Tucson Mayor and City Council Meetings, November 4, 2026
Approved: Living Landscapes Initiative – direction on Tucson Basin native plant list and commercial rainwater harvesting amendments, 6-1
What happened
On November 4, 2026, Tucson approved Living Landscapes Initiative – direction on Tucson Basin native plant list and commercial rainwater harvesting amendments (6-1).
Tucson Mayor and Council voted 6-1 to direct staff to refine the Landscape Advisory Committee's plant list to plants native to the Tucson Basin and return after a Planning Commission public hearing, pausing the Planning Commission-recommended amendments to the commercial rainwate…
- Jurisdiction
- Tucson, AZ
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- November 4, 2026
- Decisions
- 7 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 6-1
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Living Landscapes Initiative – direction on Tucson Basin native plant list and commercial rainwater harvesting amendments
Motion by Councilmember Dahl directing staff to refine the Landscape Advisory Committee's list to plants native to the Tucson Basin and return to Mayor and Council after a Planning Commission public hearing. Delays phase one commercial rainwater harvesting amendments (depressed planting areas 6-9 inches, parking lot tree planting area from 34 to 144 sq ft, tree ratio 1 per 25 linear feet, green stormwater infrastructure in right-of-way, removing golf course/cemetery parking exemptions) to combine with phase two residential low-impact development standards. Passed 6-1; Councilmember Schubert voted no.
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Key Decisions (7)
Living Landscapes Initiative – direction on Tucson Basin native plant list and commercial rainwater harvesting amendments
IDA multifamily housing revenue bonds – Craycroft Towers and Lee Street Duplexes
Lease of historic Fort Lowell Commissary to Seven Cities Coffee (XO Roast Co.)
DOJ FY26 COPS Technology and Equipment award
Consent agenda
City attorney salary adjustment
Liquor license applications
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Development Activity (3)
Craycroft Towers and Lee Street Duplexes preservation
Residential
Fort Lowell Commissary adaptive reuse – XO Roast Co.
Commercial
Barranita Casitas
Residential
Market Signals (6)
Infrastructure
New Water Bank of Tucson provides a water supply dedicated…
Commercial Demand
City is pursuing advanced manufacturing; two companies are applying to…
Commercial Demand
Pending commercial rainwater harvesting amendments would enlarge parking-lot tree areas…
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Who spoke
31 distinct speakers; 17 identified names.
All speaker roles: 9 Staff, 1 Mayor, 2 Unknown, 4 Witness, 2 Attorney, 6 Councilmember, 2 Clerk, 5 Public.
Identified name roles: 7 Staff, 1 Mayor, 3 Witness, 6 Councilmember.
Speaker sample: James McAdam, Staff.
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Zoning terms (11)
44 recorded timestamps
- commercial (13 timestamps)
- residential (4 timestamps)
- density (2 timestamps)
- public hearing (6 timestamps)
- subdivision (1 timestamps)
- industrial (5 timestamps)
Decision moments (7)
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