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Board of Supervisors, September 2, 2025

Votes on Project Blue data center land sale (executive session only)

7h 8m31,399 words
31 mentionsdeniedannexationapprovedvariancedeferredzoningcomprehensive planmotion to approveenvironmental reviewconditional usepublic hearingrezoningPima County, AZ
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What happened

The Pima County Board of Supervisors took no formal action on Project Blue (a Beale Infrastructure/Amazon data center) but heard roughly 30 public speakers overwhelmingly opposed to closing the land sale; the item appeared only in a closed executive session with no vote.

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
Pima County, AZ
Governing body
Final authority
Date
September 2, 2025
Decisions
16 zoning decisions
Outcome
Voted

Free sample: decision 1 of 16

RTA resolution to conduct March 2026 election

Board adopted the Regional Transportation Authority resolution to place the RTA Next 20-year plan and tax levy on the March 2026 ballot. Unanimous recommendation from the RTA Board. Passed 5-0.

The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.

Meeting Summary

The Pima County Board of Supervisors took no formal action on Project Blue (a Beale Infrastructure/Amazon data center) but heard roughly 30 public speakers overwhelmingly opposed to closing the land sale; the item appeared only in a closed executive session with no vote.

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Key Decisions (16)

Approved

RTA resolution to conduct March 2026 election

Vote: 5-0
Denied

Foreign direct investment plan for Mexican-based companies

Vote: 2-3
Approved

Proposed policy D31.3 for non-disclosure agreements in economic development

Vote: 4-1Conditions attached
Approved

Proposed policy 31.4 for environmental impact reviews of economic development projects

Vote: 4-1Conditions attached
Approved

FY 25-26 Affordable Housing Fund allocation

Vote: 4-1
Approved

Bundled items 15, 16, 17, 18

Vote: 5-0
Approved

Short-term debt issuance items 19 and 20

Vote: 5-0
Approved

Bundled items 21, 22, 23, 24

Vote: 5-0
Approved

Bundled items 25, 26, 27, 28

Vote: unanimous
Approved

Bundled items 29, 30, 31, 32 (housing grant allocations)

Vote: unanimous
Approved

Item 33 (federal grant)

Vote: 4-1
Approved

Liquor licenses items 34 and 35

Vote: 5-0
Approved

Conditional Use Permit for Rincon Fire District

Vote: 5-0Conditions attached
Approved

Rezoning ordinance 2025-20 (District 5)

Vote: 5-0
Approved

Code text amendment ordinance 2025-21 (sewer subsidy)

Vote: 5-0
Other

Project Blue data center land sale (executive session only)

Development Activity (2)

Project Blue

Industrial

Belvedere affordable housing project

Residential

Market Signals (4)

Infrastructure

Multiple speakers and a Board of Health member cited grid…

Housing Demand

An EcoNorthwest analysis identified a need for 116,000 affordable units…

Sentiment

Overwhelming organized public opposition to data centers in Pima County…

Commercial Demand

Supervisor Cano noted Pima County has only three economic development…

Who Spoke (31)

Chair · 2CommissionerStaff · 3Clerk · 2WitnessPublic · 7

On the record: 2 chairs, a commissioner, 3 staff members, 2 clerks, a witness, and 7 members of the public.

Agenda scorecard

ZoneWire called 2 of 2 land-use forecasts on this agenda.

Final Plat Without Assurances P25FP00007, River and Hansen, Lots 1-60 and Common Areas… subdivision

District District 1Case File ID 19225
Approved 5-0ZoneWire called it
freeApproved 5-0moved by Rex Scott

E. Old Spanish Trail conditional use permit

District District 4Case File ID 19226
No vote recorded

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