Board of Supervisors, September 2, 2025
Votes on Project Blue data center land sale (executive session only)
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.
- 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.
Key Decisions (16)
RTA resolution to conduct March 2026 election
Foreign direct investment plan for Mexican-based companies
Proposed policy D31.3 for non-disclosure agreements in economic development
Proposed policy 31.4 for environmental impact reviews of economic development projects
FY 25-26 Affordable Housing Fund allocation
Bundled items 15, 16, 17, 18
Short-term debt issuance items 19 and 20
Bundled items 21, 22, 23, 24
Bundled items 25, 26, 27, 28
Bundled items 29, 30, 31, 32 (housing grant allocations)
Item 33 (federal grant)
Liquor licenses items 34 and 35
Conditional Use Permit for Rincon Fire District
Rezoning ordinance 2025-20 (District 5)
Code text amendment ordinance 2025-21 (sewer subsidy)
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)
On the record: 2 chairs, a commissioner, 3 staff members, 2 clerks, a witness, and 7 members of the public.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteZoneWire called 2 of 2 land-use forecasts on this agenda.
W. Valencia Road rezone
E. Old Spanish Trail conditional use permit
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