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Tucson Mayor and City Council Meetings, August 6, 2025

Approves Acceleration of large water users ordinance and data center UDC amendments, unanimous

1h 56m7,672 words
11 mentionszoningland useannexationpublic hearingTucson, AZ
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What happened

The Tucson Mayor and Council unanimously voted to end all consideration of Project Blue, a proposed data center, directing staff to cease negotiations, remove the annexation and development agreement items from the August 19th agenda, and withdraw the intent-to-annex petition.

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
Tucson, AZ
Governing body
Final authority
Date
August 6, 2025
Decisions
4 zoning decisions
Outcome
Approved, unanimous

Meeting Summary

The Tucson Mayor and Council unanimously voted to end all consideration of Project Blue, a proposed data center, directing staff to cease negotiations, remove the annexation and development agreement items from the August 19th agenda, and withdraw the intent-to-annex petition.

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Key Decisions (4)

Approved

Acceleration of large water users ordinance and data center UDC amendments

Vote: unanimousConditions attached
Approved

End consideration of Project Blue and withdraw annexation

Vote: unanimousConditions attached
Approved

Settlement of Stefferson v. City of Tucson claim

Vote: passed
Approved

Pilot project to shelter unhoused persons at 244 East Grant Road

Vote: passed

Development Activity (1)

Project Blue

Industrial

Market Signals (4)

Infrastructure

Tucson is moving to adopt a large water users ordinance…

Commercial Demand

Council explicitly rejected a major data center (Project Blue) over…

Sentiment

Council criticized city economic-development staff for advancing Project Blue during…

Infrastructure

Councilmembers raised the lack of public power and risk that…

Who Spoke (11)

MayorCouncilmember · 6Attorney

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Agenda scorecard

ZoneWire called 1 of 1 land-use forecast on this agenda.

PUBLIC HEARING: APPEAL OF ZONING EXAMINER SPECIAL EXCEPTION LAND USE DECISION… conditional use permit

District WARD 3Case 25-214
ApprovedZoneWire called it
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Final Plat for (TD-DIV-1124-00084) Cielo Reserve Lots 1-51 and Common Area ‘A’ (Ward 5)… subdivision

District Ward 5Case 25-213
No vote recorded

PUBLIC HEARING: APPEAL OF ZONING EXAMINER SPECIAL EXCEPTION LAND USE DECISION… conditional use permit

District WARD 5Case 25-215
No vote recorded

PUBLIC HEARING: APPEAL OF ZONING EXAMINER SPECIAL EXCEPTION LAND USE DECISION… conditional use permit

Case 25-216
No vote recorded

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