters. The change matters to neighbors in Green Valley, where views of the Santa Rita Mountains are a long-running concern. The board will hold two hearings: one for the original Canoa Ranch rezoning and one for Canoa Ranch No. 2.

4. Expired 2006 rezoning near Valencia Road could get five more years

Item 13 (A & B) · Public hearing, two separate votes

In 2006, about 44 acres north of W. Valencia Road and west of Mark Road were rezoned to allow mixed housing types, with another 51 acres set aside under restricted rural zoning. The rezoning was extended in 2011, 2016 and 2021, and it expired March 21, 2026. Supervisors will first vote on whether to "close" the rezoning, which would end the development approval. They will then vote on a five-year extension. County staff recommend against closure and in favor of the extension with updated conditions. The board has already postponed this case twice, in September and earlier this month, so it is unresolved.

5. $5.6 million to repave busy roads in Districts 1 and 3

Consent Item 8 · Consent calendar

iSX Construction would mill, chip-seal and repave high-traffic western arterial roads in supervisor Districts 1 and 3 between now and May 2027. The work is paid for with state gas-tax revenue (HURF). It is the largest single contract on this agenda and directly affects daily commutes on some of the county's most-used roads. Because it is on the consent calendar, it could be approved without any discussion.

6. Nearly $6 million to design and manage a major new sewer line

Consent Items 9, 10 and 13 · Consent calendar

The county would hire Dibble & Associates for $5.16 million to design a large trunk sewer line, called an interceptor, for the Santa Rita Resource Recovery Facility. It would also hire Borderland Construction for $690,807 to serve as construction manager, with work running into 2032. Both contracts are paid from sewer-user revenue. A separate 20-year agreement would have several developers build public off-site sewer improvements to serve new subdivisions in the Corona de Tucson area. Together these items show where the county expects growth and how it plans to serve it. All three could pass without discussion.

7. DEA law-enforcement agreement returns after being held over

Item 29 · Discussion item

This five-year agreement with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration would bring the county about $286,736 in revenue. Agreements of this kind generally cover local officers' work alongside federal agents. Supervisors delayed the item on Oct. 13, and the county administrator added a new memo dated Oct. 21. Cooperation between local and federal law enforcement has drawn close public scrutiny in Pima County, which may explain why the item is getting a second look.

8. County's 2026–2029 economic development plan, delayed three times

Item 25 · Discussion item

Staff are again asking supervisors to adopt the county's economic development strategic plan for 2026–2029. The plan sets priorities for attracting employers, growing jobs and using county resources to support business. The board postponed it in August (twice) and again in September. The county administrator issued supplemental memos during that time. Whatever the board adopts will guide county economic development decisions for the next three years.

Source: Pima County Legistar

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