In the battle between the Town of Sahuarita and the developer of Rancho Sahuarita over the future of the town’s wastewater treatment and reclamation facility, Sahuarita’s voters sided with the developer.
Of the 3,313 votes tabulated n 42.2 percent of registered voters n 56.5 percent favored developer Robert Sharpe’s initiative requiring the Town of Sahuarita to get voter approval to expand the town’s wastewater management area.
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“This overwhelming pro-vote demonstrates that residents want input into town plans, before decisions are made that would result in adverse impacts to their property values,” Sharpe said.
While the vote derails the town’s plan to comply with the Pima Association of Government’s updated water quality management plan, little else will change, according to Barbara Dolan, spokeswoman for the Town of Sahuarita. Ongoing efforts will continue to boost the plant’s capacity to 800,000 gallons by next year and to about 1.5 million gallons by 2012.
“The vote may become an issue if anyone decides they want to develop the affected private and state land, outside the service area,” Doland said. “But right now, we don’t have anyone asking to doing that. So, for now it’s not a factor.”
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